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Tory Burch: Ambition Is Not a Dirty Word


Women are the future. I truly believe that.

Women’s empowerment has never been about the optics for us—in fact, we didn’t talk about the work of our Foundation for a long time because we didn’t want it to be perceived as marketing. Six months ago, I sent an email to our team telling them that finally, ten years after launching our Foundation, it was now time to talk externally about everything we are doing.

Women’s empowerment isn’t just a foundational principle for us, it’s something we have been financing for over a decade. To date, Tory Burch LLC has given over $20M to our Foundation. Every Tory Burch product that has been purchased over the past ten years has contributed to that number.

We also provide about $1 million a month in affordable loans for women entrepreneurs through our Capital Program in partnership with Bank of America. To date, we have distributed over $57 million to 3,500 women across the United States—from bakers to civil engineers.

A few years ago, we began to think bigger. On top of correcting the inequity on the back end, we questioned how we could combat the bias that causes inequity in the first place. It got me thinking about an instance in which I realized I had bought into my own unconscious bias.

Early in my career, a friend pointed out to me that I had shied away from the word “ambition.” It was a turning point for me.

The truth is, the word “ambition” takes on a completely different meaning when applied to a woman than when applied to a man. Women are criticized for exhibiting the very same quality men are praised for. This has to change.

Ambition creates pioneers, thinkers, innovators and leaders. We tend to associate ambition with the workplace but it’s about being ambitious in all that you do—whether that’s starting a company, running for office, or being a stay-at-home mom.

We launched our #EmbraceAmbition global initiative in 2017 to encourage women to own their power, their drive and their dreams. This is a message that is relevant to all women, from all around the world. In fact, our video reached 98% of all the world’s countries and has been viewed millions of times.

We have made progress but there is still so much that needs to be done. This is a problem we can solve, but only if we are willing to do the work and to take bold action—together. Men have to be part of this conversation if we want to create real and lasting change. Equality is not a woman’s issue. It’s not a man’s issue. It’s an issue of humanity.

Tory Burch is the executive chairman and chief creative office of Tory Burch LLC, an American lifestyle brand, and founder of the Tory Burch Foundation.



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Dirty John Review: It's the Break I Didn’t Know I Needed From All the Christmas Cheer on TV


I was 30 minutes into the Netflix movie Christmas Inheritance when I reached a breaking point. Before this, mind you, I’d watched no less than four other holiday movies of the same variety with my mother—and enjoyed them all. From Netflix’s The Princess Switch to Lifetime’s The Christmas Contract, these films were just the cheesy, delightful romps I needed to get excited about December. With low stakes and happy endings all around, these movies really are welcome reprieves from the insanity that is 2018.

But by the sixth Santa cookie consumed in Christmas Inheritance, I’d had enough. Yes, these flicks are fun, but there’s only so much fluff you can watch in a three-day span before you start craving something with teeth.

That’s why I was stoked to check out Bravo’s new limited series Dirty John, based on the podcast of the same name, on Sunday night (November 25). The true-crime show was just the palette cleanser I needed before diving back into another Hallmark marathon—and, boy, did it deliver.

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The series, for the uninitiated, centers on a real woman named Debra Newell (played by Connie Britton) who begins dating a handsome-but-suspect man named John Meehan whom she met on the Internet. John (Erica Bana in the show) seems like a dream at first—he’s a hunky anesthesiologist and a great listener—but Debra’s daughters, Veronica (Juno Temple) and Terra (Julia Garner) quickly notice red flags. Despite his high-paying job, John is a schlubby dresser, he’s combative with Debra’s daughters almost immediately, and seems a little too infatuated by the Newell family’s wealth. By the end of the episode, Terra discovers a nursing diploma in John’s closet, which makes her wonder if he’s even an anesthesiologist at all.

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Connie Britton with the real Debra Newell

If you’ve listened to the podcast, then you know the answer—and you know the story only gets more intense from there. Don’t worry, though: Bravo’s adaptation will still hook you. That’s a testament to Britton, who does a scary-good job at playing aloof to John’s eccentricities while also gaining empathy from the audience. Bana, on the other hand, is brash and creepy as John, yet there’s still something about him that’s completely charming. You 100 percent understand why Debra fell for him, even though her own daughters were imploring her to run in the opposite direction. Both actors give nuanced performances that hopefully aren’t overlooked come awards season next year.

“Unnerving” is the perfect word to describe Dirty John. We know that Debra and John’s relationship implodes at some point, but the journey there is uncomfortably sunny and happy. All the good times John and Debra share have this dark, ominous cloud over them—a cloud Debra herself doesn’t even know is there, but the audience does. It’s the polar opposite of the Christmas movies you’ll consume in mass quantities this season, which are all sun with absolutely no thunderstorms in sight. Dirty John, in its own dishy, gritty way, will make you appreciate the whimsicality of those Hallmark movies even more.

The show airs Sunday nights at 10 P.M. ET on Bravo.

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Connie Britton on Dirty John, the Zombie Apocalypse, and More


Actress Connie Britton first captured our hearts in 2006 on Texas sports drama Friday Night Lights as Tami Taylor, a compassionate guidance counselor and wife of Dillon Panthers high school football couch. Next, she scared us all in season one of Ryan Murphy’s cult show American Horror Story and then showcased her vocal chops on Nashville as Queen of Country Rayna Jaymes alongside Hayden Panettiere. She subsequently went onto star in two more Ryan Murphy backed projects, 2015’s American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson and this year’s 9-1-1.

Starting on November 25, Britton will star in the much anticipated true crime podcast turned Bravo limited series Dirty John as Debra Newell, a successful woman looking to fall in love online and ends up in quite the situation. To promote her new eerie role, Britton candidly answered “The Big Questions” for Glamour’s November issue below.

What’s your full name, and where does it come from?

Constance Elaine Womack. My mother had a really dear friend named Connie, who passed away of cancer right before my twin sister and I were born, so I was named after her.

What’s your most irrational fear?

Failing. But one thing I’ve learned is that even if you do fail, you grow so much from that experience that it isn’t really failure.

What’s your idea of true happiness?

That’s such a funny one because there’s the macro version which is you know the world being at peace and all people communicating and relating to each other in a productive way. And then there’s the more immediate tangible one which is being with my dearest, closest friends and family and great conversation and time to spend together and good food and laughter.

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On the other hand, what is your idea of hell on Earth?

People being oppressed and being in a situation where people have no power and have no voice.

What’s the greatest invention of all time?

The wheel!

And the worst?

The freeway.

If you could be anyone, real or fictional, who would it be?

I would be interested in like what it would be like to be Mother Theresa because she seemed to be able to have such a completely generous life in a way where it felt completely authentic and her selflessness didn’t seem to take a toll on her. I would be fascinated to get into her skin and know exactly how her heart and her brain work.

When the zombie apocalypse comes what skill will you contribute to the new society?

I’m doing Dirty John right now and there’s a character in our show that is basically obsessed with the zombie apocalypse so it’s put the zombie apocalypse in a whole new light for me. I’d be a really good lead hugger. I’d be really good at giving hugs and that would remind people like, “Hey take it down a notch. You don’t need to be so aggro. Let’s all connect with each other as we’re rebuilding society.”

What’s something you wish you’d written?

Thelma & Louise, but I got to do the second-best thing and work with the film’s writer, Callie Khouri[on Nashville].

You’re stuck on a desert island and can bring only three things. What are they?

I’d want to have a man there, a knife, and a memoir called To Shake the Sleeping Self that my friend Jedidiah Jenkins wrote. I can give him a shameless plug. He’s the most beautiful writer. It’s an incredible book about his travels. He took a bike journey for a year and in the course of doing that he really learned a lot about himself.

Would you rather be able to stop time or speed it up?

Definitely stop time. I don’t even know what the speeding of time means. It just causes me immediate stress to think about it! As far as I’m concerned the idea of stopping time sounds fantastic. You can stop at a particular moment and hang out there for awhile? Great news.

If you could phone a friend right now, who would it be?

My phone a friend is really always my friend Carla. We’ve been friends for a very long time. She always has amazing insight. She’s one of those friends that I feel like she can see me so clearly even when I can’t see myself. And so she can always give me really wonderful insight when I need it and can’t find it.

What chapter of your own life would be most fascinating to read?

This one! I know more now than I ever have.

This story appeared in Glamour’s November issue.



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*Dirty John* Details: Everything We Know About the Bravo TV Adaptation


One of fall’s most-anticipated shows is Bravo’s Dirty John, an adaptation of the popular Los Angeles Times podcast that took the Internet by storm last fall. For the unfamiliar, Dirty John tells the real story of Debra Newell, a woman with a successful interior design company who began dating a man she met on the Internet named John Meehan. What started out as a picturesque relationship quickly spiraled into a terrifying sequence of lies, threats, and potential homicide. It’s a gripping story that’s even more nail-biting when you realized it actually happened to someone.

Naturally, Bravo saw the absolute pandemonium surrounding Dirty John and decided to adapt it for the small screen. The first of eight episodes airs next month. To get you psyched about the show, we compiled everything known about it in this handy-dandy list. Read on, and mark your calendars accordingly.

1. The premiere date. November 25 at 10 P.M. ET on Bravo.

2. The cast. Connie Britton is playing Debra Newell, the successful interior designer who met John Meehan on the Internet and began a relationship with him that turned ugly. Eric Bana is stepping into John’s shoes, while Julia Garner and Juno Temple are playing Debra’s daughters, Terra and Veronica, respectively. (“Veronica’s” real name is Jacquelyn.)

3. The source material. Obviously, it’s based on the Los Angeles Times article and podcast by Christopher Goffard, though there will be some changes. “We’re going deeper on the things maybe the podcast just touched on,” Dirty John‘s showrunner Alexandra Cunningham said, accordng to the Los Angeles Times.

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4. The show will focus on multiple perspectives. As opposed to just the reporter’s, like the podcast does.

5. There will be time jumps. “It’s all about, ‘Who is John?’ ” Dirty John‘s executive producer Jeffrey Reiner said. “We go back in time [and include] things that were not necessarily in the podcast.”

6. Britton met Newell as she was preparing for the role. “We actually spent a good deal of time together, and I really like her a lot, so it’s been such a great experience for me, and new experience for me, to sit down and really get to ask her questions,” Britton said, per the L.A. Times. “And also, it’s helping to give so much insight into the story in a way that maybe we weren’t able to experience in the podcast.”

7. There are several teasers out. Including an official trailer and a creepy video of John practicing an “I love you” speech for Debra. Peep them both, below

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8. There won’t be any references to The Walking Dead. Without giving away spoilers, let’s just say the popular AMC zombie show is an integral part to the Dirty John podcast’s final act. However, because AMC is a competitor to NBC/Bravo, there won’t be a reference to it on the TV adaptation.

9. A second season has already been picked up, but there’s a catch. The series is an anthology, so season two will have nothing to do with Dirty John. “There’s a number of stories we can tell. We’re just trying to figure out which one will be the right one,” Dirty John executive producer Richard Suckle said, according to the L.A. Times.

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How Do I Talk Dirty Without Sounding Like a Porn Star?


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Hi Emily!

I have an extremely healthy (and safe) sex life with my boyfriend—but here’s my issue. I have no idea how to talk dirty. Normally I’d say how great he feels inside of me, tell him to put his hands here or there, but I get stuck after this. I don’t want to sound like a porn star, but I do want him to be turned on from what I say.

What can I say besides this to turn him on that isn’t too intense?

Marci, 27

Marci,

The good news is you already seem to be over that awkward slump of initiating some dirty conversation, and that’s half the battle! While there’s nothing wrong with what you’re saying now, I get that you want to expand your dirty talk repertoire without coming off as some wanna-be porn star.

Here are some tips for finding the perfect balance between sexy and distasteful when it comes to your dirty talk:

Do relax: Your partner already enjoys having sex with you so, take comfort in that realization, and it’ll be easier to let go of your inhibitions. Don’t worry too much about how you sound or what you say at the beginning— the fact that you’re trying is already turning him on.

Don’t force it: To sound more natural, focus on something that’s happening in the moment. Instead of saying “this feels good,” expand on that– the more details the better.

Don’t focus on what you think he wants to hear: Develop your own script, and don’t feel like you have to sound super freaky for it to work.

Do practice before you start: Texting or talking to your guy ahead of time is a perfect way to set yourself up for some great dirty talk—and it doesn’t have to be dramatic to have the right effect. You can even even practice on your commute home from work or in front of the mirror. Practice what you want to say and how you’re going to say it. (The lower and breathier your voice is, the better!)

Don’t be afraid to ask questions: Asking things like, “What do you want me to do?” or “What would turn you on right now?” can be great for turning your dirty talk monologue into a dialogue. This way, all the sexiness doesn’t have to fall on you!

With these tips, you’ll be a dirty talk dynamo before you know it!

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Emily

Emily Morse is a doctor of human sexuality and host of the top-rated iTunes podcast Sex With Emily. As an expert, author, and star of television and radio programs, she has inspired millions of listeners and followers to make sex a priority, enhance communication, and strengthen their relationships. To learn more or to subscribe to her podcast, visit sexwithemily.com.



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