In May, Serena Williams played in the 2018 French Open, her first tournament since giving birth to daughter Alexis Olympia last summer. She stepped onto the court wearing a black catsuit specially designed for her by Nike—and fans loved it. However, the president of the French Tennis Federation apparently wasn’t a fan, and the Associate…
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Most news events aren’t met with a consensus reaction, but the announcement of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement from the bench last month seemed to solicit one: his departure, the New York Times predicted, would not just jeopardize Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that legalized abortion nationwide, but promised to “reshuffle the landscape”…
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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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When three-time French Open winner Serena Williams returns to Grand Slam tennis next week, the top competitor will face a mother of a battle. After 14 months off the court to recover not just from childbirth, but from near fatal complications that kept her bedridden for six weeks, Williams will compete in the French Open,…
Read more<img src=”https://media.glamour.com/photos/5a553914d3a2b46cf8eba5f4/master/pass/pic%201.jpg” alt=”Julia van Os, 21, right, with boyfriend Max Papendieck, 30, and their Boston terrier, Sid“/> Julia van Os, 21, right, with boyfriend Max Papendieck, 30, and their Boston terrier, Sid Max Papendieck nearly missed meeting Julia van Os at New York City nightclub the Blond two years ago. “It was one of those…
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…
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