When I think about the LGBT movement for example, they have had a really intentional strategy to try to change images and representation of LGBT people in the media and the culture.
AI-JEN POOOne thing I’ve learned, in the face of all kinds of indignities, domestic workers take so much pride in their work and love the children they care for.
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I think this is a moment of a lot of possibilities, and openings. Occupy and the 99% movement are really going to break through, and we are going to create a new economy.
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Living longer is about loving longer, learning longer, teaching longer, connecting longer.
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I’ve always believed it’s important to make the invisible visible.
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Domestic employees are at the whim of their employers.
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It’s precisely the people who are considered the least ‘likely’ leaders who end up inspiring others the most.
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I think we really need a movement to drive how popular culture understands the issues that feminists care about.
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And valuing that which has been taken for granted is something that I’ve always instinctually known is the key to the kind of society I want to live in and raise my children in.
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We [women] are the majority of the population, majority of the electorate, majority of the workforce… and yet we’re still doing majority of family unpaid or low paid labor.
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One thing I’ve learned, in the face of all kinds of indignities, domestic workers take so much pride in their work and love the children they care for.
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And we live longer. Our stuff is not “special interest” stuff. Our stuff is the stuff of the future, of the whole.
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Everything that we believe in and count on is really in question right now. Our safety net, public education, housing, health care.
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It really moved the dial politically. That’s what is needed in the women’s movement – a strategy that can drive awareness and culture change.
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If we figure out the supports and infrastructure to make all of that possible – and it is completely within reach.
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An economy that we need that works for everyone. Where everyone works, everyone counts and everyone contributes.
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Everyday people and everyday acts of courage eventually change everything.
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