sexism

Inflection Point 134: How A'shanti Gholar is Getting More Women of Color in Office

By Lauren Schiller • Jan 17, 2020

A’shanti Gholar is the founder of the Brown Girl's Guide to Politics and the national political director for Emerge America--a national organization devoted to getting more democratic women into office. You'll hear how A’shanti went from watching CSPAN as a kid, with her mom, to working for President Barack Obama, the DNC and the NAACP before joining Emerge America. And she'll share what it's going to take to get more women of color elected to office.

Inflection Point 133: Gail Collins and the Adventures of Older Women in American History

By Lauren Schiller • Dec 13, 2019

When the colonists first came to America their ideal wife "was a woman who was civil and under 50 years of age."

Inflection Point 129: Is there still 'Sex in the City?'

By Lauren Schiller • Nov 1, 2019

Photo courtesy of Candace Bushnell/modified from original

Candace Bushnell gave us a reason to sit on our couch every week to soak in the stories of the women--and men--of the 90s television culture-changer "Sex and the City". Candace has written a number of books since then and her newest book is called "Is There Still Sex in the City?" This October I teamed up with Women Lit of the Bay Area Book Festival to have an on-stage conversation with Candace Bushnell, hosted by INFORUM at The Commonwealth Club of San Francisco.

Inflection Point 118: Paid Leave For All - Katie Bethell

By Lauren Schiller • Jun 24, 2019

Photo courtesy of Katie Bethell/modified from original

America is one of only two countries in the world where you can be fired for taking a day off in order to give birth (let that sink in for a moment).

How can we fight racial, gender biases we don't know we have?

By Laura Wenus & Renee Kemp • Oct 11, 2018

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Thursday 10/11/18's Your Call

On this edition of Your Call, we talk with filmmaker Robin Hauser. In her new documentary “Bias,” Hauser explores the science around implicit bias and the people finding ways to mitigate it.