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The Schmooze Donald Trump Jr. Blasts Lena Dunham For ‘Lying to Protect A Rapist’
Donald Trump, Jr.: A tireless defender of assault victims, and a crusader for believing all women, and all victims. Wait — what? On Wednesday, First Son Donald Trump, Jr. made an uncharacteristic move — retweeting a post by Chuck Ross slamming Lena Dunham for “ly[ing] to protect a rapist.” Dunham admitted on Wednesday that she…
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The Schmooze ‘You Hurt Us’: Aurora Perrineau’s Mother Publicly Forgives Lena Dunham
At the Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Entertainment event on Wednesday, Lena Dunham invited Brittany Perrineau to the stage. Last year Dunham said that Perrineau’s daughter, Aurora, had “misreported” when she told police that she was raped in 2012 by a writer for Dunham’s TV show “Girls.” Aurora Perrineau told Los Angeles police last year that…
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Life So You Have Something To Say About #MeToo: Tips For Male Allies
Here’s a guide for non-survivor cis men who want to talk about the critically important topic of sexual abuse. We’re very appreciative of your willingness to speak out—this is extremely important work that requires all of us to leverage our voices and platforms to create change. However, doing so responsibly, especially for those not personally…
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The Schmooze Lena Dunham Apologizes, Admits She Lied To Discredit Alleged Rape Victim
Lena Dunham has apologized to the actress Aurora Perrineau, whose account of being raped by the writer Murray Miller Dunham disputed in a public statement in November 2017. At the time, Dunham wrote that “insider knowledge” of the situation made her certain that Perrineau “misreported” the assault. In the apology letter, published in the Hollywood…
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Forward 50 2018 Aly Raisman
Champion of Gymnastics and Justice During the 2012 summer Olympic Games in London, the Jewish world watched with particular interest and pride when the American Jewish gymnast Alexandra “Aly” Raisman, then 18, became the first American woman in Olympic history to win a gold medal in the floor exercise. The achievement itself was a dayenu…
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Forward 50 2018 Jodi Kantor
Journalist Who Made a Lasting Impact It was a little more than a year ago, October 5, 2017, that The New York Times published an explosive front-page story by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, headlined, “Harvey Weinstein Paid Off Sexual Harassment Accusers for Decades.” After years of rumors about Weinstein and his secret settlements with…
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The Schmooze Natalie Portman Has A Feminist Celebrity Coven With Reese Witherspoon
Raise your hand if you’ve ever felt personally intimidated by Natalie Portman. via GIPHY It’s hard to talk about the way female celebrities’ appearances affect their young fans without either blaming a woman for the work of a larger system or blaming the larger system, and snatching away the woman’s very agency. But, come on,…
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The Schmooze Alyssa Milano Won’t Speak At Next Women’s March Till Leaders Denounce Anti-Semitism
Alyssa Milano won’t speak at the next Women’s March if leaders Tamika Mallory and Linda Sarsour continue to support Louis Farrakhan, she told Advocate. Milano, an actress who has become one of the most public faces of the #MeToo movement, censured those Women’s March leaders for their continued refusal to publicly distance themselves from Farrakhan,…
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