Men can be effective allies by making space and amplifying the voices of women around them. When each of us is an ally in our own sphere of influence - when we embrace the fact that representation is everyone's responsibility, all of the time - we won't have to go to the movies to see a world that's free of toxic masculinity.
I guess maybe my method is to take self-care where you can - even if it is something sort of small and it's not a whole routine. It's this idea of resetting, shutting down, stepping away.
We should want children to value difference. Preparing them for a more just world doesn't mean teaching them to aspire to purple. It means helping them learn to celebrate black.
But when we're helping children understand how people from different walks of life can coexist, prioritizing common ground too often obscures or erases uncommon experiences.
As a consumer, I love nothing more than to find and support women-owned brands - and especially women of color-owned brands.
When male allies make space for women, they're not diminishing their own power. Rather, they're enhancing everyone's.
I know what sexual harassment looks like. I'm also a lawyer by training and am highly aware that these behaviors should have real consequences.
Thinking like an entrepreneur means establishing a core audience of early adopters and constantly experimenting to make your product better and better. If your initial concept is showing promise and early success, keep iterating to refine and evolve your idea.
This is the whole point of intersectionality - that it cannot only be a single-issue analysis of race and gender, and instead must consider the cumulative impact of various and simultaneous identities that compound the effects of discrimination.
At the most basic level, if men have institutional power, they have tremendous influence to change those institutions.
In 2018, according to the Children's Cooperative Book Center at the University of Wisconsin's School of Education, fewer than a third of all children's and young adult books in the United States featured a person of color as a main character.
Like a lot of folks coming out of the 2016 election, I was feeling sort of desperate and helpless in terms of the outcome we were facing.
My grandmother was such an incredible example of living out everyday acts of resistance. I now realize not only how lucky I was to grow up in that environment, but also how unique that was.
I grew up surrounded by these strong, brilliant women who showed me what it meant to show up in the world with purpose and intention.
I always felt like I could participate at the adult table, but I also knew that if you're going to make an argument about something, you better have something good to say.
I think about the notion of progress; sometimes it does feel like two steps forward, one step back. And that just means you can't get complacent.
Kids deserve to be taken seriously. It's just as important to talk to them about women's equality, about fairness. We really have to focus on children early.
Based on census data from 2019, black women are only paid 61 cents to every dollar that a white man makes.
I never wear heels unless I have to, like if I'm speaking at a panel or going to a reception. I'm always in tennis shoes or flats, and I'm definitely someone who does high-low mixing, like wearing Adidas sandals with blazers.
I was lucky to have a bunch of really strong female role models in my family.
