“As soon as the victim steps out of the pact by refusing to feel ashamed,” he said, “the whole thing crumbles.”
― So You've Been Publicly Shamed
― So You've Been Publicly Shamed
“Vulnerability is not winning or losing; it’s having the courage to show up and be seen when we have no control over the outcome. Vulnerability is not weakness; it’s our greatest measure of courage.”
― Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.
― Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.
“There is nothing I dislike more in the world than people who care more about ideology than they do about people.”
― So You've Been Publicly Shamed
― So You've Been Publicly Shamed
“Of all the things trauma takes away from us, the worst is our willingness, or even our ability, to be vulnerable. There's a reclaiming that has to happen.”
― Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution
― Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution
“It felt as if the people on Twitter had been invited to be characters in a courtroom drama, and had been allowed to choose their roles, and had all gone for the part of the hanging judge. Or it was even worse than that. They all had gone for the part of the people in the lithographs being ribald at whippings.”
― So You've Been Publicly Shamed
― So You've Been Publicly Shamed
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