As assistant private secretary for Markle and Prince Harry, Wong helps build strategic initiatives across issues like HIV/AIDS, youth engagement in the Commonwealth, and mental health. Prior to this job, she worked in the Obama administration as a political appointee. Latham is a dual British and American citizen, and has a background in politics on…
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This just in: sexism now has extended past planet earth to literal outer space. This week, NASA announced it would have to cancel (or at least postpone) what had been billed as its first all-female spacewalk. The reason? Not because of some scientific glitch or a massive mathematical problem but because…it just occurred to the…
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In an historic first for the U.S. Marine Corps, women will be able to train alongside men during boot camp. On Friday, a platoon of about 50 female marines began training side-by-side with the men at the traditionally all-male battalion at a facility in Parris Island, South Carolina. About 300 recruits are participating in this…
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The first-ever all-female TV news station there runs a lot like any station in the U.S., with one big exception: These journalists are risking their lives. It’s 4:00 A.M., and Kabul is dark and still. Shabana Noori wills herself out of bed to drink a cup of hot tea. The 22-year-old news anchor and fledgling…
Read moreIf you were one of the thousands (and counting) who saw Thor: Ragnarok this weekend, then you’re in the know: Tessa Thompson‘s Valkyrie is the breakout star of the movie. This is not some boring love interest or worthless sidekick, there only to propel Thor’s story forward. Oh no, Valkyrie—or Scrapper 142, as we first…
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PHOTO: Columbia Pictures/Everett Collection This week, it was announced that Warner Brothers would be remaking Lord of the Flies with an all-female cast, but written and directed by two men. And guess what? The Internet isn’t really down for it. The story choice in particular is what is drawing much criticism, as Lord of the…
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