“An inclusion rider is something actors put into their contracts to ensure gender and racial equality in hiring on movie sets. We should support this for a billion reasons, but if you can’t find a reason to, here’s one: it …
“One thing that hasn’t changed, she says, is the need for black women to assert their own brand of feminism, much as she and a group of women did in 1974, when they formed the Combahee River Collective.”
A long look at the connections between toxic masculinity, violence against women, and white supremacy.
“…#MeToo has failed to center their voices. In the process, they share devastating insight into the extent to which trans women and femmes bear the brunt of sexual assault and harassment, from both men and society at large.”
“[This series] looks at the way that food fuels and defines the people who are changing politics and culture.”
“I would like men to use feminism as an inspiration, in the same way that feminists used the civil rights movement as theirs. I’m not advocating a quick fix. There isn’t one. But we have to start the conversation.”
“The lesson of “Black Panther” for white allies is this…learn to be the sidekick, to be at the fringe, to give up power, to have people of color in their ears directing them on how to be useful in fighting …
“If you want to help arm the schools, arm them with school supplies, books, therapists, things they actually need and can make use of.”
“It just coincidentally happened that there were more men than women speakers,” Mr. Levin said. “It’s not intentional not to include them. It’s just we don’t have time to include them.”
“I consider myself a law-abiding citizen. I consider myself a believer in an American democracy that moves towards a more just society. And I definitely consider myself part of the resistance.”
