I don’t often say this, but this should be required reading for women in America. This was a heavy memoir, but a beautiful and powerful book. Tarana is the founder of the Me Too movement, but this story is mostly about her life before Me Too and how she became an advocate. She tells her story about growing up in the Bronx, her multiple sexual assaults and the shame she felt because of them. While I was able to personally connect to her story, I appreciated the focus being on experiences of Black women, girls, and femmes, how their stories can be so vastly different and how they are less heard and empathized with. I keep finding myself thinking about Tarana feeling that she had to remain silent in order to protect not her perpetrator, but the other Black men in her life who could be affected by coming forward. Tarana had a beautiful openness about acknowledging her own moments of failure, and not being able to be the best support system to other girls when she has not yet given herself empathy. As well as holding other advocates accountable not matter their positive contributions to worthy causes. I gained new perspective and awareness reading Tarana’s story and truly cannot recommend this book enough.