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The ranks here at FASHION are not filled with men. Shocking, right? But there are one or two (there are actually, literally, two). Naturally, when a question about male/female dynamics arises it’s only fair that one of them stand in for the members of his gender and provide some insight. Our last topic of conversation […]

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Welcome to the post-Harvey Weinstein era of Hollywood. The reckoning continues, and the conversations of the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements are constantly shifting: from sexual harassment, to power dynamics, to gendered wage inequality, to diverse representation on and behind the screen. Essentially, Hollywood is finally calling out all of the ways men and women […]

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Jess Tomlin has been working in women’s organizations for fifteen years. As the CEO and president of The MATCH International Women’s Fund, Tomlin is the kind of feminist who can toss memorized statistics on forced marriage and domestic violence casually into a conversation. In Tomlin’s own words, she “lives, eats and breathes women’s issues.” And […]

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The movement for gender equity in Hollywood often falls on the famous faces we see in front of the camera. But behind these brave, outspoken celebrities — and the inspiring heroines they play onscreen — are the women who create and define iconic female characters for film and television. In order for us to see the […]

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As a corporate senior communications specialist, Angela Moffat* gets plenty of face time with C-suite executives. This, she suspects, is the part of her job that can trigger a territorial instinct in female colleagues. The two times she made the decision to confide in higher-ranking women about an area she was struggling with, the response […]

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Woody Allen, Casey Affleck, Roman Polanski, Terrence Howard, Chris Brown. What all these men have in common is the fact that despite repeated rumours or allegations of assault, sexual harassment or sexual abuse, their work continues to be solicited and supported, encouraged and awarded. Although the likes of Harvey Weinstein, James Toback and Kevin Spacey […]

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In October 2017, The New York Times and The New Yorker published explosive articles detailing decades of alleged sexual harassment by former Miramax studio honcho Harvey Weinstein. Shortly after, women began to share their own personal stories of harassment, assault and abuse—congregated under the hashtag #MeToo, a term coined in 2006 by activist Tarana Burke, […]

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The ranks here at FASHION are not filled with men. Shocking, right? But there are one or two (there are actually, literally, two). Naturally, when a question about male behaviour arises it’s only fair that one of them stand in for the members of his gender and provide some insight. Our last topic of conversation […]

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After shocking allegations against Bruce Weber and Mario Testino (the Weinstein-esque OGs of the fashion world) appeared in the New York Times last month, the industry has been trying to find ways to deal with the reckoning newly arrived on their doorsteps. Condé Nast severed ties with the photographers. The Council of Fashion Designers of […]

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Every few years, we hear the same rumour: “the Spice Girls are doing a reunion tour!” And every time gossip gets going, the Internet explodes. (Who can blame them? It’s been almost 10 years since the iconic ’90s group’s record breaking world tour, and over five years since they last performed together as a five-piece. In […]

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The reverberations of the #MeToo movement are being felt far and wide, beyond the realms of Hollywood. Last month, the New York Times published dozens of allegations by models and assistants against famed fashion photographers Mario Testino and Bruce Weber, and the fashion industry has since been scrambling to find its own way to deal […]

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The ranks here at FASHION are not filled with men. Shocking, right? But there are one or two (there are actually, literally, two). Naturally, when a question about male behaviour arises it’s only fair that one of them stand in for the members of his gender and provide some insight. Aziz Ansari was our last […]

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