The shortage of appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) has unexpectedly made medical apparel the subject of headlines. What is a new subject to the general public is an all too familiar one to many nurses and medical professionals who have had to resort to drastic, and often antiquated, means to ensure basic levels of protection. But this is hardly the first time in history nurses and other medical professionals have taken their safety into their own hands.

Marin, like all her European counterparts, has become a crisis leader. The “millennial feminist environmentalist” who was elected in December has sprung into action, invoking the country’s Emergency Powers Act to allow for an infusion of public funds for health care and social welfare.

Historically, Mardi Gras krewes were secretive organizations characterized by exclusivity, based on race, gender, and class. Women didn’t actually parade in New Orleans until 1941, over a century after the first float-based parade was recorded. Even though several female krewes formed in the late 20th century, their parades have historically dismissed as inferior. But that is starting to change.

The six women running for the Democratic nomination come from different backgrounds. They range in age from 70 (Warren) to 38 (Representative Tulsi Gabbard). They are lawyers and senators, professors and soldiers and even an author and spiritual adviser to Oprah Winfrey (Marianne Williamson). They disagree on campaign tactics and policies. But they also form an unlikely sisterhood in the inspiring, baffling, often infuriating contest to defeat President Trump.

Birth rates around the world are going down as maternal ambivalence climbs. So why do women who have happily chosen childlessness still feel judged?

What if—stay with me—I told you that the women candidates vying for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination also had fun hobbies and vast intellectual curiosity? And that these charismatic qualities are lurking just beyond all of the narratives about their nebulous "likability" and totally offensive efforts to remove Al Franken from Congress for groping a woman?

“From my earliest days, I was told to cover the news like ESPN,” Yellin, formerly CNN’s chief White House correspondent and a reporter at ABC News and MSNBC told Vogue. “It’s about competition, jargon, who’s up, who’s down, who’s winning, who’s losing, zero-sum game, high octane, outrage. And there’s a lot of testosterone in that.”

History is written by the victors, it is said, but could it be that they are also in charge of Halloween costumes? Maybe that is why, though it’s 2018, the racks at the Halloween store remain woefully inadequate, with only a grudging nod toward the existence of strong, tough women.

“People always want me to hide it in pictures. I say no! I earned this wheelchair. It’s no different from a medal I wear on my chest. Why would I hide it?”