Last Sunday’s Fem2.0 Twittercast was about Fair Pay, to help people get ready for Fair Pay Day on Tuesday, April 28. Did you notice how much play #fairpay got in the Twitterverse over the next few days? That means waves of people were tweeting about it and getting other people to think and tweet about it too. We’re not saying it’s all because of our Twittercast, but certainly we helped. That’s why everyone should get on Twitter and help make such waves of 140-character advocacy even bigger!

Meanwhile, Fair Pay Day came and went, and the commentary from the other side was…unbelievably infuriating.

Michael Tomlin of the Idaho Business Review said, "What these and other supporters of the ‘Equal Pay Day’ theory want is for underachievers to be paid the same as their achieving counterparts."

gotribe2007, commenting on an article in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, said, "If women want to make the same amount as men, then they should become escorts."

Fem2.0 says: Fair Day Day is longer than 24 hours, and WE NEED YOUR VOICES! We need women on these articles commenting back! See here for more details.

This Sunday, our Twittercast turns to something more uplifting. Women’s eNews is partnering with Fem2.0 on a conversation about leadership.

Fem2.0 Twittercast Topic: Leadership
May 3, 2009, 10 PM EST
To join twittercast, see here.

The Sunday night chat will be moderated by Women’s eNews Marketing Associate Charlotte Cooper, and Founder and Editor in Chief Rita Henley Jensen may join us as well.

In the conversation starter, Charlotte asks: "Where do we need leadership today? Which sectors of women’s lives – health, work, safety, etc  – need more representation? Who’s already amplifying women’s voices?"

If you have some ideas about what the Fem2.0 community should Twitter about, let us know!

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