"This idea of limited liberation is not the kind of feminism I celebrate." –@RaquelWillis_ 
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Nearly 100 years after its ratification, our August cover is dedicated to the women the 19th Amendment left behind.
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"It's hard to celebrate when the only thing that's really changed is the year." –
@JessMarieGarcia
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"Puerto Rico is one of the oldest colonies in the world... We were always taught the discourse of freedom, to repeat it like we actually live it, but we don't." –Aliana Margarita Bigio Alcoba, founder Con(Sentimiento)
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"To me, voting means having a voice, which is kind of what we’re all fighting for right now." –
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"If you are able to register to vote, use your voice; don't let anyone tell you you cannot vote." –Tiniesha Johnson,
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"It isn't a matter of should I vote, or should I march, or should I lobby; it isn’t a matter of or — it’s and." –Rep.
@AyannaPressley
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"Voting can’t address 400 years of genocide. Voting can’t address 400 years of colonialism. And voting isn't harm reduction, point-blank." –
@charitieropati
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"A big part of my run is not just to shine a light on what’s missing within the electoral politics of New York City, but a great effort to expand who votes and who participates." –
@ShahanaFromBK
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"I was taught that women’s suffrage was inspired by the slavery abolitionist movement. I think that history is not just forgotten, but purposely erased." –@thethandi_way
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"When the most theoretically vulnerable populations are helping to guide policy, the rest of the world is a freer place because of it." –
@YaraShahidi
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