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Download the 'Nevertheless, She Persisted' short fiction bundle for free, starting this International Women’s Day

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Tags: science fiction, fiction, short stories, international womens day, feminism, elizabeth warren, united nations, ebooks, free, tor dot com, equality.gender, source.tor
https://www.tor.com/2020/03/04/download-the-nevertheless-she-persisted-short-fiction-bundle-for-free-starting-this-international-womens-day/

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Authors
Tor.com, Ruthanna Emrys, Anne M. Pillsworth, Leah Schnelbach, Rik Hoskin, Andrew Liptak, Alex Brown, Alvaro Zinos-Amaro, N.K. Jemisin
Published
Mar 4 2020
Word count
354 words

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    patience_limited
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    This is the premise for a short fiction collection which Tor.com is making available for libre download this week, in celebration of International Women's Day. My post here is actually a two-fer,...

    "She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless, she persisted."

    Three short lines, fired over social media in response to questions of why Senator Elizabeth Warren was silenced on the floor of the United States Senate, for daring to read aloud the words of Coretta Scott King. As this message was transmitted across the globe, it has become a galvanizing cry for people of all genders in recognition of the struggles that women have faced throughout history.

    Three short lines, which read as if they are the opening passage to an epic and ageless tale.

    This is the premise for a short fiction collection which Tor.com is making available for libre download this week, in celebration of International Women's Day.

    My post here is actually a two-fer, as I'm also grieving the effective end of Elizabeth Warren's historic U.S. Presidential run. This op-ed piece from the New York Review of Books discusses the ways in which Warren's campaign has always been fettered by gender bias. It's fitting that the one of this year's goals for the United Nations' International Women's Day agenda is promotion of the "Gender Equality by 2030" initiative.

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    1. burkaman
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      This is cool, but it's weird that they don't seem to be very familiar with the origin of this phrase. This was Senator McConnell's statement, made in real life on the Senate floor, not social media.

      This is cool, but it's weird that they don't seem to be very familiar with the origin of this phrase.

      Senator Elizabeth Warren’s now-iconic statement

      fired over social media

      This was Senator McConnell's statement, made in real life on the Senate floor, not social media.

      5 votes
  2. kfwyre
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    For anyone interested in getting this, it's now available for download here. I was hoping they'd have a standalone epub up for grabs, but it looks like you have to get it through a retailer even...

    For anyone interested in getting this, it's now available for download here. I was hoping they'd have a standalone epub up for grabs, but it looks like you have to get it through a retailer even though it's free.

    3 votes