• Vote as veto. Republican strategist and commentator Ana Navarro, who was national Hispanic campaign chairwoman for John McCain in 2008, writes powerfully about why she chose to break from her party to vote for Hillary Clinton—or rather, "against Donald Trump." CNN • A striking trend. Inspired by a similar protest in Iceland, activist Rebecca Amsellem urged French women to stop working Monday at 4:34 p.m. in an attempt to highlight the country's gender pay gap. Washington Post • Time for change. In the last two years, at least six states have extended or eliminated their statutes of limitations on sexual assaults. While there are many important reasons to change these laws, seven of the female activists who pushed for the reform report a shared motivation: They all say they were sexually assaulted by Bill Cosby. New York Times • Makes me moody. In an interview with Bloomberg Businessweek, Donald Trump's digital director Brad Parscale compared the uncertainty of the 2016 election to "predicting your wife's mood—you have no idea what you're going to get until you get home." If the Trump campaign is hoping to pick up some last minute female voters, that is probably not the way to do it. Fortune • Listen up. In the latest Fortune Most Powerful Women podcast, professor Anita Hill tells Chelsea Handler that despite everything she went through, she would testify against Clarence Thomas all over again. Meanwhile, Russell Simmons appears on a new episode of Fortune Unfiltered, where he talks about Hillary Clinton and the potential impact of electing the first female president. MOVERS AND SHAKERS: Color Genomics has appointed Jill Hagenkord as chief medical officer. Previously, she held the same position at 23andMe. |