Journalism Has a Problem with Successful Women and It Needs to be Fixed

I want to start this post by congratulating four-time Olympic gold medallist and tennis champion Serena Williams on her engagement to Reddit Founder Alexis Ohanian. If you’re not familiar with Williams, perhaps the following headline will jog your memory: “DRAKE & COMMON’S EX READY TO TIE THE KNOT, ANNOUNCES ENGAGEMENT” — sohh.com Did her association with successful male rappers Drake and Common…

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Ten Things You DO NOT Have to do Just Because You’re a Woman

Ten Things You DO NOT Have to do Just Because You’re a Woman

It’s 2017. Women are doctors and astronauts and politicians and members of the forces all while a.) having the potential to create life, b.) living in a society that hates their gender and c.) STILL being expected them to wear pencil skirts and blouses. I despair. (I started writing this months ago, during the #DressLikeAWoman debate, and never posted it. I went without writing something outside…

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"The day I will finally rest is the day my daughter and her daughter are made of cosmos and chaos and everything you told me I could never be. Until then, I will be the oncoming storm over the horizon that you will always see. I am woman and war and you cannot stop me."
- Nikita Gill (via meanwhilepoetry)

mjalti:

I hate it when people ask “do you trust me” like …don’t call me out like that ……..the answer is no

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