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'''Elizabeth Plank''' (born March 19, 1987) is a Canadian [[author]] and award-winning<ref>{{cite web |title=2016ish with Liz Plank: Winner in News and Media |url=https://shortyawards.com/1st-socialgood/liz-plank-vox |website=Shorty Awards |publisher=Shorty Awards |accessdate=2019-10-07}}</ref> [[journalist]]. She was a senior producer and political correspondent at ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'',<ref>{{cite web |title=Feminist Fight Club |first=Jake |last=Offenhartz |date=June 5, 2017 |url=http://gothamist.com/2017/06/05/nyc_protests_june.php |publisher=[[Gothamist]] |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706140254/http://gothamist.com/2017/06/05/nyc_protests_june.php |archivedate=July 6, 2017 }}</ref> and began hosting her own solutions-based journalism show Positive Spin at [[NBC News]] in July 2020.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ellefson |first1=Lindsey |title=Liz Plank Joins NBC News for Digital Series on Coronavirus With ‘Positive Spin’ (Exclusive) |url=https://www.thewrap.com/liz-plank-nbc-news-positive-spin/ |website=The Wrap |publisher=The Wrap |accessdate=July 20, 2020}}</ref> She is currently a columnist for MSNBC<ref>{{Cite web|title=MSNBC Author Liz Plank|url=https://www.msnbc.com/author/liz-plank-ncpn1114841|access-date=2020-11-23|website=MSNBC.com|language=en}}</ref>.
'''Elizabeth Plank''' (born March 19, 1987) is a Canadian [[author]] and award-winning<ref>{{cite web |title=2016ish with Liz Plank: Winner in News and Media |url=https://shortyawards.com/1st-socialgood/liz-plank-vox |website=Shorty Awards |publisher=Shorty Awards |accessdate=2019-10-07}}</ref> [[journalist]]. She was a senior producer and political correspondent at ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'',<ref>{{cite web |title=Feminist Fight Club |first=Jake |last=Offenhartz |date=June 5, 2017 |url=http://gothamist.com/2017/06/05/nyc_protests_june.php |publisher=[[Gothamist]] |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706140254/http://gothamist.com/2017/06/05/nyc_protests_june.php |archivedate=July 6, 2017 }}</ref> and began hosting her own solutions-based journalism show Positive Spin at [[NBC News]] in July 2020.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ellefson |first1=Lindsey |title=Liz Plank Joins NBC News for Digital Series on Coronavirus With ‘Positive Spin’ (Exclusive) |url=https://www.thewrap.com/liz-plank-nbc-news-positive-spin/ |website=The Wrap |publisher=The Wrap |accessdate=July 20, 2020}}</ref> She is currently a columnist for MSNBC.<ref>{{Cite web|title=MSNBC Author Liz Plank|url=https://www.msnbc.com/author/liz-plank-ncpn1114841|access-date=2020-11-23|website=MSNBC.com|language=en}}</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==
Plank grew up in [[Montreal]] where she worked as a community counselor for people with developmental disabilities<ref>{{cite web |last1=Angelique |last2=Rocher |title=Blogger |url=https://cozysweatercafe.com/2018/02/07/liz-plank-makes-feminism-fun/ |website=Cozy Sweater Cafe |publisher=Cosy Sweater Cafe |accessdate=7 February 2018}}</ref> while attending [[McGill University]] in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], studying women's studies and international development. She competed on the school's varsity synchronized swimming team, co-founded Women's Week at McGill and participated in a campus production of ''[[The Vagina Monologues]].''<ref>{{cite news |last=Palus |first=Shannon |url=http://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/s/1762/news/interior.aspx?pgid=573&gid=2 |title=Frank, funny and unapologetically feminist |work=McGill News Alumni Magazine |date=September 2015 |accessdate=2017-06-28 }}</ref> She received the Sheila Finestone Award<ref>{{cite web |last1=Writer |first1=Staff |title=Undergraduate Award Winners Sheila Finestone Award Winners |url=https://www.mcgill.ca/igsf/awards/undergraduate-winners |website=IGSF INSTITUTE FOR GENDER, SEXUALITY, AND FEMINIST STUDIES |publisher=McGill University |accessdate=September 1, 2020}}</ref>, a prize given to an outstanding undergraduate student studying in the field of Women's Studies who are involved in community activities and who work for the recognition of women's rights as human rights.
Plank grew up in [[Montreal]] where she worked as a community counselor for people with developmental disabilities<ref>{{cite web |last1=Angelique |last2=Rocher |title=Blogger |url=https://cozysweatercafe.com/2018/02/07/liz-plank-makes-feminism-fun/ |website=Cozy Sweater Cafe |publisher=Cosy Sweater Cafe |accessdate=7 February 2018}}</ref> while attending [[McGill University]] in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], studying women's studies and international development. She competed on the school's varsity synchronized swimming team, co-founded Women's Week at McGill and participated in a campus production of ''[[The Vagina Monologues]].''<ref>{{cite news |last=Palus |first=Shannon |url=http://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/s/1762/news/interior.aspx?pgid=573&gid=2 |title=Frank, funny and unapologetically feminist |work=McGill News Alumni Magazine |date=September 2015 |accessdate=2017-06-28 }}</ref> She received the Sheila Finestone Award,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Writer |first1=Staff |title=Undergraduate Award Winners Sheila Finestone Award Winners |url=https://www.mcgill.ca/igsf/awards/undergraduate-winners |website=IGSF INSTITUTE FOR GENDER, SEXUALITY, AND FEMINIST STUDIES |publisher=McGill University |accessdate=September 1, 2020}}</ref> a prize given to an outstanding undergraduate student studying in the field of Women's Studies who are involved in community activities and who work for the recognition of women's rights as human rights.


She later got her master's degree at the [[London School of Economics]], and began writing articles about gender and human rights for the [[Huffington Post]].<ref name="viral content expert">{{cite news |last=Gratton-Gagné |first=Catherine |url=http://www.adviso.ca/en/blog/2015/09/17/exclusive-interview-with-elizabeth-plank-viral-content-expert/ |title=Exclusive Interview with Elizabeth Plank, Viral Content Expert |work=Adviso |date=2015-09-17 |accessdate=2017-06-28 }}</ref> While attending classes and working as a research assistant for [[Behavioral economics|Behavioral Economics]] professor Paul Dolan, she launched a [[Change.org]] petition that collected more than 55,000 signatures, and succeeded in reversing a decision by the [[Amateur International Boxing Association]] requiring female boxers to wear skirts while competing at the [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London Olympic Games]].<ref name="viral content expert"/>
She later got her master's degree at the [[London School of Economics]], and began writing articles about gender and human rights for the [[Huffington Post]].<ref name="viral content expert">{{cite news |last=Gratton-Gagné |first=Catherine |url=http://www.adviso.ca/en/blog/2015/09/17/exclusive-interview-with-elizabeth-plank-viral-content-expert/ |title=Exclusive Interview with Elizabeth Plank, Viral Content Expert |work=Adviso |date=2015-09-17 |accessdate=2017-06-28 }}</ref> While attending classes and working as a research assistant for [[Behavioral economics|Behavioral Economics]] professor Paul Dolan, she launched a [[Change.org]] petition that collected more than 55,000 signatures, and succeeded in reversing a decision by the [[Amateur International Boxing Association]] requiring female boxers to wear skirts while competing at the [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London Olympic Games]].<ref name="viral content expert"/>
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Plank was then recruited to cover the 2016 election for Vox Media, where she wrote, hosted, produced and starred in several critically acclaimed series about politics. She's used her platform to elevate issues of gender equality, disability rights, transphobia and racial justice while interviewing influential political figures like Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Senator Cory Booker, Stacey Abrams and presidential candidate Andrew Yang. <ref>{{cite web |last1=Birkner |first1=Christine |title=Check Out the Winners of the First Shorty Social Good Awards |url=https://www.adweek.com/creativity/check-out-winners-first-shorty-social-good-awards-174667 |publisher=Adweek |accessdate=2019-10-07|date=November 17, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.papermag.com/here-are-your-2018-webby-award-winners-2568870234.html|title=Here Are Your 2018 Webby Award Winners|last1=Fredette|first1=Meagan|publisher=Paper Magazine|accessdate=2019-10-07|date=14 May 2018}}</ref> In 2016 she produced and hosted ''2016ish'', an award-winning series about the presidential election, and gave a TedxTalk that inspired her first book, ''For the Love of Men: A New Vision for Mindful Masculinity'',<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ruiz |first1=Michelle |title=Boys Will Be Boys? Not in Liz Plank's For the Love of Men |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/liz-plank-interview-for-the-love-of-men|publisher=Vogue |accessdate=2019-10-07|date=September 12, 2019}}</ref> published by St. Martin's Press in Autumn 2019. Plank regularly appears on cable news offering political analysis<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.msnbc.com/the-beat-with-ari-melber/watch/plank-trump-needs-sexism-like-a-plant-needs-water-1160022083713 |publisher=MSNBC|title=Plank: Trump "needs sexism like a plant needs water"|date=2018-02-13}}</ref> and has been blocked on Twitter by President [[Donald Trump]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ziv |first1=Stav |title=An Imagined Trump apology is a Gift to Women|url=https://www.newsweek.com/imagined-trump-apology-gift-women-757915 |publisher=Newsweek |accessdate=2019-10-07|date=December 23, 2017}}</ref>
Plank was then recruited to cover the 2016 election for Vox Media, where she wrote, hosted, produced and starred in several critically acclaimed series about politics. She's used her platform to elevate issues of gender equality, disability rights, transphobia and racial justice while interviewing influential political figures like Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Senator Cory Booker, Stacey Abrams and presidential candidate Andrew Yang. <ref>{{cite web |last1=Birkner |first1=Christine |title=Check Out the Winners of the First Shorty Social Good Awards |url=https://www.adweek.com/creativity/check-out-winners-first-shorty-social-good-awards-174667 |publisher=Adweek |accessdate=2019-10-07|date=November 17, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.papermag.com/here-are-your-2018-webby-award-winners-2568870234.html|title=Here Are Your 2018 Webby Award Winners|last1=Fredette|first1=Meagan|publisher=Paper Magazine|accessdate=2019-10-07|date=14 May 2018}}</ref> In 2016 she produced and hosted ''2016ish'', an award-winning series about the presidential election, and gave a TedxTalk that inspired her first book, ''For the Love of Men: A New Vision for Mindful Masculinity'',<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ruiz |first1=Michelle |title=Boys Will Be Boys? Not in Liz Plank's For the Love of Men |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/liz-plank-interview-for-the-love-of-men|publisher=Vogue |accessdate=2019-10-07|date=September 12, 2019}}</ref> published by St. Martin's Press in Autumn 2019. Plank regularly appears on cable news offering political analysis<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.msnbc.com/the-beat-with-ari-melber/watch/plank-trump-needs-sexism-like-a-plant-needs-water-1160022083713 |publisher=MSNBC|title=Plank: Trump "needs sexism like a plant needs water"|date=2018-02-13}}</ref> and has been blocked on Twitter by President [[Donald Trump]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ziv |first1=Stav |title=An Imagined Trump apology is a Gift to Women|url=https://www.newsweek.com/imagined-trump-apology-gift-women-757915 |publisher=Newsweek |accessdate=2019-10-07|date=December 23, 2017}}</ref>


Plank is recognized as one of the world's most influential people in gender policy<ref>{{cite web |last1=writer |first1=staff |title=GENDER EQUALITY TOP 100 |url=https://apolitical.co/lists/gender-equality-100/ |website=Apolitical |publisher=Apolitical |accessdate=1 July 2019}}</ref> and was ranked as one of [[Forbes]] 30 Under 30 [[Forbes 30 Under 30]] in the Media category.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/pictures/flji45eefm/elizabeth-plank-27 |title=2015 30 Under 30: Media |work=Forbes |date=2015-01-05 |accessdate=2017-06-28}}</ref> ''[[Marie Claire]]'' ranked her among Mediaite's Most Influential in News Media and one of the 50 most influential women.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mediaite.com/online/mediaites-best-of-the-rest-most-influential-in-news-media-2017/3|website=Mediate|accessdate=2019-10-07|date=2017-12-20|title=Mediaite's (Best of the Rest) Most Influential in News Media 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Goldman |first1=Lea |last2=Sklar|first2=Rachel|title=The New Guard: America's 50 Most Influential Women |url=https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/news/g4118/the-new-guard-2016/ |website=Marie Claire |accessdate=2019-10-07|date=2016-10-13}}</ref> Her work has received hundreds of millions of views<ref>{{cite web |last1=BLATTBERG |first1=ERIC |title=Mic's hit video series on Facebook has gotten 33 million views in two months |url=https://digiday.com/media/mics-got-hit-video-series-facebook-thats-gotten-33-million-views-two-months/ |website=Digiday |publisher=Digiday |accessdate=May 20, 2020}}</ref> and accolades from the Shorty<ref>{{cite web |title=2016ISH WITH LIZ PLANK Winner in NEWS & MEDIA |url=https://shortyawards.com/1st-socialgood/liz-plank-vox |website=Shorty Social Good Awards |publisher=Shorty Awards |accessdate=December 5, 2016}}</ref> and [[Webby Award|Webby Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=The Webby Awards |title=Liz Plank's Vox Media's 5-Word Speech at the 22nd Annual Webby Awards |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4pTOQ2YY5Y |website=Webby Awards Youtube Channel |accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>.
Plank is recognized as one of the world's most influential people in gender policy<ref>{{cite web |last1=writer |first1=staff |title=GENDER EQUALITY TOP 100 |url=https://apolitical.co/lists/gender-equality-100/ |website=Apolitical |publisher=Apolitical |accessdate=1 July 2019}}</ref> and was ranked as one of [[Forbes]] 30 Under 30 [[Forbes 30 Under 30]] in the Media category.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/pictures/flji45eefm/elizabeth-plank-27 |title=2015 30 Under 30: Media |work=Forbes |date=2015-01-05 |accessdate=2017-06-28}}</ref> ''[[Marie Claire]]'' ranked her among Mediaite's Most Influential in News Media and one of the 50 most influential women.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mediaite.com/online/mediaites-best-of-the-rest-most-influential-in-news-media-2017/3|website=Mediate|accessdate=2019-10-07|date=2017-12-20|title=Mediaite's (Best of the Rest) Most Influential in News Media 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Goldman |first1=Lea |last2=Sklar|first2=Rachel|title=The New Guard: America's 50 Most Influential Women |url=https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/news/g4118/the-new-guard-2016/ |website=Marie Claire |accessdate=2019-10-07|date=2016-10-13}}</ref> Her work has received hundreds of millions of views<ref>{{cite web |last1=BLATTBERG |first1=ERIC |title=Mic's hit video series on Facebook has gotten 33 million views in two months |url=https://digiday.com/media/mics-got-hit-video-series-facebook-thats-gotten-33-million-views-two-months/ |website=Digiday |publisher=Digiday |accessdate=May 20, 2020}}</ref> and accolades from the Shorty<ref>{{cite web |title=2016ISH WITH LIZ PLANK Winner in NEWS & MEDIA |url=https://shortyawards.com/1st-socialgood/liz-plank-vox |website=Shorty Social Good Awards |publisher=Shorty Awards |accessdate=December 5, 2016}}</ref> and [[Webby Award|Webby Awards]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=The Webby Awards |title=Liz Plank's Vox Media's 5-Word Speech at the 22nd Annual Webby Awards |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4pTOQ2YY5Y |website=Webby Awards Youtube Channel |accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>


She currently sits on the board of Girl Up, a [[United Nations]] Foundation non-profit organization that unites girls to change the world and has spoken alongside<ref>{{cite web |last1=Longmire |first1=Becca |title=Meghan Markle To Speak At Gender Equality Event Alongside Michelle Obama, Priyanka Chopra & More |url=https://etcanada.com/news/665623/meghan-markle-to-speak-at-gender-equality-event-alongside-michelle-obama-priyanka-chopra-more/ |website=ET CANADA |accessdate=September 1, 2020|date=July 8, 2020}}</ref> Meghan Markle, Michelle Obama, and Priyanka Chopra at their annual summits. She's also fundraised and worked<ref>{{cite web |last1=Staff Writer |title=GRANT #191: CO/LAB THEATER GROUP |url=https://awesomewithoutborders.org/grant/colab/ |website=Awesome Without Borders |publisher=Colab Theater |accessdate=September 1, 2020|date=May 2, 2016}}</ref> with Colab Theater, New York City's primary theater arts organizations for individuals with developmental disabilities. She's even featured the organization in a memorable episode<ref>{{cite web |title=Let's Flip the Script on the R-Word |url=https://www.facebook.com/MicMedia/videos/lets-flip-the-script-on-the-r-word/918240644865393/ |website=Facebook|accessdate=September 1, 2020}}</ref> of Flip the Script that featured Paul, a young actor with down syndrome.
She currently sits on the board of Girl Up, a [[United Nations]] Foundation non-profit organization that unites girls to change the world and has spoken alongside<ref>{{cite web |last1=Longmire |first1=Becca |title=Meghan Markle To Speak At Gender Equality Event Alongside Michelle Obama, Priyanka Chopra & More |url=https://etcanada.com/news/665623/meghan-markle-to-speak-at-gender-equality-event-alongside-michelle-obama-priyanka-chopra-more/ |website=ET CANADA |accessdate=September 1, 2020|date=July 8, 2020}}</ref> Meghan Markle, Michelle Obama, and Priyanka Chopra at their annual summits. She's also fundraised and worked<ref>{{cite web |last1=Staff Writer |title=GRANT #191: CO/LAB THEATER GROUP |url=https://awesomewithoutborders.org/grant/colab/ |website=Awesome Without Borders |publisher=Colab Theater |accessdate=September 1, 2020|date=May 2, 2016}}</ref> with Colab Theater, New York City's primary theater arts organizations for individuals with developmental disabilities. She's even featured the organization in a memorable episode<ref>{{cite web |title=Let's Flip the Script on the R-Word |url=https://www.facebook.com/MicMedia/videos/lets-flip-the-script-on-the-r-word/918240644865393/ |website=Facebook|accessdate=September 1, 2020}}</ref> of Flip the Script that featured Paul, a young actor with down syndrome.


While she is known for her contributions to [[feminism]] and women's rights, it's her work with and for people with disabilities that Plank most often discusses in interviews<ref>{{cite web |last1=DG |first1=Angelique |title=Fabulous Feminist Liz Plank! |url=https://cozysweatercafe.com/2018/02/07/liz-plank-makes-feminism-fun/ |website=Cozy Sweater Cafe |accessdate=September 1, 2020|date=February 7, 2018}}</ref> about her work. Whether it's her reporting on voting rights for people with disabilities<ref>{{cite web |last1=Plank |first1=Liz |title=Americans with disabilities struggle to exercise a right that most take for granted — voting |url=https://www.vox.com/2016/10/28/13440928/voting-disability-disabled-2016 |website=Vox.com |publisher=Vox Media |accessdate=September 1, 2020|date=October 28, 2016}}</ref> or the attention she's brought to the sub-par minimum wage for workers with disabilities<ref>{{cite web |title=Divided States of Minimum Wage |url=https://www.facebook.com/feministabulous/videos/divided-states-of-minimum-wage/156785118372970/ |website=Facebook |accessdate=September 1, 2020}}</ref> in America, she's dedicated much of her career to spotlighting people with disabilities who don't always get the attention they deserve in mainstream media<ref>{{cite web |last1=Plank |first1=Liz |title=Divided States of Motherhood |url=https://facebook.com/feministabulous/videos/divided-states-of-motherhood/148284749223007|website=Facebook |accessdate=September 1, 2020}}</ref>.
While she is known for her contributions to [[feminism]] and women's rights, it's her work with and for people with disabilities that Plank most often discusses in interviews<ref>{{cite web |last1=DG |first1=Angelique |title=Fabulous Feminist Liz Plank! |url=https://cozysweatercafe.com/2018/02/07/liz-plank-makes-feminism-fun/ |website=Cozy Sweater Cafe |accessdate=September 1, 2020|date=February 7, 2018}}</ref> about her work. Whether it's her reporting on voting rights for people with disabilities<ref>{{cite web |last1=Plank |first1=Liz |title=Americans with disabilities struggle to exercise a right that most take for granted — voting |url=https://www.vox.com/2016/10/28/13440928/voting-disability-disabled-2016 |website=Vox.com |publisher=Vox Media |accessdate=September 1, 2020|date=October 28, 2016}}</ref> or the attention she's brought to the sub-par minimum wage for workers with disabilities<ref>{{cite web |title=Divided States of Minimum Wage |url=https://www.facebook.com/feministabulous/videos/divided-states-of-minimum-wage/156785118372970/ |website=Facebook |accessdate=September 1, 2020}}</ref> in America, she's dedicated much of her career to spotlighting people with disabilities who don't always get the attention they deserve in mainstream media.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Plank |first1=Liz |title=Divided States of Motherhood |url=https://facebook.com/feministabulous/videos/divided-states-of-motherhood/148284749223007|website=Facebook |accessdate=September 1, 2020}}</ref>


== References ==
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Liz Plank
Plank in 2014
Born
Elizabeth Plank[1]

(1987-03-19) March 19, 1987 (age 37)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
EducationMcGill University (BA)
London School of Economics (MSc)
Known forSenior producer and correspondent at Vox
Websitewww.elizabethplank.com

Elizabeth Plank (born March 19, 1987) is a Canadian author and award-winning[2] journalist. She was a senior producer and political correspondent at Vox,[3] and began hosting her own solutions-based journalism show Positive Spin at NBC News in July 2020.[4] She is currently a columnist for MSNBC.[5]

Early life

Plank grew up in Montreal where she worked as a community counselor for people with developmental disabilities[6] while attending McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, studying women's studies and international development. She competed on the school's varsity synchronized swimming team, co-founded Women's Week at McGill and participated in a campus production of The Vagina Monologues.[7] She received the Sheila Finestone Award,[8] a prize given to an outstanding undergraduate student studying in the field of Women's Studies who are involved in community activities and who work for the recognition of women's rights as human rights.

She later got her master's degree at the London School of Economics, and began writing articles about gender and human rights for the Huffington Post.[9] While attending classes and working as a research assistant for Behavioral Economics professor Paul Dolan, she launched a Change.org petition that collected more than 55,000 signatures, and succeeded in reversing a decision by the Amateur International Boxing Association requiring female boxers to wear skirts while competing at the 2012 London Olympic Games.[9]

While she is private about her personal life, she came out as bisexual[10] to her fans in 2018 and continues to use her platforms to be an advocate for LGBTQ+ communities.

Career

In 2013 Plank began her media career as an intern at the New York City-based Mic, then named PolicyMic.[11] She quickly drew an audience for her reporting on feminist issues and after three months was promoted to head of the site's viral content team.[9] She served as a correspondent and co-creator of the weekly video series "Flip the Script", which covered controversial issues like feminism, homophobia and racism. Plank also served as a correspondent for the MSNBC live web show Krystal Clear.[12]

Plank was then recruited to cover the 2016 election for Vox Media, where she wrote, hosted, produced and starred in several critically acclaimed series about politics. She's used her platform to elevate issues of gender equality, disability rights, transphobia and racial justice while interviewing influential political figures like Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Senator Cory Booker, Stacey Abrams and presidential candidate Andrew Yang. [13][14] In 2016 she produced and hosted 2016ish, an award-winning series about the presidential election, and gave a TedxTalk that inspired her first book, For the Love of Men: A New Vision for Mindful Masculinity,[15] published by St. Martin's Press in Autumn 2019. Plank regularly appears on cable news offering political analysis[16] and has been blocked on Twitter by President Donald Trump.[17]

Plank is recognized as one of the world's most influential people in gender policy[18] and was ranked as one of Forbes 30 Under 30 Forbes 30 Under 30 in the Media category.[19] Marie Claire ranked her among Mediaite's Most Influential in News Media and one of the 50 most influential women.[20][21] Her work has received hundreds of millions of views[22] and accolades from the Shorty[23] and Webby Awards.[24]

She currently sits on the board of Girl Up, a United Nations Foundation non-profit organization that unites girls to change the world and has spoken alongside[25] Meghan Markle, Michelle Obama, and Priyanka Chopra at their annual summits. She's also fundraised and worked[26] with Colab Theater, New York City's primary theater arts organizations for individuals with developmental disabilities. She's even featured the organization in a memorable episode[27] of Flip the Script that featured Paul, a young actor with down syndrome.

While she is known for her contributions to feminism and women's rights, it's her work with and for people with disabilities that Plank most often discusses in interviews[28] about her work. Whether it's her reporting on voting rights for people with disabilities[29] or the attention she's brought to the sub-par minimum wage for workers with disabilities[30] in America, she's dedicated much of her career to spotlighting people with disabilities who don't always get the attention they deserve in mainstream media.[31]

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  3. ^ Offenhartz, Jake (June 5, 2017). "Feminist Fight Club". Gothamist. Archived from the original on July 6, 2017.
  4. ^ Ellefson, Lindsey. "Liz Plank Joins NBC News for Digital Series on Coronavirus With 'Positive Spin' (Exclusive)". The Wrap. The Wrap. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
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  6. ^ Angelique; Rocher. "Blogger". Cozy Sweater Cafe. Cosy Sweater Cafe. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
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  12. ^ "Vox Snags Mic's Elizabeth Plank for Election Coverage". The Hollywood Reporter. 2016-03-01. Retrieved 2017-06-24.
  13. ^ Birkner, Christine (November 17, 2016). "Check Out the Winners of the First Shorty Social Good Awards". Adweek. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  14. ^ Fredette, Meagan (14 May 2018). "Here Are Your 2018 Webby Award Winners". Paper Magazine. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  15. ^ Ruiz, Michelle (September 12, 2019). "Boys Will Be Boys? Not in Liz Plank's For the Love of Men". Vogue. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  16. ^ "Plank: Trump "needs sexism like a plant needs water"". MSNBC. 2018-02-13.
  17. ^ Ziv, Stav (December 23, 2017). "An Imagined Trump apology is a Gift to Women". Newsweek. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
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  24. ^ The Webby Awards. "Liz Plank's Vox Media's 5-Word Speech at the 22nd Annual Webby Awards". Webby Awards Youtube Channel. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  25. ^ Longmire, Becca (July 8, 2020). "Meghan Markle To Speak At Gender Equality Event Alongside Michelle Obama, Priyanka Chopra & More". ET CANADA. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  26. ^ Staff Writer (May 2, 2016). "GRANT #191: CO/LAB THEATER GROUP". Awesome Without Borders. Colab Theater. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
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  28. ^ DG, Angelique (February 7, 2018). "Fabulous Feminist Liz Plank!". Cozy Sweater Cafe. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  29. ^ Plank, Liz (October 28, 2016). "Americans with disabilities struggle to exercise a right that most take for granted — voting". Vox.com. Vox Media. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  30. ^ "Divided States of Minimum Wage". Facebook. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  31. ^ Plank, Liz. "Divided States of Motherhood". Facebook. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
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