In Her Shoes: Ayanna Pressley

The Cut

New York Magazine

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

4.4 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2023

⏱️ 38 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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0:29.7	That's OnePassword.com slash podcast offer, all lowercase. Support for this show comes from OnePassword.
0:41.3	If you're an IT or security pro, managing devices, identities, and applications can feel overwhelming and risky.
0:49.3	Trellica by OnePassword helps conquer SaaS sprawl and Shadow IT by discovering every app your team uses, managed or not.
0:58.4	Take the first step to better security for your team.
1:01.9	Learn more at OnePassword.com slash podcast offer.
1:06.5	That's OnePassword.com slash podcast offer.
1:10.6	All lowercase. That's onepassword.com slash podcast offer.
1:11.7	All lowercase.
1:25.5	Welcome to In Her Shoes.
1:40.7	I'm Lindsay Peoples and I'm editor-in-chief of the cut. On this show, I get to talk to people that we love and admire or some that we just find interesting. We'll explore how they found their path and what maybe have gotten in their way and how they brought others along now that they've arrived.
1:52.0	Congresswoman Ianna Presley has been a trailblazer pretty much her entire political career. In 2010, she was the first black woman elected to the Boston City Council,
1:57.0	and then would later go on to become the first black woman elected Congress from Massachusetts.
2:02.7	As a member of Congress, she's been a constant voice on issues like reproductive rights, health care, and criminal justice reform.
2:10.8	In this episode, we talked about her political career, her journey dealing with alopecia, and what she's hopeful about in this current political climate.
2:19.3	You probably don't even remember, but this was probably like four, three years ago when I used to run Teen Vogue.
2:24.2	Oh my goodness, that was during the pandemic.
2:27.5	Yeah, yeah.
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