The U.S. Open is making a major change to how it seeds female players for upcoming tennis tournaments: namely, by no longer penalizing female players who return to the sport after having children. It’s an institutional breakthrough and major win for women in tennis—and it comes after backlash surrounding Serena Williams‘ huge drop in ranking…
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Barbara Underwood, New York state’s new Attorney General, filed a lawsuit this morning against President Donald Trump and three of his children—Ivanka, Don Jr., and Eric—alleging “persistently illegal conduct” connected to the Donald J. Trump Foundation. (Underwood assumed her role after Eric Schneiderman resigned following accusations of physical abuse by four women.) Underwood has asked…
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The first scene of The Bold Type’s second season, which premieres tonight, stays true to the show’s essence. In it, Jane (Katie Stevens) and Sutton (Meghann Fahy) are posted outside an airport gate waiting for their friend Kat (Aisha Dee) to return from her international flight. A 30-minute wait morphs into two hours. Then three.…
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The “heist movie” genre is frustratingly male-focused, with titles like Ocean’s Eleven and The Sting dominating public consciousness. However, these films really need to bow down to all the female heist movies and TV shows that don’t receive enough love. Women have been staging robberies in pop-culture for decades, but they don’t get the same…
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True story: I spent pretty much my entire first “big” paycheck on a pair of Marc Jacobs sunglasses. It was 2012. I’d just scored a part-time job as a customer service representative at Blockbuster (R.I.P.), and my first paycheck was substantial, especially for a 19-year-old: $300. Instead of saving that cash, I went straight to…
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Taylor Swift has been missing in action from the awards show scene in recent years, so her surprise appearance at the 2018 Billboard Music Awards was noteworthy in and of itself. And as soon as she took her seat in the front row (in between bestie Camila Cabello and Shawn Mendes), it was as if…
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