Wearing a giant floral headdress perched atop her head, Beyoncé Knowles did something remarkable with her September 2018 Vogue cover and the words she said inside the magazine. In addition to choosing to be photographed by the first African-American to shoot a Vogue cover in 126 years (!), the entertainer and entrepreneur dispelled a fable…
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Bust out those record books again: As of this week, more women have now won nominations for the House of Representatives than any other time in U.S. history. There’s also a new record for female governor nominees in a single year, and a progressive lawyer from Michigan could become the first Palestinian-American woman in Congress.…
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The number of lawsuits against the University of Southern California and one of its now-retired doctors continues to increase as 51 women—who accuse the student health center’s former full-time gynecologist, George Tyndall, of touching them inappropriately—filed suit in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Monday over the school’s handling of the alleged abuse. This brings…
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The idea of the ‘French girl‘ as a beauty and style icon is inescapable. Everywhere you look there’s advice on how to eat, dress, shop, wash your face, and do your makeup like one—so much so that selling around the idea of being French and female has become a billion-dollar industry. The global obsession makes…
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The humanitarian crisis in America resulting from the Trump administration’s institution of a “zero-tolerance policy” in April continues to unfurl with details emerging every day about what reportedly happens inside the walls of some detention centers. While much of the outrage has been focused on the separation of families and the conditions for young children,…
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At one of my first jobs, I was blogging for an entertainment media company but was eager to take on extra script writing. Shortly after I was hired, another female writer came on board. My editors asked us who wanted to take on a new assignment, and I didn’t raise my hand. She landed the…
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