Cynthia Richie Terrell
@cynthiarterrell.bsky.social
Quaker, knitter, gardener, democracy & gender balance advocate, & director of RepresentWomen
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🇮🇸 Inside Iceland’s Parliament, where women hold 47% of seats.
@cynthiarterrell.bsky.social + Katie Usalis joined leaders at the #ReykjavikForum to hear from the Speaker about how decades of women’s organizing made this possible and why #ProportionalRepresentation matters. 💜
@cynthiarterrell.bsky.social + Katie Usalis joined leaders at the #ReykjavikForum to hear from the Speaker about how decades of women’s organizing made this possible and why #ProportionalRepresentation matters. 💜
November 10, 2025 at 3:20 AM
🇮🇸 Inside Iceland’s Parliament, where women hold 47% of seats.
@cynthiarterrell.bsky.social + Katie Usalis joined leaders at the #ReykjavikForum to hear from the Speaker about how decades of women’s organizing made this possible and why #ProportionalRepresentation matters. 💜
@cynthiarterrell.bsky.social + Katie Usalis joined leaders at the #ReykjavikForum to hear from the Speaker about how decades of women’s organizing made this possible and why #ProportionalRepresentation matters. 💜
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We’re thrilled to see RepresentWomen’s @cynthiarterrell.bsky.social + Katie Usalis return to the #ReykjavikForum next week! 🌍
Cynthia will moderate a panel with extraordinary women leaders from around the world. Stay tuned for insights + highlights later this week.
#WomensLeadership #GenderParity
Cynthia will moderate a panel with extraordinary women leaders from around the world. Stay tuned for insights + highlights later this week.
#WomensLeadership #GenderParity
November 8, 2025 at 7:20 PM
We’re thrilled to see RepresentWomen’s @cynthiarterrell.bsky.social + Katie Usalis return to the #ReykjavikForum next week! 🌍
Cynthia will moderate a panel with extraordinary women leaders from around the world. Stay tuned for insights + highlights later this week.
#WomensLeadership #GenderParity
Cynthia will moderate a panel with extraordinary women leaders from around the world. Stay tuned for insights + highlights later this week.
#WomensLeadership #GenderParity
Read this week’s #WeekendReading with all the latest news on women’s representation & leadership! Plus a plug for @lorissa.bsky.social’s new book on Jeannette Rankin & another dip into history with the 1st televised presidential debate — between two women!
✍️ From the desk of @cynthiarterrell.bsky.social, this week’s #WeekendReading celebrates a "Pink Wave" of women’s leadership breaking barriers from VA to NJ to NYC.
🗳️ Historic firsts
🏛️ Systems reform
💫 Stories of courage, collaboration, & change
📖 Read it here: https://bit.ly/3WKgXS0
🗳️ Historic firsts
🏛️ Systems reform
💫 Stories of courage, collaboration, & change
📖 Read it here: https://bit.ly/3WKgXS0
November 8, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Read this week’s #WeekendReading with all the latest news on women’s representation & leadership! Plus a plug for @lorissa.bsky.social’s new book on Jeannette Rankin & another dip into history with the 1st televised presidential debate — between two women!
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The team includes Lina Khan, the FTC commissioner under Biden, and other Democratic former city officials. #MsReads via @guardian.com
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Zohran Mamdani announces all-female transition team as he prepares for New York mayoralty
Team includes Lina Khan, the FTC commissioner under Biden, and other Democratic former city officials
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November 7, 2025 at 12:19 AM
The team includes Lina Khan, the FTC commissioner under Biden, and other Democratic former city officials. #MsReads via @guardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Our November reading list from @karlajstrand.com has stories of Indigenous resistance, reflections on wellness culture, motherhood, Medusas, and more.
November 2025 Reads for the Rest of Us
The best feminist books written by women, Black, brown, AAPI, LGBTQ, Native, disabled, trans, nonbinary writers in November 2025.
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November 7, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Our November reading list from @karlajstrand.com has stories of Indigenous resistance, reflections on wellness culture, motherhood, Medusas, and more.
Read my take on election results for women from Georgia to NJ & VA to NYC to St Paul, Minnesota in @msmagazine.com 🗳️👏🏼🎉
In a night of firsts, two close friends and former roommates, Abigail Spanberger of Virginia and Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey, made history—both winning their gubernatorial races.
Two Roommates, Two Governorships—and a Blueprint for Women’s Power
Abigail Spanberger of Virginia and Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey's wins reveal what’s possible when systems support women’s leadership.
msmagazine.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Read my take on election results for women from Georgia to NJ & VA to NYC to St Paul, Minnesota in @msmagazine.com 🗳️👏🏼🎉
Read my 🎃 weekend reading column on @msmagazine.com featuring this adorable photo of my daughters plus a bit of history & news about women’s representation & leadership in politics here in the U.S. & around the 🌍
Women’s autonomy over their land, labor and lives has long been treated as a threat.
As we approach another Election Week, women again stand at the threshold between what is and what could be.
As we approach another Election Week, women again stand at the threshold between what is and what could be.
The Witch Was Never the Villain. She Was the Beginning of Women’s Power.
Women’s autonomy over their land, labor and lives has been treated as a threat. As we approach another Election Week, are women seen as witches?
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November 1, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Read my 🎃 weekend reading column on @msmagazine.com featuring this adorable photo of my daughters plus a bit of history & news about women’s representation & leadership in politics here in the U.S. & around the 🌍
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Utah earned a “D” on the 2025 Gender Parity Index — ranking 32nd in the U.S. But the story isn’t bleak: women now hold 2 of 5 statewide offices, make up 31% of the legislature, & Rep. Celeste Maloy represents Utah in Congress.
“It does matter!” — Dr. Susan R. Madsen
🔗 https://bit.ly/43H1Axp
“It does matter!” — Dr. Susan R. Madsen
🔗 https://bit.ly/43H1Axp
Utah gets a 'D' on the representation on women in politics — will that change on Election Day? • Utah News Dispatch
Commentary: Decision-making better represents all Utahs when there are more equal numbers of men and women in leadership.
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October 31, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Utah earned a “D” on the 2025 Gender Parity Index — ranking 32nd in the U.S. But the story isn’t bleak: women now hold 2 of 5 statewide offices, make up 31% of the legislature, & Rep. Celeste Maloy represents Utah in Congress.
“It does matter!” — Dr. Susan R. Madsen
🔗 https://bit.ly/43H1Axp
“It does matter!” — Dr. Susan R. Madsen
🔗 https://bit.ly/43H1Axp
Read my column in @msmagazine.com on what’s actually happening in Portland, Eleanor Roosevelt’s birthday, elections in Ireland, the Czech Republic, Japan, & Bougainville, impact of the work of @emilyslist.bsky.social, & celebrating #DayOfTheGirl thanks @msmagazine.com
For more than a century, Portland’s city commission was dominated by affluent white men; only 10 women ever served, and just two were women of color.
That changed in 2024. More in the latest Weekend Reading:
That changed in 2024. More in the latest Weekend Reading:
As Trump Targets Portland, a New Report Shows How the City Became a Model for Women’s Representation
As Trump Targets Portland, Oregon, with the National Guard, a New Report Shows How the City Became a Model for Women’s Representation
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October 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Read my column in @msmagazine.com on what’s actually happening in Portland, Eleanor Roosevelt’s birthday, elections in Ireland, the Czech Republic, Japan, & Bougainville, impact of the work of @emilyslist.bsky.social, & celebrating #DayOfTheGirl thanks @msmagazine.com
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Moldova re-elects President Maia Sandu 🎉 Her party secured a parliamentary majority — and with 40% women in parliament, the country shows the power of quotas to transform representation.
The next step: breaking down cultural barriers to parity. #RepresentationMatters
The next step: breaking down cultural barriers to parity. #RepresentationMatters
September 30, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Moldova re-elects President Maia Sandu 🎉 Her party secured a parliamentary majority — and with 40% women in parliament, the country shows the power of quotas to transform representation.
The next step: breaking down cultural barriers to parity. #RepresentationMatters
The next step: breaking down cultural barriers to parity. #RepresentationMatters
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Yesterday, we lost a legend. Jane Goodall (1934–2025) transformed science and inspired generations of women to lead with courage and persistence. Her legacy will continue to shape our world. 🌍💜 #JaneGoodall #WomenInScience
October 2, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Yesterday, we lost a legend. Jane Goodall (1934–2025) transformed science and inspired generations of women to lead with courage and persistence. Her legacy will continue to shape our world. 🌍💜 #JaneGoodall #WomenInScience
Read this week’s #WeekendReading column from the terrific team at @representwomen.bsky.social for the latest news of women’s representation & leadership — including a tribute to the amazing #JaneGooddall ☺️
This week from the RepresentWomen team: #WeekendReading has arrived!
👣 From Versailles → Anita Hill → Canterbury, women’s footsteps keep shaping history.
🌿 Honoring #JaneGoodall
🗳️ PR momentum & Malawi’s women-led coalitions
👉 Read: https://bit.ly/4mU3O3j
👣 From Versailles → Anita Hill → Canterbury, women’s footsteps keep shaping history.
🌿 Honoring #JaneGoodall
🗳️ PR momentum & Malawi’s women-led coalitions
👉 Read: https://bit.ly/4mU3O3j
October 4, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Read this week’s #WeekendReading column from the terrific team at @representwomen.bsky.social for the latest news of women’s representation & leadership — including a tribute to the amazing #JaneGooddall ☺️
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New from #OnGender: Alana Persson & @cynthiarterrell.bsky.social share @representwomen.bsky.social's 2025 Gender Parity Index, which measures how women are represented in US politics, noting, “Without women, decision-making is narrower, less inclusive, and more vulnerable...” bit.ly/4pNkbkT
September 30, 2025 at 12:44 PM
New from #OnGender: Alana Persson & @cynthiarterrell.bsky.social share @representwomen.bsky.social's 2025 Gender Parity Index, which measures how women are represented in US politics, noting, “Without women, decision-making is narrower, less inclusive, and more vulnerable...” bit.ly/4pNkbkT
Great article on #CBCF #ALC54 with
@representwomen.bsky.social team member @tamaya513.bsky.social who will be speaking on a panel hosted by @fairvote.bsky.social tomorrow!
@representwomen.bsky.social team member @tamaya513.bsky.social who will be speaking on a panel hosted by @fairvote.bsky.social tomorrow!
➡️ @representwomen.bsky.social's Tamaya Dennard at the Congressional Black Caucus Conference:
#RankedChoiceVoting gives voters "a larger voice and more choice" in electing the candidates who represent us.
Read more 👇
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#RankedChoiceVoting gives voters "a larger voice and more choice" in electing the candidates who represent us.
Read more 👇
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/stat...
State of democracy takes center stage at Congressional Black Caucus conference
With national anxieties over the state of democracy and National Guard troops deployed to the city, the Congressional Black Caucus began its conference Wednesday in a neighborhood center. Elected offi...
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September 26, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Great article on #CBCF #ALC54 with
@representwomen.bsky.social team member @tamaya513.bsky.social who will be speaking on a panel hosted by @fairvote.bsky.social tomorrow!
@representwomen.bsky.social team member @tamaya513.bsky.social who will be speaking on a panel hosted by @fairvote.bsky.social tomorrow!
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From the desk of Cynthia Richie Terrell: this week’s Weekend Reading ✨
As UNGA 80 opens, we’re looking abroad for lessons on women’s leadership. 🌍
Read more ➡️ https://bit.ly/4mtj6Ma
#WeekendReading #UNGA80 #WomenInPolitics #RepresentationMatters
As UNGA 80 opens, we’re looking abroad for lessons on women’s leadership. 🌍
Read more ➡️ https://bit.ly/4mtj6Ma
#WeekendReading #UNGA80 #WomenInPolitics #RepresentationMatters
September 19, 2025 at 11:44 PM
From the desk of Cynthia Richie Terrell: this week’s Weekend Reading ✨
As UNGA 80 opens, we’re looking abroad for lessons on women’s leadership. 🌍
Read more ➡️ https://bit.ly/4mtj6Ma
#WeekendReading #UNGA80 #WomenInPolitics #RepresentationMatters
As UNGA 80 opens, we’re looking abroad for lessons on women’s leadership. 🌍
Read more ➡️ https://bit.ly/4mtj6Ma
#WeekendReading #UNGA80 #WomenInPolitics #RepresentationMatters
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🚨 History in the making: 40 women have already announced campaigns for governor in 2026 — a record-setting moment.
📊 Momentum is powerful, but systems reforms are what make progress stick.
🎥 Watch more: https://bit.ly/45VkQc5
#WomenInPolitics #RepresentationMatters
📊 Momentum is powerful, but systems reforms are what make progress stick.
🎥 Watch more: https://bit.ly/45VkQc5
#WomenInPolitics #RepresentationMatters
Women In Politics: Growing Number Of GOP, Democratic Women Run For Governor In 2025 | TRENDING
The Hill's Julia Manchester reports on the growing number of Republican and Democratic women candidates running for Governor of their states in the 2025-2026 election cycle.
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September 22, 2025 at 7:18 PM
🚨 History in the making: 40 women have already announced campaigns for governor in 2026 — a record-setting moment.
📊 Momentum is powerful, but systems reforms are what make progress stick.
🎥 Watch more: https://bit.ly/45VkQc5
#WomenInPolitics #RepresentationMatters
📊 Momentum is powerful, but systems reforms are what make progress stick.
🎥 Watch more: https://bit.ly/45VkQc5
#WomenInPolitics #RepresentationMatters
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We couldn’t agree more: the fight for equality is never finished. Every voice matters. Together, we can carry the torch from Beijing 1995 forward — ensuring progress for the next thirty years and beyond. 💜 #Beijing30 #GenderParity
September 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
We couldn’t agree more: the fight for equality is never finished. Every voice matters. Together, we can carry the torch from Beijing 1995 forward — ensuring progress for the next thirty years and beyond. 💜 #Beijing30 #GenderParity
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Thirty years after Beijing, the gains of women’s movements are undeniable—yet they remain underfunded at the very moment we need them most.
The Beijing Conference Was a Victory for Women’s Movements. It’s Time to Believe in Them Again.
The Beijing United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women Was a Victory for Feminism. It’s Time to Believe and Invest in Women's Rights Again.
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September 22, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Thirty years after Beijing, the gains of women’s movements are undeniable—yet they remain underfunded at the very moment we need them most.
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At #NetrootsNation2025, Michelle Whittaker — ED of @rcvformaryland & Board Chair of @RepresentWomen — made it clear: our democracy needs #RankedChoiceVoting & #ProportionalRepresentation.
📺 Watch her remarks: https://bit.ly/3V4r7vV
#RepresentationMatters #WomenInPolitics
📺 Watch her remarks: https://bit.ly/3V4r7vV
#RepresentationMatters #WomenInPolitics
Ranked Choice Voting MD Exec. Dir. Michelle Whittaker on our bipartisan redistricting reality
Michelle Whittaker, Executive Director of Ranked Choice Voting MD did an exceptional job of detailing redistricting in the most objective manner to date. --- *Become A Member* https://bit.ly/3nnJ8TZ. --- *My Books:* As I See It: https://amzn.to/3yJhXZu ...
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September 15, 2025 at 7:12 PM
At #NetrootsNation2025, Michelle Whittaker — ED of @rcvformaryland & Board Chair of @RepresentWomen — made it clear: our democracy needs #RankedChoiceVoting & #ProportionalRepresentation.
📺 Watch her remarks: https://bit.ly/3V4r7vV
#RepresentationMatters #WomenInPolitics
📺 Watch her remarks: https://bit.ly/3V4r7vV
#RepresentationMatters #WomenInPolitics
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"The fight for women’s equality is not stalled because women aren’t running for office. It is stalled because our systems are designed to protect incumbents and status quo candidates."
A must-read from Cynthia Richie Terrell @representwomen.bsky.social on PR & RCV: msmagazine.com/2025/08/25/m...
A must-read from Cynthia Richie Terrell @representwomen.bsky.social on PR & RCV: msmagazine.com/2025/08/25/m...
September 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
"The fight for women’s equality is not stalled because women aren’t running for office. It is stalled because our systems are designed to protect incumbents and status quo candidates."
A must-read from Cynthia Richie Terrell @representwomen.bsky.social on PR & RCV: msmagazine.com/2025/08/25/m...
A must-read from Cynthia Richie Terrell @representwomen.bsky.social on PR & RCV: msmagazine.com/2025/08/25/m...
Data from around the 🌍 & across the U.S. shows #RankedChoiceVoting & #ProportionalRepresentation are electing more women to office faster: women hold 52% of seats in jurisdictions with #RCV — improving the electoral system is what works to build women’s power! @msmagazine.com
The bad news: A century after suffrage, women are still underrepresented in politics. The good news: We know what works to get women into power.
Real Change for Women in Politics Requires Fixing Broken Systems
Ranked-choice voting and proportional representation create opportunities for women and people of color and build a better democracy.
msmagazine.com
September 2, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Data from around the 🌍 & across the U.S. shows #RankedChoiceVoting & #ProportionalRepresentation are electing more women to office faster: women hold 52% of seats in jurisdictions with #RCV — improving the electoral system is what works to build women’s power! @msmagazine.com
And, #RankedChoiceVoting is simply the most viable solution to eliminating split votes & plurality winners in most elections in the U.S. — 85% of our 520,000 elected offices are non partisan & most are single winner — that’s roughly 425,000 offices where #RCV is the solution! @fairvote.bsky.social
#RankedChoiceVoting is a simple and powerful reform that makes elections better. Watch to learn how 👇
Ranked Choice Voting Facts
Ranked choice voting is gaining popularity across the country, from small cities in Utah to congressional districts in Maine. But how does it make elections better and give voters more power?
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September 2, 2025 at 6:22 PM
And, #RankedChoiceVoting is simply the most viable solution to eliminating split votes & plurality winners in most elections in the U.S. — 85% of our 520,000 elected offices are non partisan & most are single winner — that’s roughly 425,000 offices where #RCV is the solution! @fairvote.bsky.social
The #FairRepresentationAct ( #RankedChoiceVoting + multi winner districts) will end gerrymandering, ensure partisan fairness, enable multiple constituencies of color to elect candidates of choice, AND it’s the most effective strategy available to us to elect more women to Congress!
Want to end gerrymandering and make representatives more accountable?
Learn more about the #FairRepAct 👇
Learn more about the #FairRepAct 👇
How to stop the gerrymandering wars and give every voter a voice - FairVote
A gerrymandering war has erupted across the nation, with Republicans and Democrats threatening to redraw congressional maps in their favor.
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September 2, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The #FairRepresentationAct ( #RankedChoiceVoting + multi winner districts) will end gerrymandering, ensure partisan fairness, enable multiple constituencies of color to elect candidates of choice, AND it’s the most effective strategy available to us to elect more women to Congress!
Thanks @msmagazine.com for posting #WeekendReading on women’s representation!
Representation is never just about who holds office — it’s about whose priorities are heard.
Celebrating Women's Equality Day—105 Years After the 19th Amendment
Weekend Reading for Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation in politics, sports and entertainment, judicial offices and the private sector—with a little gardeni...
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September 2, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Thanks @msmagazine.com for posting #WeekendReading on women’s representation!
My thoughts on what’s required to achieve women’s equality on this #WomensEqualityDay 💜💛
Real Change for Women in Politics Requires Fixing Broken Systems
Ranked-choice voting and proportional representation create opportunities for women and people of color and build a better democracy.
msmagazine.com
August 27, 2025 at 1:51 AM
My thoughts on what’s required to achieve women’s equality on this #WomensEqualityDay 💜💛