Thread by @TaraReadeTruth

Tara Reade did not change her story. She omitted details when coming forward in 2019, something many survivors do.

Accusing her of changing her story is a right wing talking point that upholds rape myths.

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#MeToo #IBelieveTaraReade

It’s so common for survivors to be inconsistent in their accounts that this training manual on false allegations states that inconsistency is not enough to determine that an assault did not happen.

nsvrc.org/sites/default/…

Many of the same media outlets and personalities that were understanding with Christine Blasey Ford’s missing details have seemingly forgotten their understanding of trauma when it comes to Tara Reade. slate.com/technology/201…

What Tara Reade told her friend in 1993 matches her account of the assault as she described it in 2020. Public knowledge of Reade’s allegations changed when she told her full account (including both sexual harassment & assault), but the story itself is the same.

The assertion that Tara Reade changed her story is exactly the same thinking Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers used to disparage his victims. newyorker.com/news/news-desk…

“But many [of Weinstein’s victims] still say that they face overwhelming pressures to stay silent, ranging from the spectre of career damage to fears about the life-altering consequences of being marked as sexual-assault victims.”

newyorker.com/news/news-desk…

“Unless we are to assume a journalist is trauma informed, why is it remotely hard to imagine that a reporter could intimidate a victim of rape? Or have a demeanor that suggested her story would not be fairly told?”

newpol.org/a-therapists-p…

“All [Tara Reade] did was leave out details. She hasn’t changed the fundamental substance of any of the things she said she experienced. It has all been parts she omitted.” - @LucyFlores

slate.com/news-and-polit…

It really is simple. Like most survivors, Tara Reade was hesitant to come forward because she was afraid of a powerful man.