How media erases women from the #DemDebates & #DemPrimary conversation–a thread, courtesy of the women doing the work: @srchadaga, @rachelsklar, @AngryBlackLady, @jentaub, @criticalthotcop, @elizaorlins, @saragoldrickrab, @choo_ek, @misstourane, @shivanihawkins, & many others 1/
@srchadaga @rachelsklar @AngryBlackLady @jentaub @criticalthotcop @elizaorlins @saragoldrickrab @choo_ek @misstourane @shivanihawkins Here is the @nytimes actively participating, courtesy of @rachelsklar:
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@srchadaga @rachelsklar @AngryBlackLady @jentaub @criticalthotcop @elizaorlins @saragoldrickrab @choo_ek @misstourane @shivanihawkins @nytimes Here is an incisive criticism of the @nytimes, courtesy of @AngryBlackLady:
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@srchadaga @rachelsklar @AngryBlackLady @jentaub @criticalthotcop @elizaorlins @saragoldrickrab @choo_ek @misstourane @shivanihawkins @nytimes Calling it for what it is, and asking us to fight back, here is @saragoldrickrab:
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@srchadaga @rachelsklar @AngryBlackLady @jentaub @criticalthotcop @elizaorlins @saragoldrickrab @choo_ek @misstourane @shivanihawkins @nytimes This take from @choo_ek on blatant sexism from @NateSilver538 is a work of art:
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@srchadaga @rachelsklar @AngryBlackLady @jentaub @criticalthotcop @elizaorlins @saragoldrickrab @choo_ek @misstourane @shivanihawkins @nytimes @NateSilver538 @LauraClawson @dailykos Here @srchadaga asks @NateSilver538 if it would help him to better do his job if Warren was a man.
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@srchadaga @rachelsklar @AngryBlackLady @jentaub @criticalthotcop @elizaorlins @saragoldrickrab @choo_ek @misstourane @shivanihawkins @nytimes @NateSilver538 @LauraClawson @dailykos I recommend this class I took on how to be witty, courtesy of @Nordfold:
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@srchadaga @rachelsklar @AngryBlackLady @jentaub @criticalthotcop @elizaorlins @saragoldrickrab @choo_ek @misstourane @shivanihawkins @nytimes @NateSilver538 @LauraClawson @dailykos @Nordfold It's their favorite game, as @misstourane points out:
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@srchadaga @rachelsklar @AngryBlackLady @jentaub @criticalthotcop @elizaorlins @saragoldrickrab @choo_ek @misstourane @shivanihawkins @nytimes @NateSilver538 @LauraClawson @dailykos @Nordfold 👀@jaszpo: "both women outperformed their polls, and yet..."
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@srchadaga @rachelsklar @AngryBlackLady @jentaub @criticalthotcop @elizaorlins @saragoldrickrab @choo_ek @misstourane @shivanihawkins @nytimes @NateSilver538 @LauraClawson @dailykos @Nordfold @jaszpo Thanks also to @MLottawa342 for pointing out how the media gives more attention to billionaires polling at <1% than to a woman in the top three:
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@srchadaga @rachelsklar @AngryBlackLady @jentaub @criticalthotcop @elizaorlins @saragoldrickrab @choo_ek @misstourane @shivanihawkins @nytimes @NateSilver538 @LauraClawson @dailykos @Nordfold @jaszpo @MLottawa342 And while we can go on forever, I'll end with @saramikaila bringing us to how the @ABC moderators continued the trend in real time during the entire debate:
Thank these people, follow these people. Peace.
Thank these people, follow these people. Peace.
@srchadaga @rachelsklar @AngryBlackLady @jentaub @criticalthotcop @elizaorlins @saragoldrickrab @choo_ek @misstourane @shivanihawkins @nytimes @NateSilver538 @LauraClawson @dailykos @Nordfold @jaszpo @MLottawa342 @saramikaila @ABC And here's why it matters, as @deitramatthews illustrates regarding @KamalaHarris: because it's destructive to efforts to dismantle oppression and reshape history, and the issue compounds greatly when the candidate is not only a woman but also Black.
