Bonus: Midterms and Our Money: Women in Politics and Why It Matters

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11/01/18 • 42 min

The Fairer Cents: Women, Money and the Fight to Get Equal

We're days away from the midterm elections, and we have an unprecedented opportunity to elect more women than ever before. So let's talk about why that's important -- and why it's good for our money.

Also on the show, Kara talked to Lily Herman, founder of Get Her Elected, about why women do and don't run, and what it will take to get more of us in office.

Links mentioned in the show:

Vox piece on representation of women around the world

Legitimate rape spoof

Washington Post piece on women running

Milestones for women in politics

PRRI stats on young people’s views on the world today

We're days away from the midterm elections, and we have an unprecedented opportunity to elect more women than ever before. So let's talk about why that's important -- and why it's good for our money.

Also on the show, Kara talked to Lily Herman, founder of Get Her Elected, about why women do and don't run, and what it will take to get more of us in office.

Links mentioned in the show:

Vox piece on representation of women around the world

Legitimate rape spoof

Washington Post piece on women running

Milestones for women in politics

PRRI stats on young people’s views on the world today

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It’s 2019, and women are still being judged for jobs on whether we’re likable enough, whether we’re strong enough (but not too strong), and all the same old patriarchal bullshit. That’s why we’re kicking off the new year and the new podcast season with one of the strongest women we know of: personal finance author, TV personality and all-around unapologetic woman Suze Orman.

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Women & Money by Suze Orman, reissued in 2018