On International Women’s Day, Flex Your Economic Muscle With Us

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Tomorrow, March 8th is International Women’s Day and we and our allies are celebrating the day by raising awareness of the incredibly important role women play in our society, especially in our economy. Women are approximately half of the population and do the majority of unpaid work in this country. And when we are paid, we make less money for the same jobs as men and end up with just pennies on their dollar.

We need to flex our economic muscle and demand more! That’s why this week, we’re encouraging you to participate in A Day Without A Woman by taking Wednesday off from paid and unpaid labor, avoiding shopping, and wearing red in solidarity.

And let’s not stop there. Take the day to tell companies you support that they need to do a better job supporting women. Join us in asking Amazon to change its ad algorithm to exclude hate-speech websites like Breitbart. Sign up to tweet at Amazon, call their customer support line (instructions above), and tell your friends to do the same. Together, we will build a more just and equitable society that provides equal opportunity regardless of gender, race, class, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, ability, or circumstance.

Onwards,

Jennifer Siebel Newsom & The Representation Project Team

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Representation Around the Web

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“On March 8, 2017, International Day of the Woman, and #DayWithoutAWoman, we ask each of you to join us in the first step toward de-funding hate speech, with a targeted effort to isolate Breitbart, one of the worst offenders. Breitbart uses sexist, antisemitic, Islamophobic, homophobic, transphobic, and anti-immigrant rhetoric to turn us against each other. More than one thousand companies have already pulled their ads, but one of our favorites — Amazon — has not. That’s why on Wednesday, we’re expanding our #NotBuyingIt campaign to target hate speech and to let Amazon know that if its ad dollars support Breitbart, we can’t support them. Sign up to tweet at Amazon Help and create a chorus of voices demanding that mainstream companies and products do not give a penny to the likes of Breitbart. And starting on #DayWithoutAWoman, show Amazon your purchasing power by not buying a single product from them until the company changes its ways.” – Jennifer Siebel Newsom, via Refinery29

  • ABC News: Kids Practice Reading to Shy Shelter Dogs at Missouri Humane Society
  • BuzzFeed: Lin-Manuel Miranda and Dev Patel’s Moms Were the Best Part of the Oscars Red Carpet
  • The Guardian: Female Engineer Sues Tesla, Describing a Culture of “Pervasive Harassment”
  • The Huffington Post: 21 Photos that Capture the Power of Feminist Friendships
  • Refinery29: The Glaring Problem with Jimmy Kimmel’s Oscars Hosting Job
  • Teen Vogue: Why You Can’t Ever Call an Enslaved Woman a “Mistress”

 

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Sexism. Xenophobia. Racism. We’re #NotBuyingIt from #Breitbart or any company that advertises on its website. Looking at you @Amazon. Join us: bitly.com/NotBuyingItAmazon
Image via Miss Representation‘s Instagram