Photo: Anna Marie Lopez International Women’s Day in the #MeToo era On this International Women’s Day, we focus on Press for Progress, a global movement for gender parity ignited by #MeToo and Time’s Up catapulting solidarity and badassery to new depths. Finally, those who have suffered from sexual abuse, harassment or pay inequity feel emboldened to speak […]
Oscars 20 Years Ago: Titanic Void of Inclusion, #MeToo and Time’s Up
Getty The recap for 1998 & 2018 and looking ahead to Oscars 2038 With all the groundbreaking Oscar nominations in the throes of #MeToo and Time’s Up, it’s still easy to see how this year’s Oscars fell short of our expectations — from Gary Oldman and Kobe Bryant’s arguably problematic wins (a striking contrast to […]
The Women’s March on Washington…What’s the Point?
Truth Control Did hitting the streets in Women’s March of 2017 make a difference? It’s a good question. Here we are, exactly one year later, and none of us could have imagined even half of what has taken place in the last twelve months, especially in the women department. With movements like #metoo and #timesup, we […]
It’s National Best Friend Day!
Life With Me National Best Friend Day is here again! We were so touched and teary-eyed last year when you shared your BFF stories with us we want to hear it again. What has your bestie done for you in the last year that makes her or him the creme de la creme of friends? […]
Social Media Validation: Do You “Like” Me? If Not, I’ll Change!
Is Instagram your Digital Don Juan? Imagine you have a friend who spends every moment asking you: “Do you like what I ordered for brunch?” “Do you like my new shirt?” “Do you like my dog?” Before you can even answer, she’d rattle on: “Do you like my haircut?” “Do you like this weird face […]
I Know You Think Online Friend-Searching Is Weird, So I Tried It For You
Allyse Maifield It must be that I’ve been binging on one too many Broad City reruns, but I recently felt like Ilana without an Abbi. Or maybe it was the Sex & The City anger-watching session I had the other day: While horrified by Carrie mocking Berger for the scrunchie appearance in his novel, I […]
Kiran Gandhi: Be Badass On International Women’s Day (And Everyday). Period.
Photo: Anna Marie Lopez Kiran Gandhi is full of surprises: She’s the daughter of immigrants from India, but grew up on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, attending The Chapin School for girls. She’s currently a drummer, living a hipster-activist existence in LA, but Hillary Clinton–among other heavy hitters–attended her parents’ dinner parties when she […]