Headed to Congress with Jenn Taylor-Skinner
#### The midterms are over (though the recounts and runoffs may not be). So we make sense of what happened\u2014and what\u2019s next\u2014with Jenn Taylor-Skinner, the host of our fave new feminist political podcast, The Electorette.\n\nJenn tells us all about why she\u2019s feeling pretty good about the midterms, how she plans to keep up the momentum into 2020, and why having a bilateral pulmonary embolism\u2014yep, the same thing Serena Williams had\u2014made her take a hard pivot into podcasting in 2017. Now she\u2019s the full-time host of [The Electorette](https://www.electorette.com/)\u2014one of _Teen Vogue\u2019s_ picks for political podcasts, and a show you\u2019ve gotta add to your rotation.\n\n> I just really wanted a space where women could speak without being interrupted. And I had no idea how much I had a hunger for that myself. \n> \u2014**Jenn Taylor-Skinner, host, [The Electorette](https://www.electorette.com/)**\n\n**[Follow Jenn](https://twitter.com/jtaylorskinner?lang=en)** |\xa0**[Follow The Electorette](https://twitter.com/electorette)**\n\n## On the agenda\n\n- [More than 100 women are headed to Congress](https://www.npr.org/2018/11/06/664951794/a-list-of-firsts-for-women-in-this-years-midterm-elections)\u2014including the [first Native women](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/07/us/elections/native-americans-congress-haaland-davids.html), the [first Muslim women](https://www.vox.com/2018/11/8/18072610/rashida-tlaib-ilhan-omar-congress-election-muslim-women), and the youngest women ever\n- [Florida voted to re-enfranchise](https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/11/6/18052374/florida-amendment-4-felon-voting-rights-results) more than a million people with felony convictions\u2014and this is _really_ freaking important\n- Protecting voter rights and making sure no one ever has to wait _six hours_ at the polls should be top priority (Jenn recommends Ari Berman\u2019s book, _[Give Us the Ballot](https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/30/books/review/give-us-the-ballot-by-ari-berman.html)_)\n- [White women gotta do better](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/nov/09/white-women-vote-republican-why)\n- Maxine Waters remains iconic\n\nPlus: we fucking love all your \u201cI Voted\u201d sticker selfies ([here\u2019s Sara\u2019s!](https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp1u_f-gYWi/)), your lil baby voter pics, and\u2026you.\n\n## Sponsors\n\nThis episode of NYG is brought to you by:\n\n[](https://www.shopify.com/careers)\n\n_[Shopify](https://www.shopify.com/careers), a leading global commerce platform that\u2019s building a world-class team to define the future of entrepreneurship. Visit [shopify.com/careers](https://www.shopify.com/careers)\xa0for more._\n\n[](https://www.getharvest.com/)