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Michelle Obama Shares Amazing Throwback Photo From Wedding to Barack: 'We're Still Having Fun'


The reason we believe in true love pretty much starts with a Michelle and ends with a Barack. The former First Couple thrills us every time they pop into our lives to show each other affection or to announce joint ventures, so we’re absolutely ecstatic to hear that Michelle Obama will be on our Instagram feeds a lot in the next few days as she shares amazing throwback photos from her new memoir, Becoming. Today’s image might be the most touching one yet: It’s an adorable shot of Barack removing her garter belt on their wedding day, and its captioned with the sweetest story.

“You can’t tell it from this photo, but Barack woke up on our wedding day in October, 1992 with a nasty head cold. Somehow, by the time I met him at the altar, it had miraculously disappeared and we ended up dancing almost all night,” Michelle wrote in the caption. “Twenty five years later, we’re still having fun, while also doing the hard work to build our partnership and support each other as individuals. I can’t imagine going on this wild ride with anybody else.”

We’re not crying, you’re crying. Honestly, we’re not at all surprised to hear that Barack magically healed in time to keep up with his wife on the dance floor (we’ve all seen her moves). The best part is this is just the beginning: Michelle announced in an Instagram post yesterday that more of these heartfelt memories will continue as she teases the new book. Her first picture was a beautiful ode to her parents, Fraser and Marian, whom she honored by eloquently listing out all the ways in which they had shaped her.

“My father, Fraser, taught me to work hard, laugh often, and keep my word. My mother, Marian, showed me how to think for myself and to use my voice. Together, in our cramped apartment on the South Side of Chicago, my family helped me see the value in our story, in my story, and in the larger story of our country,” the caption reads.

She later posted a picture of herself as a student at Princeton, where she graduated from in 1985. In the caption, she discussed how scary it was to be a first-generation college student and black woman in a majority white student body. She explained that she’d never “stood out in a crowd or a classroom because of the color of my skin before,” and celebrated the close friends and mentor “who gave me the confidence to be myself.” Being the endlessly supportive champion she’s always been, she of course used the moment to uplift recent graduates.

“Going to college is hard work, but every day I meet people whose lives have been profoundly changed by education, just as mine was,” she wrote. “My advice to students is to be brave and stay with it. Congratulations to the Class of 2018!”

Becoming is reportedly part of a joint deal the Obamas struck with Penguin Random House, estimated at an “excess of $30 million,” according to The Hollywood Reporter. Michelle revealed that she was writing a deeply personal memoir back in February and said the book would cover her journey from the South Side of Chicago to becoming one of the country’s most empowering public figure. She shared, ” I hope my journey inspires readers to find the courage to become whoever they aspire to be. I can’t wait to share my story.”

We can’t wait to hear it! The book comes out on November 13, and we’ll be the ones camped out at any and every public reading Michelle does.





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'Bachelor' Star Bekah Martinez Shares How She Got Rid of Her Acne


Bekah Martinez isn’t one to keep her secrets to herself. The 23-year-old former Bachelor contestant—who has already gotten brutally honest about the real cost of being on the reality TV show—has also been quite vocal about her struggles with acne. After years of trying different medications and treatments, Martinez says she’s finally found the cure that cleared up her complexion: gut-healthy foods.

“Real talk: my skin used to look like this for YEARS, and now (thank god) if you swipe left it looks like this!” Martinez wrote on her Instagram account. She said she’s tried Accutane, numerous popular acne-clearing products, and birth control—along with going vegan, drinking more water, and using coconut oil, all advice anyone who’s ever had acne has probably be given at some point—and likely to no avail. Adult acne is actually on the rise for women in their twenties and thirties, which is why many are now leading the charge around “acne positivity” on social media to help combat the shame and stigma surrounding it.

“I could go on and on about all the things that DIDN’T cure my acne,” Bekah added. “Only recently did I discover it came down to my gut health, which I’ll be sharing a hell of a lot more about in the next few weeks. No, it’s not plexus or any other supplement, it’s real raw food that you have to incorporate into your diet on a regular basis.”

The before-and-after photos she posted along with it have already gotten 25,000 likes and counting. Clearly, they’re resonating. Her comments section is flooded with responses like, “I love to see post like this—my skin is so bad right now” and “Please post more about this, I could really use the tips!”

While she hasn’t shared what those exact items are yet (Glamour reached out and will update this post when we’ve heard back), it’s possible that Bekah is referencing fermented foods like kefir and sauerkraut. These foods contain probiotics, aka gut-friendly bacteria, which some experts—like Moon Juice founder Amanda Chantal Bacon and Whitney Bowe, M.D., a dermatologist and the author of the new book The Beauty of Dirty Skin—swear by for their stomach- and liver-detoxifying effects. These, in turn, help support glowing skin.

“Eating fermented foods have been shown to improve gut health and restore a healthy microbiome in your G.I. tract,” says Dr. Joshua Zeichner, Director of Clinical and Cosmetic Dermatology at Mount Sinai Hospital. “There’s a definite association between gut health and your skin, so by feeding your gut probiotic-rich foods like kimchi, you’re helping to reduce internal and external inflammation—including the kind that causes acne.”

And it doesn’t take a lifetime to see results. Zeichner says a few weeks, while Lauren Slayton, R.D., and founder of Foodtrainers in New York, says that depending on your current gut health, you can see a clearer complexion in as little as a week. “But it’s not like you can be a sugaraholic, have some kimchi after dinner, and then expect to glow,” she adds.

Martinez, for her part, says she wanted to share her struggles with trial-and-error treatments because too many women feel like they’re by themselves in the process. She ended her post with an endearing note to her followers: “None of this content is or will be sponsored in any way. I just want to help as many people as possible find the solution to their acne or feel beautiful in the meantime. If you’re in the middle of the struggle, I feel you. I see you. I hear you. You are NOT alone, and I know a lot of the time it feels that way. I know how frustrating and demoralizing it can be. I know how it can take all your confidence and crush it to the point where you don’t want to leave the house. You’re not alone, and your acne does not define you. Rise above it and smile anyway—that’s what people will notice first.”

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–Bekah Martinez on What The Bachelor Really Costs
–17 Photos That Prove Becca’s Season of The Bachelorette Is Going to Be Lit
–The ‘Acne Positivity’ Movement Is Taking Back the Shame From Breakouts





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Kristen Bell Shares the Anxiety Advice She'd Give to Her Younger Self


May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and in honor of that, the Child Mind Institute has collaborated with celebrities and activists to share the kind of advice they could’ve used when they were younger. Kicking off this very special #MyYoungerSelf campaign is Kristen Bell, who has been open in the past about the anxiety and depression she’s experienced since she was 18 years old.

On Tuesday, the Child Mind Institute, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting children and young adults with mental health and learning disorders, released a video in which Bell offers her past self a few pieces of very valuable advice about embracing every aspect of her personality and no longer comparing herself to others.

“Don’t be fooled by this game of perfection that humans play. Because Instagram and magazines and TV shows, they strive for a certain aesthetic, and everything looks so beautiful, and people seem like they don’t have any problems, but everyone’s human. Everyone has problems. Everyone feels yucky on the inside sometimes,” Bell says in the video. “You deserve to feel just as beautiful on the days you wear no makeup, and the days you don’t shower, and the days you feel like you’re depressed. And you have an obligation to take care of yourself from the inside out, because that’s how you can truly feel beautiful.”

The 37-year-old goes on to encourage her younger self (and all others watching) to seek help if they need it. “You are not alone,” Bell says. “Never feel embarrassed or ashamed about who you are. There are plenty of things to feel embarrassed or ashamed about. If you forget your mom’s birthday, feel embarrassed about that! If you are prone to gossiping, feel ashamed about that. But never feel embarrassed or ashamed about the uniqueness that is you.” She added, “Because there are people out there to help. And we’re all just human. And you can do it.”

Throughout the month of May, stars like Sarah Silverman, James Van Der Beek, Gabrielle Union, and Brittany Snow will join Bell in getting candid about their own struggles, all for the purpose of eliminating the stigma attached to mental illness.

“These actors, athletes, authors, and influencers are helping to eradicate the stigma that keeps the one in five young people who struggle with a mental health or learning disorder from getting help and reaching their potential,” Harold S. Koplewicz, MD, founder and president of the Child Mind Institute, said in a statement. “#MyYoungerSelf represents our society, whether you’re famous or not, coming together to get these kids the help they need.”



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Meryl Streep Shares the Story of Her Own Experience With Violence


During the last six weeks, we’ve heard stories from dozens of empowered women, finally sharing their experiences with sexual assault and harassment at the hands of powerful men. But as Meryl Streep reminded us in a recent speech at an award ceremony for the Committee to Protect Journalists, that kind of threat is only one of the dangers women still face.

The Oscar-winner said there had never been a more dangerous time to be a female investigative journalist. “We do recognize the special cocktail of venom and ridicule which is always tinged with sexual threat that’s served up online for women—any woman in any profession—that stands up to tell the truth. I revere the people who do this because I am not a naturally brave person,” she said.

“But I do know something about real terror—the two times in my life when I was threatened and dealt with real physical violence, I learned something about life that I wouldn’t have known otherwise and I was lucky because my instincts served me well,” Streep said, according to The Daily Beast. “In one instance, I played dead and waited until the blows stopped—watching like people say you do from about 50 feet above from where I was beaten. And in the second instance, someone else was being abused and I just went completely nuts and went after this man. Ask Cher—she was there. And the thug ran away, it was a miracle.”

Streep and Cher both acted (and received Oscar nominations for their work) in the 1983 drama Silkwood. Cher had previously revealed that she and Streep once “saved a girl from a large mugger in New York City.”

She went on to explain how experiencing these moments of violence had changed her “on a cellular level,” saying women have been conditioned to be on “hyper alert,” to anticipate the violence so many generations of women have had to endure.

Streep also thanked the journalists who are making sure stories about women dealing with harassment and violence are not being silenced, saying, “You are the enemy of the people, yeah! Just the bad people. And I, on behalf of a grateful nation, thank you.”

Related: How Bad Does a Movie Have to Be for Meryl Streep to Not Get an Oscar Nomination? I Watched 23 to Find Out



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Taylor Swift Shares the Songwriting Process Behind 'Gorgeous' in This New Video


If you’ve been furiously googling “Who is Taylor Swift‘s ‘Gorgeous’ about” for the past week (while also trying to get the song out of your head), we may finally have the answer.

On Wednesday Swift released a behind-the-scenes video showing the making of “Gorgeous.” In it, she basically spends six minutes playing around with the lyrics of the song’s first verse at various instruments, and TBH, it isn’t the most riveting piece of content she’s ever released. (This is a girl who recently dressed up as naked cyborg version of herself, after all.) But there is one very important piece of information in the video that may settle the “Who is this damn song about?” debate for good, and it all has to do with the song’s most controversial lyric, which was apparently changed between the original and final version.

The phrase that made it into the song (and sparked a million Swift vs. Harris comment wars on social media) is “I’ve got a boyfriend, he’s older than us / he’s at the club doing I don’t know what.” It makes it seem like she’s referencing Calvin Harris, the DJ she dated in 2015. He’s older than she is, it’s his job to be at a club…the shoe more or less fits. But as we learn from the behind-the-scenes footage, the line was originally written as, “I’ve got a boyfriend, he’s older than us / I haven’t seen him in a couple of months.”

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Could this be the peak into Hiddleswift folklore we’ve been waiting for?

Swift already confirmed that the gorgeous fellow in the song is her current boyfriend, Joe Alwyn. But fans have still been left confused about the timeline of who she was dating when she met him. Alwyn and Swift allegedly met at a Kings of Leon concert four months after she and Calvin broke up, which is why the “in the club line” was such a head-scratcher. My personal theory? The song is really about falling in love with Alwyn while she was dating Tom Hiddleston, and in true T. Swift style, she changed the lyric on the recorded version to keep it purposely vague.

The Reputation album debuts on November 10, so even though this mystery may finally be figured out, there is a lot more googling in our futures.

Related: How Taylor Swift is Counting on Fashion to Change Her ‘Reputation’



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Reese Witherspoon Shares That a Director Assaulted Her When She Was 16


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Since allegations of Harvey Weinstein’s long history of sexual assault and harassment came to light, countless people in Hollywood and beyond have come forward to share their stories. On Monday night, Reese Witherspoon joined in and spoke up about her own experiences with sexual assault and harassment.

While introducing Laura Dern, Witherspoon’s Big Little Lies costar and one of her “very favorite people in the whole world,” at Elle’s Women in Hollywood event on Monday night, Witherspoon took a moment to acknowledge the heartbreaking stories that have been flooding in for almost two weeks, according to Elle. “This has been a really hard week for women in Hollywood, for women all over the world, for men in a lot of situations and a lot of industries that are forced to remember and relive a lot of ugly truths,” she said.

“I have my own experiences that have come back to me very vividly, and I found it really hard to sleep, hard to think, hard to communicate. A lot of the feelings I’ve been having about anxiety, about being honest, the guilt for not speaking up earlier or taking action. True disgust at the director who assaulted me when I was 16 years old and anger that I felt at the agents and the producers who made me feel that silence was a condition of my employment.”

“And I wish I could tell you that that was an isolated incident in my career, but sadly, it wasn’t,” Witherspoon continued. “I’ve had multiple experiences of harassment and sexual assault, and I don’t speak about them very often, but after hearing all the stories these past few days and hearing these brave women speak up tonight, the things that we’re kind of told to sweep under the rug and not talk about, it’s made me want to speak up and speak up loudly because I felt less alone this week than I’ve ever felt in my entire career.”

The 41-year-old went on, “And I’ve just spoken to so many actresses and writers, and particularly women, who’ve had similar experiences, and many of them have bravely gone public with their stories. And that truth is very encouraging to me and to everyone out there in the world, because you can only heal by telling the truth. Very smart, wise women have told me that in the past three days, and I feel very encouraged by this group of people tonight who have created a community of people who are champions now of a new attitude toward harassment in our industry, and every industry that’s going to address the abuse of power in this business and every business, and I feel really, really encouraged that there will be a new normal.”

The Oscar winner, who brought 18-year-old daughter Ava Phillippe to the event, went on to address the young women in the room. “Life is going to be different for you because we have you, we have your back. And that makes me feel better because, gosh, it’s about time.”

She also suggested a new “course of action” for the Hollywood powerhouses in attendance. “I just want to say, there’s a lot of people here who negotiate quite frequently with different companies and heads of companies, and I think maybe during your next negotiation, this is a really prudent time to ask important questions like, who are your top female executives? Do those women have green-light power? How many women are on the board of your company? How many women are in a key position of decision-making at your company? Asking questions like that, I found, it seems so obvious, but people don’t ask those questions,” Witherspoon said. “If we can raise consciousness and really help create change, that’s what’s going to change this industry and change society.”

Witherspoon wrote about creating this kind of meaningful change in an essay for the October 2017 issue of Glamour. “All we can do to create change is work hard. That’s my advice: Just do what you do well. If you’re a producer, you’ve got to produce. If you’re a writer, you’ve got to write. If you’re in corporate America, keep working hard to bust through the glass ceiling. If you want our voices to be represented in government—and I think we’re all getting behind that idea now—encourage women to run and help them with their campaigns. If you are one of those people who has that little voice in the back of her mind saying, ‘Maybe I could do [fill in the blank],’ don’t tell it to be quiet. Give it a little room to grow, and try to find an environment it can grow in.”



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