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We were in Boston at the National NOW Conference’s Political Roundtable, where women politicians and women who worked in politics were discussing how to advance women’s rights through electoral politics.
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I got to attend my first ever NOW Conference this year, and as a young person, it felt good to be heard.
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No one can really say when life begins, and women’s ability to make their own reproductive choices is central to women’s equality
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While Shirley and Joan had already made their union official in various other ways — most importantly in their own hearts — this was the first time they became legally “married.” Sadly, the state where they live will not recognize this marriage and neither does the federal government.
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The scene taps into a hatred of women that still exists in our society — a revulsion toward women with power and a desire to punish them for making men feel weak.
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