Katie Rogers, New York Times – November 17, 2016
This year, Svea Vikander has decided that she and Evla, her 3-year-old daughter, will be the focal point of her family’s holiday card. She decided to relegate her husband and son to a smaller picture below.
Nina Burleigh, Newsweek – November 15, 2016
Women voted against Donald Trump by one of the most significant gender gap margins in history, but their support for Hillary Clinton was tinged with ambivalence.
Jen Wieczner, Fortune – November 14, 2016
When Hillary Clinton gave her concession speech acknowledging that she’d lost to Donald Trump in the presidential election, she broke with tradition in several ways.
Caitlin Frazier, The Atlantic – November 13, 2016
In defeat, the politician may find a status that had eluded her in victory—as a symbol for other women who see themselves in her struggles.
Jane Junn, Politics of Color – November 13, 2016
In the wake of Donald Trump’s election as President of the United States, one piece of data from voter exit polls has been particularly surprising for Clinton supporters: 53% of white women voted for Trump compared with 43% for Hillary Clinton. This statistic has been met with disappointment and criticism: “Fellow white women, I’m done with you,” (Sarah Ruiz-Grossman, Huffington Post), “Self-loathing. Hypocrisy. And, of course, a racist view of the world that privileges white supremacy over every other issue.” (L.V. Anderson, Slate).
Uri Friedman, The Atlantic – November 12, 2016
A survey of female leaders around the world indicates how steep Hillary Clinton’s climb was.
Claire Cain Miller, New York Times – November 12, 2016
Women were predicted to come out in force to vote for the first female president and against a man who demeaned them and bragged about sexual assault. Instead, they voted more or less as they always have: along party lines.
Rebecca Traister, New York Magazine – November 12, 2016
Hillary Clinton aimed at the highest glass ceiling. What broke instead was the coalition she thought would pierce it — and faith that it will happen.
Uri Friedman, The Atlantic – November 12, 2016
There is no one reason—no finite number of reasons—why Hillary Clinton lost the U.S. presidential election. No amount of poring over polls will tell us the precise degree to which bias against women influenced the vote. What we do know is this: The United States still doesn’t have a female leader, as it hasn’t for the last 227 years.
Claire Landsbaum, New York Magazine – November 11, 2016
On Tuesday night, women who had supported Hillary Clinton watched in horror as Donald Trump earned enough electoral votes to be named president-elect of the United States. “Trump’s win felt like a personal attack,” Colette Sartor told the Cut. “I honestly thought … all the sexual harassment he’s so casually committed would matter.”