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Hailey Bieber Just Spoke Out About Defining Her Own Success


Hailey Bieber might be killing it at her career and happily married to a certain Justin Bieber, but that doesn’t mean she doesn’t suffer the same anxieties as the rest of us. As she opened up about in a recent interview, one of those includes having to work through the so-called “imposter syndrome” she’s felt working in the modeling industry, despite all her success.

Bieber, who graces the October cover of Vogue Australia, sat down with the magazine to not only discuss life with her famous husband but to also discuss what it’s like to be in an industry where your coworkers are Gigi Hadid and Kendall Jenner.

“My burn in the modeling industry has been slow, and I’ve had to learn to be okay with that,” she shared with the magazine about her career trajectory. “I’m shorter than most of the girls. Even though I’m 5-foot-8 [inches], I’m not a runway girl and I totally used to feel inferior to some of my friends. Look at Kendall [Jenner] and Bells [Bella Hadid] and Gigi [Hadid] … they’re all tall and doing every runway.”

Bieber with her good friend (and modeling co-worker) Kendall Jenner.

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According to Bieber, it took her a long time to come to terms with the fact that her career might take a slightly different path than her friends.

“For a while, there was a part of me that didn’t know if I could have the career I wanted if I couldn’t do runway,” she said. “I don’t think that anymore. I had so many people, like casting directors, say, ‘We don’t think she’s a real model.’”

Bieber shared that she felt disappointed about that for a long time—until she realized she could enjoy her own journey too.

“It was disappointing until I found my own lane. I don’t look short in photos. You can make it work and not have to do runway, and I’ve done a good job with that,” she shared. “I’m proud of myself for building a more commercial career that worked for me and being confident about it. I’ve hosted a show, I did major American campaigns, and a bunch of other things that I’ve really enjoyed. Sometimes I feel like I’m still finding my lane, but now I know I’m going in the right direction.”

She’s still thinking about her next projects, too: According to Bieber, she’d love to one day design and own her own collection. She’d also like to start a beauty brand if her husband is willing to lend her their last name.

“I couldn’t register it myself, because Justin owns all trademarking for his last name,” Bieber said. “Honestly, that was more about being proactive. I’m not sure how I want to dip into that space, and it’s been a conversation between me and my husband.”



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Jameela Jamil Candidly Spoke Out About Struggling With Body Dysmorphia and Disordered Eating


Jameela Jamil of The Good Place frequently uses her platform to speak out about important issues like abortion and body image, and in a candid interview with People on Thursday (August 1), she opened up about continuing to struggle with body dysmorphia, the strategies she’s developed to deal with it, and how being lonely as a teen contributed to disordered eating .

According to People, Jamil developed anorexia and body dysmorphia after having to step on a scale in front of her class at 14. “I was really unhappy and I think it contributed to my ability to have an eating disorder for so long, because there was no one kind of monitoring me and I had no one to turn to with my sadness and bad feelings, so I just had a really rough time as a teenager,” she told the magazine.

Jamil also spoke about how she deals with ongoing body dysmorphia, including by making I Weigh pages where she lists all the positive things about her life and herself that have nothing to do with how she looks or how much she weighs. She also has learned to avoid looking in the mirror, she said.

“The only time I look in the mirror is when I put on my eyeliner in the morning and when I take it off at night,” she told People. “I’m not interested in my appearance. I still suffer from body dysmorphia so it can be very distracting for me. Doing that has helped me concentrate on progressing and doing things that enrich my life, like watching my career grow and my relationships grow. That’s what gives me a wonderful sense of self.”

She’s also been investing in developing strong friendships—something that can be tricky not just as a teen, but as an adult.

“I’ve learned how to suck it up and make an effort and put myself on the line and ask people out for coffee,” she told People. “I’ve even officially asked people to be friends, just to make sure that everyone’s in agreement that there’s some sort of friendship forming. I started doing more things that I love and meeting more people via that, and I’ve found more people who had the same interests.”

“A friend is a witness to your life, which I think is something really beautiful and amazing and really shapes your bond with someone,” she continued. “We go through a lot as a woman or just generally as a human and having someone to share that with and having someone in your corner and tells you that you’re wrong when you doubt yourself is so unbelievable. I don’t think I would be the person that I am without my adult friendships and their love and support.”



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Jed From The Bachelorette Just Spoke Out About Those Cheating Rumors


Aspiring musician and member of the pink blazer club Jed Wyatt is absolutely a frontrunner for Hannah Brown’s final rose on The Bachelorette this season. But he’s also at the center of a scandal: A singer named Haley Stevens alleged to People a few weeks ago that she and Wyatt were in a relationship when he left for the show and that he basically ghosted her.

Wyatt has stayed mum on the allegations—until now. He took to Instagram this week to address the backlash and ask the public for “patience and kindness.”

“Several of you have reached out with messages and questions. Please know I’m not able to answer right now, but as soon as I’m able to, I will,” he wrote alongside a photo of himself and his family. “Until then, I ask that you please understand how much the actions being taken towards myself, my family, the men on the show, and above all, Hannah, are affecting all of our mental and physical health.”

He continued, “It goes beyond what is said online. Threatening letters and phone calls have been sent to our homes. My parents and sister are being verbally attacked in public. I beg you to remember what seems like a harmless action is damaging to real people. I want to thank all of you who have reached out or reserved judgement until I am able to speak openly and I can only ask for your patience and kindness until then.”

His post was met with support from other contestants, including Garrett Powell, who commented, “Love you Jed. Keep fighting my man. You know the boys are all here for you!”

Some fans aren’t being as supportive, though. “Sorry but you brought this on yourself and your family. You shouldn’t have been so [deceiving] and the reason Hannah’s mental health was affected was YOU,” one person commented.

Hannah Brown hasn’t said much directly about this situation, but she did post a tweet that some interpret as shade toward Wyatt. She referred to a toast Wyatt’s mom made in this week’s episode (“When you stick to the truth, it’s beneficial to everyone”) and chimed in with, “Good toast. Good message. Cheers!”



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Lucy Flores Spoke Out About Joe Biden to Prove That Women’s Feelings Have Value


Lucy Flores once encouraged me to come forward after a man acted inappropriately toward me. Your experience matters, she explained. Let him know he was inappropriate—and help women in the same situations feel less alone.

I chose not to come forward, for some of the same reasons that so many women stay silent. But I was struck by her crystal-clear insistence that what happened to me and how I felt about it was important—and I’m blown away by her courage today.

Last week Flores published an essay that described how former Vice President Joe Biden touched her shoulders and kissed her on the back of the head at a 2014 campaign event, and explained how he made her feel “uneasy, gross, and confused.”

In my experience, and in her more recent revelation about Biden, Flores had the tenacity to say: These men make us feel uncomfortable. Their hands. Their lips. Their breath. I felt embarrassed. I felt my space invaded.

And in her decision to come forward about, Flores is stating loudly: Women’s feelings matter.

Flores’ bravery goes beyond speaking out against inappropriate men. She has the courage to claim that her feelings are worth equal consideration. Imagine: a woman of color, with the nerve to assert that her feelings are just as important as a powerful white man.

It’s enough to shake the foundations of our country.

The absurd response to Flores’ revelation—from Biden, his supporters, and the inevitable brigade of defensive white men—has been entirely focused on Biden’s feelings. You see, they explain, Biden felt the situation was perfectly appropriate. First Biden’s spokesperson provided Biden’s assessment of Flores’s comfort: “Neither then, nor in the years since, did he or the staff with him at the time have an inkling that Ms. Flores had been at any time uncomfortable.” Then Biden himself expressed his own complete comfort with the situation: “Not once—never—did I believe I acted inappropriately.” And most recently Biden’s allies explained that Biden’s goal was Flores’ comfort and relaxation: “He often drew close to people who were nervous in an effort to relax them.”

Built into this stream of defenses is the assertion that Biden’s feelings of comfort and appropriateness should negate Flores’ feelings of discomfort and unease. If Biden was comfortable, the rationale seems to go, if his goal was to make her feel good, then nothing else matters.

Setting aside Biden’s intent, his line of defense speaks volumes. In our society, a man’s level of comfort is more important than a woman’s unease. We live in a world where a man can defend himself by merely explaining, “Felt fine to me!”

In the week since Flores spoke up, numerous former aides have also stepped forward to say they felt completely comfortable around Biden—as if their experiences negate her own. Former staffer Kendra Barkoff Lamy tweeted, “I was never uncomfortable with how he treated me.” Former chief of staff Sheila Nix reiterated Biden’s claim that “he had no intention of making anyone feel uncomfortable.” Even MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski chimed in, “I don’t think there is bad intent on his part at all.”

The conversation around Lucy Flores is not a debate over what happened on that stage. Even Biden himself doesn’t deny it. Instead Flores is forcing us to look in the mirror as a country and think: Whose feelings matter? Why is the pain and discomfort of women, and especially women of color, so often dismissed? Flores has the temerity to demand that men consider the comfort of others as much as they consider their own. She is asking men who have always touched women’s backs, thighs, shoulders, and waists how that might make us feel.





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Meghan Markle Just Spoke Out on International Women's Day—Here Are Her Best Quotes


While her new role as Duchess of Sussex may preclude her from being overtly political, Meghan Markle has continued to use her global platform to shine light on causes that she’s passionate about—especially the empowerment of women.

So it’s not a big surprise that Markle started off International Women’s Day with a great honor from another powerful woman: the Queen of England. Markle was named vice president of the Queen’s Commonwealth Trust (QCT) which “funds and connects young leaders around the world.” Queen Elizabeth is a patron, and Markle’s husband, Prince Harry, already serves as president. “In her role as Vice President of QCT, The Duchess of Sussex will highlight our partnerships with young people across the Commonwealth, and in particular our work supporting women and girls,” the organization said in a statement.

After this announcement, Markle participated in a panel discussion convened by the QCT to talk about the issues women and girls face around the world. The panel’s host, Anne McElvoy, an editor at The Economist, described her as “a royal not afraid to embrace full-on feminism.” The panel was made up of a diverse group of women, including singer Annie Lennox, model and activist Adwoa Aboah, former Prime Minister of Australia Julia Gillard, Let Us Learn founder Chrisann Jarrett, and the executive director of Campaign for Female Education.

“I think the real treat in and of itself is being able to be here—that is such a gift on this day,” Markle said. “And then separate from that there are the women in my life that I want to celebrate with and send some love to today. But also the men who are championing all of us as part of this journey. And then I’ll put my feet up because that’s a deserved treat, especially in this stage of pregnancy.”

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Here are some of her best quotes.

On gender stereotypes

“I think when we talk about gender stereotype shifting—what it means to be masculine, what it means to be feminine—you know I’ve said for a long time: you can be feminine and feminist. You can be masculine. And I think in terms of masculinity, you understand that your strength includes knowing your vulnerabilities and your sense of self and security.”

On feminism for everyone

“We must be global feminists and include men and boys.”

On equality

“If things are wrong and there is a lack of justice and an inequality, someone needs to say something—and why can’t it be you?” (Simple, yet sound advice from a woman who once got Ivory soap to change the wording of a sexist ad.)

On Social Media

“Hashtags are not enough. We have a responsibility as well, that if you’re part of social media and engaging in that way, we’re not just giving people more things to chat about but actually something to do, and what’s the action.”

On Baby Sussex

“It’s funny, I’d actually been joking these past few weeks… I’d seen this documentary on Netflix about feminism, and one of the things they said during pregnancy was ‘I feel the embryonic kicking of feminism.’ I loved that. So boy or girl, whatever it is, we hope that that’s the case.” (And in case you were wondering, Markle’s pregnancy is going “very well.”)

On Prince Harry (and men’s) feminism

“Your confidence comes in knowing that a woman by your side, not behind you, is actually something you shouldn’t be threatened about but, opposed to that, you should feel really empowered in having that additional support that this is really about us working together. That’s what gender equality means for me and having men part of that conversation saying there’s nothing threatening about a women coming up to the same level, it’s our safety in numbers, this is our power and our strength as a team. And that’s gender neutral if you really think about it. So I hope that men are part of the conversation. My husband certainly is.”





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Jordyn Woods Spoke Out for the First Time Since the Tristan-Khloé Scandal


The Khloé Kardashian-Jordyn Woods-Tristan Thompson cheating drama has dominated pop-culture this entire week. Kardashian broke her silence on the incident yesterday, posting a series of cryptic quotes about betrayal and trust to Instagram Stories. And, now, Woods is speaking out about what happened—well, tangentially, at least.

The model and influencer made her first public appearance since the scandal Thursday night (February 21) at an event launching her false eyelashes line with Eylure. At one point during the evening, she took a microphone and seemed to address the Thompson-Kardashian situation. “Thank you guys for coming out and supporting me through everything that’s going on,” she said, according to Entertainment Tonight. “It’s been real, and Eylure has been super real with a project I’ve been working on for over nine months right now.”

Beauty and lifestyle influencer Jade Simone captured Jordyn Woods’ short speech on social media. Check it out for yourself, below:

If you’re unfamiliar about what happened this week, here’s a quick recap: On Tuesday (February 19), news broke Kardashian and Thompson were breaking up amid rumors he cheated on her with Woods, a.k.a Kylie Jenner’s best friend. Kardashian and her good friend Malika Haqq more or less confirmed this rumor when they commented “HARD FACTS” and a series of yelling emojis underneath an Instagram post about the story:

It’s been reported Woods moved out of Jenner’s home—where she was living—in light of this drama, but this hasn’t been confirmed.

Meanwhile, Kim Kardashian took to Twitter yesterday to defend Khloé after a troll asked why she would leave the house after being cheated on. (Khloé made her first public appearance on Wednesday at a work event for the style brand PrettyLittleThing.)

“Would you prefer she lose the ? too?” she tweeted. “A single mom has to work too boo! This was a professional commitment planned far in advance and you better believe she is not waiting on anyone to pay her bills or provide for her daughter. PERDIODT!!!”





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