Melania Trump hasn’t had a huge public presence since she became First Lady just over a year ago. And rumors surrounding the state of her marriage to Donald Trump have also taken up significant space in the national press, from her delay moving into the White House to viral videos showed her appearing to swat…
Read moreDemocratic Representative Maxine Waters of California,—she who made “reclaiming my time” a rallying cry—will be is now claiming the spot following President Donald Trump‘s first State of the Union address next Tuesday. Directly after his speech, she’ll be popping by the beginning of BET’s Trump-focused Angela Rye’s State of the Union, a quarterly special bringing…
Read moreOn the one-year anniversary of the Women’s March, the march’s founders put together an impressive program to galvanize the resistance heading into year two of the Trump presidency. Set in Las Vegas—Nevada being a critical battleground state in the midterm elections—the Women’s March: #PowertothePolls event brought women from all over the country together to launch…
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At the 2018 Golden Globes, the red carpet was flooded with black dresses and Time’s Up pins, a coordinated protest against sexual abuse and harassment in Hollywood and other industries. Though responses to the blackout (and the efficacy of this type of showing) was mixed, it does appear to have inspired a similar movement in…
Read moreGiven the daily deluge of political attacks on women’s rights and the female body, it’s no surprise that stories of women choosing to keep or terminate their pregnancies are being elevated on TV. In the last few years, we’ve seen more diverse portrayals of abortion and pregnancy, from shows like Jane the Virgin to Alias…
Read moreSure, Melania Trump may be the First Lady, but there’s another woman in the White House whose influence rivals hers. No, we don’t mean Kellyanne Conway—we’re talking about First Daughter Ivanka Trump. As the assistant to the President and one of her father’s most visible surrogates, Ivanka has repeatedly stated that she wants to use…
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