The Women’s March. #MeToo. #NeverAgain. In the past year we’ve seen a torrent of social movements take hold and shape our culture. But they didn’t start with hundreds of people automatically raising their hands to take to the streets. History proves that change begins when someone, often a woman, shares how she is fed up…
Read moreSo many women released great music last year: Cardi B., Kesha, Lady Gaga, Lorde, SZA, Pink, Katy Perry…and that’s just a few examples. And while some of these artists received Grammy nominations for the 2018 ceremony, the final list of honorees was predominantly male. This was perhaps most apparent in the Album of the Year…
Read moreDear Bekah M., First off, I am actively rooting for you, as you are one of the coolest contestants to ever be on The Bachelor. But I’ve found that this season and, for lack of a better word, the “storyline” the producers have given you feel very familiar to me. So I wouldn’t call what…
Read moreCatherine Deneuve, the 74-year-old French actress known for her decades-long career, has joined 99 other women in signing an open letter that challenges the #MeToo movement and its French counterpart #Balancetonporc, claiming that the public campaigns infantilize women, limit sexual freedom, and contribute to “puritanical” and “totalitarian” thinking. The letter was published Tuesday in French…
Read moreLess than a week after Lena Dunham had to apologize for defending Girls writer Murray Miller against accusations of sexual assault, 36 women from former Saturday Night Live casts have written a letter in support of senator Al Franken. The senator and SNL alum was accused of alleged sexual harassment and groping by radio host…
Read moreYoutube and reality TV star Jazz Jennings was only five when she came out as transgender and begun transitioning in the public eye. Now 16, she wrote a letter for New Now Next with encouraging words to her younger self from before she came out. “I know that so many people attempt to cloud the…
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