If you google “Most Disrespected Profession”, “politician” appears in virtually every single solitary top ten list (of which there are many.) Americans are all but hard wired to love to hate their elected officials, and,…
Episode 13 – WE DID IT
- November 8, 2018
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Congrats to us! Voter turnout was epic! And – no surprise – women led that pack, representing 52% of everyone who showed up at that ballot boxes. This level of citizen participation has not been…
Episode 12 – WOMEN BLAZING TRAILS
- November 1, 2018
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“A woman is like a tea bag – you can’t tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt! “If you want something said, ask a man; if you…
Episode 11 – MEN WHO HELP THE WOMEN WHO RUN
- October 25, 2018
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In the past two years, American women have been galvanized, leading the resistance, holding men to account like never before, marching in solidarity to purge sexism from every echelon of society. But while they are…
Episode 10 – WOMEN WHO HELP WOMEN WHO RUN
- October 18, 2018
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“Behind Every Great Man is a Great Woman.” A Feminist rally in the 60’s and 70’s. Flash forward to 1985 and the phrase got a giant boost when the Eurythmics released “Sisters are doing it…
Episode 9 – POLICY AND GENDER AND WHY IT MATTERS
- October 11, 2018
- Tagged as: 2018Midterms, Abigail Adams, BarbaraLeeFamilyFoundation, Bill Schuette, BrookingsInstitute, California, Center for American Women and Politics, Change, democracy, equality, EqualPay, Feminist, FiveThirtyEight, FlintWaterCrisis, gender, Gretchen Whitmer, James Green, John Adams, Jovanka Beckles, LGBTQ, MeToo, midterms, misogyny, Nate Silver, NeverAgain, nonpartisan, PinkTsunami, politics, Rutgers, SocialMedia, TimesUp, Utah, WomansWave, YearOfTheWoman
March 31, 1776, Abigail Adams proposed “a new code of laws” to her husband John, that he and others in the Continental Congress prioritize the interests of women as they prepared to fight for American…
Episode 8 – WOMEN (CANDIDATES) DARING and RISKING GREATLY
- October 4, 2018
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In 1910, Theodore Roosevelt delivered a speech in Sorbonne, France, titled “Citizen in a Republic.” “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the…
Episode 7: WE’RE COUNTING ON YOU MILLENNIALS
- September 27, 2018
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Entitled, self-indulgent, hyper-sensitive, easily distracted… just a few of the cliché’s that are often associated with the Millennial generation. But depending on who is passing judgement, you may hear traits like ambitious, conscious, passionate, openminded…attributed…
Episode 6 – MOTHERS, DAUGHTERS, LEADERS
- September 20, 2018
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Run Like a Girl is devoted to promoting the multitudes of strong and independent women who are running towards election day at highly competitive speeds. And we would be remiss if we didn’t shine a…
Women fill only a paltry 20% of the seats in congress. But, progress happens in fits and starts and the 2018 midterm elections carry the hope of a giant step forward for womenkind (and mankind, by extension)….
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