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13 Times Women In Sports Fought for Equality

Even so, glaring equality gaps persist: At the 2014 and 2018 Winter Games, men had three separate ski jump events, while women only had one. “It’s like, ‘Here, we’ll give you a little piece,’ and then, ‘Go away, leave us alone,’” Lindsey Van, a now-retired American ski jumper who helped lead the discrimination lawsuit, told…

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Hollywood Wanted a White Actress to Lead 'Crazy Rich Asians'—So Author Kevin Kwan Fought Back

Crazy Rich Asians, which hits theaters this month, features an unprecedented feat in Hollywood: a principal cast entirely of Asian descent. It’s also, simply put, a really delightful romantic comedy. The movie follows a professor (Constance Wu) who travels to her boyfriend’s old stomping grounds in Singapore to attend an opulent wedding. (She’s also there…

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