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Catt Sadler Is Done Looking In the Rearview Mirror: 'I'm Only Moving Forward'

While thousands of people hit the streets on the East Coast this afternoon to protest President Trump’s administration and come together for social and political change for the second year in a row, celebrities three hours behind on the West Coast were just getting started.

In Los Angeles, we hit the city’s Women’s March and caught up with former E! News co-anchor Catt Sadler, who was joined by other celebrity speakers like Natalie Portman, Allison Janney, Viola Davis, and more on stage.

Wearing a Rebecca Minkoff “Grl Pwr” sweater, Sadler, who recently walked away to much fanfare from her E! News job after finding out her male co-host was making double her salary, tells Glamour that this year’s march has particular meaning.

“It’s weird being on the other side,” she says. “I am humbled and I am honored to be on the stage with some of my heroes today…I don’t have it all figured out, but I now know that I have to use my voice like I did. And that’s what so much of this is about: women refusing to remain silent. Hear our voice.”

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For Sadler, that means using her platform to help other women fight and achieve equal pay in the workplace. “I’m hearing from women saying I am going to walk away tomorrow or I’m going to go into my bosses office. I am going to ask what my male counterpart is making,” she says.

And though the mom of two wants to correspond with every single woman who’s reached out, she’s well aware of the time constraint. “That is why I want to stay out here and continue to shine a light,” she says. “It is not my story. It is one of millions. It just so happens that I have somewhat of a platform so I am using my voice for those that can’t.”

If you find yourself in Sadler’s former position and are inspired by her bravery, here’s what you should do. “If you’re stuck, it’s about engineering a really nice exit strategy,” she says. “You keep your head down, you do what you’ve got to do, but there are really good companies and places that you can call home where it will be different. I think, with every day that goes by, and the more we expose what is happening, I think change will happen.”

Sadler, unsurprisingly, isn’t interested in going back to her old gig, even if they offered her equal pay the second go-around. “I’m not looking in the rearview mirror anymore. I’m only moving forward,” she says.

As for the rumors surrounding an E! News boycott on the red carpet? She’s pleading the fifth. “I can’t confirm or deny that, but I hear rumblings,” she says. But that doesn’t mean she’s not totally on board. “I have very bittersweet feelings about somewhere I was for 12 years, you know what I mean? But if I thought that could make lasting change and make a much bigger impact on other women and their workplace experiences by them doing that? Then yes, I suppose I would.”

Reporting by Jessica Radloff.

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Joe Biden on Anita Hill: 'Think of the Courage It Took For Her to Come Forward'

When former Vice President Joe Biden speaks, we listen. His appearance at the 2017 Glamour Women of the Year Summit was no exception. In a surprise conversation with Glamour editor-in-chief Cindi Leive and Dr. Jill Biden, Biden shared deeply moving stories about his family, discussed ways women can make positive cultural changes in the years ahead, and yes, looked back on those famous Joe Biden and Barack Obama memes. When the conversation turned to Biden’s role as a Senator during Anita Hill’s 1991 sexual harassment trial, Biden made his most noteworthy statement: He voiced his unwavering support for Hill, and an issued an apology to her.

In the context of changing the culture around sexual harassment, an audience member asked Biden if he would have done anything differently in Anita Hill’s case. His response: “I’m so sorry that she had to go through what she went through,” Biden said. “Think of the courage it took for her to come forward. [S]he got put through hell during [the testimony].” He then added that, “I feel really badly that she didn’t feel like the process worked. But I tell you what, I said something at the time that proved to be right, I said this is going to be the start of a fundamental change in what constitutes harassment in the workplace and people are going to begin to change.”

Biden is a vocal advocate for women’s rights and eliminating sexual harassment; he’s spent much of his time since leaving office speaking about consent on college campuses across the country. And in keeping with his statements on consent, Biden backed up Hill’s 1991 testimony against Justice Clarence Thomas. “I’m confident he did what she asserted,” Biden stated. “I believed in Anita. I voted against Clarence Thomas.”

Aside from affirming Hill’s story, Biden went on to defend women’s right to choose if and when they share their experiences of sexual harassment. “Some argued that I should have made her come and testify. The truth of the matter is you don’t want a witness who’s going to come and testify, and be weak in the testimony, and undercut the testimony,” he said.

Biden used his platform to amplify Hill’s story, and those of all women whose cases of assault and harassment weren’t believed in the process. “Anita Hill was victimized, there is no question in my mind,” he said. “Maybe I could have handled it better from the beginning, but I made her case on the floor and I made her case in the committee.”

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