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premiering Friday, April 15) is based on a book of short stories by Cecelia Ahern, and created by Carly Mensch and Liz Flahive’s (“GLOW”). Each standalone episode features a big name — Nicole Kidman, Issa Rae, Alison Brie, Cynthia Erivo — in various tales that range in genres from magical realism to psychological horror. The end result is a mixed bag of vignettes that don’t always feel cogent, but are never boring.The first episode, “The Woman Who Disappeared,” stars Rae as a woman who has written a hit memoir that’s become a book club staple.

Tyler Gaffney and co-host of the “Barely Filtered” podcast, pushed back on the negative narrative surrounding men in 2024.Louelle Gaffney appeared on “OutKick The Morning” on Thursday with Charly Arnolt and called out the hypocrisy of the left who push down men but “can’t define what a woman is.”“We keep pushing men down and men are so amazing,” she said. “They literally built this country.

can’t be held down when it comes to talking about sexism. The “Dirrty” singer, 43, got candid about female sexuality and how her career has been built on it for Adweek’s February 2024 issue.The cover was unveiled by People on Tuesday, with Aguilera noting that her wellness brand Playground has been instrumental in helping to strip away societal hypocrisy about females’ bodies.

Whoopi Goldberg slammed right-wing pundit Ben Shapiro and U.S. Sen.

Amazon’s new film “Being the Ricardos.”Gay, known for her best-selling book “The Bad Feminist,” seemed to claim that the term wasn’t used in the 1950s when the movie was set.“There is no way she would have said that in the 1950s. How did that get through?” she wrote in a since-deleted tweet, which has since amassed more than 1,300 replies and nearly 10,000 retweets.But many weren’t in support.

Ain’t I a Woman?, The Will to Change, and Feminism is for Everybody.Born Gloria Jean Watkins, she wrote under the pen name, bell hooks, which was her maternal great grandmother’s name.She explained this in an interview, saying, “Many of us took the names of our female ancestors—bell hooks is my maternal great grandmother—to honor them and debunk the notion that we were these unique, exceptional women.

The Orange County Register first reported. “Watch out weasels, your reign of terror is over.”The ride at the Anaheim, California theme park is based on the 1988 Disney film, “Who Framed Roger Rabbit.” Previously, riders moved through Toontown in a taxi cab looking for Jessica.In addition to reworking the attraction’s plot to be more feminist, a number of less than politically correct scenes have also been removed.

women just want equal rights. Legendary pop star Cyndi Lauper came to the 2021 MTV VMAs at Brooklyn’s Barclay’s Center with a message in mind for her fellow woman, delivered before she presented the award for Best Pop Record.

particularly viral video tagged with the trend’s “#comphet” hashtag, a user checklists “common signs of compulsory heterosexuality.” These include: “Liking guys until they like you back,” “only liking fictional men and celebrities,” “kissing your girlfriends when you were younger to ‘practice for guys,’” “feeling bored when intimate with guys” and, of course, “feeling nauseous when intimate with guys.” The tag #comphet has racked up over 61 million views on the social media platform, with videos

notoriously lovesick icon. The final episode of the family drama sees single parent Georgia ask her teen daughter, Ginny, whether she’d moved on from boyfriend Marcus in the series.

original tweet from Nate Pentz scooping up more than 20,000 likes by Thursday morning.

confirmed to USA Today. She had been dealing with “some health and memory issues” and living in an assisted care facility before her death, her daughter told the paper.The Australian singer enjoyed several hits but the release of “I Am Woman” in 1972 catapulted her to stardom.

three lists of Essential Reads on Feminism.The lists are compiled by age, with one intended for children, one for teens and one for adults. The adult list contains more than 100 nonfiction titles, from former slave Anna K.

Twilight “TEAM EDWARD” t-shirt that would express the seriousness with which I would give my body to a fictional vampire if he came to life and arrived in my 8th grade classroom? Would the world finally understand why I HEARTED Edward and did NOT heart Jacob? Could eternal truths be imparted via a men’s medium?The first book of the Twilight came out in 2005, and for a certain group of people—a diverse, obsessive cohort dominated by young women—it quickly became more important than food, more

is French, it’s clear that the ubiquitous avatar of the Parisienne erases women of color, disabled women, trans women, and countless others, making it all the more egregious and damaging.In an era of powerful conversations about representation, discrimination, and belonging, it might seem strange to fixate on the image of the girl with her bike and a baguette, but real change—especially for women—depends on shattering all the stereotypes that limit the way we see ourselves and others.

New York Times, an eye roll from Chrissy Teigen, a line drawn on your timeline between the friends who participated and the ones who didn't. Some of that criticism was good, exciting even, inspiring an honest dialogue between women about what online feminism and activism should look like. “Influencers and celebrities love these types of ‘challenges’ because they don’t require actual advocacy, which might alienate certain factions of their fan base,” Taylor Lorenz , accurately, in the Times.

Slate, in an article about the danger of using shared bathrooms during the coronavirus pandemic.Sure. Rather, we may spend the summer, fall, and even early winter peeing outside.Emily*, a 35-year-old living in the UK, says she would never have peed outside before the pandemic, but times have changed.

Jenny SingerAccording to historians, Marie Antoinette never in fact said “Let them eat cake” in response to the news that French peasants were starving. But it’s one of our favorite historical fibs for a reason—when faced with the news that life for regular people is untenable, people in power often reveal their  ignorance.

So you want your child to strive for the social, political, and economic ? Crack open some feminist books for kids. You can't be what you can't see (or read, or discuss, or understand).Most of the media that kids are exposed to—TV, movies, iPad games—isn't designed to teach, for example, the importance of consent or enforce the idea that each of us has the right to be just who we are.

March 8 is International Women’s Day. To celebrate, we asked women like , , and these nine former clerks to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to reflect on how other women have lifted them up—mentored them, advised them, represented them, and above all showed them what was possible.It is one of the most coveted jobs not just in the world of law, but across all three branches of government.

March 8 is International Women’s Day. To celebrate, we asked women like , , , Meena Harris, and more to reflect on how other women have lifted them up—mentored them, advised them, represented them, and above all showed them what was possible.

March 8 is International Women’s Day. To celebrate, we asked women like , , Tory Burch and more to reflect on how other women have lifted them up—mentored them, advised them, represented them, and above all showed them what was possible.

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Pour one out for Nancy Drew—murdered so that men could valiantly investigate her death.It’s just like Nancy says, in the books: “Ah, gee! There’s no mystery more urgent than how to make men feel needed.”An upcoming comic book, descriptively titled Nancy Drew & the Hardy Boys: The Death of Nancy Drew, will celebrate the teen girl detective’s 90th anniversary by killing her, Polygon .

This group photo shows the drag queens and female impersonators who worked with Robin Tyler at Club 82 in the 1960s. Tyler worked at the club as a Judy Garland female impersonator. Photo: Courtesy of Robin Tyler.

This weekend is the Women’s March 2020.If you didn’t know that, don’t feel too bad—the annual event has gotten little national attention, there are few celebrities involved, and the Women’s March DC has just under 6,000 RSVPs on Facebook. Only three years after the first Women’s March—the largest one-day protest ever in U.S.