If you aren’t familiar with #YesAllWomen, you should definitely check out these posts by Claudia Guthrie, Ella Ceron, and Jamie Varon. Once you’re done with those you need to read the following tweets which hopefully resonate with everyone that’s sees them. It has to be more than a moment of awareness. It needs to become a catalyst of change. Hopefully this is just the beginning.

I shouldn’t have to hold my car keys in hand like a weapon & check over my shoulder every few seconds when I walk at night #YesAllWomen — Sophia Bush (@SophiaBush) May 25, 2014

#yesallwomen because “I have a boyfriend” is more likely to get a guy to back off than “no”, because they respect other men more than women — ZAmmi (@ZAmmi) May 26, 2014

#YesAllWomen because even a taped confession admitting to raping me wasn’t enough to put him in jail. — Jessi Smiles (@jessismiles__) May 26, 2014

#yesallwomen because apparently the clothes I wear is a more valid form of consent than the words I say — nita belegu (@nitabelegu) May 26, 2014

Not ALL men harass women. But ALL women have, at some point, been harassed by men. Food for thought. #YesAllWomen — Adelaide Kane (@AdelaideKane) May 27, 2014

Because men don’t text eachother that they got home safe. #YesAllWomen — Addie Wagenknecht (@wheresaddie) May 26, 2014

a “cool story babe, now make me a sandwich” shirt doesn’t break the school dress code. a girl’s bra strap does. #yesallwomen — #YesAllWomen (@yesaIIwomen) May 26, 2014

Because women serving in the military shouldn’t fear getting raped by their colleagues more than they fear the enemy #YesAllWomen — Jackie Speier (@RepSpeier) May 27, 2014

This is quite possibly the most terrifying thing I’ve ever read #YesAllWomen pic.twitter.com/kSD70RxSyL — emily (@DieWithUrPawsUp) May 26, 2014

#YesAllWomen because we’re taught to fear if we don’t do everything “right” we asked for it if we get raped. — Laurie Moody (@ljmBAMAfan) May 25, 2014

When a woman makes a video, most comments are about tearing apart her looks. Or if they’d “do” her. With a man, almost none. #YesAllWomen — Felicia Day (@feliciaday) May 26, 2014

One of the most important things I’ve ever read. #YesAllWomen pic.twitter.com/sDqf0F3pPL — Scott Summers (@ItsScottSummers) May 26, 2014

Because I now wear shorts under dresses in crowded bars after being groped and even penetrated by unseen hands. #YesAllWomen — Laura (@LauraLikesWine) May 25, 2014