Marcos

@UN staff. Imagining ways to bring down the patriarchy. Inspired by feminists, fan of kindness. Tweets are my own, RTs often endorsements.

[Marcos @MarcosMS]

Finally a story about black, working-class women subjected to the culture of harassment https://t.co/CFOXA4o4ea #WhatAboutUs #Chicago

[Marcos @MarcosMS]

@AndySaav23 I'm a Russian bot 😂

[Marcos @MarcosMS]

https://t.co/Ozasj3dsEa #GIOF2020

[Marcos @MarcosMS]

A gruesome reality https://t.co/vnb5HzR2qo

[Marcos @MarcosMS]

Great piece in @aeonmag https://t.co/9KKA1AYId1

[Marcos @MarcosMS]

March 1965: Lyndon Johnson decides to send American ground troops to Vietnam. The reason: to "avoid humiliation".

Just in case you still think gender doesn't play a role in foreign policy. #ToxicMasculinity

[Marcos @MarcosMS]

@_alice_evans Thank you Alice for your advice! :) :)

[Alice Evans @_alice_evans]

as i always tell my students:

embrace self-critique, but never self-doubt.
never doubt that you can do it.

with practice, perseverance, and good guidance,
anything is possible.

[that's the naive hope. should hear by july or sooner]

[Marcos @MarcosMS]

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[Alice Evans @_alice_evans]

It's that day of the year again!

The @worldbank World Development Report is out!
"The Changing Nature of Work"

And as some of you know, I always read it on the day of publication and live tweet my review

Background: here's my review of the last 5 WDRs https://t.co/TUnYGZbnEq

[Marcos @MarcosMS]

On #rape: myths & facts.

[Marcos @MarcosMS]

Let's make it simple.

Gather a group of women and ask for a show of hands on how many of them are afraid of being alone with a stranger of the opposite sex.

Now, ask the same question to a group of men.

That's patriarchy 101.

[Marcos @MarcosMS]

Let's make it simple.

Gather a group of women and ask for a show of hands on how many of them are afraid of being alone with a stranger of the opposite sex.

Now, ask the same question to a group of men.

That's patriarchy 101.

[Marcos @MarcosMS]

I attended an event moderated by @feministabulous today. One of the panelists was caught in a conceptual confusion and said he didn't like the word patriarchy. 1/2

[Marcos @MarcosMS]

Whenever I hear somebody say "the world is so fucked up right now", I always think there's probably no better time to have been born.

Yes, I'm a historian.

h/t @bill_easterly

#perspective

[Marcos @MarcosMS]

Boys should spend a lot of time reading books about women, written by women https://t.co/cWDWOMYIqJ

[Jennifer Wright @JenAshleyWright]

Jackson Katz, a social researcher, asked men what they do on a daily basis to avoid being sexually assaulted. Then he asked women.

[Jennifer Wright @JenAshleyWright]

I realize that everyone who says “sexual assault ruins women’s lives” is well intentioned.

But, if you’re a woman who has been sexually assaulted: Don’t let anyone else tell you your life is ruined.

You can go on to have a rich, wonderful life in spite of your assault. #metoo

[Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson]

Since the Universe has no center, you can’t be it.

[Marcos @MarcosMS]

Some new data on gender norms among teenagers https://t.co/BGoBCVzlwT