Happy Friday! Welcome to our Media Round Up. Each week we’re collecting and sharing our favorite gender + politics stories. Here’s what caught our eye this week: Representation Roundup: “Words Clinton Could Never Utter, Biden’s Campaign Will Use on T-Shirts” Cynthia Richie Terrell, Ms. Magazine Cynthia Richie Terrell discusses the acrimony of the first 2020 …

It’s been a historic week, as Joe Biden chose Kamala Harris to be his running mate, making her the first woman of color ever to be on a major party presidential ticket. Over the last 150 years, only two other women have ever been running mates on a major party presidential ticket. Compared to 70 …

Senator Kamala Harris is widely regarded to be a front-runner in Joe Biden’s search for a running mate. As the vetting operation continues, the process has begun to include sexist tropes and attacks on the leading candidates. Last week, a new report in POLITICO claimed that one former politician on the search committee was reportedly …

Likeability is non-negotiable for women candidates: voters are willing to vote for a man they don’t like, as long as they think he’s qualified, but women don’t get that same treatment. On top of that, voters tend to assume male candidates are qualified, while women face extra hurdles in proving their qualifications. Because of this, …

Happy Friday! Welcome to our Media Round Up. Each week we’re collecting and sharing our favorite gender + politics stories. Here’s what caught our eye this week: The Women Leading the Coronavirus Response From City Hall Mattie Kahn, Glamour Women governors and heads of states have been drawing headlines for their stellar response to the …

  Today, March 31st, is Equal Pay Day 2020. On average, women have to work until this day to earn the same salary that men made in the previous year. Overall, women still earn just 81.6 cents for every dollar that men make. Here are four things to keep in mind this Equal Pay Day: …

  Today Tulsi Gabbard announced the end of her presidential bid, making her the last woman to drop out of the 2020 race. Representative Gabbard’s campaign made history as the first woman combat veteran to run for president. She was also the youngest woman, and one of two women of color in the 2020 race. …

  With Elizabeth Warren, the final Democratic woman senator bowing out of the 2020 race, it is easy for those of us who champion women’s political representation to feel disappointment. However, even when women don’t win at the ballot box, it doesn’t mean we’re not making progress. I always say monumental change often happens in …

  Today, Senator Elizabeth Warren ended her presidential bid. The only woman still campaigning is Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, though she does not have a strong path to victory after Super Tuesday’s results. It seems inevitable that, despite starting with the most diverse field of candidates in Democratic primary history, the Democratic Party will have a …

Happy Friday! Welcome to our Media Round Up. Each week we’re collecting and sharing our favorite gender + politics stories. Here’s what caught our eye this week: 6 Takeaways From the Democratic Debate in Nevada Shane Goldmacher and Reid J. Epstein, The New York Times This Wednesday, six candidates took to the stage in Nevada …