Huffpost Women – Spoken Edition

I spoke to both women and men in my professional life about the list and its implications for our industry. Over the course of these conversations, one thing that stuck out to me was that most of the men I spoke to admitted to having a moment of panic ― to wondering whether they were one of the shitty media men. They didn’t seem to be panicking about a particular “shitty” incident that could have made it onto the list.

“I was very confused, trying to reconcile what was happening with the person he was supposed to be,”Rachel Denhollander, one of the first women to accuse Nassar of sexual abuse that took place when she was just 15,told IndyStarin September 2016. “He’s this famous doctor. He’s trusted by my friends. He’s trusted by these other gymnasts.

“He would first grab my hand and compliment me, which in the beginning was flattering,” she said. “But then he grabbed and rubbed my leg. It was mostly embarrassing because the man behind him was looking at me as if to say, ‘What are you going to do?’ And I was just startled and a newbie and trying to be polite.” “We were on a layover in Maui, and the whole crew went out for dinner and drinks, totally standard,” she said.

Angelina Jolie knows that sexual violence is “a critical obstacle to achieving women’s equality and our full human rights.” The actress delivered the keynote speech at theUnited Nations Peacekeeping Defense Ministerial Conference on Wednesday in Vancouver, Canada. She called on international conflict negotiators to combat sexual violence, which is often used as a weapon in areas of conflict.

I have been writing about my rape ― at the hands of a group of adolescent boys when I was 14 ― online since at least 2011. In doing so, I have made myself vulnerable to what often felt like a tidal wave of scrutiny from those inclined to disbelieve women who say they were raped. Commenters dissected my appearance in author photos, whether my “provocative poses” and tattoos indicated that I had likely been a “willing participant to at least some degree.

The Olympic fencer announced on Monday at Glamour’s Women of the Year summit that she will be the next doll in Barbie’s “Shero” line which includes iconic women like Ava DuVernay, Gabby Douglas and Misty Copeland. Muhammad’s Shero doll will hit stores in 2018. Muhammad first made headlines during the 2016 Summer Olympics when she became the first Muslim-American woman to wear a hijab while competing for the United States.

The Glamour Women of the Year Awardsare an annual who’s who of womenwho inspire, provoke change and, in the case of this year’s “firsts” honorees, have led the way for other women to succeed. Five of these women shared the stage in Brooklyn on Monday night in an emotional showing of perseverance and force. They were each honored for contributions and achievements they were the first to make.

One woman put Joe Biden on the spot Monday afternoon over how he handled Anita Hillwhen, as a senator, he chaired the confirmation hearings forClarence Thomas’ nomination to the Supreme Court. The former vice president appeared at Glamour’s Women of the Year summitin New York with his wife, Jill Biden. After the discussion, BuzzFeed’s lifestyle editor, Rachel Miller, stood up with a question for him.

Former Texas State Senator Wendy Davis knows that the fight against gun violence cannot be won without women, and in an op-ed for Cosmopolitan published on Thursday,she wrote about why women “shouldn’t shut up” about the pervasive issue ― and how they can work to fix it. Davis opened the op-ed with a sampling of this week’s news headlines, about the mass shooting in Sunderland Springs that left 26 dead, as well as other shootings in Plano and North Austin.

For five decades, long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad has been publicly discussing how her swim coach repeatedly assaulted her when she was 14.She knows her situation is not unique, and she hopes that continuing to tell her story will convince other women to do the same. In a New York Times op-edpublished on Thursday, Nyad wrote that in 1964, she was napping at her coach’s house between state championship races when “out of nowhere, he was on top of me.

The energy was electric when my team and I arrived at the Javits Center in the early evening hours of Nov. 8. There was premature (and, in retrospect, completely unearned) celebratory chatter, and lots of female reporters excitedly greeting each other in the press area downstairs. Of course, we all now know how that night ended. I did not see a woman elected president of the United States.

As more and more people accuse men in powerof sexual harassment and sexual assault,Gretchen Carlson ― whose allegations against former Fox News CEO Roger Ailes cemented her as one of the issue’s leading voices ― has written a powerful essay about how the issue is not merely a political or partisan one.

Brand was the only female panelist on “Have I Got News For You,” a BBC comedy show that quizzes guests on the week’s news. When journalist Ian Hislop brushed aside allegations of sexual harassment in the British Parliament as not being “high-level crime,” Brand put the man to task.

For many men, the word “No” just doesn’t seem to register ― and for many women, having to reject an overeager dude comes with a lot of fear. In fact, rejecting men can actually have terrifying, if not deadly, consequences. Now, the Mary Sue has taken on the burden of letting those creepy dudes down for you, so that you can give away “your” phone number and never have to deal with the guy again.

When she turned to her friends for support, she says one suite-mate advised her not to tell their dorm room’s R.A; another let out a sigh of relief: “Thank God I wasn’t there or it would’ve happened to me.” Her boyfriend at the time later admitted that he thought Corsie had simply cheated on him and regretted it. For the remainder of her freshman year,Corsie says she was forced to see her assailant three times a week in the class in which they had met.

HuffPost: What is it like to live where you live in 2017? What pushed you to run for office? When did you officially declare your candidacy? What are the hallmark issues of your campaign? Erica (Alabama): My main thing is killing homelessness, because I feel that you can’t start at the top. You have to take care of the root, and if the roots of the tree aren’t properly nourished then the tree can’t grow.

Rose McGowan started off the Women’s Convention with a powerful message: “We are strong and brave and we will fight.” The actress was the fourth speaker to kick off the Women’s March’s three-day convention in Detroit, MI on Friday morning. McGowan recently made headlines when she accused Harvey Weinstein of raping herin 1997. Her speech was the first official speaking engagement she’s had since accusing Weinstein. “I have been silenced for 20 years.

On Monday night, “Access Hollywood” interviewed the “Scandal”star on the red carpet of the 2017 GLSEN Respect Awards. The reporter asked Goldwyn about his recent show of support for Lupita Nyong’o after she came forward with sexual harassment allegationsagainst Harvey Weinstein. “This is about awareness … this is not a new thing,” Goldwyn said. “It’s something that we all need to take responsibility for.

I accepted when the book came out, that I was the bad boy. There I was in the leather jacket and the cigarette and I also happily played that role or went along with it. Shit was good. People said a lot of silly things about me. People actually used the word macho around me. And this was such a mortifying accusation that I didn’t even understand it. I am a guy on TV who sexualizes food. Who uses bad language.

In the op-ed, which was published last week (Oct. 13), Bialik spoke about the “luxury” of being a ”‘nontraditional’-looking woma” in her industry. Bialik received backlash due to the belief that she implied that the reason why she’s successfully dodged sexual harassment and assault in Hollywood is a result of her appearance and decision to behave a certain way around men.