"Women, 18 to 118, when it is time to vote, please do so in your own self interest. It is what men have been doing for years, which is why the world looks so much like them. But don't forget we are the largest voting body in the country."

Ten years ago, there was nothing on the air that was anything like Fleabag or shows like Russian Doll, Insecure, Unbelievable, Undone, Dickinson, Vida, Shrill, PEN15, Killing Eve, Dead to Me, Back to Life, Jane the Virgin, The Bisexual, The Morning Show, Better Things, A Black Lady Sketch Show, Catastrophe, GLOW, Transparent, Tuca & Bertie, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The Act, or Broad City. And that is just an incomplete list drawn from the past 12 months or so of television.

In 1915, a librarian named Eleanor Jones noticed a group of young women meeting regularly in the basement of the Hollywood Library to read Ibsen aloud to one another. Jones approached the YWCA about providing a more conducive venue, and with financial help from local business groups, a three-bedroom house was leased to create a gathering place for women who aspired to work in film. Marilyn Monroe, Kim Novak, Ayn Rand, and Rita Moreno were part of a sorority of stars at what amounted to a safe haven for aspiring celebrities.

When Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg met author Margaret Atwood in the summer of 2018, writes Jeffrey Rosen in his new book, Conversations with RBG, they disagreed on the future of the #MeToo movement, and Ginsburg pronounced herself “skeptically hopeful” about the future of the Supreme Court.

“An NDA is really just an extension of the underlying abuse. Sexual abuse is about power. And with these NDAs, the network has chosen to step in the shoes of the abuser.”

"These brave women have been able to see how their struggle can pave the way for so many. For all young women organizers, activists and campaigners today, you must keep at it and know that you are working for this generation and the next, and also continuing the legacy of the generations of great women before you.”

Former television hosts and network personalities say they are persona non grata after settling high-profile lawsuits against serial sexual harassers. Is blacklisting the next legal battleground?

“Get a grip guys, it’s not rocket science. You just behave with respect and courtesy. Now shut up and get on with it.”

The level of vitriol lobbed at the biracial duchess during her pregnancy is rooted in the same systemic racism and sexism that has dogged her since she first began dating Harry in 2016.

“The very same people who publicly applaud you for speaking up about bad behavior will never hire you into their own organizations because you are forever pegged as a whistleblower and a troublemaker,” said the woman, who sued a large corporation for sexual harassment. “On your deathbed, you will probably feel that you have done the moral thing by speaking up, but in the years you are alive, you are very cognizant of the toll your decision to come forward has taken on your life and your career path.”