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The Lily News
Jul 20, 2017 · 3 min read
Team Lily, left to right: Amy Cavenaile, Amy King, Rachel Orr, Carol Shih, Ashley Nguyen and Neema Roshania Patel. (Jesse Dittmar for The Lily)

OOne month ago we launched , an online publication and part of The Washington Post. We are named after the first U.S. newspaper by women, a publication that advocated to end slavery, and for a woman’s right to vote, own property and wear pants. Likewise, The Lily of today provides an important space where critical issues relevant to women are raised.

The Lily lives entirely on social channels (like this one) because we want to make it easy for you to find and interact with these important stories. We hope to foster a community on Medium and have conversation around Lily content.

We wanted to make sure Washington Post Medium subscribers knew about us, because ultimately, The Lily’s goal is to feature great journalism, just like The Post.


An excerpt from editor Amy King’s letter introducing The Lily:

Our mission is two-fold: Empower with news and information and promote inclusivity by exposing diverse voices.

The difficulty of this is not lost on us. We will seek contributions from those diverse in race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and economic status. We will engage our generation. If we are to be heard, we need your voices.

In return for following along, you can expect coverage of national news, politics, gender equality, health, film, fashion and more. Expect to feel uncomfortable. To agree and then passionately disagree. Expect to read everything from the latest on the health-care battle to a profile on a professor-turned-style-icon.

Everything we publish will be purposeful and designed with a strong aesthetic, meant to respect your eyes and your feeds. We will talk with you in sentences and beautiful images, not memes.

From you, we expect your thoughts, your ideas and your questions. We invite you to comment, like, dislike, highlight and speak up. The Lily is ours.

Read the full letter:



You can find us on , and Or we can come to you twice a week via our newsletter,

(Ellen Porteus for The Lily)

Sample Lily Lines: , July 6, 2017


Learn more about our team, the who built The Lily.

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