Friday, July 17, 2015
What We're Reading This Week
Caitlyn Jenner's Award Speech...
Caitlyn Jenner made an emotional and heartfelt speech when she accepted the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the ESPY’s. The ceremony was held July 15 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. In her speech, she made a plea for “accepting people for who they are.” She also described the adversities and struggles of her transition, and asserted that trans people deserve our respect. Jenner’s children were at the ceremony to support her. Caitlyn Jenner proclaimed trans people have come a long way, but there is still more work to be done. Her speech acknowledged the fact that the award is not about just one person; it is about the younger generation of trans people struggling to show the world their true selves.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/07/16/watch-caitlyn-jenners-powerful-speech-at-espys/Caitlyn Jenner made an emotional and heartfelt speech when she accepted the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the ESPY’s. The ceremony was held July 15 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. In her speech, she made a plea for “accepting people for who they are.” She also described the adversities and struggles of her transition, and asserted that trans people deserve our respect. Jenner’s children were at the ceremony to support her. Caitlyn Jenner proclaimed trans people have come a long way, but there is still more work to be done. Her speech acknowledged the fact that the award is not about just one person; it is about the younger generation of trans people struggling to show the world their true selves.
Twitter Town Hall #flipthescript...
As we are sure many of you know, especially if you have been
checking out our hashtag recommendations, twitter is a great tool for spreading
ideas. The use of hashtags allows anyone to share ideas an open a dialogue. This
week there was a twitter town hall on gender bias in media coverage of
political campaigns. Using #flipthescript people across the country and organizations
devoted to supporting elected women officials participated in a large scale
Q&A session.
A highlight from the conversation was an example one woman
gave of sexism in the media with this article, which tells the story of a news
reporter who used the same suite for a year without anyone noticing…
If you’d
like to read more, we recommend checking out #flipthescript and…
If you are
looking for some new people to follow on twitter here are some recommendations:
@GenderWatch2016
@IWPResearch
@BarbaraLeeSays
@SheShouldRun
