Elizabeth Dias of Time is monitoring an intriguing hashtag. She writes:
The shooting spree in Santa Barbara, Calif. on Friday–and suspect Elliot Rodger’s manifesto against women that appears to have been behind it–prompted an online conversation critiquing the beliefs society instills in men about women.
But alongside the #YesAllWomen hashtag cropped up another one–#YesAllBiblicalWomen–as people began imagining the way the women of the Bible would contribute to the #YesAllWomen conversation if they could speak today.
Mary Magdalene: Because you assume my sin must have been sexual. #YesAllWomen #YesAllBiblicalWomen
— YesAllBiblicalWomen (@AllBibleWomen) May 28, 2014
Tamar: because it was my half-brother who raped me, and my uncle who helped him. #YesAllWomen #YesAllBiblicalWomen
— YesAllBiblicalWomen (@AllBibleWomen) May 27, 2014
Syro-phonecian woman: Because even Jesus calls me a bitch. #YesAllWomen #YesAllBiblicalWomen
— YesAllBiblicalWomen (@AllBibleWomen) May 26, 2014