I had the pleasure of speaking with Sabrina Merage Naim and Kassia Binkowski, the hosts of the new podcast Breaking Glass about women in media. I shared my thoughts on equity and how we might get there, and the responsibility that I believe women in positions of power have to drop the ladder behind them as they move up by mentoring and advocating for other women to advance.
Read MoreEquality Can't Wait, Our Future Depends On It
Never has better representation of women's lives, ideas, challenges and accomplishments been more needed to strengthen and sustain our democracy. So this week, I want to write about three organizations working to elevate women's voices in media.
Read MoreThe First Women-Led Recession Makes Voting More Important Than Ever
From the frontlines of the Covid pandemic this week, I want us to think about some startling new facts about who is hurting the most and what we can do about it. After decades of progress for working women, this recession has the potential to roll it all back in one fell swoop.
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Working Together to Woman Up
There are still many barriers for women seeking political leadership, and gratefully, many more organizations being formed and initiatives put into action to make it more likely that women who take the risks to run — to woman up — will also win. Here is some information on some of these groups and the important work they do!
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It's time to WOMAN UP in the House (Again)
This week, I'm highlighting five women of color running for the House. Let's give them a lift in the coming days and weeks. (I'll be featuring more women running for the House in an upcoming post.)
Read MoreIt's time to WOMAN UP in the Senate.
The key to shifting the power in the Senate this election will be women! Women voters. Women candidates. This is why I’m devoting all my social media platforms for the next 10 weeks to profiling the women whose wins will change the power balance between political parties and between women and men in the US Congress.
Read MoreThe DNC and Georgia ‘Women Up’
Georgia is a state with a proud history of what John Lewis liked to call "good trouble” and today, many of Georgia's women leaders are continuing to stir up good trouble for democracy, racial justice and equality. More women from Georgia spoke during the DNC than any other state. I am feeling a sense of pride in my sister Georgians and a powerful dose of hope, too, that these voices represent our future. Let’s hear from them!
Read MoreReflections on Sundance 2020: Imagining the Future
“Imagining the Future” was the theme of SFF2020 and this year’s festival reflected the strategic focus on making all of Sundance Institute’s programs — from labs for screenwriters, directors and producers to the festival — more inclusive.
Read More5 Concrete Ways to Be More Dangerous in 2020
Many of you who have watched and shared my TED Talk have asked for some concrete ways to become more dangerous, more engaged, and more effective in 2020, the beginning of a new and critical decade for big changes. Here are five recommendations and advice about how to give a TED Talk of your own!
Read MoreDemocracy Now! Interview with Amy Goodman
I spoke with Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman about my book, Becoming a Dangerous Woman, Fire Drill Fridays and why I believe dangerous times call for dangerous women.
Read More'The Time is Now to Invest in Equality'
This week, my friend Lindsey Taylor Wood, founder and CEO of The Helm, launches a new curated online shop featuring exclusively female-founded products, brands and designers. For The Helm, it represents the next phase in a comprehensive approach to investing in women.
Read MoreConnecting Women Leaders to Accelerate Positive Change
This month, in partnership with The Rockefeller Foundation, I’m convening a women’s leadership forum at the Rockefeller conference center in Bellagio, Italy. Along with Ronda Carnegie, one of the TEDWomen co-founders, we’re gathering a group of women leaders from all over the world on the frontlines of change in culture, media, business, social enterprises and government.
Women's History Month Is the Perfect Time to Ratify the Equal Rights Amendment
If you know the history of this struggle, you know that an ERA amendment was passed by Congress in 1972. But in order for an amendment to become part of the Constitution, it needs three-fourths of the states to ratify it and that hasn’t happened yet. But momentum around ratification is building and may happen very soon.
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Billie Jean King: “Bobby Riggs — he was the former number one player, he wasn’t just some hacker. He was one of my heroes and I admired him. And that’s the reason I beat him, actually, because I respected him.” She spoke with Pat Mitchell at TEDWomen2015. Photo: Marla Aufmuth/TED
How the ‘Battle of the Sexes’ influenced a generation of men: Billie Jean King’s TEDWomen update
Forty-three years ago this week, the number one tennis star in the world, 29-year-old Billie Jean King, agreed to take on 55-year-old Bobby Riggs, in a match dubbed the “Battle of the Sexes.”
Read MoreTEDWomen Update: Wellesley College Inaugurates Dr. Paula Johnson
Congratulations to TEDWomen 2013 speaker Dr. Paula Johnson who, last Friday, was sworn in as the 14th president of Wellesley College. She is the first African-American president of the institution.
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TEDWomen Update: Writer Hanna Rosin on the 'End of Men'
When Hanna Rosin, the first speaker at the very first TEDWomen conference in 2010, delivered her talk entitled “The End of Men,” she had only just begun doing the research for what became her nationally bestselling 2012 book by the same name.
Read MoreLooking at Hillary's Nomination Through a Nordic Lens
Today, Iceland’s voters go to the polls to elect their first new president in 20 years. Nearly half of the candidates are women. It’s worth noting, however, that while 2016 saw a US milestone with the presumptive nomination of Hillary Clinton, in Iceland a woman on the ballot is not such a big deal.
Read MoreWhat Does it Really Mean to Mentor?
I believe mentoring is one of the strategies that can close the gender gap in leadership that exists in this country and around the world. In this post, I share some of the things I've learned from a lifetime as both a mentor and a mentee.
Read MoreExploring the Global Gender Gap in Media in India
On the day of my panel on the global gender gap in media at the International Conference on Gender Equality (ICGE) in Kerala, India, local news reported another gang rape in Kerala.
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