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Happy International Women's Day! I have some thoughts about what this day means, but first a little housekeeping. I’m thrilled to share some exciting news with you about this newsletter: we’re expanding! Starting next week, we’ll be in your inbox more often—and with new, unique DAME content to better serve you.
On Monday mornings, you’ll receive Case of the Mondays. We’ll kick off the week with updates on trending stories, answer reader questions, and a news explainer called The Truth About, which will take a complex topic and make it bite-size and understandable.
On Wednesdays, you will still get my Notes from the Publisher email plus our exclusive Q&As with impressive thought leaders that you won’t find anywhere else.
And finally, we’ll close out the week with TGIDAME. Each Friday, you’ll head into the weekend with the 5Ws Roundup—our journalistic digest of the week—as well as must-need culture recs to make your days off truly fun and relaxing. And not to worry if ends up being too many emails for you, you'll be able to change your preferences. Now for some more personal thoughts.
Today, on International Women's Day, our social media feeds, inboxes, and news are filled with commentary, celebratory messages, and hashtags. It’s the day that the media and corporations suddenly remember the existence and importance of women’s contributions to the world.
Not a day goes by that I don't think about women, and in particular, the fact that we are still fighting for equity and equality. Consider our economic power—or lack thereof. Just last week, economics researcher Moody's Analytics released data stating that the gender pay gap costs the world's economy $7 trillion annually. That's more than each of the GDPs of Japan, Canada, Germany, Italy, France, and the U.K. Imagine what the world would look like if women had economic equity.
And yet, in the 150 years following the protests that would mark the first International Women’s Day, women around the world must still fight not only for equal pay, but for our basic right to bodily autonomy, to make reproductive decisions, and that being considered full and equal citizens is still up for debate.
As the Founder and Publisher of DAME, I will continue to try building powerful spaces for women, to publish the stories and draw attention to the issues that impact us most, and amplify the voices that too often get pushed to the margins and off the page altogether. Because, to borrow the words of Gloria Steinem, "Women must be visible and powerful in all aspects of media if American society is ever to be a real democracy."
As always, thank you for being here and being part of our mission.
Until next week, stay safe and stay well,
- Jennifer Reitman • Founder & Publisher
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