When women do their jobs too well:
When women think before acting:
When there's just something about her
When a woman thinks she's worth more than dirt:
When a woman insults a beloved man:
When women laugh/when women don't laugh:
When everyone knows she's lying because reasons:
When a man is undeniably bad, therefore a woman must be equally bad:
When a woman told the truth in 2016 and people finally got around to believing her in 2020:
When a woman suggests sexism is a problem:
Taylor Swift on not endorsing Hillary: "Would I be an endorsement or would I be a liability? Look, snakes of a feather flock together. Look, the two lying women. The two nasty women. Literally millions were telling me to disappear. So I disappeared."
vogue.com/article/taylor…
If she could exonerate herself, why didn’t she? “Here’s why,” she says. “Because when people are in a hate frenzy and they find something to mutually hate together, it bonds them. And anything you say is in an echo chamber of mockery.”
theguardian.com/music/2019/aug…
Speaking of people being bonded in a "hate frenzy" and "anything you say" becoming "an echo chamber of mockery," have you read my thread on Hillary Clinton and hot sauce?
In this thread, I've given you examples of women we all know & the b.s. they deal with—& these are wealthy and powerful women.
But men, these double standards/impossible standards are constantly inflicted on women in your every day life, from family to colleagues. Recognize it.
Don't forget to smile, but don't be smiley!
Note the confounding factors. You can be a wealthy, powerful white woman and still have to contend with an endless barrage of misogynistic bullshit in your path.
Now think about how much worse it is if you're also disabled. Or Black. Or poor. Or transgender. Recognize that, too.
(I'm not referring to Meghan Markle, who is Black, as a powerful/wealthy "white woman"; I'm referring to others mentioned in the thread, i.e., Hillary Clinton, Elizabeth Warren, Taylor Swift, et al.)
Anyway, here's a music video on this topic.
Sorry, that Taylor Swift song suffers from "a ridiculous victim mentality," according to one headline.
But when you're a woman who has ever stood up for herself:
Two women you should follow who daily work to create a more equitable media landscape: @DonnerKay & @kimberlydgriffi
I'm proud to work for the Mississippi Free Press, a women-founded publication that not only doesn't engage in prevalent media sexism, but instead works to foster a different kind of media environment when it comes to women & gender. Follow @MSFreePress.
mississippifreepress.org
Donna & Kimberly are the co-founders of the Mississippi Free Press; @DonnerKay is editor, @kimberlydgriffi is publisher. I can't tell you how unusual it is to have women found & lead a newsroom in MS—but they did... in March 2020.
Follow @MSFreePress!niemanlab.org/2021/09/the-mi…
An example of @MSFreePress journalism:
Black Noxubee County Women Struggle To Overcome Historic Inequities COVID-19 Exposed by @TorshetaJ
mississippifreepress.org/16665/black-no…
FYI, the Mississippi Free Press is a paywall-free, non-partisan, non-profit news outlet that relies on support from donors of all sizes.
If you'd like to support women-founded/led journalism, you can follow @MSFreePress & donate at mfp.ms/donate.
Another great women-founded/led publication you should follow and support is @damemagazine.
damemagazine.com
As @DonnerKay wrote for @damemagazine about then-NBC Chairman Andy Lack:
"Lack said at a 2017 appearance in Mississippi that the network’s failure wasn’t over-saturation of Trump, but in under-reporting Clinton’s 'unlikeability.'"
I mean... wrong lesson?
damemagazine.com/2019/11/13/the…
If you want to support more women-founded, and specifically more Black women founded newsrooms, start by following @MLK50Memphis, founded by its editor/publisher @wendi_c_thomas.
This is one of the South's most important non-profit newsrooms. mlk50.com/2021/10/14/mlk…
I didn't intend to use this thread to plug the publication I work for (or any others). In fact, it was originally just going to be one tweet. 😅
But I decided that since I wrote all this about media sexism, I should point you to women-led, media forces for good, too. 😌
Speaking of @kimberlydgriffi...
This was the crux of the criticism of Taylor Swift in that 2014 Vox article:
"Swift was calculated. ... Her hair was freshly cut in a bob and straightened until it barely had any movement. Every word she said was obviously a line that she had written, memorized, and delivered."
Y'all, look at this. (h/t: @CathyJoeGPT)
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