Researchers have estimated that women’s stories make up just 0.5% of recorded history. For Women’s History Month, we wanted to highlight the lives and legacies of women whose names and stories you may not know, but should.
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Yes yes yes yes yes to this article about women over 60 as the new power players in the workplace. Pelosi, Waters, Zirinsky, Warren, @GayleKing, @camanpour, and so many others are transforming perceptions of women at this age.
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by @jessicabennett
“I think older women are stepping forward in part because they just don’t have any craps to give,” @zerlinaMaxwell said. “Black women of a certain age especially, they have lived through a lot.” @jessicabennett https://t.co/SCpMazBdKE #disruptaging#sayyourage#liveold#diversity
GIRLS WILL LEAD THE REVOLUTION!!! Look at this glorious zine about TEENS we got in the @nytimes!! This is what 18-year-old girlhood looks like around the world -- through girls' eyes. #ThisIs18 https://t.co/mbVxzTzImm
Christine Blasey Ford's composed, but wrenching, testimony was "a stark reminder of the gender dynamics, and mental gymnastics, required of women who speak up (or speak at all)," writes Jessica Bennett https://t.co/f4t50t5luk
“It’s really the only crime where people doubt the victim immediately.”
“If your car was stolen, they don’t say, ‘Are you sure it was stolen? Why were you driving such an expensive car?’” https://t.co/DEsrwGQQYP
Dear @jessicabennett,
I promise you’ll always have your royalties. (Not pictured: the other 6 copies I’ve already sent to friends around the world).
Love,
Me #FeministFightClub
NYT Gender Editor and FFC author @jessicabennett is going to be in conversation with @dopequeenpheebs and @msjwilly on 7/23! Have a question for ‘em?! Reply and they may answer it during the IG LIVE AMA! (On NYT Gender) ❤️⁉️
50 years ago, feminists protested the Miss America pageant by throwing (but not burning!) bras and girdles into a trash can labeled "Freedom." Now, #metoo may have finally ushered in a new era (and one without swimsuits). 🚫👙@jessicabennett
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NYT Gender and Modern Love teamed up to ask college students how they navigate the gray zone of sexual consent. Here are their stories. https://t.co/QwJK4zdpKj @jessicabennett@danjonesnyt