- “Being a woman is so hard…If they can, they’ll take everything from you. Just know that you’re capable, no matter what.”
- Jodie Turner-Smith on being a mother in Glamour UK
- “The music industry should be fucking terrified of me, because I’m about to make some major moves and shift this shit. I really want to dismantle it piece by piece and shine light into every corner. I hope my legacy is making sure it never happens to anybody ever again.”
- Kesha on making big moves musically, and hoping no one falls victim to assault and harassment like she experienced with producer Dr. Luke
- “People believing [sic] that, ‘oh, when you play sports, if you’re an athlete, you can’t be feminine’…I feel that I can be a beast and can play this very physical, aggressive sport while also keeping my femininity while I do it.”
- U.S. Women’s Rugby Olympian Ilona Maher articulating the divide in public opinion over the stereotype that female athletes “can’t” be feminine
- “To stand up for the women of the United States and their daughters and granddaughters—and the men that love them. This is an anthem.”
- Stevie Nicks on her new pro-choice song “The Lighthouse”
- “I have a maturity now where I just don’t give a fuck about your opinion. I’m not going to take it on. It must be your responsibility to take up your space. Other people’s opinions of me are not my business.”
- Christina Aguilera on being less affected by people’s judgements of her
- “My daughter is going to be voting in four years. To have these conversations with her—women’s issues, bodily autonomy, misogyny—that’s kind of where I’m at with this. Let’s keep our eye on the future. I’m really excited that her generation will be voting in four years. And they’re listening.”
- Amy Adams on making Nightbitch for her daughter and the future of voting
Stats
- Women with endometriosis are four times more likely to develop ovarian cancer than women without it.
- More than 44,000 Black women joined a Zoom call to raise support for Vice President Kamala Harris’s Democratic nomination. Hosted by Win With Black Women, the network raised $1.5 million on the call.
- 70% of millennial women say that they would alter their work life with different hours, switching from full-time to part-time, changing jobs, or retiring early to mitigate menopause symptoms.
- Gen X and Boomer women’s investments in the stock market jumped from 18% to 23% from 2023 to 2024.
- During their investigation into the decline in maternal care in the U.S, the Associated Press found that since 2022, more than 100 pregnant women who visited a hospital in emergency distress–some bleeding and in labor–were either negligently treated or turned away entirely.
Good News/Bad News
Good News: Out of the total 126 medals the U.S. won during the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics, female athletes won 67, more than half of the total for the country.
Bad News: Gymnast Jordan Chiles had to send an appeal to the Swiss Supreme Court in order to keep her bronze medal. Chiles filed the appeal due to an arbitration court determining that the last-minute inquiry which had boosted her score into third place was filed a few seconds too late.
