Five years ago, reporters from the New York Times dropped a bombshell by exposing sexual harassment in Hollywood, with Harvey Weinstein’s misconduct being just a tip of the deeply misogynistic iceberg. The difficult…
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In 1958, when ordinary women were not expected or encouraged to have adventures, American novelist Paul Gallico created the character of a London cleaning woman, Ada Harris—or ‘Arris in Cockney lingo–who…
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Angela Lansbury passed away at the age of 97, in October, after a prolific career in films, television and the stage, studded with awards and accolades. Active to the very…
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The culture, evolution, values, social attitudes of a society so often rest on the clothes people—particularly women—wear. In Iran, people are out in the streets protesting the hijab forced on…
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There are two minor miracles here: one that The Woman King, a film with a predominantly Black female cast was greenlit by a Hollywood studio, and two that it has opened to terrific box-office response.…
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The names Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes,Mary Jane Kelly do not ring any bells. But everybody has heard of Jack The Ripper, a notorious serial killer…
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Dropping by at a police station with a friend who wanted to report the theft of her bag, one ran into a woman who was weeping about her husband beating…
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Words like inclusivity and diversity have been added to the woke vocabulary now, and women of all races, ages and sizes are entering mainstream advertising that for decades used over…
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August 4 marks the 60th death anniversary of one of the biggest stars of Hollywood. She was found dead of a drug overdose in her Los Angeles home, and so many…
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In fiction, the mother-in-law stands beside the stepmother as the monster in the family. The image may be stereotypical and often unfair, but it is inspired by stories from real…