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Local News - A push for Women with Disabilities 

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Local News - A push for Women with Disabilities 

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Recently, there is this pageant called Miss Remarkable is for women aged 13+ with disabilities that have a space for embracing confidence, other skills and pushing representation.

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Miss RemarkAble celebrates women with disabilities

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Some remarkable women took the stage in Janesville on Saturday.

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No, Hard work does not speak for itself - Tedtalk

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No, Hard work does not speak for itself - Tedtalk

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Crystal Martin talks about having the importance of women supporting each other in the workplace rather than silencing your ideas, opinions, and value especially in the tech.

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Crystal Martin: Small ways women can support each other at work

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Crystal Martin landed her first job in tech helping women learn code, but there was just one problem, no one would listen to her in meetings. "Why is it that 41% of women leave the tech field within their tenth year? In my opinion, it's because of messages like keep your head down and say nothing."

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This article talks about how digital network GirlGaze created by Amanda De cadenet opens inclusion for female creatives and photographers.

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Entrepreneur, fashion and portrait photographer Amanda de Cadenet makes pivoting look easy even though she says it was "messy."She took her mess and organized it into a platform, #Girlgaze, that empowers Generation Z females to be creative and entrepreneurial.

#Girlgaze is a digital media company that promotes and highlights up-and-coming Generation Z female photographers and directors. Her mission, along with other influential females in the industry (including fashion photographer Inez van Lamsweerde, photojournalist Lynsey Addario and filmmaker and photographer Sam Taylor-Johnson), is to elevate females in the industry. deCadenet explains,

I had just finished an interview with Hilary Clinton for The Conversation. The New York Times had a cover story on the massive gender gap of directors that were hired in Hollywood. Finally, the information is out and is validated. I thought to myself 'I'm in a position to do something.' I had to try. I reached out to my peers who are successful in the photography world. I said 'this is what I'm thinking [#Girlgaze]. We need examples of women who have succeeded in the photography industry for girls to look up to.'

#Girlgaze is the culmination of de Cadenet's persistence, insight and many, many pivots. "I've had a very eclectic career history," she said. "I started working when I came out of juvenile detention [U.K. based] when I was fifteen. There's an idea about how your life's going to go with the idea of 'oh I'm going to have this type of career and this kind of relationship.' It rarely ever turns out like that."

At the age of 15 with zero qualifications, she was hired to interview people on live television. de Cadenet credits her time in juvenile detention as the foundation to developing the skill set necessary to be able to speak to anybody about anything.

As de Cadenet interviewed people she began to immerse herself in the world of photography. "It started out of necessity," she continued. "Having so much fame [her mother was a U.K. model, and her father was a famous U.K. racecar driver] at a young age I was used to being reactive. From being a household name, from being on television, it was a natural progression for me to want to control my image and control how I was perceived...I had so much projected onto me that before the thing of selfies, I learned that taking images of myself allowed me to control my image." Her desire to learn all aspects of photography amplified. She became obsessed with it. She educated herself on all the different aspects of her passion.

At the age of 25, she began transitioning from being in front of the camera to operating the camera. As a photographer, she was able to capture candid moments with people. Her journey has enabled her to become the ultimate storyteller. "Ultimately I make media," de Cadenet said. "Whether it's a book, photography, directing, interviewing, creating my television show [ the Conversation] or #Girlgaze." Everything that de Cadenet has been through has laid the foundation for her to running a media company. She took what she learned from producing the Conversation, a platform for women to tell stories about equality, diversity and women issues that are not being discussed in mainstream media, and applied it to her startup in 2016. "Six years ago when I made the Conversation," she went on to explain, "no one would ever fund that show so I had to make it myself."

As a founder, de Cadenet had to learn about the business side of production. She became a great line producer. "I funded the Conversation myself," de Cadenet humbly stated. "I'd work as a photographer and earn money, and whatever was left over I would shoot another episode [of the Conversation]. I was paying the editor. I was paying the lighting person. I learned by doing it because I had to."

Fast forward to 2016 when #Girlgaze came to fruition. "I wanted to create an ecosystem that ultimately is conscious capitalism," de Cadenet enthusiastically shared, "which as you provide paid work opportunities for your community, your company grows. It's a win-win situation."

#Girlgaze has grown globally with close to four million submissions. Part of their mission is to redefine the word "girl" by providing mentorships, access to jobs and original programs.

In addition, de Cadenet has published two books: It's Messy and #girlgaze. Through it all she's learned:

Experiential learning is the best teacher. There isn't one trajectory. Just because you don't go to business school doesn't mean you won't succeed at business.

It's important to reset. It's brave to take a break and change directions. Pivots can be uncomfortable. Pick yourself up and keep going.

Be willing to embrace the pivot imperfectly. Remind yourself that you're doing something you've never done before. You're at day one; if you stumble, it's ok. It's part of the process.

de Cadenet continues in the fight for gender equality. "Every job I've ever had has given me a valuable skill set that has proved crucial to the next thing I do," she concludes. "Things that you think that are the worst things are experiences that give you the most insight, experience and clarity."

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How #GirlGaze Founder Is Inspiring The Next Generation Of Photographers

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Entrepreneur, fashion and portrait photographer Amanda de Cadenet makes pivoting look easy even though she says it was "messy."She took her mess and organized it into a platform, #Girlgaze, that empowers Generation Z females to be creative and entrepreneurial. #Girlgaze is a digital media company that promotes and highlights up-and-coming Generation Z female photographers and directors.

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I have seen this hashtag trending on Twitter and other social media. Woman of Color specifically black women using this hashtag of bringing awareness of other  black women and girls stories that do not get pushed in mainstream media who have been victims of domestic violence, sex-trafficked and wrongly convicted

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This video shows founder Andrea Barrica created a platform for shame-free sex ed online to educate under-represented communities that do not have access. Normalizing sex education and health for other sexual orientations.

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O. School Is A Sex Ed Platform For Under-Represented Communities

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Removing Female Symbol - "it's not just women menstruating" 

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Removing Female Symbol - "it's not just women menstruating" 

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Recently,  Always, Procter and Gamble’s menstrual products are removing the female symbol because any who is or identifies as Trans, binary or non-binary can menstruate is what is being claimed and argued. Instead of “feminine” products, it is everybody. They have received a lot of backlash from Cis women that feel that their womanhood is being eliminated.

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It's a tiny change, one you may not even notice, but Always, Procter and Gamble's menstrual products brand will drop the Venus symbol from its products around the world by 2020. The icon was more than just about branding. It highlighted that pads, and other menstrual products, were designed for women. But the thing is, female-identified people aren't the only ones who menstruate. There's a community of gender-fluid, nonbinary, and transgender people who pick up pads at the grocery store, and the little Venus symbol suggested that these products were not for them.

It's feedback from the LGBTQI community that prompted P&G to remove this symbol from its products, the company said in a statement. It was a small shift in packaging that was imperceptible to some women, who pointed out on social media that they had never even noticed the Venus symbol. In other words, Always had the opportunity to become more inclusive, without impacting the majority of its customers. It was a much less risky move than what the period startup Thinx did in 2017 when it featured a trans man in its advertising campaign.

And yet the backlash against P&G has been swift and virulent. British commentator Julie Bindel, writing in The Telegraph, made the case that Always was "caving" to trans activists and "eliminated women." (On Twitter, several women noted that they had not, yet, disappeared into thin air, but they would keep checking to see if Always's packaging change somehow erased them from the face of the Earth. I, for one, am still here. Are you? Good.)

To appease people like Bindel, P&G has released a statement to several news outlets reiterating its support of cis-gender women. "For over 35 years, Always has championed girls and women, and we will continue to do so," it said. "We're also committed to diversity and inclusion and are on a continual journey to understand the needs of all of our consumers. We routinely assess our products, packaging and designs, taking into account consumer feedback, to ensure we are meeting the needs of everyone who uses our products. The change to our pad wrapper design is consistent with that practice."

P&G is a $68 billion multinational corporation that answers to shareholders, which is perhaps why it's been more cautious than competing startups in its efforts to be more inclusive and in its response to critics. But this small shift in package design is meaningful, not just to the trans, gender-fluid, and nonbinary people it was made for. It signals to the rest of big business that it's time for us to think more inclusively about package design. And it serves a reminder that user-based design means paying close attention to all users, even those who have been historically marginalized.

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Always wants you to know pads aren't just for cis women

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It's a tiny change, one you may not even notice, but Always, Procter and Gamble's menstrual products brand will drop the Venus symbol from its products around the world by 2020. The icon was more than just about branding. It highlighted that pads, and other menstrual products, were designed for women.

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Persepolis is about Marjane Satrapi’s story from childhood to her adulthood living in  Iran during and after the Islamic Revolution. However, there are some themes in her experience of being Iranian, woman, and feminist. Challenging through political and social issues like the veil, and women being modest.

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Happy birthday to the brilliant Marjane Satrapi, author of Persepolis! (Born in 1969, 45 today) http://t.co/s3168uIi0k

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The twitter thread is about how sexualization is towards black little girls wearing the same clothes and hair like white little girls. Thread points out certain stigmas about sexual assault and labeling black girls as “fast” based on what they wore was considered “grown”

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Last month in September, Mattel introduced dolls that are Gender-Neutral and non-binary for every child to play. An example of inclusion in representation.

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These Gender-Inclusive Dolls Will Make You Say, 'Barbie and Ken, Who?' | Colorlines

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"It's important that kids of all different types can see themselves reflected in culture, in media and especially in the toys that they play with."

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What white men get wrong about Intersectionality 

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In the video, Kim debunks Dax Shephard’s explanation in his podcast on intersectionality.  It is not about stacking your identity or “understand my story, but you can never understand my story” it is more so understanding the complexes in power and oppression other marginalized groups experience.

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What white men get wrong about intersectionality

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Supernatural horror film The Craft is an example of four characters from different backgrounds. Rochelle is an African American,  Nancy is poor and white, Sarah suffers from depression and Bonnie has self-esteem issues.

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The Main Four

Dysfunction Junction: All the girls have various issues at school and home, and tragic or distressing pasts.

Sarah's mother died in childbirth, she's always had trouble making friends, suffers from depression and once tried to kill herself. Mere days/weeks after arriving at her new school, she gets nasty rumours spread about her after she turned down the advances of a popular guy she thought genuinely liked her.

Nancy lives in a crappy house in a trailer park with her irresponsible drunkard mother and abusive stepfather. She is regarded as a freak at school and got slut-shamed after being used and discarded by the resident Jerk Jock (the same guy who spread rumours about Sarah) and it's implied he gave her an STI; she's also not the most mentally stable girl and becomes increasingly unhinged.

Bonnie had an accident resulting in severe burn scarring, for which she undergoes numerous painful treatments to no avail and is implied to be bullied over them, giving her serious self-esteem issues (she even calls herself a "monster" at one point).

Rochelle gets regularly bullied by the resident Alpha Bitch and her Girl Posse, including racist taunts; they even prevent her from enjoying her favourite sport of swimming.

Fanservice Pack: Round about when they start properly using magic, all the girls begin dressing in more revealing outfits and behaving somewhat more provacatively. Special mention should go to Bonnie, though, as she starts out being very unconfident and bundles herself up in layers of clothing. After magically removing her burn scars, she gets a big confidence boost and begins strutting about in more flattering clothes and make-up, even having the nerve to catcall a random guy.

Four-Element Ensemble: Nancy is fire, Bonnie is air, Rochelle is water and Sarah is earth.

Four-Temperament Ensemble: Bonnie is Sanguine (moreso after her Character Development), Nancy is Choleric, Sarah is Melancholic and Rochelle is Phlegmatic.

Out of Focus: Bonnie and Rochelle in the second half of the film, as the story focuses more upon Nancy and Sarah's Character Development and rivalry.

Those Two Girls: Bonnie and Rochelle, especially in the second half of the film.

Nancy Downs

Ambiguously Bi: She makes a few offhand, suggestive comments about women and some viewers feel her obsession with Sarah goes beyond just friendship/rivalry.

Big Bad: She becomes this by the film's third act.

Big Bad Slippage: She starts out as one of the main protagonists, with the film chronicling her descent into madness and villainy.

Cheshire Cat Grin: The smile she gives during rare moments of happiness, though it can easily be interpreted as/ transform into a Slasher Smile.

Control Freak: She exercises her power over the girls once she is given greater magical abilities; she also really doesn't like it when people question or challenge her authority.

Dark Is Not Evil: Subverted. At the beginning, she wears black a lot but seems to be a Jerk with a Heart of Gold, at worst. After going mad with power, however...

Daughter Of A Whore: Possibly. Her stepfather makes a comment about her father being "the one who paid [her mother] fifty bucks for a quick bang in the backseat", though it's unclear if he's telling the truth or just being a Jerkass.

Disappeared Dad: Her biological father is nowhere to be found.

Drunk on the Dark Side: Hoo boy. Played with in that technically-speaking, true magic is neither good or evil, but Nancy takes her power to a "dark place" and the scene of her on the beach after successfully invoking Manon fits very well with this trope.

Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette: As seen in her page image, she has black hair and pale skin; she also has a somewhat creepy and offputting demeanour, especially after her Sanity Slippage.

Even Bad Women Love Their Mamas: She genuinely loves her mother and is protective of her, especially since it's hinted at the her stepfather, Ray, is abusive to her as well.

Evil Former Friend: To Sarah eventually.

Evil Is Hammy: The more unhinged she gets, the hammier and more aggressive her behavior becomes.

Evil Wears Black: She even alters her uniform to befit her personality.

Fearless Fool: Nancy very rarely shows outward signs of fear and puts up a confident demeanour, but her attitude also makes her reckless, putting both herself and others at risk. She completely dismisses Lirio and Sarah's warnings about dealing with powerful forces and misusing magic, and in one scene she speeds through traffic lights in her car and nearly gets hit, to which her only reaction is a dry "That was pretty close."

Four-Element Ensemble: Fire, according to Word of God. She is said to be the most unpredictable of the girls and is certainly destructive with a nasty temper.

Four-Temperament Ensemble: Choleric. She's bold, charismatic, determined and the de facto leader of the coven, but also arrogant, abrasive, quick to anger and unstable.

Ghostly Glide: When confronting Chris, she floats just above the ground as she advances on him, the tips of her boots dragging along the floor whilst she rants at him in an increasingly deranged manner.

Good Witch Versus Bad Witch: She is the bad witch, whereas Sarah is the good witch.

Goth: Of the most stereotypical kind: she's always dressed in black, wears dark makeup, is obsessed with the occult (and with good reason) and is usually in a morose/angry mood.

Green-Eyed Monster: It is clear she is jealous of Sarah's powers.

Icy Blue Eyes: Has these. They look particularly creepy when she's having some Sanity Slippage.

I Just Want to Be Special: One of her driving motivations. She is frustrated by her lack of powers, repeatedly wishes to be bestowed powers and is jealous of Sarah for being a natural witch. Rochelle also states she hates being "white trash" (she starts out living in a leaking, messy house in a trailer park with her slovenly and abusive stepfather).

Implied Death Threat: Makes a barely-veiled one to Sarah near the climax: "You know, in the old days, if a witch betrayed her coven...they would kill her."

Jerkass: She can be downright mean or rude when people question her authority, evidenced by how she reacts to Sarah telling the girls they should be careful how they use their powers. It's not hard to still feel sorry for her, though, considering her Freudian Excuse.

Jerk with a Heart of Gold: At first. Although she can be pretty mean and abrasive at times, she does have some Pet the Dog moments and seems to genuinely care for her mother and friends – it's also implied her attitude is partly due to suffering years of abuse, bullying and neglect. However, as she grows more powerful, the Jerk part of her character becomes increasingly prominent.

Kick the Dog: Whilst terrorising Sarah with magic, she tells her how if she were her she'd have "killed myself ages ago" (Sarah had previously attempted suicide) and also mockingly brings up how she "managed to kill [her] own mother coming out of her".

Knife Nut: In the climax, she attempts to stab Sarah with her athame (ceremonial dagger). She previously threatened Rochelle and Bonnie with it too.

Laser-Guided Karma: After she abuses her powers and tries to kill Sarah, it seems pretty fitting that her punishment is to have Sarah strip her of her powers.

Mind over Matter: Uses this power to throw Chris out of a window to his death.

Next Tier Power-Up: She becomes the most powerful of the girls after invoking the god Manon. Unfortunately, this makes her a lot crazier too.

Pet the Dog: Although she has a tendency to be just plain cruel, there are a few understated examples:

Before going mad with power, it's her concern for her mother's safety that causes her powers to manifest.

When Sarah wishes for Chris to like her, Nancy's face seems to show pity more than annoyance.

When Bonnie is having an I Just Want to Be Beautiful breakdown before her scars heal, Nancy seems to be genuinely distraught.

She and the other girls comfort Sarah over her Near-Rape Experience, after they got into an argument. Unfortunately, this turns into a Kick the Son of a Bitch moment to Chris, and Nancy and the other girls have a falling out with Sarah.

Poisonous Friend: Especially towards Sarah. After the incident where Chris tries to rape her, Nancy goes to a house party he's attending and uses magic to seduce him for revenge, which then escalates to her giving him a brutal "Reason You Suck" Speech and ultimately using telekinesis to toss him from a window to his death. Sarah is utterly horrified by this and it's what finally convinces her that Nancy is completely out of control and needs to be stopped.

Psychopathic Woman Child: The way she acts when she's mad with power. It's especially notable in the climax: When Rochelle and Bonnie are scared away by Sarah, Nancy demands to know where they're going in a tone that sounds no different than a kid who's friends left her slumber party early.

Rebellious Spirit: She has a big chip on her shoulder because of the abuse, neglect, and slut-shaming she's suffered from.

Red Oni, Blue Oni: The red to Sarah's blue. She is a lot more aggressive, impulsive and emotional compared to her.

Rejected Apology: Holy hell. Late in the film, when Chris drunkenly tries to apologise for his awful behaviour towards her and Sarah, Nancy makes it very clear she doesn't accept it.

Shapeshifting Seducer: After Chris tried to rape Sarah, she tries to seduce him to get revenge. When he doesn't fall for it, she uses a glamour to take on Sarah's appearance, which works.

Slasher Smile: An alternate interpretation to the smile seen in Cheshire Cat Grin.

Slut-Shaming: When she refused to sleep with Chris (or he got tired of her), he spread rumours that she gave him an STI and was terrible in bed, and she now unfairly has a reputation as a slut.

Spikes of Villainy: Wears a spiked collar when she kills Chris and in the film's climax, where she terrorises and outright tries to kill Sarah.

Took a Level in Jerkass: Though she was always kind of mean and rude, she gradually loses her sympathetic traits and becomes completely Ax-Crazy by the end.

Villainous Breakdown: Goes completely bonkers at the end of the film and winds up in a mental hospital.

Walk on Water: Displays this ability, walking across the ocean back to land, after invoking Manon.

Wicked Witch: After she invokes the spirit of Manon and goes mad with power.

Wife-Basher Basher: Of a supernatural variety. After her stepdad tries to hit her mother (and it's implied this isn't the first time) she uses her power to blow up a microwave and give Ray a heart attack. It's not entirely clear how intentional this was, though she isn't exactly sorry to see him dead. She also kills Chris in retaliation for trying to rape Sarah.

Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: She comes from a disadvantaged and abusive background and is bullied and ostracised at school, causing her to desire power to better herself. Unfortunately, she lets it go to her head and begins victimising and tormenting other people to get back at them.

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him All Girls Want Bad Boys: Gets a crush on Chris Hooker, despite his horrible treatment of her. She eventually casts a love spell on him, which culminates in trying to rape her.

Befriending the Enemy: With Nancy, Bonnie and Rochelle, before they become drunk off of power and try to kill her.

mostly due to Break the Cutie / Broken Bird: She suffers from depression and once attempted suicide, and it's implied she blames herself for her mother's death. She becomes even more broken over the course of the film Chris trying to rape her and her friends turning on her, but in the end she ultimately rises above her foes and becomes more confident and happy with herself.

Bullying a Dragon: As it turns out, Bonnie, Nancy and Rochelle made a big mistake when they tried to mess with her.

The Chosen One: She is a natural witch, after all. Lirio also states she has "a light inside [her] stronger than [she's] ever known".

Deadpan Snarker: She can be pretty snarky at times.

Dramatic Slip: While on an increasingly uncomfortable date with Chris, she tries to leave and panics when he follows her, tripping and falling down as she runs away. Chris then tries to sexually assault until she's able to get away.

Earn Your Happy Ending: She gains the confidence in herself to stand up to her former friends, preventing Nancy from killing her or from hurting anyone with magic again, and fully masters her powers, too.

Elemental Eye Colors: Her green eyes possibly reflect her 'down-to-earth' nature and association with the earth element, as well as her status as a natural witch.

Eye Colour Change: The first time she demonstrates a glamour spell, she uses it to turn her eyes brown.

Friendless Background: She states she's never really had close friends and has difficulty fitting in.

Four-Element Ensemble: Earth. She invokes this element in the invocation of the spirit, often wears earthy-coloured clothing and is the most 'grounded' and 'down-to-earth' of all the girls.

Four-Temperament Ensemble: Melancholic. She's usually level-headed, witty, brave and caring, but also anxious, self-doubting and prone to depressive episodes.

Gone Horribly Right: Her love spell on Chris. It works...but as a consequence he becomes utterly obsessed with her and he still doesn't respect her boundaries, turning him into a stalker.

Good Witch Versus Bad Witch: She is the good witch, whereas Nancy is the bad witch.

Graceful Ladies Like Purple / Purple Is Powerful: Wears a purple dress whilst she's being initiated into the coven.

Groin Attack: She manages to knee Chris in the groin when he tries to rape her, giving her the chance to escape.

Heroic BSoD: Briefly has one when she's lead to believe her father and stepmother have been killed, dropping into a fetal position and rocking back and forth whilst staring into space, though she quickly snaps out of it. She spends around half the climax running or stumbling around the house, crying and generally freaking out...until she finds the strength to invoke Manon, after which she Took a Level in Badass and becomes much calmer and more assertive.

I Just Want to Be Normal: Before she befriends Nancy, Bonnie, and Rochelle she tries to fit in with the in-crowd, but this goes astray when Chris spreads a rumor about her.

It's All My Fault: Though not explicitly stated, it's implied she blames herself for the death of her mother, who died giving birth to her. Later in the film, she also partly blames herself for Chris' death.

Mind over Matter: Her earliest on-screen magical feat is using telekinesis to rotate a pencil on her desk.

Missing Mom: Her mother died giving birth to her.

Naïve Newcomer: To both the school and to witchcraft at the beginning of the story, though as a natural witch, she has the most raw power out of the girls.

Only Sane Man: When the girls begin misusing their powers, only Sarah seems genuinely concerned.

Primal Fear: She is afraid of snakes and other creepy-crawlies.

Red Oni, Blue Oni: The blue to Nancy's red. She is comparatively a lot more level-headed, calm and serious.

Scar Survey: The girls at one point notice and ask about the scars on her wrists, which she confides were from her suicide attempt.

Shock and Awe: At the end of the film, she causes lightning to strike a tree branch to freak out Bonnie and Rochelle.

Team Mom: She is the most level-headed and matronly of the girls.

Took a Level in Badass: In the film's climax, once she realises her raw magic potential, kicks Nancy's ass and cancels out Bonnie and Rochelle's powers for good.

Troubled, but Cute: Has issues with self-harm, depression and self-esteem, but is a nice person and quite attractive.

Unskilled, but Strong: At the start of the film, Sarah has never had any formal training in witchcraft and knows very little about it, but she is naturally gifted in magic and has been unknowingly using it all her life. After she joins with the other girls and starts learning more about witchcraft, she becomes even more powerful.

Witch Species: The only natural witch of the four girls (that being a witch born with her powers). She inherited her abilities from her late mother.

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Beauty Is Bad: After getting rid of her scars and becoming attractive, she takes several levels of Jerkass as a side effect of this.

Beta Bitch: She acts like a bit of one to Nancy in the later stages of the film, though Nancy isn't exactly a traditional Alpha Bitch.

Co-Dragons: With Rochelle to Nancy by the film's climax.

Four-Element Ensemble: Air, according to Word of God, as she "sees things others don't". She also becomes quite 'flighty' after curing her scarring.

Four-Temperament Ensemble: Sanguine, though this only really comes out after she magically cures her scars (her personality is actually more Phlegmatic at first). She's initially sweet, observant and contemplative, though also shy with poor self-esteem. After her scars are removed, she's a lot more carefree, outgoing and enthusiastic, but also increasingly self-absorbed, flippant and irresponsible, as well as subservient to Nancy.

Good Girl Gone Bad: She started off a genuinely nice person, but turned vain and heartless once she was bestowed with the power of beauty and magic.

Good Parents: Her mother seems to be very caring and supportive, holding her hand as she goes through painful operations to treat her scars.

I Am Not Pretty: She makes multiple references to her feeling and being treated like a monster because of her scars, thus causing her to hide under layers of clothing. Another example is this:

Nancy: He comes on to anything with tits, Sarah.

I Just Want to Be Beautiful: She asks Manon to take her scars and to make her beautiful on the outside as well as in.

Nice Girl: She's quite sweet and friendly at the beginning of the film...until she gets powers anyway.

Noodle Incident: The accident that caused her burn scars is never elaborated on. It's also hinted at that she may have self-harmed in the past.

The Quiet One: Subverted. She's intially quite shy and soft-spoken, but after her scars are removed, she becomes more outspoken, even having the nerve to cat-call a random guy.

Raven Hair, Ivory Skin: Especially after her scars disappear.

Scars Are Forever: Subverted. She has severe burn scars on her back that no amount of surgery seems to be able to remove...but she's able to get rid of them using magic.

Screw This, I'm Out of Here!: After Sarah tricks her into thinking her burn scars have returned, only this time on her face, she flees along with Rochelle, believing it to be the Rule of Threefold at work.

Self-Harm: Possibly. After seeing Sarah's scars from trying to kill herself, she remarks that Sarah "did it the right way", leading Rochelle to ask how she knows it's the right way and carrying the suggestion that she's at least contemplated hurting herself.

Shameless Fanservice Girl: She becomes this in the second half of the film after curing her scars. Although she's not walking around naked, she's clearly aware of her attractiveness, happily strutting around in short skirts and cleavage-revealing tops and brazenly flirting with a random guy.

She Cleans Up Nicely: After her scars are removed, she begins grooming herself regularly.

She's Got Legs: And displays them quite well on the movie poster.

Shrinking Violet: Before her scars are removed, she is often quite shy and withdrawn.

Significant Wardrobe Shift: At the beginning of the film, she wears bulky and unflattering clothes due to her low self-esteem. After magically removing her scars and gaining more confidence, she starts wearing more revealing outfits and make-up to reflect this.

So Beautiful, It's a Curse: After a beauty spell is performed, she becomes increasingly narcissistic.

Those Two Girls: Often seen hanging out with Rochelle, more so than the other girls.

Took a Level in Jerkass: She becomes quite selfish and nasty by the end of the film, turning on Sarah.

Vain Sorceress: Becomes this eventually.

Rochelle Zimmerman

Amusing Injuries: When the girls manage to levitate her, they accidentally drop her from a height when Bonnie's mother walks in, causing her to exclaim "my butt!" in a pained but amused voice. She then insists the others try it too.

Black and Nerdy: The film's only black character, and she's a nerd to boot.

Black Best Friend: Out of the four girls her home life and family are not shown on-screen, emphasizing her status as a token character.
There was a deleted scene revealing she's the only black girl in the neighbourhood and that only Nancy made an effort to befriend her when she first moved in, though little else is revealed about her homelife.

The Chain of Harm: Rochelle is a victim of bullying, and in the end, she herself becomes a bully towards Sarah. Part of her even seems to be aware of this.

Co-Dragons: With Bonnie to Nancy by the film's climax.

Four-Element Ensemble: Water, according to Word of God. She likes swimming and is the most 'go-with-the-flow' out of all the girls.

Four-Temperament Ensemble: Phlegmatic. She's usually friendly, optimistic and non-confrontational, but also increasingly passive-aggressive, vengeful and a bit of a doormat, especially when it comes to Nancy.

actually Everyone Has Standards: She is shown to be genuinely disturbed when her curse causes Laura Lizzie to suffer a mental breakdown after going completely bald and is also the first to express some reluctance with Nancy's plan to kill Sarah.

her hair falling out, where she expresses a belief it's her actions "coming back [to her] times three" (she being unaware it's only a Heel Realization: Downplayed, as she doesn't change her behaviour and only gets worse, but besides Sarah, she's the only one of the girls who seems to become aware that she's abusing her powers, given her reaction to her curse on Laura, as well as her statement regarding glamour).

Hidden Depths: She is seen as being adept at swimming. Unfortunately, this is only witnessed in one scene and is never brought up again.

Kick the Dog: Not as much as the others, but she gets a moment in the school bathroom, tauntingly telling Sarah "Sweet dreams", after she and the others used magic to give her nightmares, and also ganged up on her to threaten her.

My God, What Have I Done?: Seems to have a brief moment of this when she sees what her curse has done to Laura Lizzie.

The Pollyanna: Downplayed. Although she's a victim of bullying, she retains quite an optimistic attitude and is openly the most cheerful of the girls. However, eventually the effects of the bullying, as well as the power-trip that comes with having magic, starts to get to her (which could possibly imply she's a bit of a Stepford Smiler).

Quirky Curls: Wears a style of very curly, dark brown hair and is a rebellious witch.

Revenge: Her primary motivation is getting back at Laura Lizzie for bullying her.

Satellite Character: She has no family (on-screen, at any rate), or real characterization outside of her encounters with other people.

Screw This, I'm Out of Here!: After Sarah tricks her into thinking her hair has fallen out, she flees along with Bonnie, believing it to be the Rule of Threefold at work.

Tempting Fate: Her sniggering to Bonnie that Sarah "probably doesn't have any powers anymore" in the ending scene. Sarah instantly proves her wrong by summoning lightning to strike a tree branch, which nearly falls on top of them.

Those Two Girls: Often seen hanging out with Bonnie, more so than the other girls.

Token Minority: Not just of the friends, but of the entire school.

Took a Level in Jerkass: Towards the end of the film, she becomes increasingly selfish, irresponsible and power-hungry, even turning on Sarah.

Turn the Other Cheek: Her initial attitude to Laura Lizzie's bullying, but she eventually decides cursing her to suffer every time she's mean to her is the way to go.

" I drink of my sisters and I ask for the ability to not hate those that hate me. Especially racist pieces of bleached blonde shit like Laura Lizzie."

Chris Hooker

mind you, Sarah just wanted to humiliate him, Nancy straight up Archenemy: Downplayed as he's not the Big Bad but can be seen as a mutual enemy of both Sarah and Nancy, having dated and Slut Shamed them both, and is a target of both their ire, and wrath (kills him). He can be seen as the films secondary antagonist with an important and antagonistic role in the plot.

Nancy uses her powers to have him Asshole Victim: thrown out of a high story window, after he tried to rape Sarah. Although he was under the effect of a love spell, he also spent much of the film being an arrogant Jerkass and treated women like crap.

Attempted Rape: As a result of the love spell and Sarah rejecting his advances, he tries to rape her.

Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: He's initially kind and charming towards Sarah, apologizing on behalf of his friends for how they behaved towards her in class and trying to make her feel welcome. However, he's soon revealed to be an arrogant, petty and entitled jerkass after Sarah turns down his advances.

Delirious Misidentification: When Nancy uses a glamour to take on Sarah's appearance, he quickly falls for it. The fact he's extremely drunk probably helps.

Dogged Nice Guy: Became one when Sarah put him under a love spell. He takes it to creepy levels eventually.

Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: Even though it's only brought up once, he admits to Sarah that in addition to loving her (while he was under the love spell, mind you), the only other people he ever had love for were his mother and a puppy he had as a child.

Freak Out!: When he realises he's been making-out with Nancy disguised as Sarah using a spell, and that she's a real witch.

Jerk Jock: He and his friends act this way towards several people in the film, especially Nancy and Sarah. He's also on the football team.

Loving a Shadow: Sarah's love spell seems to make him obsessively infatuated with her rather than genuinely falling in love with her. He remarks that he just woke up one morning and couldn't stop thinking about her. Sarah herself lampshades this when she's trying to snap him out if it, pointing out that he doesn't even know her. Then there's the fact that Nancy is able to seduce Chris by glamouring herself to look like Sarah. He's immediately taken in by it (being quite drunk probably didn't help) and Nancy herself points out he only thinks he loves her because of the spell.

Meaningful Name: His last name is Hooker and Nancy calls him a whore.

Really Gets Around: Nancy say's he comes onto anything with boobs.

Slut-Shaming: After his date with Sarah, he spreads rumors around the school that she puts out. Apparently, he did the same to Nancy in the past.

Stalker with a Crush: What he eventually devolves into towards Sarah after the spell's curse continues.

Would Hit a Girl: He physically attacks Sarah when she rejects him, throwing her to the ground and tries to force himself on her.

Laura Lizzie

Played By: Christine Taylor

Alpha Bitch: She is a racist who habitually tormented Rochelle until her hair fell out. She also mocks Sarah after Chris spreads rumours about her.

Asshole Victim: While she doesn't get killed, Rochelle punishes her by making her lose her hair. Although even Rochelle seems to feel bad for her when she sees the fallout.

Break the Haughty: She became more humble and civil to Rochelle after her hair fell out.

Hate Sink: Given her racism, haughtiness and penchant to spread rumors about other girls, she's clearly meant to be disliked. At first.

Heel Realization: Apparently had one after going bald, as she starts being civil to Rochelle..

Politically Incorrect Villain: Flat out tell Rochelle she doesn't like black people.

Sympathy for the Devil: She's not nice, but Rochelle is shocked to see how genuinely traumatised she is after the curse makes her hair fall out, and seems to begin to regret her actions.

Lirio

Played By: Assumpta Serna

Aloof Darkhaired Girl: Has brown hair and is somewhat stern, but she becomes friendly towards Sarah.

Cassandra Truth: Just about everything she says in regards to magic. None of the girls pay any attention until it's too late.

The Obi-Wan: Played with. She's an Older and Wiser witch, who tries to offer advice to the girls. However, most of them ignore her except Sarah, and she becomes something of a mentor to her towards the end of the film.

Parental Substitute: Becomes a bit of one to Sarah; she behaves in a maternal manner towards her and she's the only adult Sarah feels she can go to for help and comfort when things start going horribly wrong.

Playing with Fire: When she lights a candle, dozens of other candles light up too.

Psychometry: Possibly. She is able to tell Sarah upon their first meeting that her ring belonged to her late mother and that she had been a natural witch.

Token Adult: The only adult witch in the film (and the only adult who's actually helpful to the girls in any way).

True Blue Femininity: Usually wears blue.

Supporting/Minor Characters

Mr Bailey

Played By: Cliff De Young

Disney Death: Sarah is lead to believe he and his wife died in a plane crash after seeing it on the news, but he turns up alive and well at the end of the film and it's revealed the news report was just a glamour conjured by Sarah's ex-friends to mess with her.

Good Parents: He seems to be a loving and protective father to Sarah, trying to comfort her when she's upset, being supportive of her and actively going out looking for her when he thinks she's run away, though he seems a bit stumped as to how to get through to her exactly.

Happily Married: Is apparently to his second wife, Jenny.

Papa Wolf: He chases away the threatening homeless man who frightens Sarah with a poker, uses the same poker to take out a snake (Sarah has a phobia of them) and angrily confronts Chris with only a flashlight when he turns up outside Sarah's bedroom window in the middle of the night.

Parental Obliviousness: At the end of the film, when Rochelle and Bonnie turn up to see Sarah, he greets them rather cheerfully, apparently unaware that they'd recently used magic to terrorise and nearly kill his daughter.

Grace Downs-Sanders

Amazingly Embarrassing Parents: To Nancy; she rolls her eyes and slams her door on her when she tries to hang out with her and her friends.

Lady Drunk: Strongly implied; she's often seen with a drink in her hand and is apparently drunk in her first appearance.

Love Martyr: She's still with Ray even though it's strongly implied he abuses her and is distraught when he collapses and dies of a heart attack, even though he'd tried to hit her moments before. She doesn't seem all that upset after finding out how much his life insurance policy is worth, though.

Parental Neglect / Parental Obliviousness: Though she loves her daughter, she comes across as irresponsible, not really calling her husband out on his inappropriate behaviour towards Nancy and having no idea what she gets up to.

Womanchild: Comes across as one at times.

Ray Sanders

Jenny

Played By: Jeanine Jackson

Bit Character: She's only got about one line, appears in about two scenes maximum and has little impact on the overall plot.

Disney Death: Sarah is lead to believe she and her husband died in a plane crash after seeing it on the news, but it turns out she's fine in the end, as the news report was just a glamour conjured by Sarah's ex-friends to mess with her.

Flat Character: All we really know about her is that she's Mr Bailey's second wife and Sarah's stepmom.

Wicked Stepmother: Seemingly averted. Though they don't interact much on-screen, she and Sarah are apparently amicable. Also, the fact that Sarah shows concern for Jenny when she and her father disappear in the climax (and has a breakdown when she thinks they've been killed) and that Jenny was absent from the house, indicating she'd gone with her husband to look for Sarah when they believed she'd run off, implies that they care about each other to some degree.

The Vagrant

Sarah's mother

Death by Childbirth: She died giving birth to Sarah. It's implied that Sarah blamed herself for her death, which contributed to her depression.

Death by Origin Story / Posthumous Character: She's been deceased for years by the events of the film and we only ever see her photograph.

The Lost Lenore: Downplayed for Mr Bailey, as he has managed to move on and is now remarried. Played straight with her daughter Sarah, who despite never even meeting her mother, is deeply affected by her death and thinks about her lot.

Tragic Keepsake: Her ring, which her daughter Sarah wears to remind herself of her.

Witch Species: It turns out that she herself was a witch, explaining where Sarah got her powers from, and that her spirit watches over Sarah.

Manon

Enigmatic Empowering Entity: He grants Nancy great power after she invokes him, though unfortunately she abuses her powers. He later grants greater powers to Sarah after she invokes him too, allowing her to kick Nancy's ass.

The Ghost: Mentioned often, but never physically appears. Though, seeing as he's supposedly part of nature itself, it could be a subversion.

Powers That Be: He is said to be part of nature/the universe itself - Bonnie states that if God and the Devil were playing football, Manon would be the field they played on and the sun shining down on them.

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From the Infamous college scandal, this article points out how wealthy parents are putting their mediocre (able-bodied) kids’ on accommodations to cheat is a slap in the face to  kids who actually need them and struggle with learning disabilities. It’s already stigmatized to teens/kids who have a disability and want to succeed in education.

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Perspective | Could the fallout from the admissions scandal hurt kids with disabilities?

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Part of the college admissions scandal involved faking learning disabilities to get accommodations on standardized tests. This hurts the people who need those accommodations to be successful.

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Article recaps the conflict that has happened between the castmates on Basketball Wives reunion Evelyn Lozada and Ogom “OG” Chijindu. Opening up the conversation about colorism and how Evelyn and other castmates treat OG and describing as "agressive" towards them.

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Why The ‘Basketball Wives’ Colorism Conversation Was A Miss | Essence

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The Basketball Wives reunion was explosive in an unexpected way when the topic of colorism came up. Executive producer Shaunie O’Neal attempted to address it, but this is why her attempt fell short.

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Black girls rock -   LGBTQ+ need be included  

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Black girls rock -   LGBTQ+ need be included  

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Last month, Actress Angelica Ross took to twitter and brought up that Black Trans Women should be involved in Black Girls Rock, not just biological women. Also, reminding the black community of the tragic deaths of trans women. Ross’s comment has been receiving backlash because some argue that there are not enough spaces for black women only. Instead, it is an obligation to be inclusive.

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Amber Guyger sentenced 10 years  - receives forgiveness from a Christian family and Judge.

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Amber Guyger sentenced 10 years  - receives forgiveness from a Christian family and Judge.

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Troyce gives a rundown on about the murder of Botham Jean and Amber Guyger sentenced for 10 years. However, he points out how she is getting a slap on the wrist and comfort by the family, and judge versus if it were a black man or woman it would have been opposite.

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SEA H0RSE L00king BITXH Gets Away WITH  Ending BLK Man  "she's only human"

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Social Media - "Gillette: The Best Men Can Be" 

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Social Media - "Gillette: The Best Men Can Be" 

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Short PSA of Gillette calling out toxic masculinity of showing examples of the characteristics of stereotypical male roles and aftermath of showing the right solution for younger boys looking up to male role models.

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Porter talks about how he is breaking barriers and gender stereotypes that are in fashion norms. Also, being inspired of wearing the gown to the Oscars.

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UPDATE: Tonight, Billy Porter shut down the Met Gala red carpet when he arrived on a litter-carried by six shirtless men! Story here. At tonight's 91st Academy Awards in Los Angeles, California, Pose star Billy Porter defied fashion norms by stepping out onto the red carpet in an unapologetically fabulous gown. The custom creation by designer Christian Siriano included a sharply tailored tuxedo jacket overtop a full-skirted strapless velvet gown. A play on masculinity and femininity, the look challenged the rigid Hollywood dress code and was boundary-pushing in all the right ways. For the actor and singer, the fashion choice was deeply personal. Below, Porter reflects on coming to terms with his queer identity and how his fashion choices have became a powerful tool for self-expression and representation.
I've always been inspired by fashion. My grandmother, my mom-they were always stylish. I grew up loving fashion, but there was a limit to the ways in which I could express myself. When you're black and you're gay, one's masculinity is in question. I dealt with a lot of homophobia in relation to my clothing choices. [Even] when I had my first working contract at A&M Records, I was silent for a long time. I was trying to fit in to what other people felt I should look like. When I landed a role in Kinky Boots, the experience really grounded me in a way that was so unexpected. Putting on those heels made me feel the most masculine I've ever felt in my life. It was empowering to let that part of myself free.

Now I'm in a space where, being on Pose, I'm invited to red carpets and I have something to say through clothes. My goal is to be a walking piece of political art every time I show up. To challenge expectations. What is masculinity? What does that mean? Women show up every day in pants, but the minute a man wears a dress, the seas part. It happened to me at the Golden Globes [when I wore a pink cape], and I was like, really? Y'all trippin'? I stopped traffic! That Globes outfit changed everything for me. I had the courage to push the status quo. I believe men on the red carpet would love to play more. This industry masquerades itself as inclusive, but actors are afraid to play, because if they show up as something outside of the status quo, they might be received as feminine, and, as a result, they won't get that masculine job, that superhero job. And that's the truth. I've been confronted with that.

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Billy Porter on Why He Wore a Gown, Not a Tuxedo, to the Oscars

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UPDATE: Tonight, Billy Porter shut down the Met Gala red carpet when he arrived on a litter-carried by six shirtless men! Story here. At tonight's 91st Academy Awards in Los Angeles, California, Pose star Billy Porter defied fashion norms by stepping out onto the red carpet in an unapologetically fabulous gown.

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Jermaine Dupri faces critics of comment "stripper rapping"

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Jermaine Dupri faces critics of comment "stripper rapping"

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in the People interview, rapper, Jermaine Dupri was asked about his view/opinion on female rappers today.  After that interview, he started to receive a lot of backlash from female artists like Cardi B  that women in the music industry roles are oversexualized versus males who rap about money, women, etc.  Double standard.

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Jermaine Dupri is picking fights. The Atlanta rapper and producer recently sat for an interview with People, and he spent some time talking about Da Brat, the '90s rap star whose career he helped shepherd. In that interview, Dupri said that Da Brat "broke the mold for female rappers" and added, "since then, female rappers have been able to sustain and sell a lot of records - actually, more records than guys."

But when asked about current female rappers like Nicki Minaj, Cardi B, and Megan Thee Stallion, Dupri said this:

I feel like they all are rapping about the same thing, and I don't think they're showing us who's the best rapper. For me, it's like strippers rapping. As far as rap goes, I'm not getting who is the best rapper. I'm getting OK, you got a story about you dancing in the club, you got a story about you dancing in the club, you got a story about you dancing in the club. OK. All right. Cool. Who's going to be the rapper?... At some point, somebody's going to have to break out of that mold and talk about other things.

Afterward, his interviewers claimed that Dupri couldn't name a single female rapper who he respects right now. Here's the video:

Naturally, Cardi B, who is both a great rapper and a former stripper, did not take kindly to this. Interestingly, though, Cardi did not respond directly to Dupri. Instead, she made the point that plenty of female rappers don't really talk about sex all the time, and she offered up some examples: Tierra Whack, Kamaiyah, Rapsody, Alabama rapper Chika Oranika. Here's Cardi's response:

A couple of points. First off: There are more successful women in rap right now than at any time in the genre's history, and a whole lot of them are truly great. Second: Maybe the guy who got famous for introducing Kriss Kross to the world is not the ideal defender of the sanctity of rap. Just saying.

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Cardi B Responds To Jermaine Dupri's "Strippers Rapping" Comment

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Jermaine Dupri is picking fights. The Atlanta rapper and producer recently sat for an interview with People, and he spent some time talking about Da Brat, the '90s rap star whose career he helped shepherd.

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Toys/Merchandise  - Plastic Army Women Toys

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Toys/Merchandise  - Plastic Army Women Toys

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Company Bmc toys are starting to create female toy soldiers from a 6-year-old girl that wrote a letter of asking to have a representation of female troops - without coloring them pink.

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a toy company will make little green army women after hearing from vets and a 6-year-old girl - cnn

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A toy company will make little green Army women after hearing from vets and a 6-year-old girl

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A Pennsylvania toy company says it's making women toy plastic soldiers after getting requests from female veterans, toy fans, and a persuasive letter from a 6-year-old girl.

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In the episode "Cliff in love" Claire debunks Elvin's sexist view on the role of women serving their husbands and the difference between "serving" and giving 50/50 in a relationship.

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Claire Huxtable Brings Coffee and Teaches about Relationships