#gailcollins

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Quote by Gail Collins

For years I've been hearing 20-somethings say they don't expect Social Security to be around when they hit 65. Eventually, I came to realize that they really mean that they just don't expect to be 65. Or 40. Neither did I, when I was 22.

For years I've been hearing 20-somethings say they don't expect Social Security to be around when they hit 65. Eventually, I came to realize that they really mean that they just don't expect to be 65. Or 40. Neither did I, when I was 22. —Gail Collins

[housetohalf]

Feminist witch vibes since always. 🧙🏻‍♀️🔮 📖: “When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey Of American Women From 1960 to the Present” by #GailCollins. (I also highly recommend her book “America’s Women: Four Hundred Years Of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines”, which can be seen on #LeslieKnope ‘s bookshelf in early seasons of #parksandrec )

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You can reform a political culture, but it’s a big lift. First, the voters would have to convince the legislators that they’re being watched by someone other than the lobbyists. Then they’d have to press for laws that would force a change of behavior, like nonpartisan redistricting and ethics reform. Then the voters would have to follow up, year after year, until the old guard was replaced by a whole new generation who went into politics with dreams of drafting serious legislation.

Gail Collins, 2013

Is Yours More Corrupt Than Mine? - NYTimes.com

[thisiswaterrr]

Day 05- A Non-fiction book that you actually enjoyed

When Everything Changed by Gail Collins

Maybe I'm a little biased, because I love Gail Collins, but I adore this book.  It combines US history with feminist media analysis, and is testament to the fact that history (and the version of history people learn...) has powerful political and societal implications.  It also manages to be funny and entirely relevant to present-day gender relations. So anyways, its epic. Go read it.

(Also, I kind of object to the "non-fiction you actually enjoyed" part of the challenge....non-fiction books are some of my favorites, and I read them an equal amount as fiction.)

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“'The thing that we’re hoping men will focus on: This is not a woman’s issue; it’s a family issue, said Valerie Jarrett, who leads the White House Council on Women and Girls.

That’s really the big story for today. Americans are so used to the fact that women are capable of doing anything that we hardly ever discuss it. It’s been a long time since the leader of NASA said 'talk of an American spacewoman makes me sick to my stomach.'"