In Her Shoes: Ayanna Pressley

The Cut

New York Magazine

Documentary, Personal Journals, Society & Culture, Arts, Fashion & Beauty

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🗓️ 29 March 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley has been a trailblazer pretty much her entire political career. In 2010, she was the first Black woman elected to the Boston City council and then would later go on to become the first Black woman elected Congress from Massachusetts. As a member of congress, she’s been a constant voice on issues like reproductive rights, healthcare and criminal justice reform. In this episode, she talks about her political career, her journey dealing with alopecia and what she’s hopeful about in this current political climate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	My guy, are you supporting women's football?
0:05.2	This summer is time to get to know the players and your taste buds.
0:08.9	Stats don't lie, if 70% of the UK prefers to taste the Pepsi Max, you probs prefer Pepsi
0:14.7	Max.
0:15.7	First for more, visit PepsiMax.wispotify.com to enter our quiz to win gig tickets and
0:20.5	find your perfect playlist.
0:22.3	UK blind taste test of over 34,000 people versus UK's biggest selling full sugar cola.
0:26.5	The verification goes to Pepsi.co.uk forward slash FAQ.
0:40.3	Welcome to In Her Shoes, I'm Lindsay Peoples and I'm Editor-in-Chief of the Cut.
0:44.7	On this show, I get to talk to people that we love and admire or some that we just find
0:49.0	interesting.
0:50.0	We'll explore how they found their path and what maybe have gotten in their way and
0:54.4	how they brought others along now that they've arrived.
1:03.2	Congresswoman Iana Presley has been a trailblazer pretty much her entire political career.
1:08.7	In 2010, she was the first black woman elected to the Boston City Council and then would
1:13.6	later go on to become the first black woman elected Congress from Massachusetts.
1:19.0	As a member of Congress, she's been a constant voice on issues like reproductive rights,
1:23.8	health care, and criminal justice reform.
1:26.9	In this episode, we talked about her political career, her journey dealing with alopecia
1:31.5	and what she's hopeful about in this current political climate.
1:35.2	We probably don't even remember, but this was probably like four or three years ago when
1:38.7	I used to run Teen Vogue.
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