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Accidental activist. Bestselling author x5 books, speaker, Editor, The Jewsletter, Harvard MBA, Momx3.

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@samanthaettus
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4 years
On Labor Day, a reminder that America still does not guarantee paid leave after women go into labor: 25% of women return to work within 10 days of giving birth.
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Trying to decide whether to encourage your daughter to play sports? 94 percent of women who hold C-suite level positions are former athletes.
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865,000 women dropped out of the workforce in September when their kids went back to school. Everyone who has ever cared about the gender wage gap should be terrified by this - an economic crisis for women and families.
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Which totalitarian country is Portland part of? Oh right.
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Trump on Portland: "We're not leaving until they secure their city ... if they don't secure their city soon, we have no choice -- we're gonna have to go in and clean it out."
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@MeghanMcCain He's all good and so are we!
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Men, please think back to every woman you have ever slept with. Now imagine that each of them is pregnant (from your poweful sperm!) Oh and btw, no abortions allowed. Terrified? Angry? Speak up. You are half of this equation & we can’t fight the battle without you.
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I can’t stop thinking about Breonna Taylor and the fact that people who fight for gun rights and insist that we should all be gun owners are using “her boyfriend had a gun at home” as justification for the cops killing her.
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A guy who passed on investing in my company last year just sent me an article about funding for women-led companies going down to 1.9% in 2022. What do I even say to this human?
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@samanthaettus
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@OwenJones84 Outrageous. Listen to yourself: "Israel was walking down a dark alley at night. She was asking for it."
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7 years
If a male judge did this, it would be called assault and harassment. There needs to be a proper response to Katy Perry’s abusive behavior on ‘American Idol’
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. @BenSasse I sat next to you all freshman year in Spanish class. You are a dad. You are a leader. I implore you to vote based on your intellect and your empathy rather than with your party. Look up the definition of Devils Triangle and Boof and match them with Ford’s testimony.
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I am obsessed with this quote: “If you never heal from what hurt you, you’ll bleed on people who didn’t cut you.” - Unknown
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If they were paid minimum wage, this would be okay. $1/hour is slavery.
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An inmate crew walks up Tigertail Road #GettyFire
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Two white men debating about golf handicaps. They just handed SNL their opener. #Debates2024 #DebateNight
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Pick one woman you know and ask her to run for office today. I chose mine ( @shannonrwatts ) and asked her in front of a crowd earlier this week. #InternationalWomenDay #altsummit
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Imagine if there was a man accused of murder and his high school classmates wrote a letter saying that in all the time they knew him, this man never murdered them. How irrelevant would their testimony be?
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Israel and Saudi fans cheer next to each other, representing the reshuffling of Middle East alliances. #Paris2024
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Thanks to our interview with @soledadobrien , I am finally reading Caste. It should be required for every student. It’s time to replace our history books with those that reflect the truth.
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Parents: Allow yourself the space and time to grow independently in 2019. When you don’t grow, your children’s world shrinks. When you grow, your children flourish.
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@Gladwell Running a 100,000 person city (and not very well!) now qualifies a person to be President?
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Mother daughter outing to root for @weareangelcity !
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@ClooneyFDN @KarimKhanQC @IntlCrimCourt @FinancialTimes Time to rename yourselves to Clooney Foundation for Injustice.
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One in eight people on the planet watched today’s game. Women’s soccer is a money making machine. #EqualPayNow
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3 years
As my 10th grader left for her first day of school, her 11yo brother gave her a hug and whispered: “May the odds be ever in your favor.”
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@samstein A measure of a human's worth is whether they accept these appointments.
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4 years
Some days the timing hits just right. I can't think of a better moment to release our latest @onwhatsherstory episode with political pundit @MollyJongFast . She talks sobriety, growing up with a famous mother and building a career around politics.
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Tonight our President, a sexual predator, mocked a sexual assault survivor. I am perplexed by our country’s lack of activism. Would we accept this from the head of a company we worked in? From the principal of our kid’s school? No! So why accept it from the leader of our country?
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40% of postal workers are women. 40% of postal workers are people of color. 100% of the USPS board of governors are white men.
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Let’s all take Kamala’s lead the next time we are manterrupted. “Excuse me, I am speaking.” #VicePresidentialDebate2020
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While pregnant, @serenawilliams won the Australian Open & @kerrileewalsh won a gold medal. High time to stop calling it a "disability."
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@MollyJongFast I worry about him disappearing like Shelly Miscavage.
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Pssst @amazon ...Your antisemitism is showing.
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@soledadobrien NYT just forgot the footnote: *This advertorial is sponsored by Governor Ron DeSantis.
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@Amy_Siskind @stevenmnuchin1 has remained unscathed.
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4 months
If you missed tonight's debate, here is the quick summary: One physically ill candidate One mentally ill candidate Two moderators who lacked energy and never required mentally ill candidate to answer the questions. #DebateNight2024 #DebateNight
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Do you know what the worst kind of party looks like for a woman? She arrives with a man by her side. A party guest comes over and in conversation, he asks of man by her side: "What do you do?" The woman is never asked. This happens at every party. Ask her what she does. Ask her!
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I love that this medium shows off the brains and wit of @MonicaLewinsky , who sets the Twitter bar higher for all of us!
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blaming the intern is so 1990's. 🙄
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Wake up, World. We need your voices.
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Students walked out of Duke University’s commencement ceremony today to protest Jerry Seinfeld, who is a guest speaker. Let’s be clear, walking out on Jewish speakers will do nothing to help Palestinians or promote peace. It only incites further hostility against Jews.
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Good News for the Older Mothers
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Hang in there Ladies. If you play second fiddle for 37 years and your leading man needs emergency surgery, your time might come too!
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‘Wheel of Fortune’ episodes with Vanna White as solo host begin airing #wheeloffortune
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Best news of the day!
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@EFischberger @NPR She is a plant. When they talk about the terrorists invading our mainstream media, they are talking about her. I was a devoted @NPR listener until October 7th, when I realized they are not committed to journalism.
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I am on set of Dr. Phil in my dressing room getting ready to debate men who think they need a men’s movement because they feel oppressed. This feels scarier than taking on Steve Bannon. All prayers and last minute advice welcome.
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Speechless.
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A Utah woman has been charged with lewdness after her stepchildren saw her topless in her own home. If convicted, she'd be registered as a sex offender for 10 years. Her attorneys argue that the statute is unconstitutional.
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@edencohentweets And if any celebrities have a change of heart, they can contact me and be part of 2024 New Voices where we have made it super easy to speak out.💙
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@ninaturner Since 1967 Gaza's Palestinian population has grown 6x from 350,000 then to 2.2 million today. Clearly you do NOT know what "genocide" means.
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. @Entrepreneur , I implore you to take down this list or rename it 25 quotes from men. @long didn’t include even one woman. #unacceptable
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Sometimes a little piece of advice or wisdom goes a long way.
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Let's assume that the red pins are not symbols of evil, but symbols of ignorance. Let's turn our attention to the celebrities who have chosen to speak out in the 2024 New Voices campaign against antisemitism. We need to celebrate these voices more than ever.
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In solidarity with the working parents like me who take the 5am flight on November 1st so that they don’t have to miss a minute of Halloween. 🖐
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Election result: In the last 48 hours over 2000 Jewish families in France have reportedly opened files to begin the process of moving to Israel.
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6 years
Hello @IvankaTrump @stevenmnuchin1 , and all who work for you, we’re looking at you.
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Mass murder at a Pittsburgh synagogue. A killer targeting African Americans in Kentucky. The bomb maker. The focus should not be only on Trump, but all who excuse, abet, or stand in silence while hate is stoked for political gain.
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"Sidney Poitier was to Hollywood what Jackie Robinson was to baseball." - @TheRevAl
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When your friends do well, you do well! Turn any envy into cheering.
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If there is a silver lining, it is that we gained two national heroes in the last three days. Thank you Sally Yates and Ann Donnelly.
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Raise your hand if you didn’t learn about Juneteenth in school but want your own children’s children to find it in their textbooks. 🤚
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It’s a historic day. The US Senate now has a record breaking 22 women. Let’s keep going until we get to at least 50!
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There are few people as captivating and compelling as @HumaAbedin . In this deeply personal interview, she reflects on her career as Hillary’s right hand, her very public heartbreak and her next chapter.
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@KayeEllen17 working on this.
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Thanks for the shout out @Gavin_McInnes . I am ready to debate you any time!
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. @Gavin_McInnes says: New book “The Pie Life” is another “bull****” attack on stay-at-home moms | #tcot
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Nominations open for @FortyOver40 . Which women in your life are making an impact? Show them some love http:// http://t.co/JPGeFq6Pc6
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Saying that the women coming forward about Kavanaugh are part of an anti-Republican conspiracy is like saying the men who came forward about their abuse at the hands of Catholic priests are part of an anti-Christian conspiracy. A ludicrous storyline & a distraction from truth.
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@PhilGordon46 You must know that there is no school in session because Hamas is using the schools as physical bases for their terrorism. What is inspiring you to promote these lies?
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So in awe of @shannonrwatts and the @MomsDemand movement she has created to end gun violence. One person can spark a forever flame.
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“Don’t live by coming to consensus. Live by coming to your senses.” - @MarthaBeck Have you listened to @GlennonDoyle and @AbbyWambach ’s podcast yet? If not start with today’s genius episode!
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He had probably never even considered the contradiction of woking to raise a strong female athlete and using the female anatomy as a synonym for wimp. And I know he will pause before using it again. Will you join me in stopping sexist/racist/homophobic language in its tracks?
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Hitting refresh over and over for days to get my 84yo dad and his girlfriend vaccine appointments and I just got them. Crying happy tears.
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Then ask yourself if you really believe that “Renate alumnius” means what Kavanaugh said or something sinister.
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You know what could change the numbers? If men will commit to stop hiring the “great guy” their friend recommends. We all know what that guy looks like.
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Best night of Hanukkah. Each child received $25 to give to a classroom @DonorsChoose and they all spent time deliberating before making their choices.
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Teenagers celebrating their second vaccine.
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If you wanted proof of how often I go to @Starbucks ...my barista just invited me to her daughter’s wedding.
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There are two kinds of people at a holiday party: those who are genuinely interested in other people - in hearing their stories and asking them questions, and those who are not. Life is so much richer if you go through it as the former.
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This is how you scare people out of peacefully protesting. This week, he rerouted COVID data away from a federal agency and straight to The White House, and now this. We are no longer living in a democracy.
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If you ever lack hope as to how one human can make a difference, think of @staceyabrams . Stacey “lost” her own gubernatorial race by only 55,000 votes in 2018 and has registered 800,000 new voters in Georgia since.
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He should be banned from competing for the rest of time
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Algerian judoka Dris Messaoud has withdrawn from the Paris Olympics because he refused to compete against an Israeli athlete. Trash is taking itself out.
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I just found out that Inauguration Day is also National Cheese Lover’s Day so basically it is the best day ever.
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I wrote this very personal piece, published in today’s Sunday paper.
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Opinion: What it’s like to win the lottery as a woman
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Instead of buying your daughter a tutu, consider a basketball. 94% of women in the C Suite played sports and over half played at a university level. #GirlsAndWomenInSportsDay
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PSA for women: Living with an uninvolved or negative partner is far worse than having no partner at all. An unsupportive partner will deplete you of your energy, strength, and optimism. Don't settle!
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So proud of @SenGillibrand for fighting to keep paid medical and family leave alive. If ever there was a bipartisan issue, you would think it would be that of caring for loved ones. Shame on @Sen_JoeManchin for leaving families on the cutting room floor.
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Not to be Debbie Downer, but while we celebrate vaccines on trucks, can we also make sure to wear masks and cancel holiday travel because there are only 100 ICU beds left in all of LA County and it is emblematic of what is going on across the country.
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This is terrifying > Stanford Swimmer Brock Allen Turner Receives Absurdly Short Sentence: via TheCut
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@AvivaKlompas I do not understand why we still pay attention to the @nytimes . They have showed us who they are again and again.
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@persianjewess @omelvenymyers This is unconscionable
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I just met a mom who told me she was a scientist who left her job because she "felt guilty" not being home with her kids. When did sharing your gifts only with the people within your four walls become more noble than sharing your gifts with the world?
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Historic. NYSE and NASDAQ will now be run by women.
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Women lost two million jobs in 2020. This is finally getting some attention and @Amy_K_Nelson and I shared a plan for how to fix it.
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If you thought #metoo was only strong in Hollywood, rest assured it’s gone local too. Here is the cover of Charleston’s @postandcourier .
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I think you misunderstood the article. Even when women talk about ambition, money is not part of the conversation. Without financial parity, women remain powerless, and if we don’t include money in women’s ambition, the the financial gap will never decrease.
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Why @Inc would you post a list of 7 books written by men? This is 2018. Boot the article and the contributor.
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Why spend $250k on an MBA? Read these 7 short books instead.
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@MollyJongFast If you try and fail to burn down your office building, do you get to show up at work the next day with your job and your paycheck waiting for you?
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From Melrose Place to Desperate Housewives to a full life of love, family, sickness and now, activism, my friend @ReallyMarcia bares her soul in this episode of @onwhatsherstory which we recorded LIVE at the @mom2summit !
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I don’t believe in putting nonviolent criminals in cages. Instead of two weeks of jail time, imagine if Felicity Huffman had been sentenced to five years of teaching acting full time at an urban public school.
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Who’s that girl, the one who hugged Biden tightly and danced blissfully on the stage? His daughter, justice reform advocate Ashley Biden!
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"Let this moment resonate with women across the world from Texas to Afghanistan. It is time for your to claim your power, sing your song, tell your stories. It will make this world a better place." - @msdebbieallen #EMMYS2021
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My 9yo son describing the difference between two friends: “___ is the kind of friend you can have a real conversation with and ___ is the kind of friend who would be fun to roll down a hill with.”
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