PHOTO: Courtesy of the Modist Ghizlan Guenez, The Modist After spending 13 years working in finance, Ghizlan Guenez felt a calling to launch her own fashion retail platform. Sure, that seems like a broad stroke, but for her—a Muslim woman—getting dressed presented a daily challenge: “The Modist came from a genuine and authentic place,” she…
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PHOTO: Jacopo Raule/GC Images When the New York Times broke a bombshell investigation on Thursday recounting decades of alleged sexual harassment by film producing mogul Harvey Weinstein, the blowback against him was immediate and strong. Democratic politicians he had contributed to ferried his donations to charities supporting women in power, women took to Twitter to…
Read moreWhen Jennifer Welter was hired to coach the Arizona Cardinals’ inside linebackers in 2015, she made NFL history. Until then, all NFL coaches were male, and when Welter earned her spot she became the first woman to break that 97-year-old barrier. Since making a name for herself in the football world, she’s used her platform…
Read more“Boobs” is a fun word to say—if you’re 7. Unfortunately, that’s a little young to be appearing on CNN, which is why it was shocking when a fully adult male guest on CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin’s show wouldn’t stop repeating the word—to the point where she had to shut down the whole live interview. Before…
Read moreBella Hadid is one of the most famous women on earth right now, so it makes sense she’s got intense security everywhere she goes—and her crew of large men at New York Fashion Week is no exception. After her sister Gigi’s assault at Milan Fashion Week last year—if you forgot, a strange man literally picked…
Read moreThere was good news for women and bad news for women at Apple’s conference Tuesday. The good: A female executive took the stage. The bad: All anyone could talk about was her pink lace trench coat. Almost immediately after Senior Vice President of Retail Angela Ahrendts took the stage (the only female presenter during the…
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