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Here’s what we remember; comment below your favorite ‘90s memories! buff.ly/8sJElN3
November 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Pauli Murray's is the moral compass that helped guide Eleanor Roosevelt whose notes to her husband would go on to shape national policy. Indeed, as Americans are standing in line for food, we wonder who is whispering in this president’s ear?

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Who was Pauli Murray? Civil Rights Activist Who Fought Inequality
The civil-rights pioneer and feminist visionary Pauli Murray reshaped American law and identity. Her voice matters as inequality deepens.
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November 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
@louisedonovan.bsky.social breaks down how the UN’s annual climate talks fail Indigenous voices, and what could stand to change: buff.ly/d5YV8kr
Why Shirley Djukurnã Krenak Won't Be At COP
The indigenous Brazilian activist says there's no point.
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November 11, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Shirley Djukurnã Krenak won't be at COP30 in part because she's busy, in part because she isn’t convinced these COP meetings work. buff.ly/d5YV8kr
November 11, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Molly Dickens, Ph.D. breaks how mother blame shows up when it comes to autism: buff.ly/hsd8LI5
It's So Easy to Blame The Mom.
'Mother Blame' makes children's health women's problem.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Case in point: September’s White House press conference, when Trump took mothers to task for taking Tylenol, drawing an unproven link between that and children developing autism.

But the press conference wasn’t about autism. It was about situating blame inside a woman’s body. buff.ly/hsd8LI5
November 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Pelosi's legacy will leave a mark on the country’s history, the political aspirations of women, and the lives of all Americans. @josiecox.bsky.social explores her nearly four-decade-long career: buff.ly/ccYXaf2
November 7, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Can we focus on raising everybody up instead of just ourselves?

On November 14th at 12 PM ET, Francesca Donner will be joined by podcast host Melissa Panzer and author Ruchika T. Malhotra to discuss how we can fix work, and how we can get there. buff.ly/lpBgtCu
November 5, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Read more of the most outrageous responses founders were told in a pitch meeting or by an investor: buff.ly/YsaqB63

From being asked about kids and marriage to fending off unwanted kisses, these were truly the worst of the worst.
'I Don't Invest in Mothers. I Expect Founders to Work'
8 Female entrepreneurs share shocking investor comments.
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November 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
To better understand what it’s like for female founders in 2025, we partnered with HearstLab, a venture capital fund that has built a community of over 60 startups which are owned and led by women. buff.ly/YsaqB63
November 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Here's her list of directors who she'd like to see adapt "Frankenstein" in the vein of Mary Shelley's original manuscript. Which of these women would you want to see work on a future "Frankenstein" movie? buff.ly/LeEegLe
October 30, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Psychotherapist Nina Jane Patel discovered this herself when she decided to try Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse Horizon Worlds. Almost instantly, a group of male avatars cornered her to sexually harrass her. The kind of behavior experienced by Patel now has a name: “meta rape.” buff.ly/2Fp7CUk
October 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM
And it should come as no surprise. After all, the content AI is trained on is not just biased, but also skewed toward extremes—gleaning information from the conversational cesspool that is the Internet. buff.ly/2Fp7CUk
October 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM