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Kiersey Clemons: There Is No One Way to Be an Activist

For a moment, crouching in a plaid suit in front of an immaculate home in the Los Angeles suburb of Ladera Heights, Kiersey Clemons looks like Fresh Princess Hilary Banks—if Hilary Banks said “Screw it” and shaved off all her hair. Born to a military family in Pensacola, Florida, the 24-year-old actress is as compelling…

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Plus-Size Activist Re-creates Kim Kardashian KKW Body Fragrance Ads

By now, you’ve likely seen Kim Kardashian‘s newest fragrance drop, KKW Body. The scent, design, and the provocative images that Kim shared to promote it all have sparked an Internet-wide conversation about Kim’s “perfect” body, which she literally had molded to create the perfume’s flacon. As Yahoo! Lifestyle reports, body-positivity activist and vlogger Carmen Rene,…

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Activist Tarana Burke Started the "Me Too" Movement 10 Years Ago

PHOTO: Courtesy of subject Tarana Burke While thousands of stories of sexual harassment and assault have flooded Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram in recent days, the #MeToo social movement did not, in fact, originate this past weekend. Instead, it goes back a decade—and was originated by activist Tarana Burke. Burke, who also founded the youth organization…

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An Activist Group Is Playing Trump's 'Access Hollywood' Tape on Loop Near the White House

PHOTO: Ultraviolet via Facebook It’s been exactly a year since the Washington Post delivered one of the most shocking October surprises to date: the Access Hollywood tape revealing then-presidential candidate Donald Trump bragging about sexually assaulting women. Trump’s exact words—”Grab them by the pussy … You can do anything”—will likely be forever etched into the…

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