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.
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.
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."
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.
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.
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?
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’
.
@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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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?
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
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!
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.
@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.
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.
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.
@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.💙
@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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
@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?
“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!
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
Algerian judoka Dris Messaoud has withdrawn from the Paris Olympics because he refused to compete against an Israeli athlete.
Trash is taking itself out.
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
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!
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.
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.
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?
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.
@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?
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
!
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.
"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
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.”