Fans of two-time Dancing with the Stars champion Cheryl Burke know exactly what they’re going to get when they watch her compete on Monday nights: a strict, dedicated coach who demands her partners give it their all and then some. Off the dance floor, Burke demands the same of herself. “I’m the same person you…
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For most women, shopping is an activity that hardly requires a second thought: You enter a store or go online, you see what you like, you check out, and you leave. For Sinéad Burke, an academic and fashion writer based in Dublin, Ireland, it’s not that simple. Burke has achondroplasia, a form of dwarfism shared…
Read moreI have to admit that when actress Alyssa Milano first tweeted #MeToo, my initial reaction was panic. What if this becomes a popular hashtag, I thought, but it’s not related to the groundwork I laid out? You see, I first came up with the phrase in 2006, after an experience with sexual violence left me…
Read moreAfter 25 seasons, it turns out Dancing With the Stars still has a few tricks up its sleeve. For the first time in the show’s history, producers brought back past fan favorites and champions to dance as part of trio week instead of previously eliminated pros. Kristi Yamaguchi and Alfonso Ribeiro were among the returning…
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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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