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Yahoo
28-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
From ‘Like a Girl' to ‘I'm Just a Girl': The dangerous conservative shift among young women
A young attendee wearing a 'MAGA' hat waits in line ahead of a Town Hall event Donald Trump at Macomb Community College on Sept. 27, 2024, in Warren, Michigan. Photo by Emily Elconin | Getty Images As a young girl growing up in the 2010s, my peers and I were brought up watching ad campaigns like the one from Always in 2014 called '#likeagirl'. It portrayed young girls and women pushing back against the narrative of women being weak and the advertisements showed examples of women's strength, education, and bravery. At just 10 years old, they made me feel like I could do or be anything. But fast forward a decade later, and I walk in my local mall to see trendy adult shirts with the saying 'I'm just a girl.' Peers around me in class refuse to do certain things, proclaiming, 'I am just a girl.' I can't help but wonder: Why are the women I grew up with, the same women (and men) who came of age surrounded by themes of women's empowerment, suddenly letting their womanhood be a topic to laugh at? SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX Studies have shown women already are less likely to hold public office — not because they lose more, but because they doubt they're 'good enough,' a belief shaped by growing up in a patriarchal system. The 'Like a Girl' campaign represents that patriarchal system, the difference between how young girls and older women understood what the operative phrase meant. While young girls found it empowering, adult women recognized that it had been used to demean them their whole lives. Despite growing up in an era of girl-power campaigns and feminist rhetoric, young women today are becoming disengaged because progressive political outreach has failed to meet them where they are. Meanwhile, conservative politicians have coaxed them into a social conservative shift, taking advantage of younger generations who do not remember a time where we did not have a woman running for the presidency, the rights granted to all of us by Roe v. Wade or the #MeToo movement. This isn't just a feeling, but a fact. According to Tufts University's CIRCLE research center, young women turned out for Democrats 65% in 2020 with Joe Biden on the ticket, but only 58% for 2024 with Kamala Harris on their ballot. Weeks before the election, Turning Point Action hosted a Bring Your Own Ballot party with Donald Trump Jr. at Varsity Tavern on Mill Avenue in Tempe. Walking across the Arizona State University campus on Election Day expecting to see maroon and gold, I only saw a sea of red MAGA hats worn by students excited to vote, many for the first time. Arizona's upcoming 2026 election will place our statewide candidates up for re-election, the first line of defense we have between Arizonans and Donald Trump's policies. His administration, while having promised no federal abortion ban, has been getting an increasingly more amount of criticism on the issue. We can and must fight back. The grassroots organization Keep Arizona Blue is doing just that, texting hundreds of thousands of young voters, calling tens of thousands more, and hiring 16fellows across the state to make real peer-to-peer connections. Created and led by students, this type of organizing allows for a pulse on young people and effective outreach to them. Yelling out 'I am just a girl' and laughing with friends may seem funny at the moment, but it bolsters the mindset driving far-right policies like the SAVE Act, infringement on reproductive rights and elimination of the Gender Policy Council. Ultimately, those things may just be what turns that laughter about being a girl into action that protects girls and women. Candidates must do better at reaching out and listening to young people to better implement tangible policies they will feel the effects of in their day-to-day lives. If not, we will continue to see conservative extremists rise to power through an election decided by the size of a classroom. SUPPORT: YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE
Toronto Sun
25-04-2025
- Automotive
- Toronto Sun
Father of Tesla Cybertruck crash victim files lawsuit over death
Published Apr 24, 2025 • 3 minute read A Tesla Cybertruck outside a Tesla showroom in West Bloomfield, Michigan, on Thursday, March 20, 2025. Photo by Emily Elconin / Bloomberg The family of one of three college students who died in a Cybertruck crash in California filed a lawsuit in a bid to gain access to the Tesla Inc. truck and better understand how their daughter died. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. 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Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account The driver and two passengers were killed while they were on Thanksgiving break in late November when the vehicle ran into a tree on a residential street and caught fire. Carl Tsukahara, whose 19-year-old daughter, Krysta, was sitting in the back seat of the truck when it crashed, said Thursday he's trying to find out what happened — and why. 'Why did the driver have this car? Where were the kids throughout the night? Who was with whom?' he asked during an interview. 'Why did the car catch on fire? Why couldn't Krysta get out?' Toxicology Report A toxicology report found the driver had high levels of drugs and alcohol in his system and that Tsukahara had trace amounts of drugs and alcohol. The wrongful death suit filed Wednesday in Alameda County Superior Court targets the driver's family but doesn't name Tesla as a defendant. Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The family of the driver, Soren Dixon, didn't respond to requests for comment. Tsukahara wasn't physically injured by the crash itself. Instead, an autopsy showed she died of asphyxiation when she couldn't open the doors to get out. A witness who tried to rescue Tsukahara and others in the vehicle told police, 'I went back to the broken window and yelled for them to try and get out at this window. Krysta tried to come up, sticking her head from the back. I grabbed her arm to try to pull her towards me but she retreated because of the fire.' The rescuer was able to pull one passenger to safety. But the driver and a third passenger also died of asphyxiation. Krysta's death was caused by her inability to get out of the car and being consumed in the fire that engulfed the vehicle, according to the family's attorney, Roger Dreyer of Dreyer Babich Buccola Wood Campora LLP. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Dreyer said he has engineers who specialize in fire science and crash reconstruction, but they haven't been able to inspect the Cybertruck. 'We can't get access to the vehicle without permission from the owner,' he said. 'And we can't get data from Tesla without permission from the owner.' The lawsuit includes unidentified 'Doe' defendants, which allows the Tsukahara family to keep its options open to add Tesla later. 'Defendants negligently entrusted, managed, maintained, drove, operated, repaired, manufactured and designed the subject vehicle so as to cause the collision and the resulting injuries and damages to plaintiffs,' according to the complaint. Tesla didn't respond to a request for comment. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Early Thursday, an 18-year-old driver of a Cybertruck who'd been recruited to play basketball for University of Southern California was hospitalized after crashing into a tree in the Los Angeles area, the Associated Press reported, citing media accounts and local authorities. 'Safest Vehicles' Tesla later said in an X post its cars are 'exceeding safety standards across 4 continents.' 'Nobody wants to be in a car accident,' the post said. 'But if the worst happens, you want to be in one of the safest vehicles on the road.' Tesla's Cybertruck has been a relatively niche product for the automaker, with a recall notice showing the EV company has sold about 46,000 trucks in the first 15 months since it started deliveries, just a fraction of its overall vehicle sales. The Cybertruck has been subject to eight safety recalls since it launched, with the latest marking its second issue related to steel trim coming loose. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The company has touted the Cybertruck's five-star safety rating from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, including showing crash test pictures of the vehicle in its latest earnings report on Tuesday. Krysta's father described her as an 'amazing girl' who 'never got in trouble.' 'It still haunts us every day, and it will for the rest of our life,' Carl Tsukahara said while sitting inside his home in Piedmont, a wealthy enclave that borders Oakland. 'She died a horrible death and suffered.' 'We keep hoping to wake up from this horrible nightmare,' said his wife, Noelle Tsukahara. — With assistance from Kara Carlson and Dana Hull. Canada Toronto & GTA Toronto & GTA Toronto Raptors World
