Becky Scott
By Becky Scott
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The Schmooze For Monica Lewinsky, The #MeToo Movement Is About Redemption
I was eight years old when Monica Lewinsky’s young life changed forever. At that age, I was hard-pressed to distinguish between her 21 years and that of President Clinton’s 5+ decades. I didn’t understand the difference, symbolically nor literally, between their job titles. Nobody explained these things to me. Instead, the only lesson I learned…
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The Schmooze How Much Would You Pay For Drake’s Teenage Poetry Notebook?
The older I get, the more I start to suspect hoarders have been right all along. After all, what if by some turn of events, however unlikely, I should become a multiplatinum Grammy award-winning recording artist whose adolescence is suddenly a source of interest for rich people everywhere? What if my elementary school diary, replete…
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The Schmooze Openly Gay Olympic Athlete Does Not Want Ivanka Trump On His Team
The Winter Olympics – they are like the Carnegie Hall of obscure sports! And to get there, you have to practice, practice, practice, and also inherit a genetically superior body from your parents. Alternatively, you can be born into the family of a real estate scion who runs for president after gaining exposure through cameos…
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The Schmooze Pink’s Six-Year-Old Daughter Is A Better Person Than All Of Us
Here is a feel-good story to close out your Friday — while you are preparing to meet your friends for happy hour to drink until the pain goes away, Pink’s six-year-old daughter Willow is working to make the world a better place. People reports the little girl is making the most out of her time…
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The Schmooze Harvey Weinstein Apologizes For Name Dropping Meryl Streep And Jennifer Lawrence
The very existence of Harvey Weinstein has left almost no one in the Western world untouched. The reported allegations against him opened a floodgate and started a conversation long overdue in Hollywood and elsewhere. The allegations that effectively ended what many say was essentially his reign of terror were the push fed up women needed…
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The Schmooze Multiple Women Accuse Author Lemony Snicket Of Sexual Harassment
Famous children’s author Daniel Handler, who writes under the pseudonym Lemony Snicket, has been publicly accused by several women of making lewd and inappropriate comments at their expense. The Pacific Standard published a long and in-depth piece Thursday featuring interviews with several of the women who have made these claims. One woman, a children’s author,…
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The Schmooze Daniel Craig Blames Jewish Food For Weight Gain
How do you get James Bond to marry you? Look like Rachel Weisz. How do you get James Bond to stay married to you? Fatten him up with some classic Jewish cuisine. This appears to be Rachel Weisz’s strategy, judging from Craig’s figure at the BAFTA Awards this past weekend. The actor, famous for playing…
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The Schmooze Michael Ian Black Suggests Feminism As Antidote To Gun Violence
Gun laws, mental health, video games – grasping to explain away our epidemic of violence has become routine at this point. Feeling helpless after every national tragedy, politicians and other public figures seek a reason and a solution. Comedian Michael Ian Black’s take? America’s boys are broken. Black, best known for his frequent collaboration with…
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