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Meghan Markle Is Wearing New Gold Rings A Special Meaning


There are a few things we know to be true about Meghan Markle. She’s an animal lover. (She’s the proud owner of two rescue pups and one of her royal patronages is Mayhew, an animal welfare organization that protects vulnerable animals.) She often picks pieces from brands and designers that support causes she’s aligned herself with, like female empowerment and sustainability. And she has an incredible collection of delicate rings. She combined all three last week when she debuted a brand-new accessory with an amazing backstory.

On Friday, Markle was photographed attending a a roundtable discussion with Prince Harry on gender equality at Windsor Castle with The Queen’s Commonwealth Trust (QCT) and One Young World. Markle looked sleek in a red leather BOSS by Hugo Boss skirt, a V-neck Joseph sweater, and Emily Mortimer’s Hera Diamond and Gold Studs. She also wore some new bling: On her right hand, she showed off two cool new gold rings that were made by the Montréal-based company Vargas Goteo.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at Windsor Castle.

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The brand is dedicated to supporting endangered animals around the world by donating proceeds to animal charities. According to Its website, “each collection raises awareness and contributes directly to carefully selected ocean and wildlife organization campaigns. These include anti-shark finning, manta ray conservation, coral reef restoration, anti-ivory poaching and anti-rhino poaching organizations.”

Meghan Markle wears rings from Vargas Goteo.

Meghan Markle’s new rings.

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The company’s founder and designer Alex Prijic Smith spoke to People about what an honor it was for Markle to wear his rings.”To see my work out there and on such a remarkable woman really is a dream come true,” he said. According to Smith, Markle sourced the rings herself.

Markle wore the Manta Kiss Stack Ring, which benefits the Manta Ray conservation via the Manta Trust, and the Bow Knot Ring, which is part Vargas Goteo’s High Seas collection.

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Not only do they benefit a good cause, they’re very Meghan: Already, the Duchess of Sussex has shown of lots of cool stackable rings that always add some flair to her look. These fit in perfectly.



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This Girls Soccer Team Was Penalized for Wearing 'Equal Pay' Jerseys


The fight for equal pay reached new heights this summer thanks to the U.S. Women’s National Team, led by Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan, who are suing the U.S. Soccer Federation over unequal pay. And girls in sports have been taking notes.

This weekend, a team of high school girls in Vermont took a stand for equal pay by taking off their soccer jerseys on the field to reveal custom t-shirts that read “#EQUALPAY.”

“I was really inspired after watching the U.S. Women’s National Team’s performance in the World Cup and Megan Rapinoe’s whole thing with equal pay,” said Maggie Barlow, a Burlington High School player, in a video. “It got me thinking that we should do a team dress up day where everyone wears shirts that say #EQUALPAY and spreads the message throughout school.” The girls team connected with an organization called Change the Story VT, which works for women’s economic equality in Vermont. “This is something that’s really affecting a huge population in the world and a lot of girls at our school and will effect us later,” added Lydia Sheeser, another player on the team.

To comply with the school district’s bylaws, the players wore the #EQUALPAY jerseys underneath their regular soccer uniforms, according to Good Morning America, but after they scored a goal with just three minutes left in the game, some of the players took off their jerseys—a Brandi Chastain-worthy celebration for the age of equal pay. The fans went wild, chanting “Equal pay!” like the Burlington girls had just won the World Cup.

But the celebration was cut short when refs issued yellow cards—i.e., penalties—to four of the players for “unsportsmanlike conduct.” The penalty was also reminiscent of the USWNT. The women dominated in the World Cup but were repeatedly dragged for their on the field celebrations. (Tea-gate, anyone?)

If anything, the penalty may have only helped to further their message. The girls went viral on Twitter and even earned shoutouts from Billie Jean King and Mia Hamm.

So far, the team has sold hundreds of #EQUALPAY jerseys, the profits of which will help to support girls soccer in Vermont. Men are asked to pay 16 percent more for a jersey—the size of the pay gap between men and women in Vermont.

“It was really empowering to know that we have people behind us that will support us in this,” Sheeser said. “It shows that we can actually make change.”





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Jennifer Lopez Was Spotted Wearing the Most Blinged-Out Wedding Dress


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Marry Me is slated to hit theaters in 2020. As for when Jennifer Lopez is expected to marry Alex Rodriguez, well, that’s still a mystery. The couple hasn’t set a date yet, but Lopez did open up about their plans briefly in a recent interview with Evening Standard.

“I have a movie I’m shooting in October [Marry Me], and the movie has an album that goes with it, so I’m just a little bit busy right now, and until October, he has the World Series in baseball,” she said. “We’re going to have to pick a day, pick a time and block it out, but we’re definitely talking about it. [Marriage is] important for both of us. We both come from traditional Latin families and we want that. Everyone wants somebody to grow old with. At the end of the day, how much work can you do, how much money can you make, and what does it all matter? It doesn’t, really.”



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Chrissy Teigen Had the Best Response to People Shaming Her for Not Wearing a Bra


One more point for Chrissy Teigen in the Chrissy vs. Haters scoreboard (which, I’m sure, Teigen is leading by a million at this point). On Thursday, August 22, she posted a video on Instagram that shows her sliding into a ball pit and grabbing her boobs—something many people are taking as a wink to the critics who had given her a hard time for going braless in a social media post the day before.

Teigen captioned the video, “Whoopsie daisy.”

This video seems to have been taken on the same day as the Instagram post that Teigen posted previously, in which she’s pictured standing open-mouthed and staring at something while wearing a jumpsuit with a low neckline. “What do you think I’m looking at?” she asked her social media followers. Some users used that opportunity to answer with things like, “a bra, girl, get you one.”

As usual, Teigen took the comments in stride and wrote to one user, “Allow me to save you from my titties.”

But even though Teigen made a joke out of the comments, some people jumped to her defense in a more forceful way. “All of these WOMEN commenting on the fact she’s not wearing a bra,” one person wrote. “Y’all are just jealous that you don’t have the confidence to do it too because we all know bras are the worst thing in existence.”

Someone else chimed in to defend how great Teigen looks. “She breastfed two kids and her boobies look bomb AF,” one person wrote, “so why not wear what she wears.”

Still, Teigen clearly doesn’t seem to care about what any bra sticklers have to say—and neither, apparently, does her husband, John Legend. In it, you can hear Legend laughing hysterically as she tumbles into the pit. True couple goals.



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American Airlines Almost Kicked a Woman Off a Plane for Wearing a Romper


American Airlines has faced some egregious controversies in the past, but this one is perhaps the most absurd: On June 30, a doctor from Texas named Tisha Rowe was ordered off a plane and allowed back on only after she agreed to cover herself with a blanket. Her offense? She was dressed in a romper.

Rowe, who is African American and Caribbean American, described the incident both on social media and in a recent interview with the New York Times, explaining that she feels her race was a factor. She told the Times that she had boarded her flight from Jamaica to Miami with her eight-year-old son when a flight attendant asked her to come to the front of the plane.

“She poses the question to me, ‘Do you have a jacket?’” Rowe explained. “I said, ‘No, I do not.’ I’ve been given no explanation as to why I was taken off the plane. So finally she says, ‘You’re not boarding the plane dressed like that.’ Then they started to give me a lecture about how when I got on the plane, I better not make a scene or be loud.”

Rowe shared photos of her outfit on Twitter. Social media users quickly agreed that there was nothing wrong with it, especially given that she was on a hot summer vacation. (As the Times points out, on the day this happened, there was a high of 94 degrees in Jamaica and a high of 89 in Miami.)

An airline policing what women wear is ludicrous, but the situation is even more frustrating in light of how ambiguous the airline’s stated conditions of carriage are. Online it includes a brief reference to dress code that read, “Dress appropriately; bare feet or offensive clothing aren’t allowed.” Rowe’s outfit contains no “offensive” or symbols, and it’s unclear what’s so inappropriate about a summer romper in the heat. Moreover, it seems enforcement of the airline’s policies is a matter left to the discretion of flight attendants, which leaves a lot of room for bias.

“Had they seen that same issue in a woman who was not a woman of color, they would not have felt empowered to take me off the plane,” Rowe told the Times. “In pop culture, especially black women with a body like mine, they’re often portrayed as video vixens. So I’ve had to deal with those stereotypes my whole life.”



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What It’s Like to Date While Wearing a Hijab


The hijab is a loaded piece of cloth. Sumeya, 20, can’t remember the first time she wore one—as it has for many other Muslim women, it seems it’s always been a part of her routine, symbolizing her devotion to her religion. “My understanding of the hijab definitely changed as I got older,” she says, “but it’s something that I’ve grown accustomed to, and I try to wear it as often as I can.”

For Westerners the hijab is much more controversial, and it’s often viewed as a symbol of Muslim women’s sexual repression. But for the women who choose to wear it, the truth is far more complex.

A Complicated Relationship

The word hijab literally translates as “cover” in Arabic, but it means more than just a headscarf. More broadly, hijab refers to a set of codes that regulate modesty—prohibiting sex before marriage, encouraging conservative dress—for those who practice Islam.

It’s no secret that the garment has been saddled with a slew of stereotypes about the people who wear it; hijabi women are often seen as brainwashed, repressed, or worse, and they are are seldom portrayed as people who simply want to express their faith. The inaccuracies are frustrating and can make things complicated—especially when it comes to dating.

“Wearing the hijab can make dating harder because people will make assumptions about your sexual experience, what sort of relationship you’re looking for, and even what type of person you are,” says Edil, 19. “I think people do see me differently when I wear it, but not in a completely negative way.”

In the most traditional forms of Islam, women are forbidden from having any sort of sexual relations until they are married. Many Muslim women don’t follow these strict guidelines, but the precedent still shapes the way many, even in the West, feel about sex and relationships. “I was raised in a conservative Muslim family—my siblings and I were always taught not to have sex before marriage. I believe that very strongly,” says Miriam, 27. “I’ve obviously been tempted, but even if I’m attracted to a guy, it’s just not going to happen.”

That doesn’t mean she hasn’t dated. “I was actually engaged to a man who had issues with the way I wore the hijab and was very controlling, so I ended it,” Miriam says. “Women’s bodies are always controlled by men. But the man I am seeing right now is very accepting of my hijab, and things are going very well.”

This is one of the biggest misconceptions about the hijab and women who wear it: While many, like Miriam, do choose to abstain from sex, it doesn’t mean they aren’t exploring their sexuality. Or dating. Or falling in love.

“The hijab forces a more serious take on relationships and a preservation of intimacy,” says Suha, 36. “You kind of weed out the nonsense. It deters men whose intention is to play around. It also allows a deeper connection to develop between potential mates without the ramifications of physical sex.”

But the negative stereotypes about the hijab and sex aren’t completely unfounded—just as there are many Muslim women who feel the hijab helps them explore romance and sexuality, there are many who feel it puts them in a box.

Amani, 19, knew from a young age that she was interested in women. She also knew that her queer identity was something she shouldn’t talk about in her conservative Muslim family. “I started wearing the hijab at a pretty young age, around middle school,” she says. “As I got older and realized I was queer, it became more of a religious performance and I felt like a fraud.” Amani decided to stop wearing the hijab in college. “For a long time I denied a large part of myself because I felt marked with a religious piety that I didn’t necessarily feel,” she says. “I felt rejected and pushed away from my own culture. Eventually I realized it was not sparking any type of joy in my life, which is why I no longer wear it.”

The Hijab, Hypersexualized

Ironically, the hijab—meant to protect Muslim women from the eyes of men, and the complications of sex—is often fetishized. “Hijab is supposed to be this entity that somehow desexualizes you, but I found that in a lot of ways it hypersexualizes me,” Amani says. “I have really vivid memories of weird creepy men trying to hit on me when I wore it and trying to get me to take it off. I think they see it as some sort of mission—they want to know what’s underneath.”



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