APR 29, 2017 — Gloria Steinem praises Lisa Bloom who has been the brilliant and formidable women's advocate in the Fox News sexual harassment cases and represents the 3 accusers whose testimonies led to the departure of Bill O'Reily.
Lisa Bloom also represents Nathalie Gosset, woman engineer, recipient of many engineering awards, in a case of sexual harassment, retaliation, and wrongful termination against Jon Lasch, Susan Cooper, the Alfred Mann Institute and the University of Southern California.
Gloria Steinem honors the courage and integrity of Lisa Bloom and Wendy Walsh:
"Like the rest of the world, I have been following the boasting, bragging, shameful trail of the various Fox News figures over the years. On the outside, we've all become used to being called feminazis and ridiculed -- if those guys praised us, we would know we were doing something wrong -- but for the women actually working there, we could do nothing without help and evidence. "I just want to say thank you for your willingness to work for principle, to make it possible for Wendy Walsh to speak rather than be silenced by money, and so to attract more witnesses. And thank you, too, for your strategy in escaping the statute of limitations by calling the hotline -- and all the other thoughtful and smart and caring decisions you made. There is such a lethal addiction to control that comes with the made-up ideas of "masculine" and "feminine." I know it all comes from trying to control reproduction, and thus the bodies of women, but it's very new in human history -- only the last 500 or so years on this continent. As my friends in Indian Country say, "What did Columbus call primitive? Equal women!" The good and the bad of being human is that we can adapt. It allows our species to survive, and also makes us vulnerable to accepting almost anything. You stood up for a woman's right to her own body -- the power of the state and of everybody else stops at our skin -- and this right to our physical selves is the beginning of freedom, of human rights and maybe one day of actual democracy. I'm grateful -- and so are millions more of us out here.
GLORIA STEINEM, AUTHOR AND FEMINIST ACTIVIST
Nathalie Gosset's alleged experience with sexual harassment at the University of Southern California must be shared with your network. She stands strong because it is time to eradicate sexual harassment in the workplace and condemn the pervasive cultures that foster it.
@lisabloom @GloriaSteinem @DrWendyWalsh #stand4nat #USC
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April 29, 2017
Addendum. HIllary Clinton and the leaders of the January 21 March against Trump will receive Gloria Awards and be honored in New York on Wednesday, May 3 by the Ms. Foundation. A few tickets remain.
Get your tickets to the @msfoundation's #GloriaAwards at forwomen.org/gala and let them know #WeWontGoBack