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" I was paralyzed for so long by people's opinions. I would be devastated to the point where I didn't know if I could make it through the day. "

Whitney Wolfe Herd

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Doing The Right Thing

" I'm so proud of the community we've been able to bring together, and the notion of women making the first move is no longer taboo; it's no longer a scarlet letter to have a voice. "

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" I was 24 when I was embroiled in a high-profile lawsuit. This was 2014, long before, en masse and on social media, we said #MeToo and #TimesUp. At the time, I felt completely alone. Visceral, hateful online harassment from strangers left me paranoid and anxious for years afterward. "

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" I'm the most fortunate woman in the world - I have a platform, which doesn't just reach 10 people. "

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" We encourage failure among young men; we celebrate it... It's a badge of honour for a man. Yet attach those same words and experiences to a woman, and society writes her off. "

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" I run a dating site, but I will gladly tell someone, 'Do not date someone if it's not right.' And don't settle. This settling thing is insane. I've literally had to force friends out of relationships because they want to be married by a certain age, so they just date these guys that are not right for them. "

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" I have been sexist before. I have called girls names. I have gone with the misogynist flow. "

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" If you're doing anything disruptive, and if you know it to be good and true and progressive, let the naysayers fuel you to work harder and go faster and sleep less. "

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" Bullies will attack your confidence, but you cannot let them kill your ambition. "

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" Everyone deals with trauma differently, and recovery is always a work in progress. But courage is contagious, and the more that people stand up and speak out against misogyny, the faster we can create the kind of world where we won't have to. "

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Change The World

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" From its conception, I wanted Bumble's culture to match its values. If women were taking charge on our app, then they'd be running the show behind the scenes, too. "

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" If I want to make the first move, I want to go after something in my life, I should be able to do that without shame, guilt, or blame. "

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" We always need friends. And I think we come out of these highly social environments with university, college, wherever we were, and getting to a new city could be daunting. It can be lonely, and it's almost easier to find a date than it is to find a friend. "

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