User:Elizabeth.guterson/sandbox


 * 1) Pantsuit Nation Wikipedia Page:
 * 2) * I can talk about the influence this Facebook page has had on our current political climate.I can update the statistics (how many people have posted, how many people are members, average likes per post)
 * 3) * More background information about the founders of the page (names, backgrounds).
 * 4) * Criticisms of the group
 * 5) * https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/09/us/politics/facebook-pantsuit-nation-clinton.html : talks about the history of the page, who the founder is and why she created the page in the first place
 * 6) * http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/panstuit-nation-is-a-sham_us_585991dce4b04d7df167cb4d: talks about the possible hidden agenda of the founder (criticisms)
 * 7) * http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-klein-pantsuit-nation-20161226-story.html : more criticisms (OP-ED... CAN'T INCLUDE)
 * 8) * https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/01/19/what-do-pantsuit-nation-women-want-heres-what-research-tells-us-about-womens-movements/?utm_term=.cddf011b992f: motivations/ goals of the group... how will they make a difference, if any
 * 9) * http://www.npr.org/2017/05/09/527422101/pantsuit-nation-serves-up-nostalgia-uplift-heartbreak-but-why: background information
 * 10) * https://www.forbes.com/sites/lillyknoepp/2017/10/03/tamika-mallory-how-the-womens-march-mobilized-millennials/#edfcd9350912: how a single post in Pantsuit Nation laid the foundation for the Women's Marches
 * 11) * I have decided to write about this topic!
 * 12) Bibliography:
 * 13) *https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/09/us/politics/facebook-pantsuit-nation-clinton.html
 * 14) *http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/panstuit-nation-is-a-sham_us_585991dce4b04d7df167cb4d
 * 15) *https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/01/19/what-do-pantsuit-nation-women-want-heres-what-research-tells-us-about-womens-movements/?utm_term=.cddf011b992f
 * 16) *http://www.npr.org/2017/05/09/527422101/pantsuit-nation-serves-up-nostalgia-uplift-heartbreak-but-why
 * 17) *https://www.forbes.com/sites/lillyknoepp/2017/10/03/tamika-mallory-how-the-womens-march-mobilized-millennials/#edfcd9350912
 * 18) Hashtag Activism Wikipedia Page:
 * 19) * Update this page: #PrayforOrlando, #PrayforParis, #IStandWithAhmed, #BooksnotBullets, #RefugeesWelcome
 * 20) * I would add in small paragraphs on each of these hashtags, and then link them to to their main pages
 * 21) * I think this page is in desperate need of some updates, as hashtag activism has gained significant popularity over the past couple of years. There are many hashtags that have changed our world today, which are not included on this page.
 * 22) ADD: Contents:
 * 23) *Background: information on Libby Chamberlain (founder of the group)
 * 24) **In October 2016, Libby Chamberlain, a private resident of Brooklin, Maine founded Pantsuit Nation, a secret Facebook page. Chamberlain attended Yale University, graduating in 2006. She is a mother of two, and formerly worked as a College and Career Counselor at a local high school in Maine. Chamberlain originally started Pantsuit Nation in an effort to encourage some of her Facebook friends to wear Clinton's trademark pantsuits to the voting polls in support of the nation's first female presidential candidate nominated by a major party. She considered Clinton and her pantsuit to both be emblematic of the historic effort towards equal rights for women. Chamberlain wanted to create a space for positivity, the celebration of female power, and support in a time plagued by cynical rhetoric.
 * 25) **Members of the group range in age, ethnicity, and political alliances, but they all share the common goal of wanting to empower women and to advocate for equality in the workplace. The invitation-only group originally started with only 30 members, growing to 24,000 members overnight and to 2.9 million by November 8, 2016. The group's members share stories of their support for Clinton within families who and communities that supported other candidates, as well as stories of their family members who fought for civil rights. Many posts to the group contain fan art from the campaign, including its logos and slogans on clothes, signs, bodies, and food.
 * 26) *Criticism: why some people think the group is a sham
 * 27) **Some believe that Chamberlain is turning Pantsuit Nation from a space of grieving and healing into a branding machine, used to further her own profit-seeking ambitions. Before Chamberlain announced on Pantsuit Nation that she had secured a book deal using the group's name, The New York Times released an article explaining the book's projected timeline. Chamberlain has so far not disclosed any details about where or who the profits of the book will go to, or the breach in privacy of the group members who shared their intimate stories.