Me Too, Medusa. We Are All Jane Doe.

Before she was a monster, Medusa was a young woman.

In the Roman poet Ovid's telling, she was attacked by Poseidon inside Athena's temple, a sacred place where she should have been safe. The god who hurt her faced no consequences. Medusa was the one who was punished. Her hair was turned to snakes, her face became something people were taught to fear, and her name became a warning.

For two thousand years, the world remembered her as the monster. Almost no one remembered what was done to her.

That's what it means to be a Jane Doe. Your story gets told without you. Your name becomes something other people decide what to do with.

This fall, women answered with four words

When someone threatened to expose the name of a survivor who had chosen to stay anonymous, women everywhere did something powerful. They posted four words: I am Jane Doe.

Thousands of women said it at once, until her name was impossible to find in the crowd. No one had to agree on a plan. They simply stood in front of her.

That's what Medusa never had: women standing between her and the people who wanted to make an example of her.

Me too

In 2006, activist Tarana Burke started using two words to help survivors know they weren't alone: me too. In 2017, millions of women said them at once, and the world finally listened. Around that time, an image of Medusa, calm and strong and holding the head of the man who came to destroy her, spread across the internet as a symbol of the movement.

Me too. I am Jane Doe. Different words, same promise: you are not alone, and we will not be quiet.

We Are All Jane Doe

Every woman who has been doubted, blamed, or shamed for something that was done to her is a Jane Doe. So is every girl who was married off before she was old enough to choose. Their names are different, but the story is the same one Medusa lived.

And the answer is the same one women gave this fall. We stand together, and we stay together. One woman speaking up can be ignored. Thousands of women standing side by side cannot.

That's why our newest Medusa design says We Are All Jane Doe. It's Medusa, holding the head of the man who came to destroy her, and the words women are saying right now. Because she was never the monster. She was one of the first Jane Does, and she isn't alone anymore.

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Sincerely,

Tabby 💜