Avengers of the Week | Bringing the Heat

This week Selena Moon (@SelenaMMoon) inspired us to think about how inaccessible conferences were/are for disabled and historically marginalized people. If you missed the Action Alert, check that out here! 

We want to acknowledge the other individuals and social accounts that came in hot this week with deep, thoughtful takes on gender equality at conferences and in other spaces. 

Advocacy we loved this week! (And you should too…)

Make sure you share your thoughts or agreement with retweets and replies.

You know how much we love numbers and data… This 10-tweet thread with research on the gendering of clothing for prepubescent children by Marie-Louise Timcke (@datentaeterin) will blow your mind. Marie and her team examined 20,000 shirts and shorts from prominent German brands:

Check out this 11-tweet thread by Penny Rabiger (@Penny_Ten), which we think is a beautiful sister solution to Selena Moon’s insightful thread shared in this week’s Action Alert. Penny is asking all the right questions of herself, the man who reached out to her, and all of us…

Finally, as you head into the weekend... We hope you dance in defiance of patriarchy and gender inequality. Throw your hands up, sing with your beloveds, and sweat it out like Finnish PM Sanna Marin, who reminds us that our joy often comes with sexist backlash, but we do it anyway. #SolidarityWithSanna

Are you tired of seeing inequality? Use the GenderAvenger Tally to count who’s present and time who’s talking!

🔥 👏 Special shout out to these #GenderAvenger #AvengersOfTheWeek who brought the heat and gave us much to think about: @SelenaMMoon @faridahlikestea @aGhostofeli @itsmrmask @freddiefella @AMCELL @MamaDoctorJones @datentaeterin @Penny_Ten @MarinSanna