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Serena Williams Powerfully Opened Up About Missing Her Daughter While Competing


Serena Williams is a superhero in more ways than one: She’s a world tennis champion, an activist for equality, and a mother to almost-2-year-old daughter Olympia, whom she raises with her husband, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian. But it’s not easy being a working mom, especially when you’re a highly visible pro athlete. As she competes in the U.S. Open this weekend, Williams shared in an on-court interview, per Forbes, how difficult it could be being away from her daughter during tournaments.

“I actually prefer playing in the day because I get to go home and see my baby,” Williams, the No. 8 seed and 23-time major champion, said on court after dispatching Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-2, to advance to the fourth round. “I’ve been missing her the last few nights when I play.”

Although there won’t be a birthday party—Williams is a Jehovah’s Witness and doesn’t celebrate birthdays—Olympia turns 2 on Sunday, September 1. Williams reflected on Olympia’s birth and her own career since having her daughter.

“I think two years ago I had things attached to my arm, IVs, and it was a miracle that happened, having my baby,” she said, according to Forbes. “It was really a great day for me. Then it all went downhill. It all went downhill after that for a good five days. But I’m here, and I’m going to be reflecting on my opponent more than anything.”

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Williams added that Olympia has been saying “By-ee” every day when the tennis great leaves for the U.S. Open, which lasts two weeks.

“It’s different,” Serena said, according to Forbes. “In the beginning she would really be upset when I left. And now she’s a little bit better. I think I’m a little more upset. But at the same time, she definitely still takes it a little hard. She’s still super young.

“You know, it’s hard. Sometimes my heart literally aches when I’m not around her. But, you know, it’s good for me, I guess, to keep working and just to all moms out there that it’s not easy. It’s really kind of painful sometimes. Sometimes you just have to do what you have to do.”

Once the tournament is wrapped, however, things to back to normal—and the two have plenty of time to hang together. Williams takes care of training in the morning and then be with her the rest of the day.



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Camila Cabello Just Powerfully Clapped Back at Body-Shaming Trolls on Instagram


Camila Cabello is not going to let body-shamers get to her. On Saturday, the pop singer wrote an emotional but sharply worded post on her Instagram Stories, shutting down people who had taken it upon themselves to point out her cellulite in photos. For them, she had a clear message: “Cellulite is normal.”

The former Fifth Harmony member explained that she’s been taking time off of social media to avoid things that hurt her feelings, but she’d made a rare visit to her Instagram account to post a picture about the two-year anniversary of her hit solo single, “Havana.” When she began looking at the platform, she noticed that there was a headline about people body-shaming her and said she immediately felt insecure imagining what photos had led to all the negativity.

Cabello has been the subject of tons of paparazzi photos lately, as rumors have emerged that she’s dating her friend and frequent music collaborator Shawn Mendes. However, she quickly realized that regardless of what photos of her are circulating out there, she shouldn’t feel conscious.

“Honestly first thing I felt was super insecure just IMAGINING what these pictures must look like, oh no! My cellulite! Oh no! I didn’t suck in my stomach!” Cabello write. “But then I was like… of course there are bad pictures, of course there are bad angles, my body’s not made of fucking rock, or all muscle, for that matter, but the saddest part of young girls growing up in an airbrushed world is they’re seeking a perfection that’s not real.”

“I’m writing this for girls like my little sister who are growing up on social media,” she wrote. “They’re constantly seeing photoshopped, edited pictures and thinking that’s reality, and everyone’s eyes get used to seeing airbrushed skin, and suddenly they think THAT’S the norm. ?!!! It isn’t. It’s fake. AND FAKE IS BECOMING THE NEW REAL. We have a completely unrealistic view of a woman’s body. Girls, cellulite is normal, fat is normal. It’s beautiful and natural. I won’t buy into bullshit today!”

She signed off strongly: “I won’t buy into the bullshit today!!!! Not today Satan. And I hope you don’t either.”



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Anne Hathaway Powerfully Opened Up About Going Through 'Infertility Hell'


Anne Hathaway confirmed in late July that she’s expecting her second child with husband Adam Shulman, but in her announcement, she also shared that her path to pregnancy wasn’t an easy one. Since then, the actress has been speaking candidly about her experience with infertilityto let other women going through the same thing know they’re not alone. In a new interview with The Daily Mail, published Thursday (August 1), Hathaway opened up even more about her struggle to get pregnant, saying that going through “infertility hell” left her feeling “broken” and “devastated.”

“Each time I was trying to get pregnant and it wasn’t going my way, someone else would manage to conceive,” she told the Mail. “I knew intellectually that it didn’t happen just to torment me, but, to be honest, it felt a little bit like it did.”

This is precisely why she addressed her fertility issues in her July pregnancy announcement. Alongside a black-and-white picture of herself, Hathaway wrote in the caption: “For everyone going through infertility and conception hell, please know it was not a straight line to either of my pregnancies. Sending you extra love.”

In the interview, she also explained her decision to be so open in her post: “When I said to them: ‘This has happened to me, it broke my heart, it broke me,’ so many of them said: ‘It happened to me, too,’ and that was the thing that allowed me to come through it, to feel my pain without having anyone rush in to define it or cure it.”

Hathaway went on to discuss her feelings about social media and how Instagram does not make easy for women struggling to have a baby. “I sometimes think Instagram makes life look really breezy, but that’s not the whole story,” she said. “By leaving out the sad part, we make women who are struggling with this feel isolated and lonely; we make them feel like it’s all their fault. I wanted to be more sensitive than that.”

The actress, who has a 3-year-old son, also said more conversations about infertility need to be had so that we can collectively put an end to the social stigmas surrounding pregnancy and children.

“What made matters worse was that I was embarrassed to feel like that because there was no conversation to be had about it. This is something people don’t talk about, and I think they should,” Hathaway told the Daily Mail.

“So, when I was writing that post, I was thinking about that one follower I might reach, the woman who’s in hell about this and can’t figure out why it’s not happening for her,” Hathaway said. “She’s going to see my announcement and, while I understand she will be happy for me, I also know that something about it will make her feel worse. I just wanted to say: ‘Look, this wasn’t as easy for me as it looks.'”



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Kristen Bell Powerfully Opened Up About Husband Dax Shepard's Sobriety


The phrase “relationship goals” can feel overused these days, but when it comes to Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard, it’s beyond apt. The couple is always super-honest—and often hilarious—about what it takes to make their marriage work. But they also just seem to enjoy each other so much—even when discussing tough subjects.

Case in point: Shepard’s sobriety, something that he’s been really transparent about over the years. In an interview with People published Saturday, Bell talks about how appreciative she his for the work her husband does to maintain a sober lifestyle. “I know how much effort has to be put into staying sober. I don’t mean that to be like, I come home and see him shaking and looking at a whiskey ad or something, [but] there are different elements you have to deal with when you’re staying sober,” she says. “It’s a ton of mental control and evolution.”

To make Shepard’s accomplishment, the couple celebrate his “sober birthday” each year, just as one might a regular birthday. She “spoils the hell out of me,” he says. “The nicest presents she’s gotten me are always on my sober birthday. In fact, my real birthday … still haven’t gotten a present!”

“I’m very happy he was born so I celebrate his birthday, but I’m extraordinarily [happy] that he has stayed sober because that’s what allows me to have him in my life as a husband and as a father,” Bell added.

She’s also spoken out on Instagram to publicly show her pride for her husband’s sobriety, too. “I know how much you loved using. I know how much it got in your way. And I know, because I saw, how hard you worked to live without it,” she wrote on his 14th sobriety birthday last September. “I will forever be in awe of your dedication, and the level of fierce moral inventory you perform on yourself, like an emotional surgery, every single night.”

“I’m so proud that you have never been ashamed of your story, but instead shared it widely, with the hope it might inspire someone else to become the best version of themselves. You have certainly inspired me to do so,” she continued. “I love you more than I ever thought I could love anyone, and I want you to know, I see you. I see how hard you work. You set an excellent example of being human. Happy 14th year sobriety birthday.”

Supportive even through the tough stuff—now that’s a real couple goal.





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Jessie J Powerfully Clapped Back at People Comparing Her to Jenna Dewan


Jessie J and Channing Tatum seemed to make their rumored relationship Instagram official earlier this week when Tatum wrote a glowing post about the singer’s recent concert in London—and Tatum’s ex-wife Jenna Dewan appears to be moving on from their relationship happily as well.

But unfortunately, the world being how it is, the comparisons between the two women are still going strong. This all-too-common narrative is unfair to both women—and now Jessie J is speaking out about it.

In a lengthy Instagram post Friday (November 17), she said that although she doesn’t usually respond to untrue stories about her in the press, she was compelled to on this matter because she is “disappointed and embarrassed” that her name is even involved. “There is a story I have seen be re written over and over again in the past few weeks that talks about myself being compared directly to another beautiful woman regarding our looks and who people think is prettier,” she wrote. “I am here to talk about the headline and the way the story has been written, I have continuously tried to find something positive from this article…I am yet to.”

“Who feels good from this story? I know I don’t. Who does this story inspire? …? Is picking who is prettier and then continuing to say why a good activity to participate in? No,” she continued. “I’m talking in general too. Beyond this story. It’s constant with women. Picking favourites. Do the media do it with men? No. Are we learning a positive lesson from it? No.”

The singer goes on to talk about the effect that these sorts of stories have on young women and girls. “I don’t take stories like this lightly. Because I know the kind of impact it has on young girls reading it,” she says. “I spent so much of my childhood trying to be comfortable in my skin just like so many other little girls, and when I got older, decided to spend my career making lots of music to try and help / inspire myself and all other women to see beauty from the inside out and will continue to do so. Man does the world need it. Now more than ever.”

Though she never names Dewan, it’s pretty clear who she is talking about. (Tatum, for what it’s worth, liked his rumored girlfriend’s post.)

For her part, Dewan wrote, “Positive vibes only” in response to a commenter who made a remark about the two women.

Jessie J’s closing words are definitely something all women can take to heart.

“We are all beautiful. We are enough just the way we are. Be the best you!!! You can’t wake up and be anyone but YOU. So please love your face, your body, your mind and your heart. Be good to yourself. Be good to those around you.”

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Carrie Underwood Powerfully Opens Up About Struggling With Multiple Miscarriages


Carrie Underwood is currently expecting her second child with her husband, hockey player Mike Fisher. However, in an candid interview with CBS Sunday Morning, the country music star opened up about the complications she faced before her most recent pregnancy, revealing that she suffered three miscarriages over the last two years.

In the emotional interview with Tracy Smith, Underwood tearfully explained why 2017 “just wasn’t how I imagined it.”

“I’d kind of planned that 2017 was going to be the year that I work on new music, and I have a baby. We got pregnant in early 2017, and [it] didn’t work out,” she said in the interview, tearing up.

She continued later, “In the beginning it was like, ‘Okay, God, we know this is, just wasn’t Your timing. And that is all right. We will bounce back and figure our way through it.’ And got pregnant again in the spring, and it didn’t work out. Got pregnant again, early 2018. Didn’t work out. So, at that point, it was just kind of like, ‘OK, like, what’s the deal? What is all of this?'”

Underwood went into detail about how hard it was to have to be in the spotlight and smile for cameras despite what she was going through, but added that it was “therapeutic” to put some of the feelings into writing on her new album, Cry Pretty.

The singer also explained that one of the biggest difficulties was grappling with the anger that came with her miscarriages. “I had always been afraid to be angry because we are so blessed,” she said. “And my son, Isaiah, is the sweetest thing. And he’s the best thing in the world. And I’m like, ‘If we can never have any other kids, that’s OK, because he’s amazing.’ And I have this amazing life. Like, really, what can I complain about? I can’t. I have an incredible husband, incredible friends, an incredible job, an incredible kid. Can I be mad? No. And I got mad.”

Underwood said that when she thought she was having her fourth miscarriage, she prayed intently and found comfort through her relationship to God. “I was like, ‘Why on Earth do I keep getting pregnant if I can’t have a kid? Like, what is this? Shut the door. Like, do something. Either shut the door, or let me have a kid.’ And for the first time, I feel like I actually I told God how I felt. And I feel, like, we’re supposed to do that. That was like a Saturday—and the Monday I went to the doctor to, like, confirm, another miscarriage. And they told me everything was great!”

It’s not the first time Underwood had talked about her struggles with pregnancy and fertility: She’d shared that she thought she had missed her window to have more kids at age 35 in an interview with Redbook, which drew some criticism from the parenting community.

Despite her fears of missing her window, she’s now getting awaiting for the arrival of the new baby—and she’s not the only one who’s excited. She said of her oldest son Isaiah, “He’ll be really sweet and talk to my belly and kiss my belly. He’s the sweetest little boy. But no kid can really know that their life is going to change… He’ll have to share Mommy.”

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