The Silence Breakers are TIME's 2017 Person of the Year

[demmiblue]

Source: Today

TIME has named The Silence Breakers, the individuals who set off a national reckoning over the prevalence of sexual harassment, as its 2017 Person of the Year.

The magazine's editor-in-chief Edward Felsenthal revealed the selection Wednesday on TODAY along with the cover, a composite group photo that includes actress Ashley Judd, singer Taylor Swift and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler.



"The galvanizing actions of the women on our coveralong with those of hundreds of others, and of many men as well, have unleashed one of the highest-velocity shifts in our culture since the 1960s," Felsenthal said in a statement.

The Silence Breakers emerged amid burgeoning allegations of sexual misconduct and assault by film executive Harvey Weinstein. As his list of accusers swelled, so did the number of people who spoke up to expose dozens of other famous individuals in Hollywood, politics, journalism and other industries as sexual predators.

Read more: https://www.today.com/news/silence-breakers-are-time-s-2017-person-year-t119689

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Excellent choice!

Link to Time's cover story: http://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-2017-silence-breakers/?xidhomepage

[LeftInTX]

1. Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is what I was hoping!!

Awesome cover!!

[demmiblue]

6. I just scanned through the cover story...

It seems very comprehensive (I still need to thoroughly read the entire thing, though) and the pictures are absolutely stunning and powerful.

[Pacifist Patriot]

11. It is worth reading, and I recommend taking the time..

to click on the "more" on each photo.

[Auggie]

2. Excellent

[SharonAnn]

40. In 2002 it was the "Whistleblowers" (Enron, 9-11 attack, etc.) - Again they were all women.

What does this tell us? All women, both times.

[Auggie]

44. +1 ... and +1,000,000 for more "whistleblowers" in congress

[rurallib]

3. Wasn't Trump available?

good choice.
Lots of great choices this year, most everyone of which has something to do with some form of resisting the current administration.

[demmiblue]

7. He was runner-up... blech.

Although, that probably highlights the Silence Breakers even more (especially since he is included in the article)!

[Achilleaze]

12. He* is The LOSER

* Comrade Casino, republican Sexual Predator & Draft-Dodger-in-Chief

[George II]

14. Runner up to the women he assaulted. That's irony. Twitter storm on the horizon?

[Fred Sanders]

33. Irony on steroids. Makes for a great cartoon with women standing on top of loser 45.

[Chemisse]

36. No, he wasn't. He said he didn't want it.

[HelenWheels]

47. Another bogus statement from tRump

Time magazine never asks people if they want to be named Person of the Year. tRump put out that lie in order to save face in case he didn't win--and tee-hee, he didn't.

[BumRushDaShow]

4. Well now that got them out of trying to explain why it wasn't Drumpf.

[lamp_shade]

5. This is wonderful. I'm so proud.

[MyOwnPeace]

8. Well..........

you can see why TIME had such a difficult time deciding: "Silence-breakers" or "IQ-45: AKA - Grope-a-Dope"

Hmmmmmmmm, decisions, decisions......................

[Achilleaze]

9. Thank you sisters

[Pacifist Patriot]

10. Excellent article

Definitely worth taking the time to read in its entirety.

[Oneironaut]

13. Excellent Decision!

I was not a fan of the “candidates” we were given before. This decision sums 2017 up perfectly!

[BigmanPigman]

15. The moron will say that is fake and demand a recount of the staff's votes.

[oberliner]

16. Good choice

I support this whole-heartedly.

[underpants]

17. I was close. I said it would be WOMEN.

But good choice

[oasis]

18. Zing!

[FailureToCommunicate]

19. Are any of Trump's accusers among the ones mentioned?

I haven't read the article yet.

[7962]

20. Good choice. nt

[yallerdawg]

21. Not the Dotard?

More like the exact opposite!

[mcar]

22. The best choice!

[Rene]

23. why such ugly black outfits?

[Momgonepostal]

25. I wonder if they were trying...

To bring to mind judges’ robes?

[Demit]

26. Because it's not a fashion spread?

[electron_blue]

27. please let's not turn this into a 'what are they wearing' thread.

[Tree-Hugger]

29. Excellent takeaway from this issue

[efhmc]

32. Mourning the plight of all victims of abuse.

N/t

[RobinA]

43. Are You Calling

these ladies "victims of abuse" or are you being ironic that they are being touted as victims of abuse because Matt Lauer was a pig to them at their job in a network high rise somewhere? Because I work with "victims of abuse," and these ladies ain't it.

[demmiblue]

45. You don't think the women highlighted on the cover...

and in the article are victims of abuse?

Did you even take the time to learn their stories?!

[Chemisse]

37. Ugly? I'm sure the back attire was meant to be meaningful and symbolic.

Not pretty.

[obamanut2012]

49. Just stop

[femmocrat]

24. That cover and the article are beautifully done.

Time has made a great choice and this will further the dialogue and give more women courage. Very classy.

I wanted The Resistance to be the Persons of the Year, but seeing this issue has changed my mind. I hope it rankles the hell out of trump

[electron_blue]

28. Fantastic!

[Honeycombe8]

30. Yaaaayyyy!!!!!!

And Ashley Judd is front and center! Yay!

You go, Girls!!!!

I'm so PROUD of you all...ALL! So happy that Time recognized you, and the anonymous woman in the lower right of the cover. Congratulations! Time, you did well.

[Kimchijeon]

31. And the fascists are using that predictable knee-jerk reaction to oust as many as they can

Or at least do their best, with phony/bullshit attempts to get rid of pesty outspoken males in public positions. (Franken, Seder are recent examples)

For every legit complaint, there's also some jackassery going on. The fascists know how emotional and knee-jerk the public "outrage" is nowadays to assume guilt so they are of course using this to their advantage as best they can.

They know full well that Americans have simply no critical thinking capability, it's all tribalism and illiterate emotional posturing. It's been a pretty good strategy for them, it works. Seder got fired, corporate media tries their darndest to smear Franken, etc.

Glad that a few true scumbags at least are getting ousted lately, at least.

Don't know how I really feel about this as it is actually being used against us pretty successfully.

I mean sure Weinstein is ousted, but Trump & Moore are so far just fine (gee wonder why.)

[Fred Sanders]

34. A Twitter and Facebook world my friend and where news is old in 24 hrs and public outrage is

the way to now get ratings. Sad state of affairs for a democracy, great for fascists.

[MrScorpio]

35. I can dig it!

[niyad]

38. excellent!!! may it make widdle donnie's oversized ego explode!!

[niyad]

39. the only problem I have with the article is a major, gaping hole of silence--about the sexual

assault and harassment in the US military (including its academies). Not one word.

[Lil Missy]

41. Now THAT is an EXCELLENT choice!

[RobinA]

42. Nope

Person of the Year is Donald Trump.

[ailsagirl]

46. Kudos to Time!!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

48. Notice the elbow of the woman who would not come forward publicly.

Mixed feelings about anonymous accusers. It's very hard for the women, but it is also hard to refute anonymous allegations.

[sheilahi]

50. Idiot of the Year perhaps?

Now that the mouth breather has lost Person of the Year, rumor has it that now he has his heart set on People's Sexiest Man Alive. Ain't gonna happen Cupcake.

[Ztolkins]

51. I'm a fan of T. Swizzie

As I'm sure the kids call her, but I don't understand her placement here. Was it because of the guy she took to court for playing an unwanted game of grab ass?

Personally, I think Rose Mcgowan should be on the cover...or Kesha, her story is nuts.

[Rene]

52. The darkness of this picture is ridiculous

[rocktivity]

53. If Tarana Burke made the movement, why didn't she make the cover?

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Is that her on the other end of that amputated arm?




rocktivity

[plcdude]

55. yes

and where were the the Trump women?

[BlancheSplanchnik]

54. Fantastic!!! I thought what happens to women would never get the serious attention we deserve.

Finally!


P.S. No Liberal or Feminist Purity Tests.

Only Liberal and Feminist Due Process and respect.