Sorry Not Sorry
(Sprache: Englisch)
Alyssa Milano s sharply observed, uproarious, and deeply intimate ode to the life she has lived and the issues that matter most.
Alyssa Milano, actress and activist, delivers here a collection of powerful personal essays that get to...
Alyssa Milano, actress and activist, delivers here a collection of powerful personal essays that get to...
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Alyssa Milano s sharply observed, uproarious, and deeply intimate ode to the life she has lived and the issues that matter most.Alyssa Milano, actress and activist, delivers here a collection of powerful personal essays that get to the heart of her life, career, and all-out humanitarianism. These essays are unvarnished and elegant, funny and heartbreaking, and utterly real. A timely book that shows in almost real time the importance of taking care of others, it also gives a gut-punch-level wake-up call in an era where the noise is a distraction from what really needs to happen, if we want to live in a better world.
These are stories of growing up in celebrity, of family and of friends, of connections and breaking apart. They have teeth on the page and come from the heart. And they are stories that offer a direct line into the thoughts and life of one of the most visible, hard-working humanitarians we have. A bestselling children's book author, Alyssa's finally giving her fans worldwide what they really want to hear directly from her about: the life she has lived, the things she's seen and experienced, and the way she lives in and with the world.
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Believe WomenWhen I sent my #MeToo tweet in 2017, I did it from a place of support and love and anger. As he was for so many women who are the victims of sexual assault, Harvey Weinstein was the last straw. Learning these things about this garbage human, how he treated women I knew and loved, filled me with both bone-crushing sadness and soul-burning fury. And so I spoke out in support of Rose McGowan, but also in support of myself and of my daughter, and of the millions upon millions of women around the world who have been or who will be victims of sexual violence. For too long, nobody listened to us. And when they did, they usually didn t believe us.
Nowhere was this more evident than in the amazing work of Tarana Burke, who, unbeknownst to me at the time, had started the #MeToo movement years earlier. She s been in the trenches fighting this fight for years, and one of the greatest gifts of my life has been the opportunity to help lift up the work she s done fighting for women who have been harassed and assaulted by men, and were rarely believed when they told their stories.
In those first days and months after that tweet, it was an avalanche. In every industry, in every country of the world, men who had for so long taken advantage of their societal power for sexual gratification were outed and fell. Some were men I had previously respected and supported. This is not, and has never been, a partisan political movement for me. Nope, not for a minute. And it never will be. This has been about shifting the culture away from not believing women who tell their stories into a place where we listen and evaluate and act based on the evidence.
Maybe I haven t done the best job in explaining this distinction that believing women doesn t mean we believe every word every woman says just because she is a woman. I mean, I sure as hell don t believe everything Kellyanne Conway says, and I shouldn t. When the available evidence contradicts what
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women say whether it s about sexual assault or whether it s about kids in cages of course we don t believe them. Women aren t immune to lying, and nobody ever meant that we should believe women blindly.
What I do mean, and what is really, really important for us to say, to share, to tell all of the people in our lives, is that we can no longer start with the idea that women are lying. The way women have been treated around sexual assault? It is fucked up. We know that women are routinely gaslit by their abusers. I know so many women, people I love, who were physically, sexually, and emotionally abused by men yet still believe it was their fault. Not because it didn t happen, but because the predators in their lives manipulated, guilted, and abused them into changing their own lived history just to end the cycle of violence. So imagine overcoming that, overcoming the conditioning and the fear and the pain that always, always come with this kind of abuse, reporting it, and getting the same treatment from the authorities you talked to.
This next part will be almost as hard for you to read as it is for me to write.
I know of a woman and I am changing some details here to protect her, but the gist is true who went to the police after her husband choked their teenage daughter, threw her on the ground, and dumped a bookcase over both of them. He left them bruised and terrified and refused to leave the house. As she and her daughter huddled on the floor of the bedroom, the bookcase pushed up against the door to keep him from getting in, she thought back on so many similar episodes. She thought back on the times he d raped her, and how his sister had said, Oh, that s Chad, he didn t mean anything by it, when my friend told her what happened. She remembered the decades of af
What I do mean, and what is really, really important for us to say, to share, to tell all of the people in our lives, is that we can no longer start with the idea that women are lying. The way women have been treated around sexual assault? It is fucked up. We know that women are routinely gaslit by their abusers. I know so many women, people I love, who were physically, sexually, and emotionally abused by men yet still believe it was their fault. Not because it didn t happen, but because the predators in their lives manipulated, guilted, and abused them into changing their own lived history just to end the cycle of violence. So imagine overcoming that, overcoming the conditioning and the fear and the pain that always, always come with this kind of abuse, reporting it, and getting the same treatment from the authorities you talked to.
This next part will be almost as hard for you to read as it is for me to write.
I know of a woman and I am changing some details here to protect her, but the gist is true who went to the police after her husband choked their teenage daughter, threw her on the ground, and dumped a bookcase over both of them. He left them bruised and terrified and refused to leave the house. As she and her daughter huddled on the floor of the bedroom, the bookcase pushed up against the door to keep him from getting in, she thought back on so many similar episodes. She thought back on the times he d raped her, and how his sister had said, Oh, that s Chad, he didn t mean anything by it, when my friend told her what happened. She remembered the decades of af
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Autoren-Porträt von Alyssa Milano
Alyssa Milano is an actress, producer, and political activist. She is known for her roles in Who's the Boss?, Melrose Place, and Charmed, among others. As a political activist, she is best known for helping to relaunch the #MeToo movement in 2017.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Alyssa Milano
- 2021, 272 Seiten, Maße: 14 x 21,3 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Dutton
- ISBN-10: 0593183290
- ISBN-13: 9780593183298
- Erscheinungsdatum: 13.01.2022
Sprache:
Englisch
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Praise for Sorry Not SorryOne of Katie Couric Media's Books by Seriously Impressive Women
Actor Milano puts her political activism center stage in these resonant and hopeful essays that grapple with systemic racism, abortion rights, #MeToo, and living through the pandemic Milano s writing is compassionate, direct, and sincere. Her fans are in for a treat. Publishers Weekly
[Alyssa Milano] is earnest and edgy as she shares sharp observations, impassioned pleas, and tough assessments on the current state of American society. Readers interested in discussing contemporary issues will find much to agree (or disagree) with in this engaging and provocative volume. Booklist
In this book, Alyssa Milano demonstrates the importance of using your platform no matter how big or small to shape social change unapologetically, without fear of backlash.
Gabrielle Union, New York Times bestselling author of We re Going to Need More Wine
"You may know Alyssa Milano for her public acts of bravery and compassion, but in these essays, her personal example helps each of us to become braver and more effective, too. Read Sorry, Not Sorry and find a friend."
Gloria Steinem
These essays capture the American spirit at its best bold, patriotic, progressive, and honest. In difficult times, they were a pleasure to read.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi
Alyssa Milano is a real fighter, a caring person and passionate advocate who has helped move the needle on so many progressive issues that matter to our democracy and America.
Chuck Schumer
Honest, incisive, funny, real and all too human, Sorry Not Sorry gives you insight into what it means to be both an artist and activist in today s America.
Andrew Yang
Honest, unsparing, and at times humorous self reflection that gets at where we are and what we ve been through together.
Beto O Rourke
This book is an unflinching and
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self-aware look into the life of one of the most visible progressives in America. Everyone who cares about this country should read it.
Ro Khanna, member of Congress
Alyssa Milano is smart, thoughtful, leader who leads with courage, sincerity, and love. Her essays offer critical insights and important solutions to many of the formidable issues of our time, providing a pathway for us to come together and navigate through our country s greatest challenges.
Jocelyn Benson, Michigan Secretary of State
Alyssa Milano is an actress, activist, and great patriot, whose love of country shines through her book, Sorry Not Sorry. Part memoir, part call to action, Milano delivers critical insights and lessons on life, politics, family and country, and always with humor and passion. In vivid prose, she invites the reader into her heart and home, and gives us a keen sense of what drives her advocacy. Alyssa has been a fearless champion for people, and it s no surprise that her book is an unsparing look at the fights of the last decade, and the present struggle to save our democracy.
Adam Schiff
Ro Khanna, member of Congress
Alyssa Milano is smart, thoughtful, leader who leads with courage, sincerity, and love. Her essays offer critical insights and important solutions to many of the formidable issues of our time, providing a pathway for us to come together and navigate through our country s greatest challenges.
Jocelyn Benson, Michigan Secretary of State
Alyssa Milano is an actress, activist, and great patriot, whose love of country shines through her book, Sorry Not Sorry. Part memoir, part call to action, Milano delivers critical insights and lessons on life, politics, family and country, and always with humor and passion. In vivid prose, she invites the reader into her heart and home, and gives us a keen sense of what drives her advocacy. Alyssa has been a fearless champion for people, and it s no surprise that her book is an unsparing look at the fights of the last decade, and the present struggle to save our democracy.
Adam Schiff
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