- “He needed his mom, and I needed to be there for my constituents, and there was just no other option.”
- U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen (D-CO) on bringing her newborn to D.C. to vote against a “disastrous” Republican budget proposal, after being denied the option to vote remotely following childbirth
- “They didn’t have that term for it then. But I felt a little of that. I still do feel that. But you put on a face, and you go, and you do it anyway. Courage is doing it even when you’re scared to do it, right?”
- Angela Bassett discussing her experience with impostor syndrome in Town & Country.
- “As a Black person, I need to rest, just go to sleep and let the universe take its course, because I’m tired. But as a trans person—and a relatively newly out one—I have a new level of energy for disenfranchised communities like my own.”
- “I have to go there… I don’t know if it was a man would we be talking about it this much? It’s still going on about a woman’s appearance.”
- Aimee Lou Wood on the media’s fixation with her teeth.
- “Loving trans people is not radical. That’s basic.”
- Lucy Dacus on her political views not being radical in Them.
Stats
- The 2028 Los Angeles Summer Olympics will mark the first time in Olympic history where women will outnumber men in athlete representation. The athlete quota stands at 50.7% women and 49.3% men.
- In April, the UConn women’s basketball team won its 12th NCAA title—and first since 2016—with Paige Bueckers scoring 17 points and earning the 2025 Wade Trophy as the nation’s top player.
- A new study finds that women’s earnings drop by an average of 4.3% after a menopause diagnosis—deepening to nearly 10% by year four.
- A recent poll from Emerson College Polling, Inside California Politics, and The Hill revealed that 57% of voters would support Kamala Harris if she decided to run for governor.
Good News/Bad News
Good News: Luis Rubiales, the former president of the Spanish Football Federation, was found guilty of sexually assaulting Jenni Hermoso after he kissed her on the lips without consent following Spain’s victory in the 2023 Women’s World Cup.
Bad News: Rubiales was acquitted of coercion charges related to attempts to minimize the incident. He was not sentenced to jail time but faced a series of penalties, including a fine and a 12-month order to avoid any contact with Hermoso.
