Meredith Whittaker

I think it was November 11th, 2018. And everyone walked out for 20 minutes at 11, 11 a.m. in their local time. So we called it Rolling Thunder. And it started in the Singapore office as I was going to bed in New York. And I was seeing the photos. And this was chaos. I hadn't slept in days. There's so many meetings. There's so many tears. It's hard to organize something like that.

And I remember going to bed and seeing the images from Singapore with like, you know, a few hundred people, Singapore, like hit my Instagram. And I was like, oh shit, this is going to be big. And then I woke up New York time at like 5am to go to our location in New York and like prep it, make sure the cops let us be there, whatever.

And I remember going to bed and seeing the images from Singapore with like, you know, a few hundred people, Singapore, like hit my Instagram. And I was like, oh shit, this is going to be big. And then I woke up New York time at like 5am to go to our location in New York and like prep it, make sure the cops let us be there, whatever.

And I remember going to bed and seeing the images from Singapore with like, you know, a few hundred people, Singapore, like hit my Instagram. And I was like, oh shit, this is going to be big. And then I woke up New York time at like 5am to go to our location in New York and like prep it, make sure the cops let us be there, whatever.

And then I just remember seeing like, there's this little park near the New York office. And then it just like, grew outside the park and then no one could get into the park. And then I was looking at my home and there's my phone and there's live helicopter feeds and we don't have bullhorns because I'm one of the speakers. There's like speakers standing on chairs to address the crowd.

And then I just remember seeing like, there's this little park near the New York office. And then it just like, grew outside the park and then no one could get into the park. And then I was looking at my home and there's my phone and there's live helicopter feeds and we don't have bullhorns because I'm one of the speakers. There's like speakers standing on chairs to address the crowd.

And then I just remember seeing like, there's this little park near the New York office. And then it just like, grew outside the park and then no one could get into the park. And then I was looking at my home and there's my phone and there's live helicopter feeds and we don't have bullhorns because I'm one of the speakers. There's like speakers standing on chairs to address the crowd.

And then this, this guy, like some, you know, there's this sort of type, I don't know if in Germany you have this type, but they're like, kind of like, the leftist at every protest, and some guy had found out about it and came in, and I just remember this man I'd never seen handing me a bullhorn from below, and I picked it up.

And then this, this guy, like some, you know, there's this sort of type, I don't know if in Germany you have this type, but they're like, kind of like, the leftist at every protest, and some guy had found out about it and came in, and I just remember this man I'd never seen handing me a bullhorn from below, and I picked it up.

And then this, this guy, like some, you know, there's this sort of type, I don't know if in Germany you have this type, but they're like, kind of like, the leftist at every protest, and some guy had found out about it and came in, and I just remember this man I'd never seen handing me a bullhorn from below, and I picked it up.

Like a megaphone, yeah, yeah, yeah. And then it was... And then we... walked over to a Mexican restaurant and sat at the table and had a press operation that we were running. And what was cool was everyone organizing that was kind of a professional. Most of them were femme. And most of them had jobs at Google that were organizing the company.

Like a megaphone, yeah, yeah, yeah. And then it was... And then we... walked over to a Mexican restaurant and sat at the table and had a press operation that we were running. And what was cool was everyone organizing that was kind of a professional. Most of them were femme. And most of them had jobs at Google that were organizing the company.

Like a megaphone, yeah, yeah, yeah. And then it was... And then we... walked over to a Mexican restaurant and sat at the table and had a press operation that we were running. And what was cool was everyone organizing that was kind of a professional. Most of them were femme. And most of them had jobs at Google that were organizing the company.

So organizing their comms, being an administrator for 13 different directors. This particular type of hyper-competence at coordinating activity across a number of people who you may not have direct power over.

So organizing their comms, being an administrator for 13 different directors. This particular type of hyper-competence at coordinating activity across a number of people who you may not have direct power over.

So organizing their comms, being an administrator for 13 different directors. This particular type of hyper-competence at coordinating activity across a number of people who you may not have direct power over.

I mean, let's just say, yeah, yes. Um, you know, you can, like somebody who can write an email and get someone to respond to that email by doing a thing is kind of a witch. Yeah.

I mean, let's just say, yeah, yes. Um, you know, you can, like somebody who can write an email and get someone to respond to that email by doing a thing is kind of a witch. Yeah.

I mean, let's just say, yeah, yes. Um, you know, you can, like somebody who can write an email and get someone to respond to that email by doing a thing is kind of a witch. Yeah.

And it was all these like these preternaturally competent femmes just turning that energy toward organizing across the company, which was building on this sort of base of like meetings and locals and all of this sort of work that we'd done to kind of form a discursive environment inside Google where we're like weekly meetings to discuss the news, what Google could do, what campaigns we could do.