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Meet the feminists who want a man in the White House
Sylva Stoel runs the Twitter account @QueenFeminist. Each day, the South Dakota teenager shares her thoughts on gender equality to more than 24,600 followers.
She also uses the social media perch to promote her favorite presidential candidate, the one she believes would be the best advocate for women:
Bernie Sanders.
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The women who support Sanders, a vocal minority, appear to be drawn to his liberal and anti-corporate views, his hippie David to Clinton’s Goliath. They’re also conflicted about abandoning, for now, the dream of a woman in the White House.
As Sanders' profile rises in Iowa, New Hampshire and Oregon, supporters like Stoel see an opportunity to snag supporters from Clinton. So, they’re organizing meetups on Facebook. They’re buying Bernie Sanders earrings.
They’re lauding his stances on equal pay (“We have to pass pay equity for women workers”), abortion (“The decision about abortion must remain a decision for the woman, her family, and physician to make, not the government”) and paid maternity leave (“It is an outrage that millions of women in this country give birth and then are forced back to work”).
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WaPo
She also uses the social media perch to promote her favorite presidential candidate, the one she believes would be the best advocate for women:
Bernie Sanders.
....
The women who support Sanders, a vocal minority, appear to be drawn to his liberal and anti-corporate views, his hippie David to Clinton’s Goliath. They’re also conflicted about abandoning, for now, the dream of a woman in the White House.
As Sanders' profile rises in Iowa, New Hampshire and Oregon, supporters like Stoel see an opportunity to snag supporters from Clinton. So, they’re organizing meetups on Facebook. They’re buying Bernie Sanders earrings.
They’re lauding his stances on equal pay (“We have to pass pay equity for women workers”), abortion (“The decision about abortion must remain a decision for the woman, her family, and physician to make, not the government”) and paid maternity leave (“It is an outrage that millions of women in this country give birth and then are forced back to work”).
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WaPo
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