There is, perhaps, no person in America better suited to weigh in on the current state of Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination hearings than Anita Hill. In 1991, the law professor found herself in a position similar to that of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford in that both had come forward to accuse a Supreme Court…
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A judge lauded by conservatives gets picked by the president to become the next Supreme Court justice. As he travels the path to Senate confirmation, he unexpectedly confronts graphic allegations of sexual misconduct put forth by a respected female academic. The process is thrown into an uproar—as is the nation. Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey…
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Before there was #MeToo, there was Anita Hill. Nearly three decades after her historic testimony against then-Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas, Hill stepped up to a podium Thursday to say the world has irrevocably changed after the scandals that have engulfed powerful men from Washington to Hollywood. “What happens now? I would say we will…
Read moreAs more women come forward and the number of sexual assault allegations against powerful men grow, we can look back to 1991 and thank Anita Hill for opening the conversation on sexual harassment in the workplace. She appeared in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee to assert that Clarence Thomas, who she’d worked with in…
Read moreWhen former Vice President Joe Biden speaks, we listen. His appearance at the 2017 Glamour Women of the Year Summit was no exception. In a surprise conversation with Glamour editor-in-chief Cindi Leive and Dr. Jill Biden, Biden shared deeply moving stories about his family, discussed ways women can make positive cultural changes in the years…
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