What is the Time’s Up Now movement? Scandal star Kerry Washington, creator Shonda Rhimes lend support to new cause
The Time’s Up Now movement can be best described as a legal defense fund that has been created in order to help victims of sexual harassment find their voice and be able to have the resources in order to battle those in power, those who refuse to give up and try to ruin careers. Some of these threats are among the reasons why there are some despicable people out there who have gotten away with some of their actions for as long as they have.
There are a number of women who are already taking a stand with this moment already, and they include the likes of Scandal star Kerry Washington, show creator Shonda Rhimes, Big Little Lies star Reese Witherspoon, Gina Rodriguez of Jane the Virgin, and Debra Messing of Will & Grace. You can see just a small spattering of tweets from some of these people below. We applaud these women not just for helping with the cause, but also for unifying and finding a way to launch this at a time when people will be paying attention: The start of the new year. This is a way to get the message out there before anything else in the new year can even happen.
At the time of this writing well over $13 million has been raised for the fund, and we imagine more will be coming after many return to work and start to see the headlines.
What do you think about the Time’s Up Now movement starting on New Year’s Day? Be sure to share in the comments below!
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I stand with women across every industry to say #TIMESUP on abuse, harassment, marginalization & underrepresentation. Join me! Sign the statement of solidarity & donate to the @TIMESUPNW Legal Defense Fund: https://t.co/gT1MbmGUZT
— Gina Rodriguez (@HereIsGina) January 1, 2018
Time's up on silence. Time's up on waiting. Time's up on tolerating discrimination, harassment and abuse. #TimesUp Sign the solidarity letter & donate to the @TIMESUPNW Legal Defense Fund: https://t.co/eTwKtOboIl pic.twitter.com/q8aok1HTGg
— shonda rhimes (@shondarhimes) January 1, 2018
Yes. Thank you all for joining us! #TimesUp https://t.co/crnMUvlPJk
— kerry washington (@kerrywashington) January 1, 2018
These donations from all of you are wrecking me ?. THANK YOU for standing up to say: #TIMESUP – The @TIMESUPNW Legal Defense Fund provides subsidized legal support across industries to those who have experienced sexual harassment, assault, or abuse: https://t.co/bvd371K7Pf pic.twitter.com/WfVR6DJxOX
— America Ferrera (@AmericaFerrera) January 1, 2018
THIS has been months in the making an Now, we are Ready. #TimesUp. Read this NYTimes article to learn how wide reaching this initiative is. Go to https://t.co/U8jhyWSHtq to add your name to the letter and donate the the #TIMESUP Legal Defense Fund. https://t.co/zY5Xlkljs9
— Debra Messing (@DebraMessing) January 1, 2018
I stand with ALL WOMEN across every industry to say #TIMESUP on abuse, harassment, marginalization and underrepresentation. Join me! Sign the statement of solidarity & donate to the @TIMESUPNW Legal Defense Fund: https://t.co/7FofMhTaUJ pic.twitter.com/vEB3jYCRgD
— Reese Witherspoon (@RWitherspoon) January 1, 2018