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9 Brilliant Jewish Women On How We Should Live Today
It’s International Women’s Day, whatever that means. For McDonalds, it means turning its giant “M” insignia upside down. For Mattel, it means issuing Barbies based on famous women in history. But what does it mean for non-giant corporations? We gathered quotes from some of the most dynamic Jewish women thinkers alive today on how to…
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‘Jessica Jones’ Creator On Why She Only Hired Female Directors To Shoot Season Two
After four excruciating years, “Jessica Jones” season two is finally here. And for that, you can thank … women! In a new interview with Vulture, Melissa Rosenberg, the show’s creator, explains her decision to hire only female directors to direct season two’s 13 episodes. Well, I tried on season one to get as many women…
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Oprah Perfectly Sums Up The #MeToo Movement On Gwyneth Paltrow’s New Podcast
Gwyneth Paltrow’s new GOOP podcast dropped Wednesday and, believe it or not, there was nary a mention of vaginal steaming to be heard. Instead, the episode was 75 minutes of an only rarely interrupted monologue from the Queen, the goddess, the Empress herself — Oprah Winfrey. Universal reverence for Oprah has become so widespread and…
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The New Ruth Bader Ginsburg Documentary Trailer Is Out Of Control
What do you like in a movie? You like triumph against injustice? You like romance? You like unlikely success stories? You like history? You like action? You like celebrities? You like feeling hope? I think you’ll like the new Ruth Bader Ginsburg documentary “RBG.” The trailer for “RBG,” a new documentary by Betsy West and…
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‘A Series Of Unfortunate Events’ Trailer Drops Amid Lemony Snicket Woes
The season two trailer for “A Series of Unfortunate Events” dropped Wednesday, only weeks after author Daniel Handler, better known as Lemony Snicket, was accused by multiple women of making inappropriate sexual comments to them. The popular book series was turned into a television show by Netflix and stars Neil Patrick Harris as the evil…
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Susan Sarandon Says Paul Newman Gave Her Slice Of ‘Twilight’ Salary To Close Pay Gap
Is it possible to fall more in love with Paul Newman? Newman, the nicest Jewish boy that ever there was, gave away some of his salary for the 1998 movie “Twilight” when he realized his equally-billed female co-star was receiving unequal pay, Susan Sarandon told BBC5. Speaking about women’s rights in Hollywood on Thursday morning,…
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Orthodox Courtship Can Be Quick As ‘The Bachelor’ — But It’s So Much Different
On the season finale of “The Bachelor” Arie Luyendyk — whose last name, rather appropriately, rhymes with d*** — proposed to Becca Kufrin, one of over a dozen women vying to be crowned fiancée. But then he pulled a “I’ve got to follow my heart” move — he broke up with her by the end…
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Mattel To Make Barbies Of Frida Kahlo, Chloe Kim And Other Inspirational Women
Your favorite feminist heroes and Bindi Irwin are going to be Barbies! In another unsettling, could-go-either-way moment for the modern feminist movement, Mattel, the Jewish-founded company that makes Barbie dolls, will be turning inspirational women from history and today into Barbies. The list includes Frida Kahlo, Amelia Earhart, and Katherine Johnson, the NASA mathematician who…
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Julie Klausner Fangirls Over Late Cynthia Heimel In Op-Ed For Slate
Julie Klausner is best known as the creator of “Difficult People”, the Hulu sitcom in which she plays one half of a duo intent upon seeing only the worst in people. “Difficult People” is a fearless show, the kind that probably wouldn’t exist if network television were still the only player in the game. Like…
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Jordan Peele Once Made A ‘Get Out’ Skit About Jews and Blacks. We Deserved It.
Ah, Jews — my absolute favorite type of people. We have suffered centuries of racial and religious discrimination. We have a long history of doing social justice work with other minority groups. And still, like any other group whose majority identifies as white, we have a racism problem. How do you tackle racism within a…
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The Lonely Island Compares ‘Schindler’s List’ To ‘Fast And Furious’ In Bizarre New Song
It is the official position of The Schmooze that novelty comedy music, the niche genre that encompasses the music of Rachel Bloom, Weird Al, Tenacious D, and Flight of the Conchords, is one of the only forces keeping the threadbare rags of our society stitched together. Surely, we all remember Allan Sherman’s b-side 1963 classic…
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