After a former student with an AR-15 killed 17 students and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida earlier this year, a group of outspoken student activists demanded change. Gun violence needs to end—and they’re not taking no for an answer. They joined with other leaders to organize March for Our Lives.…
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Nicole Maines made history as the plaintiff in Doe v. Clenchy, the Maine Supreme Court case that helped set a landmark precedent for allowing transgender people to use the bathroom that matched their gender identity. Now, the actress and activist is changing the game yet again: The CW just announced that she’ll join the cast…
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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…
Read moreBy 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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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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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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