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Shay Mitchell Opened Up About Her Miscarriage: It Was One of 'My Darkest Days'

At the end of each year, it’s typical for people to post a highlight reel from the past 12 months on social media. Actress Shay Mitchell decided to share not only the good—the business launch, the travel, the friends—but also the painful, like how in 2018, she suffered a miscarriage.

“Although it was an amazing year, it didn’t come without some hardships,” Mitchell wrote on her Instagram Story on Tuesday, before sharing an image of a sonogram with a broken heart over it.

“We all have to deal with various struggles and challenges in life,” the following slide read. “And sometimes it’s easier to only showcase the good times on social media, which is what leads many people to criticize it for its lack of authenticity. Having so many people follow me on Instagram and read my posts is both incredibly humbling and hugely uplifting. The support and affection that so many of you show me lifts me up during even my darkest days, one of which happened last year after I miscarried and lost the child of my hopes and dreams.”

Mitchell decided to share her experience with miscarriage, she explained, in order to encourage compassion on social media, as well as an understanding that people only share a fraction of what they’re going through personally.

“In the spirt of the new year, I think that we need to remember that we are all on this journey together—in good times and in bad—and to remind ourselves that we seldom really know or understand the struggles and hardships that other people are going through,” Mitchell wrote. “So, for 2019, let’s all try to be a little more compassionate, empathetic, patient and thoughtful with each other. This sounds like a great resolution to me. I hope that you agree. Happy New Year everyone.”

In recent years, more celebrities have opened up about their experiences with miscarriages, shining light on a still-under-discussed and painful subject. Former First Lady Michelle Obama wrote about one she suffered in her thirties in her memoir Becoming; Carrie Underwood has also shared her experiences with multiple miscarriages.

After Mitchell posted her Instagram Story, fans began to show support for the actress on social media, with the hashtag #AlwaysWithYouShay.

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Mitchell later tweeted: “Here we go 2019, I am so, so ready for you.”

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Barack Obama Wants More Women Elected 'Because Men Seem to Be Having Some Problems These Days'

While the current president spent his weekend badmouthing the FBI on Twitter, his predecessor, former President Barack Obama, was in Paris speaking about the great need for more women in elected office.

As the AFP reported (via Huffington Post), Obama made an appearance at this weekend’s Les Napoleons summit—a communications event that gathers leaders in business, media, and academia—and made very clear that he hopes more women take on leadership roles “because men seem to be having some problems these days.”

Without naming anyone in particular, the former president was clearly alluding to the staggering number of powerful men—and not just in politics, across entertainment, news media, and the art and culinary worlds as well—who have been accused of sexual harassment and misconduct since The New York Times first broke their bombshell Harvey Weinstein exposé.

“Not to generalize but women seem to have a better capacity than men do, partly because of their socialization,” Obama continued.

And really, it should come as no surprise that Obama thinks the future is female. After all, he’s the same president who proudly wrote about his commitment to feminism in a Glamour essay last year.

As the panel continued, Obama made sure to get in another thinly-veiled critique of a man in power—Donald Trump.

Without naming him directly, Obama chided the “temporary absence of American leadership” when it comes to climate change and the current administration’s decision to pull out of the Paris climate agreement. Though the U.S. may be the only country that opposes the accord, Obama assured the audience that plenty of measures are being taken by state and local governments, as well as corporations, to combat the issue.

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