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The Schmooze ‘I Was Afraid For My Life’ Amy Schumer Shares Sexual Abuse Story With Oprah
“It happens to all women.” That’s comedian Amy Schumer’s message about sexual assault, something she has experienced several times, she told Oprah Winfrey. Schumer, newly married and currently promoting her movie “I Feel Pretty,” has a rare ability to navigate the personal, the political, and the comic. On an episode of SuperSoul Conversations through Winfrey’s…
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The Schmooze TV Show In The Works Will Interview Men Toppled By #MeToo
If America will watch people compete for a chance to marry a stranger and watch our president’s marriage be slowly unraveled by a cunning porn star, chances are we would watch men who have been accused of or admitted to sexual harassment interview each other. Journalist Tina Brown says she was approached to produce just…
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The Schmooze Mia Farrow Wanted Dylan To Keep Quiet About Woody Allen Abuse Claims — At First
At the Time 100 Gala on Tuesday night, Ronan Farrow was honored for reporting that helped uncover the Harvey Weinstein allegations and helped launch the social and political movement, #MeToo. At the event the writer’s mother, actress Mia Farrow, gave a rare comment about her daughter Dylan Farrow’s accusations that her father (and Mia Farrow’s…
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The Schmooze “Report It”: Aly Raisman Addressing College Students On Sexual Assault Is A Revelation
There is no reason that Aly Raisman, who has spoken so personally about her experiences with convicted child sex abuser Larry Nasser, should also be a tremendous activist and teacher on the topic of sexual assault and harassment. But then again, there was no reason that Aly Raisman should have been able to perfectly execute…
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The Schmooze Jodi Kantor And Megan Twohey Celebrated Pulitzer Prize With Their Daughters
Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey, and Ronan Farrow, on behalf of The New York Times and The New Yorker, respectively, received a Pulitzer Prize in Public Service today for their extraordinary investigative journalism surrounding allegations against Harvey Weinstein. And how did the women responsible for unleashing the information that started a movement for women’s rights and…
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Fast Forward Charlie Rose In ‘Exile’ After Sexual Harassment Allegations. But It’s A Pretty Luxe Exile.
Charlie Rose, the disgraced talk show host, is living out a shameful “exile” after being revealed as a serial sexual harasser and groper, the Hollywood Reporter reported. Rose spends his time at his $6 million beachfront mansion on Long Island, playing tennis in his private tennis court, occasionally dining out alone at local restaurants. “He’s…
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The Schmooze ‘Women Should Get Our Own Stories’: Rachel Weisz Objects To Female James Bond
Sing with me: How do you solve a problem like entrenched-societal-misogyny?! How do you catch egalitarianism and pin it down? Husband and wife Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz are the latest to try to deal with ye olde flibbertigibbet known as gender inequality, through the lens of the “James Bond” franchise. As Craig, 50, prepares…
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The Schmooze Teens Are Wearing Yellow Squares To ‘Combat Sexist Dress Codes’
No spaghetti straps. No shorts above the mid-thigh. No leggings without sweaters that cover the butt. Bras are required. Teenage girls at Joseph-François-Perrault High School seem to be channeling Nazi-era yellow stars of David on the eve of Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, in protest of their school’s dress code, which leaders of the student…
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