Women’s issues, rights and equality

With the Democratic National Convention wrapping up last night and Women’s Equality Day , marking the 88th anniversary of women gaining the right to vote, celebrated on Aug. 26, women’s issues have been a hot topic lately. Kristin at Candy Sandwich received a work email Tuesday “from the Assistant Administrator of Diversity or something like that” announcing Women’s Equality Day . She notes, “For the record, I’m not sure I feel all that equal but that’s another story, for another time. I definitely don’t feel any more equal today than yesterday or last week.” Kristin goes on to wonder, even though she received an email “from the Assistant Administrator of Diversity or something like that,” just how Women’s Equality Day was supposed to be celebrated at her work. In some of the buildings around here, we barely have bathrooms but as the current president proclaimed yesterday, in declaring the day, ...