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 From Me to You

TV Will Save Us AllThe new wave of female awesomeness got here just in time.

THE HANDMAIDS TALE: COURTESY OF HULU. GIRLS, INSECURE: COURTESY OF HBO. I LOVE DICK: JESSICA BROOKS/AMAZON. JANE THE VIRGIN: SCOTT EVERETT WHITE/THE CW. THE MINDY PROJECT: RICHARD FOREMAN/HULU
i still remember the moment I gave up on The Sopra-
nos. It was five seasons into the epic HBO mob drama,
and my beloved Adriana La Cerva, the Jersey gangster
girlfriend whod tried unsuccessfully to persuade her
BF Christopher to ditch Mafia life and join her in witness
protection, was being driven into the woods by slick-haired
Silvio. I sat with my hand over my mouth as Adriana, realizing
that she is about to be murdered, begins to claw frenziedly at the
steering wheel with her long painted nails while Silvio hauls her by
the legs from the car, calls her a cunt, and shoots her. Thats it, I
said, turning to my husband. Im never watching this show again.
To be fair, this was a series about the Mafia. How did I think
Tony & Co. were going to treat a woman who was considering
turning them in? But I didnt care. Adriana had come to be the

Wait, You Havent Watched These Yet?!

ent message to me: This show is not for you.
I See Strong Women
The Handmaids Tale
up for 13 Emmys on
September 17centers
on defiant Offred, the
epic Elisabeth Moss.

only character I genuinely rooted for in the Sopranos universe,

one of only a handful of women and the only one at that point in
the show with a moral compass. I knew that series creator David
Chase had probably executed her so summarily to make a point
about the nasty, brutish nature of mob life. But it felt like a differ-

I found myself thinking about Adriana as we edited this issue,

dedicated to TVs current wave of amazing female-driven story-
lines and the women (and men) who create them. Whose stories
are interesting and whose are not? Who gets to live, to die, to be the
protagonist? What would Adrianas life have looked like if she had
been able to outrun Silvio and start a new life for herself? At one
point in this years perfect season of The Handmaids Tale, a show
that absolutely, 100 percent was (continued on page 32)

Critic Joy Press chooses her favorite 2017 episodesall helmed by female showrunners.

GIRLS: AMERICAN BITCH INSECURE: HELLA QUESTIONS I LOVE DICK: A SHORT JANE THE VIRGIN: THE MINDY PROJECT: MINDY
This stunning episode I love Issa Raes portrait of HISTORY OF WEIRD GIRLS CHAPTER SIXTY-ONE LAHIRI IS A WHITE MAN
from the shows a young African American Female characters How does this show Mindy Kalings TV alter
final season weaves woman and the way her share their sexual so perfectly balance sweet ego gets a chance to see
questions of power, friends in this episode help histories with us in a raw, and salty? This chapter how the other, white-male
ambition, and sexuality her navigate the awkward intimate episode of the combines Janes newly half lives in this classic
into a half-hour tour complications of her love series that goes places I unleashed horniness with comedy scenarioand
de force. life and her work. never knew TV could go. sharp political commentary. she likes it.

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 From Me to You
Three of my TV heroes for life:
Amy Poehler in anything
(right, Netflixs Wet Hot American
Summer: Ten Years Later)
and, left, Yara Shahidi and
Emmy-nominated Tracee
Ellis Ross in ABCs Black-ish
for me, Elisabeth Mosss Offred, enslaved and huddled in a closet, reads
the scratched words left for her by the rooms former occupant: Nolite
te bastardes carborundorum. Dont let the bastards grind you down.
Wouldnt it have been gratifying to see Adriana get that same support?
As youll read throughout this issue, shows that embrace womens
perspectives abound these days. Its strange how asleep TV was to the
experience of women in the audience for so long, says cultural critic Joy
Press, author of the forthcoming book Stealing the Show: How a Genera-
tion of Women Revolutionized Television. Think of how much womens
lives changed in the second half of the twentieth century, and you barely
saw that reflected! Today the view is realer, and on programs like Inse-
cure, UnReal, Queen Sugar, and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, theres no one way
to be a woman, says Press. Its no coincidence, BTW, that all those shows
are helmed by female showrunners: Research reveals that shows with at
least one female creator featured 37 percent more lead women characters
than those made just by menand when women are behind the camera,
youre also more likely to get a program in which women do things like
have jobs, be funny, or, you know, stay alive. Men certainly can and do cre-
ate complicated, awesome female characters (thank you, Ryan Murphy,
for your service), but the numbers show: Women do it more often.
Youd be forgiven for wondering why TV matters at all in these days of
serious political issues and racial division. But we all want to see our sto-
ries told, plain and simple. If you grow up in a world where you dont see
any versions of your life reflected in the culture, it makes you feel invisible
and unimportant, says Press. Women are tired of that, and I dont see us
going back. Besides, as Press points out, TV can serve as a platform to cre-
ate empathy for people who arent like you. The prisoners in Orange Is the
New Black or the family in Transparent arent abstractin the same way
that Will and Grace werent abstract, and by being relatable presences in
American living rooms, they helped change our views on LGBT equality.
I recently rewatched that Sopranos episode and remembered a detail.
Just before her death ride with Silvio, theres a brief shotAdrianas fan-
tasyof her driving south on the highway, solo, with her suitcase beside
her. Now thats a series Id like to watch, whether written by David Chase
or, say, reimagined by Ava DuVernay: Woman leaves
the mob, leaves the dudes, and lives her own damn
lifestar of the show.
Cindi Leive, editor-in-chief
With TV goddess @cindi_leive
Shonda Rhimesread
about her on page 92.
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5 Minutes With
a TV Pioneer
By Girls executive producer Jenni Konner
I met Lena Waithewhos just become the first African
American woman ever nominated for a comedy-writing
Emmy, for an episode of Master of Nonewhen I was
running my first show (I promise youve never heard of
it). She was the stylish and funny writers PA, and while
I fully missed my chance to take any credit for her bril-
liance, I do remember a coffee at Starbucks and I know
shes still talking to me, so thats all I can ask. Im so
impressed by who is she is and all she does in the world,
and luckily I still have her number.
JENNI KONNER: Let me start by saying congratulations!
And be honestyou knew this episode [Thanksgiving,
about coming out; see page 50] was a little special.
LENA WAITHE: I felt it was special when I was writing it;
there was something very unique about reliving such
a very important time in my life. Aziz [Ansari, her
cowriter] and I liked it. But you never know. It was so
specific and so niche that I didnt expect it to have the
sort of universal love that it did.
JENNI: You didnt find out until later that you were the
first black woman nominated in this category. Which is
amazing! What does that mean to you as a writer and
activist?
LENA: I was genuinely thrilled. The first woman of color
was Mindy Kaling, for an episode she wrote of The Office.
And Im the first African American woman. It definitely
was a reminder of how far we have to go in the industry.
And Im trying to do that as a mentor; I sponsor people to
go to television-writing classes. Because for me, its about
the craft. I dont want somebody to help a writer just
because theyre a person of color if theyre not good. I
want to teach them how to be good so that they not only
get a seat at the table, but they can stay in the room. Thats
what it means to me to be a first: I have an opportunity to
crack open a door for others to walk through.
JENNI: Did you have any fears around how personal and
BLACK-ISH: ERIC MCCANDLESS/ABC. WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER: SAEED ADYANI/NETFLIX.
raw that episode is? Do you feel pressure to represent
anyone other than yourself?
LENA: Im hyperaware that there are not a lot of out black
celebrities. There just arent. Its, like, me, Wanda Sykes,
RuPaul. And now Samira Wiley from Orange Is the New
LEIVE AND RHIMES: STEFANIE KEENAN/GETTY IMAGES FOR GLAMOUR
Black. Doesnt make sense! Now mind you, everybodys
journey is their own. But for me its more important
that I be a happy, successful, joyful gay black woman out
there in the world [so] that a young black girl who lives in
Detroit and is questioning whether shes going to have a
fulfilling life because shes gay can see me and know
theres a happy ending for her. That means more to me
than maybe getting a straight role. That little girl
means more to me.
JENNI: Youre killing the game, dude. You are killing it.
Now the most important question: Youre a super-rad
dresser who plays around the gender binary a lot. What
does an Emmy look feel like to you?
LENA: I gotta make a moment of it, you know what Im
saying? Im thinking tux. A fly tux. I gotta knock it out of
the park.
 @Glamourmag
On Rebels
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You were into the
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I absolutely love [Cara Delevingne]her
beauty is boosted by her open mind and
ability to speak it! @cerafusion, via
Instagram
On Trailblazing Women in Music
The oral history of Lilith Fair in the August
issue of @glamourmag is giving me all the
feels. @maggiewrobel, via Twitter
Thank you so much for your story about
Lilith Fair. I was in high school during
Liliths heyday, and all of the women you
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featured were on repeat on my stereo. I
cannot imagine my life without Sarah
McLachlan. I was unaware of all the push-
back that female artists received; your
story made me realize just how badass
those women are. I can only hope that one
day there will be another successful Lilith
revival or a festival of similar success.
Kristen H., Biloxi, Miss.
And Your Thoughts on Sex Now
In June, glamour.com launched the
Summer of Sex, a 12-week exploration
of how women are taking charge of their
sex lives in 2017. And youre totally into
To Playa del Carmen, Mexico!
I escaped my busy life as an
obstetric nurse practitioner to
enjoy the sunshine, the
ocean, and a pia colada.
Lorena Watson, 35,
Hidden Valley Lake, Calif.
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She really does know
how to serve face,
@xtinadebene5 posted
about August cover star
Cara Delevingne. Agreed.
women being honest about whatever
they like, including
masturbation:
I know what Im gonna be doing all week
@jadzy1982, via Instagram
asexuality:
I just wanna get in before all the nasty
comments and sayin a world thats so
sex-fueled, its nice for people who dont
have sexual desires to come to terms with
themselves and stop hating themselves
because they think theyre broken.
Erin Wilson, on Facebook
and the number of sexual
partners theyve had:
Shout out to the girl that said she doesnt
believe in counting!DeeBaby112 com-
mented on a glamour.com video. When
butterf f lyess replied: Why? Thats
gross, DeeBaby112 clapped right back:
I appreciate the honesty of the girls that
said more. Imagine if guys were to answer
thisitd be OK for them to be truthful
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 A Woman Made This
Pink Power
That little ribbon you see everywhere? Yeah, a woman made that. Two women,
actually, and made change for all of us.
You know the pink ribbon, a globally recognized
symbol for the fight against breast cancer, from
its appearance on everything from NFL game-day
footballs to red-carpet gowns; it has even darted
through clouds on the tail of a Delta airplane. The
ribbon is so ubiquitous, in fact, its hard to believe
that just 25 years ago a disease that strikes 12 percent
of American women lived in the shadows. You didnt
even mention breast cancer, says Alexandra Penney, who
was the editor-in-chief of Glamours sister magazine Self
at the time. But when Self founder Phyllis Starr Wilson
passed away from the disease in 1988, Penney, inspired
by the red ribbon for AIDS, put a baby-pink ribbon on
the magazines cover to honor her. Not many peo-
ple knew Phyllis died of breast cancer, even though
shed had it for a long, long time, Penney recalls.
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The Pink House
Penney, far left, and
Lauder visit the White
House in 1993.
LAUDER AND PENNEY: COURTESY OF ESTEE LAUDER. RIBBON: TIM HOUT; STYLIST: GABRIEL RIVERA AT R.J. BENNETT REPRESENTS
She then asked Evelyn H. Lauder, senior corporate vice pres-
ident of the Este Lauder Companies, to display the ribbons
on the brands Saks Fifth Avenue counter. Ill do you one
better, Penney says the beauty exec told her. Ill put them
on every counter. Having beaten breast cancer herself
years before, Lauder then went on to found the Breast
Cancer Research Foundationwith the pink ribbon as its
coat of arms. Though Lauder passed away from ovarian
cancer in 2011, her legacy endures in the astonish-
ing $700 million the BCRF has raised, leading
to advancements in prevention, diagno-
sis, treatment, and survivorship. As for
Penney? My granddaughter, who is 12,
recently said, The ribbons are every-
wheredid you really do it, Grandma?
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The best part of living in
the era of peak TV?
Having even more frothy,
freaky, relatable-as-hell
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Starting with
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The genius of Eighty-Sixed, Cazzie
Davids web series about digital-era
neuroses, lies in its self-awareness. As
Remi, a young woman spiraling after a
breakup, the 23-year-old makes three
things clear upfront: Remi is entitled.
Shes irritable. And shes always on her
phone. Everything about being a part
of her generationeven the tools she
uses to feel better about herself, like
social mediamakes her more insecure,
says David, who, with cocreator Elisa
Kalani, metes out snack-sized episodes
on 86edwebseries.com. A typical insight:
In Tight Vagina Melissa, about the
girl your ex dates after you, Remi
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Pick Your Posse
From top: Dynasty,
Will & Grace, The Deuce
My TV
Motto: You Go
High; Ill Go Low
Theres this thing I used to do
whenever someone asked if Id
finished watching the Latest in
Prestige Television: smile, nod,
and steer the conversation away
from the fact that Id spent the
weekend holed up with Lisa Van-
der pump a nd her miniat ure
horses (anything to avoid admit-
ting Ive never seen The Good
Wife!). But these days Im adopt-
ing a new mantra: Women contain
multitudes, and its only fitting
that our TV taste does too. So I
wont apologize for the fact that
my fall viewing schedule will be
packed with new series like the
CWs Dynasty reboot (October
11), which is all glitz, glowering,
She Said It: Stop wasting your money, boys, and try putting it to better use. Like paying my tab. Fallon Carrington, the new Dynasty
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Partners in Cringe
David, far left, and
Eighty-Sixed
cocreator Kalani
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begs her friends to post a picture of her
at a party. If I upload it, it looks desper-
ate, she whines. If Im just tagged in it,
then he knows I went out but didnt feel
the need to prove it. (Fun bonus: Davids
real-life love, SNL star Pete Davidson,
plays an eye-rolling waiter in episode six.)
But even more satisfying than her keen
observations on the art of social media
artifice is the way David, like her Curb
Your Enthusiasm creator pops, Larry
David, mines feelings of alienation for
laughs. My dad told me at a super-young
age that what I need to do to feel fulfilled
and not sad and alone is to write comedy,
she says. Hopefully, hes rightor Ill
really have been putting myself out there
for no reason. J.H.
and Mot-for-breakfastjust the
empty, escapist calories I crave.
NBCs Will & Grace revival (Sep-
tember 28) may be overly packed
with tweet able zingers, but the
dynamic among its four leads?
Comfort comedy at its finest. Then
theres The Deuce (September 10),
HBOs look at Times Square sex
workers in the seventies and eight-
ies thats anything but the James
Franco porn drama it was billed
as in the press. By midseason,
when it becomes clear the girls are
working a lucrative side hustle,
youll be glad you stuck around.
Heres to you, my fellow DVR devi-
antsand to watching whatever
turns you on. Caitlin Brody
 life. We love what
were doing. But
Ryan said, We need
the whole family or
nobody at all. So my
mom kind of sold it to
us as a great commer-
cial for our stores. We
were like, Ugh, fine. I
remember we found two
girls who worked across
the street from us and
asked them to run Dash
and Smooch for three days
while we shot.
The first thing we ever
filmed was a barbecue at my
moms house. That was our
pilot, I guess you could call it.
A barbecue! We didnt know
what the hell we were doing.
We had seen The Osbournes
and The Simple Life, but The
Osbournes was more security-
camera-footage style, very raw.
The Simple Life was all about
Paris and Nicole being out of their
environment. Our show, at first,
was like a very modern-day Brady
Buncha little gimmicky and with
a takeaway each episode. People
would say, Ive never seen a family
cuss each other out, or go through the
things you go through, and still be in
love with each other. But that was just
our twist on the dorkiness of having
this blended family that all gets along.

10 Years of After the first six episodes aired,

we started to get a little more foot traf-

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fic at our stores, but it wasnt a tourist

Kardashians: Khlo attraction or anything. Id still go to the

Fantastic Sams across the street from my

Looks Back store a few times a week to get a blow-dry

for $25. I did my own makeup. Occasion-
ally Ill catch an old episode and notice
After a reluctant start, Khlo Kardashian, 33, how we all talked in these baby voices. Its
became one of the biggest reality stars in the world. crazy if you listen to it now. I think maybe
On the tenth anniversary of Keeping Up With the we did it because we were nervous.
Kardashians, she reflects on that pivotal choice. I didnt start to really understand the
opportunity the series presented until
the fourth or fifth season. I was young,
In 2007, my sister Kourtney and I were inventory. We would take our 15-minute and I didnt care as much. The truth is
living together in a townhouse in Cal- lunch break together and eat in the back. that I was heavier then too, so not a lot
abasas, California, where we grew up. At my moms house, wed always have of endorsements were coming my way.
We were running our clothing store, these big family dinners. Ryan Seacrest Brands would prefer to align themselves
Dash, and our kids store, Smooch, right came to one and was like, You guys are with Kim or Kourtney, which I was totally
next to each other in the mall. We were crazy. You need to be on TV. My mom fine with because I was still along for the
there every day, and we had no other and my sister Kim wanted to do the show, ride. But its also a very sad thing to real-
employees: We did everything ourselves, but Kourtney and I were really against ize that most brands are interested only
from the taxes to the housekeeping and it. We were like, Nowe love our little in pretty, cute, in-shape girls. There were

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things I did back then that made me think,
Why am I doing this? I once did a deal with
t
Lets Hnid
a tampon company, and I was like, Why
am I so thirsty? But I was young, and you
feel pressure; you see your sisters getting
deals and youre like, Should I be doing
Rehw i ks us
something? Is a pad commercial all I can
lo wal
K r
get? Well, OK then. The older you get,
ug h some of he
and the more comfortable you become thro delible
in your skin, the more you begin to think most in ents.
om
on-air m
about what makes sense for you. When I

2009
started getting in shape and when I first
got married [to now-ex Lamar Odom,
the basketball player], a different amount
lem
tt Prob ott
of attention came my way. Because I had A Sco urtney s ex Sc
la p s K o r, K h lo
already seen my sisters go through it, I was es fou
After sh ove, in season ent class.
able to be pickier about my opportunities. , a b e m
Disick r manag i, Im Khlo
an ange
Now our lives have evolved. We film attends posed to say, H nt say it,
up ld
six days a week, 12 to 18 hours a day, every I was s tever, but I wou e, I dont
a k
single day. When you compile that much and wh mbers. I was li have a
e re m e b le m ;I
sh ro tt
footage into 13 or 14 44-minute episodes, anger p ys, Sco
have an m. These da says.
you can find a lot of drama. Not every b le s h e
Scott pro super close, ked-up
episode is juicy to us; its only juicy to the and I are gh he does f-c mily.
ou e fa
audience. Things like Kims robbery or Even th onsider him lik
ff, I s till c
Caitlyns transition? Thats the kind of s tu
stuff we wish we had never filmed. We
arent ever like, Oooh! Lets do this for
season nine. This is our life, and these are
the things that happen. And its funny 2 01 1
when we decide not to shoot things, people p
the Hum right, with
feel slighted. But when we film too much, t Over
Still No , second from utt heads
theyre like, Oh, you never should have lo b
n six Kh , far left, s
filmed that. Its a catch-22. In seaso dom, and Kim NBA player Kri
a r O n d , an
We never could have fathomed the ex Lam s then-husba left. W e h a d
al
over Kim s, second from was really voc
longevity of the showthat we would film m p h ri e , a n d I H u m p,
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hy relati dont lik
14 seasons and a handful of spin-offs. I unhealt Khlo says. I . Its mutual.
at, me
dont think anybody could have. When about th he doesnt like
it comes to our drama, we are a large, and

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blended family. If you put a microscope 2 016
over any family for 10 years, youre bound
e
to find cracks in the foundation. Thats just imes Fiv
the name of the game, and were strong Fame, T lot glitzier than
ow is a its.
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s e d to r, K im a n
it u
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y,
Kourtne
to have people tear them apart or judge
them. I totally get that, but this is what
we do. And we do it together. This is what 2017
weve chosen, and weve chosen to be as
ta Rica es out looking
raw and honest as we can. as told to t in Cos
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a t I w is h the ca ry.
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s her a times lik very side of th
10-Year Anniversary Special airs Sunday, Kim call she says. Its s h ow e
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 And Then God
Gave Us
Sam Heughan
His turn as rugged, romantic
Jamie Fraser on Outlander has
made the 37-year-old Scottish actor
one of the most desired men on TV.
Elissa Strauss asks five (very GLAMOUR: Speaking of high
cheeky) questions. standards, do you ever have
body anxiety while filming?
SH: Jamie is described as the
GLAMOUR: Diana Gabaldon, who king of men, and personally
wrote the Outlander books, has I am far, far away from that.
publicly praised your fine ass. Im a Scotsman. I love my
Thoughts? whiskey and bad Scottish
SAM HEUGHAN: Id say this: Diana foods. All actors are
Gabaldon has very good taste, and insecure. And Ive got my
she would know a fine ass if she saw insecurities, which is why
one. [Laughs.] Really, I feel very I go to the gym all the time.
fortunate that shes given me that
title. And if thats what youre looking
for, season three wont disappoint.

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 The Scenes That Changed
Everything
According to the women who
were in (or created!) them
Second row, from
left: NBCs This Is
Us, FXs Atlanta,
and Netflixs
Master of None
When This Is Us
let a woman put
herself first
After [my character] Kate broke up
with her fianc, Toby, some people were
like, Kates so mean. Finally a woman
doesnt think she needs anyone else, much
less a man? Yeah, that stirred up discus-
sion. And its not done enough. Women
arent taught to put themselves first.
Theyre taught, Dont shine your light;
diminish it. Kates figuring out who she is
and that it doesnt matter at what age that
happens. star Chrissy Metz
Molly Carter: You gotta f-ck a lot of frogs to get a good frog. Issa Dee: Thats not the saying. Or any saying. Insecure
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When Atlanta
revealed our rituals
In the pilot, after Earn [Donald
Glover] and I make our way out of bed, I
head to the bathroom, and as we discuss
child care options for that evening, I pull
off my headwrap and start undoing my
bantu knots. For me, taking the time to
detangle and braid my hair before going
to bed is a part of my personal routine.
But the moment isnt only about hair: Its
about choosing to share how people actu-
ally live their lives. star Zazie Beetz
When Master of None
used personal experience
to shatter a stereotype
A very quiet, important thing hap-
pens at the end of the Thanksgiving
episode: Denises mom grabs her hand,
pulls her in, and says, Im happy for you. Its
such a pivotal moment for women, partic-
Girls Like Us
Top row, from left:
Comedy Centrals
Broad City and
FXs Better Things
ularly women
of color, who may
be str uggling w ith
what its like to have a gay
child. The grabbing of the hand,
the looking in the eyes and saying,
BROAD CITY: COURTESY OF COMEDY CENTRAL. BETTER THINGS: PAMELA LITTKY/FX. THIS IS US: RON BATZDORFF/NBC.
Im happy with the way you turned out,
instead of this long speech of Its OK that
youre gay, is a moment of acknowledg-
ment. For a lot of queer people, thats all we
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could ever want. writer and star Lena
Waithe (hear more from her on page 32)
When Broad City pegged
true friendship
Theres a scene where Abbi is hooking
up with her neighbor Jeremy, and he sug-
gests that she put on a strap-on and peg
him. She immediately goes into the bath-
room to call Ilana. cocreator and star
Abbi Jacobson
The thing we love is that Abbis like, I
dont know if I want to do it, and Ilanas
like, You wouldnt have called me if you
didnt. Sometimes we need our friends to
be mirrors, not to tell us what to do, but to
tell us what were thinking. cocreator
and star Ilana Glazer
When Better Things tackled
motherhoodlike a mom
One of the first things I wrote was the
scene when I wake up to find [my
 Moments of Clarity
From top: HBOs
Game of Thrones,
Netflixs Orange Is the
New Black, Hulus
The Handmaids Tale
characters daugh-
ter] Duke is faking
sick. All the kids are scream-
ing, and a bunch more kids come
into the house. They all leave, and I just
go back to bed. When youre a mom, you
have all this chaos around you all the time.
When the quiet hits you in the face, youre
like, I just want to be still. cocreator
and star Pamela Adlon
When Orange Is the New Black
didnt pull the trigger
The scene where Taystee held a gun up
to [prison guard Piscatella] was really a
reaction to, What are we going to do as a
people that feel ignored? I love that she
chose not to shoot him because, to me,
that was saying that we, as a country,
dont have to do the eye-for-an-eye thing.
We can be better than our enemy, and we
can be better than operating out of this
hateful place. star Danielle Brooks
When The Handmaids Tale
gave us a sympathetic
female villain
Whats interesting about The Hand-
maids Tale is that, even though women
are oppressed, many of the oppressors
are other women. [In the ceremony
scene, during which Serena Joys hus-
band has nonconsensual sex w ith a
handmaid], shes got a lot of emotions
about not being able to give her husband
a child. But youre like, How could she
Dude, we should Shark Tank period pants. Abbi Abrams, Broad City
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be more upset
than the woman
getting raped in her
lap? And yet you feel her
pain. I loved being able to explore
the duality in all of the characters,
even the ones who seemed like the vil-
lains. director Reed Morano
When Game of Thrones
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redefined the friend zone
Ive really enjoyed seeing a relation-
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ship be tween a woman [Brienne of
Tarth] and a man [Jaime Lannister]
progress over so many seasons without
any particular sexual emphasis. It not
only helps us to view women as people
instead of sex objects, but we see a man
form a relationship with a woman thats
not based on her physical attractiveness.
Ive been so surprised by the number of
people who say that they take inspira-
tion from Brienne of Tarth; I wasnt sure
the world was ready for her yet. star
Gwendoline Christie
Repor ting by Je ssica Kantor and
Samantha Leach
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specializes in belts, such as
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founder of
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lar, so Ive run into my is to wear semi-slouchy ones are dressy squashed any-
fare share of knots. Try this: with midi skirts or dresses so enough to be in thing! Aurora
a grand setting, James, creative
Attach the clasp of one to the that your hemline covers the
but not so director of
ring of the other (and v ice top of the boot. (In other words: bling or fashion
versa). It should create one big For the love of God, please do Brother Vellies
to be out of
loop, and when you fold it over not tuck your jeans into them!) place in the ENERGIZING IT
itself, it looks like two neck- The way Caroline Issa wears office, says (IF THATS
Caroline Issa. YOUR THING)
lacesbut wont get tangled. them at right is perfect.
I keep my jewelry
on selenite crystal
slabs [as little as
$10 on Etsy] over-
night to cleanse it
Get This Bag While You Still Can of bad vibes. Sele-
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Dare we say it? Danse Lente is the new It Brand. crown chakra, so
We know a home run when we see one. And though handbag brand Danse when I put my
Lente is less than a year old, 34-year-old Korean designer Youngwon Kims pieces on in the
styles are already causing massive fanfare in our office and beyond. Our morning, I feel
faves: the bucket at right ($495), and the box bag ($455)the latter of which ready to take on
has sold out three times on the companys site, Net-a-Porter, and Moda Ope- the day! Hollie
randi. If you can manage to get your hands on any of them, try this styling Bonneville
advice: I wear them with khaki culottes, black brogues, a white tailored Danse Lente Barden, creative
shirt, says Kim, right. Oh, and gold earrings. Done! Lauren Chan bag ($495, director of
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Ann Taylor ($30,

anntaylor.com)

Roxanne Assoulin
($75, roxanne
assoulin.com)

Simon Sebbag Designs

($135, Irresistibles,
New Canaan, CT)

Shoot for
Dinosaur Designs Some
($180, dinosaur
designs.com)
Hoops
But dont limit
yourself to gold or silver.
Everyones favorite
shape comes in
all colors and sizes
these days.

Aurlie Bidermann
($175, aurelie
bidermann.com)

Elizabeth and
James ($90,
net-a-porter.com)

Vita Fede ($425,

vitafede.com)

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Proenza Schouler
shoes ($960,
proenzaschouler.com)

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West!
Into the seasons cowgirl
trend? Try these subtly
Western pieces.

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Cuyana bag ($295,

cuyana.com)

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Outts
for Monday
Days
I love playing with
textures! Try mixing
leather, like this skirt, with
chunky knits and soft
suede shoes.
Mari Giudicelli is a shoe Loft sweater ($60, loft.com).
H&M Studio skirt ($70,
designer praised (rightfully hm.com). Maryam Nassir
Zadeh pumps ($379,
so!) for helping usher in the mnzstore.com). Le Specs
ultracool antistiletto. Watch sunglasses ($69,
nordstrom.com). Baggu tote
her work low heels with a ($220, baggu.com).

weeks worth of outfits.

Wednesday
On days I work from home (meet my cat, Caju!), I like to wear
cozy things, like this knit dress, without being in sweats. You
cant see my shoes but they are furry slides.

Tuesday Scotch & Soda dress ($168, scotch-soda.com)

I usually wake up and throw on something comfy like
this jumpsuit for my coffee run. Shoes with a small heel are
super easy to wear but still look a little put together.
Apiece Apart jumpsuit ($395, apieceapart.com).
Mari Giudicelli mules ($974, Totokaelo, NYC).
Thursday
Tapestry patterns are my weak spot. For a unique combo, I
pair a fun print with jeans and pointy mules.
Sandro coat ($520, sandro-paris.com). Ei8ht Dreams jeans
($255, eightdreams.com). Baggu clutch ($120, baggu.com).
Maryam Nassir Zadeh mules ($387, mnzstore.com).

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Friday
Im all about dressing up for dinners with friends. Here I paired green faux fur with
leopard-print pants for fun. Oh, and I always wear black heels for evenings out!
Babaton for Aritzia coat ($275, aritzia.com). Kate Spade New York
pants ($198, katespade.com). Zara bag ($30, zara.com). Mari Giudicelli pumps
($460, modaoperandi.com).

STYLIST: LILLI MILHISER. HAIR & MAKEUP: DAWN BROCCO AT NEXT MODELS. LOCATIONS: CARACAS, DEVOCION

Sunday
This look took its cue from French girls
who like wearing minis with ballet flats. Its
feminine and easy, but the trench adds a
touch of masculinity.
Lands End coat ($159, landsend.com). Madewell
dress ($88, madewell.com). Maryam Nassir Zadeh
bag ($565) and pumps ($379, mnzstore.com).

Saturday
I have a great view of downtown New York from my apartments fire escape,
so I like hanging out there. Just give me a book, a computer, and a comfy
outfit like this sweater and boyfriend jeans.
Tory Burch sweater ($448, toryburch.com). American Eagle Outfitters jeans ($50, ae
.com). Raen sunglasses ($150, raen.com). Martiniano pumps ($515, needsupply.com).

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Berets
Are In!
Work Those Resale Sites Heres how to
wear em.
It can be daunting, but it can save you a ton of cashand
even make you some. A few tips to make it easier.

Meet our latest

fashion obsession:
Jarae Holieway, 24,
a stylist and bona
fide queen of the
beret (proof in these
photos!). We saw
PRICE CHECK the beret trend
Feast your eyes:
This pink sapphire- emerge last season,
encrusted Herms buttruthit can be
Birkin is the hard to pull off.
priciest bag on
vestiairecollective
Her 1-2-3 go tips:
.com$218,244, 1. Shop vintage
used!
(at places like
villagehatshop.com
and ebay.com) for
the best pieces.
When logomania and #throwback fashion came 3. Work the platform. On some sites, like Vesti- 2. Wear it tilted to the
into style this year (thanks, Gucci and Balenciaga!), aire, youre connected directly with the seller, so you side for edge.
editorsincluding myselflooked to resale sites can ask questions (like, Did this bag come from a 3. Dont be shy about
to snap up popular bags from the past. Bags are the smoking home?) and negotiate prices, up to an extra matching it to your
number-one selling item on second-hand platforms, 30 percent off. Others, like The Real Real, offer outfit, which, she
so finding the one you covet most can be a challenge. promo codes regularly and credits for first-time says, makes for
Feeling up for it? Start with a reputable site where customers. Hey, now you know! good color, class,
you know the merch is legit. Our favorites: vesti- and sass!
airecollective.com, thredup.com, therealreal.com, If youre selling
1. Know what goes fast. Michael Kors is our top- Lauren Chan
and trendlee.com. Then forge ahead with these tips:
searched name, says ThredUps Samantha Jacob. BAG: COURTESY OF VESTIAIRE COLLECTIVE. HOLIEWAY: LINNEA BACKSTROM

If youre buying Trendlees Rachelle Balagtas adds, Our clients

1. Sleuth out when new stock arrives. New
items are usually added on a schedule. Sites dont
reveal exactly when (though, pro tip: Trendlee con-
firmed to Glamour that they post fresh merch on
Wednesdays at 1:00 P.M. Eastern), so check back
often to suss out when new styles pop up. Miss out?
Sites typically have a wish list or item alert to
notify you when your particular bag is restocked. It
works! Thats how I got my Louis Vuitton Cluny this
spring, says fashion features editor Lauren Chan.
2. Dont underestimate editors picks. With so
much resale stock, platforms try to help you narrow
things down. These are editors, not bots following
your online click habits, and they have an eye for past
trends that are suddenly hot again. Browse those
sections first to save you from endless scrolling.
love Vuitton. And Mansur Gavriel is the holy grail:
We have 100-percent sell-through on their back-
packs and bucket bags, Jacob says. And any brand
sells best if its well maintained, so store your bags
stuffed to keep their shape and in a dust bag to pre-
vent scratches or fading.
2. Check commission fees. Each site takes a cut,
so shop around for the best rate. During September
and October, ThredUp will waive its 20 percent com-
mission fee for Glamour readers if you sell through
thredup.com/glamour. Vestiaire has commission
fees starting at 25 percent, The Real Real takes
between 15 and 45 percent (its lower for higher-
end items), and Rebagg (Trendlees sister site) buys
items outright from sellers instead of using a com-
mission structure. Good luck! Florence Kane

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Up Front The lineup at the special
Vuitton show in Japan, from
left: Jennifer Connelly, Michelle
Williams, Isabelle Huppert,
Sophie Turner, Laura Harrier,
Keough, and her husband,
Ben Smith-Petersen.

Bag
Lovers
Dream!
Actress Riley Keough
traveled to Japan for Louis
Vuittons cruise show and
learned a thing or two.

i ve been a fan of Louis Vuitton as runway has taught me to be inspired by experiencethe location, the col-
UP FRONT: JEAN CHUNG/GETTY IMAGES

far back as I can remember. After
my very first substantial pay-
checkwhen I was 14I bought a
little patent leather LV wallet, the
first Vuitton piece I ever had. Now
everything I wear by Nicolas [Ghesquire,
the brands artistic director] makes me
feel like a boss. Hes so talented its crazy.
Watching his creations come down the
bigger concepts, like a country, place, or
structure. And seeing what he combines
for every collection also influences my per-
sonal style. Sometimes I want to feel sexy;
sometimes I want to feel a bit androgy-
nous. Id say most of the time I tend to be
less drawn to extra-feminine silhouettes
and more attracted to modern shapes like
Nicolas. He makes his shows a complete
ors, the clothes, the musicthat sticks
with you. The cruise show itself outside of
Kyoto was my favorite part of this trip, but
I also loved just driving through the Japa-
nese countryside to get to it.
Keough costarred in Mad Max: Fury
Road and will appear in The House That
Jack Built. Turn for more from her trip.

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The Runway
Models walked a suspension bridge at the I.M.
Peidesigned Miho Museum, outside of Kyoto.
Seeing that was truly one of the most memorable
experiences of my life. And the jackets in the show
were incredible. Especially the leather styles. Love.

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Her Bag
No Autographs, Obsession
Please I took one of Nicolas
These girls were actually Twist bags to the show.
doing a school assignment Its my favorite shape,
to learn English, and they but I also love it for
asked me to help! practical reasons:
It opens and locks
really easily.

Eyes on You
Selfie The one LV item shed buy over
Moment and over if money were no
Taken by my object? Thats so hard! Bags
husband, Ben, on or shoes. Above: Ghesquire
a morning walk enlisted designer Kansai
around Kyoto. Yamamoto to create samurai
faces for resort pieces.
Louis Vuitton bag (select Louis
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Edited by Ying Chu

This Is What a
Beauty Icon
STYLIST: MALEEK A MOSS; HAIR: JEFF FRANCIS AT UTOPIA NYC; MAKEUP: VICTOR HENAO; MANICURE: TATYANA MOLOT AT ARTISTSBYTIMOTHYPRIANO.COM. SEE GLAMOUR SHOPPER FOR MORE INFORMATION

Looks Like
Trailblazing ballet star Misty Copeland has
landed a major beauty campaign
and heres why that matters. By Ying Chu

Ive struggled
with not fitting the mold,
even before ballet,
says Copeland, 35.
Jill Stuart dress.
Egal Dance leotard.
Dior earring and ring.
EF Collection choker.

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Beauty / Personal History

m isty Copeland has this way of making

things look easy. Arriving at her Glamour
shoot with a sunny energy and a wide, beaming smile, she instantly
makes everyone feel as if she is just one of us. Then the second she steps
in front of the camera, boomyou realize who youre in the room with.
Here is a prodigy who started dance at the advanced age of 13, then
became the first African American principal dancer at the American
Ballet Theatre (one of the top companies in the world)a woman who HER OFF-DUTY LIP
HER PRESHOW RITUAL
Este Lauder Modern
Muse Eau de Parfum
($88 for 1.7 fl. oz.,
esteelauder.com)

was a muse to and collaborator with Prince and is an author, a diver- Este Lauder Pure
Color Envy in
sity advocate, and an idol to young dancers everywhere. Shes petite Insatiable Ivory ($32,
(5'2") but has the effortless strength of an athlete, something that comes esteelauder.com)
across as she nails every move for our photos and video on the first try
(watch her beauty hacks on glamour.com/lipstick). And while shes
humble about her own beauty, shes big on playing cheerleader to others. I FEEL MOST BEAUTIFUL
Listen in as she talks about challenging conventions, and how her new WHEN IM ONSTAGE
role as the face of Este Lauder Modern Muse fragrance helps her do it. Chlo blouse and
camisole. Graziela
GLAMOUR: Lets go backhow did you find confidence as a young dancer? Gems earrings and rings.
MISTY COPELAND: It took me a while to understand that the classical bal- EF Collection choker.
let field is so much about what you look like, and also to accept that its Under Armour shorts.
OK to be different. I dont need to look like every ballerina thats come
before me. As a young person, I wish I had had more examples of suc-
cess through people who looked like me, showing me that brown skin is
beautiful. Ive been able to discover beauty on my own terms.
GLAMOUR: Whom have you looked up to along the way?
MC: Veronica Webb [the first African American model to land a major
beauty contract, with Revlon in 1992]. She was one of the first ground-
breaking black women I met early in my career. She set an example that
there were endless opportunities no matter where you came from.
GLAMOUR: Have you always been into beauty?
STILLS: JOSEPHINE SCHIELE. SEE GLAMOUR SHOPPER FOR MORE INFORMATION
MC: My mother loved makeup. She never left the house without full mas-
cara and red lips. But as a child, I never wanted to stand out. The most
I wore, up until high school, was clear mascara. I didnt really discover
makeup until I became a dancer, and I still dont wear much when Im
not working. But Ive always been a big perfume person. Its something
I put on before I step into rehearsal or onto the stage. I think its nice for
my partner to smell something beautiful, and it has kind of just become
a part of this ritual of my preparing to go onstage.
GLAMOUR: When do you feel most beautiful now?
MC: Onstage, when Im able to really become the characters. Something
about all that hard work and history makes me feel beautiful. Its not
that I feel ugly in my everyday life; its just not my goal to be beautiful.
GLAMOUR: So what motivated you to do a cosmetics campaign?
MC: Its important for women to see themselves represented in every hue
and every shape, with different careers and different paths. You dont
have to have plastic surgery; you dont have to be stick-thin and starve
yourself to be beautiful. I feel like I represent a lot of people. And I want to
encourage young people to love themselves and accept who they are.

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 Beauty / Love Your Hair
Tip: Use a large-barrel
curling iron from ear
level down; brush
it out for a soft
finish, right.

I love to
have my hair
frame my face.
My favorite look is
the half-up pony.
Kelsey Lafferty
@kelseylearlafferty
Tip: On a half-back braid,
pancake your strands (that
means tug at them) to Tip:
add volume, Make a high
left. half-pony, right,
for a playful Brigitte
Bardot silhouette.

Your Hair Lookbook

New ways to wear your hair down this month, Glamour-editor tested! By Jennifer Mulrow

Tip: Create faux bangs,

HAIR AND MAKEUP: MIA SANTIAGO AT CELESTINE AGENCY

leftbring curls
forward from the
crown and pin
at hairline.
My curls
tend to do their
own thing, and
I like to let them!
Amber Rambharose
@amberdeexterous

Tip: Try bobby pin art,

left, to sweep
hair off your
face.

Tip:
Braid from
your hairline
back, above right,
securing with
an elastic the same
color as your hair.

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Beauty / Star
My beauty
standard
is me
Shonda Rhimes, TVs most powerful
woman and a Dove collaborator,
h
loves the way she looksand sharing
how she got there.
er name is synonymous with addictive television. As
a producer, she rules an entire night (TGIT) on ABC
with her female-led, diverse casts on Greys Anatomy,
Scandal, and How to Get Away With Murder, yet somehow still
has time to write a best-selling book (Year of Yes) and partner
with Doves Real Beauty Productions as creative director. Here,
Shonda Rhimes spills her secrets.
My DGAF attitude: My sisters and I were actually sitting
around the other day, talking about the fact that we grew up in
a weird way: not caring what anybody else thinks. This sounds
crazy, but were not concerned by other peoples thoughts about
how we should look or be or think. I think about how to impart
that to my three girls. I want to make sure they know who they
are, not some ref lection of what they think beauty is. My I
look fantastic headspace: I think once youre there, youre
there. For me, it was also saying to myself, Look at all these
women you knowyou think theyre beautiful and interesting
and fantastic and fabulous. Why dont you compliment yourself
the same way? I dont necessarily look at anybody and think,
This is my beauty standard, because my beauty standard is now
me. My confidence boosters (which will be very famil-
iar to Greys fans): Im very music-oriented, and so for me its
playing a lot of music very loudand dancing. I firmly believe
I can dance anything out. But Im also very big on long, long,
long showers. You can shower anything out too. My cant-live-
without-it beauty ritual: Im a mask-oholic. I do a mask
every single day, all different kinds. Farmacy has a really good
one [above]. My makeup extremes: I do not wear makeup
every day, except if Im being filmed, in which case I wear a very
thick layer of it. My early TV influences: We didnt watch a
lot of television growing up, but I remembered when Lisa Bonet
Glamours Favorite Shondaland Beauty Moments
When Scandals Nobody removes
Olivia Pope a wig and makeup
briefly ditched with more
her D.C. life for emotion than
island time with Viola Davis on
Jakeand she let How to Get Away
her curls loose. With Murder.
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HER HYDRATING
BODY WASH
Dove Sensitive HER DAILY MASK FIX
Skin Body Wash Farmacy Honey
($5, dove.com) Potion Mask ($56,
sephora.com)
and the women on A Different World showed up. There were very
few examples of women who looked like me. And I dont par-
ticularly mean [only] women of color but women who looked
like actual women, who had hips and bodies. My hope for the
evolution of beauty ideals: Dove showed me a study where
69 percent of women said they dont see themselves reflected on
television and in advertisements, in movies or anything. That
idea of being erasedwhere theres somebody out there whos
being defined as the girl, the woman, the smart person, the hot
RHIMES: ROBERT TRACHTENBERG/TRUNK ARCHIVE. SCANDAL, HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER:
chick, and none of them are youis still so damaging to me. We
put out a call on social media asking women and girls for their
definition of beauty. We got thousands of submissions, and weve
done three videos so far. One was with a woman, Kylee, whos
from a conservative town. Her mother, a hairdresser, raised her ABC. GREYS ANATOMY: ABC VIA GETTY IMAGES. STILLS: JOSEPHINE SCHIELE
in this very feminine, girly way; she just never felt like herself. So
she cut her hair short and opened a barbershop. She created what
she feels is a safe place in Salt Lake City, where she cuts hair for
women and men, and they can define their own notion of what
beauty is. Working on stories like this, it felt like another way to
really reach women, and allow young girls to have a way to see
themselves. as told to Abby Gardner
Who among us
cant relate to
Lexies new-start
blond look after
splitting with
McSteamy on
Greys Anatomy?
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These Fall Perfumes

Gave Us All the Feels
Fragrance is emotional! Glamour staffers blind-tested dozens of scents to find out
which to wear for the mood youre in. By Amber Rambharose

i ts true what they say, the right

scent can f lood you with mem-
orieslightning-fast and in
picture-perfect detail. For me,
its Yves Saint Laurent Opium, the
woody, lush fragrance that was my
mothers favorite when I was growing
up; it instantly reminds me of her when
I smell it: unshakable, defiant, and
incredibly strong. And on days when
I need to steel my nerves, I douse my
wrists and neck with a little extra and
feel the courage coming on. So when
the seasons new perfumes started
arriving by the boxload in the Glamour
offices, I thought, Im sure theyll smell
good, but how will they make me feel?
I rounded up my colleagues to assess
them from that point of view. Here, in
their words

These Made Us Feel

Romantic
Notes in common:
tuberose, neroli, citrus

1. Dior Miss Dior ($124, dior.com)

This scent has the citrusy sweetness of
sitting outside in summer, drinking
lemonade, and falling in love for the first
time. Kate Friedman
2
2. Valentino Valentina Blush
($120, nordstrom.com)
This takes me back to getting ready for a 1
date with my first love. My room would fill
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COUPLE: K AJETAN K ANDLER/GETTY

up with perfume, hairspray, and the

feeling of excitement. Erin Reimel

3. Aerin Tuberose Le Jour 3

($215, aerin.com)
I got married in a garden, and this scent
evokes that summer day, brimming with
blooms. Jessica Militare

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4
These Took Us to
Another Place
Notes in common:
moss, wood, musk
4. Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue
Eau Intense ($108, macys.com)
Its very light and fresh, and reminds
me of the smell of the air at my beach
house. Gavin Walters
5. Tom Ford Oud Wood Intense
($310, tomford.com)
This smelled like seasoned leather at
first but turned to smoke, bringing to
mind midwinter drinks with friends
by the fire. Laurel Pinson
8 8. Tiffany & Co.
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6
6. Bulgari Le Gemme
Imperiali Splendia ($332,
bloomingdales.com)
Its green but also smoky, like mist
after rain in some distant, tropical
place. Amber Rambharose
7. Calvin Klein Obsessed for
Women ($94, macys.com) 7
Its fresh but has a sense of maturity,
like an orchard turned vineyard.
Rachel Nussbaum
These Made Us Feel
Comforted
Notes in common:
jasmine, iris, fruit
9
WOMAN: DANIEL KIM PHOTOGRAPHY/STOCKSY. STILLS: JOSEPHINE SCHIELE
($100, bloomingdales.com)
This smells like my moms garden in my
childhood home; its soothing, fresh, and
floral. Jennifer Mulrow
9. Jason Wu ($70, saksfifthavenue.com)
Its serene, in an early-spring way, like
Central Park coming back to life. All I want
to do now is chill out on a bench with a good
book. Lindsay Schallon
10. Mugler Les Exceptions Wonder
Bouquet ($225, mugler.com)
Its warm, like the feeling of being held or
a comforter washed in f lowers. It would
calm me down if I got stressed out.
Christopher Rosa
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t
Adult Acne,
Still?
Youre not alone: Its on the rise. Well help you deal when your face
thinks youre 13. By Katheryn Erickson
here are very few things that feel as unfair, at least in
the beauty realm, as waking up with pimples when
youre a grown-ass woman. The one thing that softens
the blow: Acne is no longer something to be ashamed
of and to mask in heaps of concealer (see celeb Insta gram
selfies of spot treatments and the viral world of YouTube phe-
nomenon Dr. Pimple Popper). Still, having a face full of zits in
your thirties is a drag, and with derms telling us that female
adult acne is on the rise, we hunted down the latest fixes to
cure and prevent it, without turning into a flaky mess.
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Seeing Spots
Ninety-three
percent of adult
women have been
affected by acne,
one survey found.
FACE: DANNA WEXLER. SURVEY SOURCE: DIFFERIN
First, Know Why Youre Breaking Out
Hormonesthey continue to act up. You know your
hormones were behind the acne of your adolescence. During
puberty, your hormones are suddenly acting on your oil glands,
explains R. Sonia Batra, M.D., a dermatologist in Santa Monica,
California. Skin tends to be very oily; pustules and inflamed
spots crop up at the surface of the skin. Most breakouts in
adulthood are still hormone-related; its just that now they tend
to fluctuate around your cycle or be triggered by other
Beauty / Love Your Skin
influences (see below). And adult acne looks different: Its
more clogs, blackheads, and whiteheads all over, as well as
inflamed cysts and pimples along the jawline and upper neck,
says New York City dermatologist Neal Schultz, M.D.
Stress could trigger breakouts too. Again, hormones play
a role: When you experience stress, the adrenal gland secretes
hormones like cortisol, and with that androgens, Dr. Schultz
says. In some women, thats enough to make oil glands secrete
more oil and cause acne.
And so can lifestyle factors like diet and pollution.Your
grandmothers warning that greasy foods will give you zits is
probably untrue. But there is some data suggesting that
hormones in meat and dairy may affect your skin, Dr. Batra
says. Check labels to make sure your food is hormone-free or
organic. Also keep refined sugar and starchy foods in check,
as insulin could impact your hormones. And while a link
between pollution and acne is still being researched, Dr. Schultz
has personally noticed a spike of acne cases in his practice when
women move to the city from rural areas. A precautionary
practice: Wash your face after youve been outside all day.
Now Heres Your Game Plan:
Start at Home
When treating breakouts, skip the harsh products you used as a
teenager, says Dr. Batra (Youll just get dried out and irritated)
and look for gentler treatments that also have glow-boosting
benefits. Retinoids and alpha hydroxy acid topicals should be
used all over and every dayeven when youre not breaking out.
They work preventively to decrease oil production and stop
pores from clogging so that acne does not develop, Dr. Batra
says. Also, moisturize. Youll need to balance out any drying
effects. Heres what to try.
For continual breakouts: Adapalene (found in Differin, $14,
at drugstores, and in the new ProactivMD line, right) is ideal
for adult acne, since it was synthesized to be less irritating,
Dr. Batra says.
For zitswith a side of discoloration and lines:
Retinols (found in the Honest Beauty serum at right)
and AHAs (like glycolic acidtry Beauty RX by
Dr. Schultz Essential 8% Exfoliating Serum, $65,
beautyrx.com) can help keep pores clear by constantly
exfoliating skin and turning over dead skin cells (these
products also help to soften lines and brown spots).
For inflamed flare-ups: Salicylic acid kills bacteria,
dissolves clogs by exfoliating skin, and brings down
inflammation. If leave-on options sting, switch to a cleanser
so its in contact with your skin for only a short time; we like the
Clean & Clear wash, right.
For speed-healing deep cysts: Light therapy has no
dehydrating side effects and can be used daily. Foreos Espada
tool ($149, sephora.com) uses targeted blue light to eliminate
smaller percentages (like the 5 percent in Clinique Acne
Solutions Emergency Gel-Lotion, $18, clinique.com) and
reserve it for tough flares.
Still Breaking Out? Head to the Derm
Most doctors will take a multipronged treatment approach so
that you have tools in place to keep you from rebounding when
you taper off one, says Dr. Batra, who often starts her patients
with topical treatments unless they have cystic acne, which is
more effectively treated with an oral med. The deal on both:
The topical treatments: The anti-inflammatory gel Aczone
is lauded by derms for its ability to calm blemishes without
being too harsh. The latest version, a 7.5-percent strength, needs
to be applied only once dailyideal if youre always forgetting
your zit cream. Topical antibiotics (such as clindamycin) work
similarly and can be used as spot treatments to nix bacteria.
The oral medications to consider: Think about switch-
ing up your birth control to regulate your hormones, or talk to
your doctor about spironolactone, a diuretic blood pressure
treatment thats prescribed off-label more and more for its
skin-clearing side effect in women. It doesnt alter your hor-
mones, but it blocks the effects of androgen on your skin, Dr.
Batra explains. Clear skin: not so far off after all.
Acne, Meet Your Match
TO PREVENT
FLARE-UPS
Clean & Clear
Acne Triple Clear
Cleanser ($6, at
drugstores)
TO GENTLY EXFOLIATE
ProactivMD Deep
Cleansing Face Wash
($15, amazon.com)
TO SMOOTH SPOTS
Honest Beauty
Younger & Clearer
Night Serum ($38,
honestbeauty.com)
STILLS: JOSEPHINE SCHIELE

acne-causing bacteria, and Neutrogenas Light Therapy Acne

mask ($35, neutrogena.com) combines skin-soothing red light
with blue light and treats your entire face.
For the big ones: Benzoyl peroxide. But it can be irritating, TO CLEAR PORES
so its an exception to the all-over-the-face approach. Look for Sunday Riley
U.F.O. Ultra-
Clarifying Face Oil
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The
Dry Shampoo
Mania
Continues
But how do you know if youve gone too
far? Scalp-health truths and best practices

i
here. By Katheryn Erickson

ts hard to remember what life was like before

FOR A HEALTHY
dry shampoo. A search for the stuff on Ama- SCALP
zon yields over 2,000 results, and its safe to Briogeo Scalp
say the product has changed how many of us Revival Charcoal +
care for and style our hair. But heres the thing: With Biotin Dry
Shampoo ($24,
one very viral example of a U.K. woman blaming sephora.com)
her hair loss on dry shampoo and pros saying it can
lead to scalp issues like irritation and scarring, were
wondering if its really that healthy to cleanse your
hair from a can. Our best practices here: Take a Break When Things GetGritty
Any dry-shampoo lover is familiar with that moment
when your scalp starts to feel more like sand than skin.
Dont Sub Dry Shampoo for the Real Thing Thats when its time to give your head a little TLC.
Whether you use it to stretch out washes or to boost roots,
Think of your scalp as an extension of your face, says
dry shampoo is not a cleanserits simply a powder
Christyn Nawrot, national director of education for
that sops up excess oil, says Lars Skjoth, founder of the
Phyto Paris. Its OK to use dry shampoo, but you need
Harklinikken hair-loss clinics. But it can also dry the scalp,
FOR BETWEEN causing reactions like dermatitis, dandruff, and folliculitis,
to detox and exfoliate. Heres what will help
DRY SHAMPOOS
Christophe an infection that could scar the hair follicle. The only way To get rid of flakes: Philip Kingsley Exfoliating Scalp
Robin Purifying to remove dead cells, sweat, and oil is to use real shampoo, Mask ($13, philipkingsley.com) removes dead skin on
Hair Finish says Philip Kingsley trichologist Anabel Kingsley. itchy heads.
Lotion with Sage
Vinegar ($40, To soothe irritation: Mizani Scalp Care Calming
sephora.com) Find Your Cleansing M.O. Lotion ($20, ulta.com) calms and cools with eucalyp-
So how often do you need that conventional shampoo? For tus, while the Christophe Robin one at left uses sage
scalp health, Kingsley says most of us should wash every vinegar to purify the scalp.
two days; if you have scalp issues (like dandruff), wash To balance oil: Phyto Phytopolline ($40, phyto.com)
daily and use dry shampoo only on your lengths. For curly, has essential oils from tea tree, cypress, and sage to
coarse, or colored hair, you can do twice-weekly washes and detox roots before shampooingand smells so dreamy
dry shampoo in between. Which dry? Aerosols are great for youll actually want to wash your hair.
WOMAN: K AYLA VARLEY/AUGUST. STILLS: JOSEPHINE SCHIELE

body (try Tresemm Volumizing Dry Shampoo, $5, at drug- To boost circulation: Massage and brushing stimu-
stores); powders (like the Briogeo one above) are better at late your scalp to keep hair growth cycles working the
spot treating. If the product looks noticeable, blast hair way theyre supposed to, Nawrot says. (Try Aveda Pra-
with cool heat and shake through with hands or a brush. masana Exfoliating Scalp Brush, $20, aveda.com.)

How Do You Use Dry Shampoo?

Ive used scented dry
shampoo to freshen work
heels on the road. Just
spray lightly inside to avoid
any white residue!
Tara Dean, 29
Five hacks from women who love the stuff
When my kid got lotion in My husband has I spray, then take a round I love using Bumble and
my hair, I looked like definitely used my brush and blow-dryer to Bumbles shakeable
Cameron Diaz in Theres dry shampoo as really soak it in and Prt--powderit gives
Something About Mary. Dry deodorant when we smooth it outit looks like great volume and is
shampoo cleaned it up. go camping. a profesh blowout! TSA friendly.
Heather Erickson, 41 Tiffany Ball, 31 Sara Skirboll, 35 Renee Barton, 29

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When
Beauty Is
Your
9-to-5
Two million people, many
of them women, work
in the beauty industry
some in jobs you
didnt even know existed.
Career inspiration!

The Hijab-Friendly Salon Owner
Most of Huda Quhshis covered Muslim clients are
wary of unisex salons, since women cant be seen
without their hijabs by men outside their family. She
can relate: While she was getting her hair cut once,
a man walked into the salon and Quhshi scrambled
to cover her head; she was then taken to a cramped
back room to finish her cut. To spare clients that
drama, she used to lug suitcases of tools across New
York City to their homes for appointments, but in
January, Quhshi, 37, found a better solution: She
opened LeJemalik, the citys first woman-only
salon catering to hijab-wearing clients, in the
Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn. She offers typical
then two doors lead into the main salon. As soon as
covered women walk in those doors, their scarves Ive done
come off with no worries.
Her message to the haters: People ask, Why do
bright
you style your hair if youre going to smoosh it under colors like
that hijab? Theres no difference in doing covered
hair; Ive done bright colors like purple and teal, and purple and
platinum. We do our hair to please ourselves.
Her biggest business challenges: A bank teller
teal, and
wouldnt open a business account for me when she platinum.
saw my scarf. I get through those moments with
God. Im a proud Yemeni Muslim woman, and Im Theres no
teaching my 13-year-old daughter that she can do
difference
QUHSHI (2): LEXIE MORELAND

salon servicesbridal hair and makeup, waxing, anything.

facialsand specialties like henna and halal nails
(breathable polish that can be worn while praying).
Her advice on salon access: I tell covered women
to find a solely appointment-based salon for privacy
in doing
And all women are welcome, regardless of faith. to avoid unexpected situations like a man walking covered
Her make-women-comfortable M.O.: My shop
has a separate lobby so men can come in to wait,
in. Always communicate your needs to a stylist; you
deserve beauty too. Jessica Militare
hair.
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New Territory
Makeup isnt huge
in Anchorage, says
Garrett, near right.
I love introducing
them to this world.

The Diversity-
Championing Chemist
A hundred decisions go into creating foundation, and
people like Johanne Richard, 44, a New Jersey lab man-
ager in global research and development for beauty
giant Coty, power the process. As a woman of color,
she is personally invested in making sure the shades of
CoverGirls and Rimmels new foundation lines are as
inclusive as possible.
She channels her own experience: My mom, aunt,
and cousins always struggled with foundation. Having
darker complexions, we find a lot of common ingredients
look really ashy on our skin.
She found her calling: I love science and the challenge
of chemically developing something and expressing
myself through beautiful products, so seeing it all come
together in this industry is really great. When I started
as a lab technician 20 years ago, I realized there was a
reason for makeup being cakey and ashy. Lightbulbs
started going off, and I found ways around itingre-
dients you can use and ratios you can play with. Other
chemists would see me make my own foundation and go,
Wow, that looks great, and I would say, Yeah, we should
make it! Eventually we did.
She found diversity in data: If you line up my cousins
in a row, youll see there are a lot of shades in between
caramel and deep mocha. Looking at this forced the
company to reconsider the skin tones of our consumers. The Cold-Weather
Weve spent the past few years getting that data and real-
izing there are gaps that need to be filled. Beauty Queen
Her advice for finding your shade: Put the foun- Shamari Garrett, 21, always loved makeup, but Alaskan jobs in the
dation bottle against the inside of your forearm. If the field are few and far between. Then a chance drive by the Ulta store
color looks yellow, that means you need something more in Anchorage presented an opportunity: Her boyfriend pointed it out
neutral or cool; if it looks super pink, you need some- and suggested she apply for a job thereshe did and ended up landing
thing more golden; and if youre in between two shades, an aesthetician position. Now, as one of the countrys youngest Ulta
pick the deeper one. Rachel Nussbaum managers, Garrett spends her days helping people get confident.
She knows her customers: Where theyre coming from, its the
GARRETT: MICHAEL DINNEEN/DINNEENPHOTO.COM. RICHARD: SUE KIM

woods and the wilderness. There isnt much beauty exposure or

CARRERA/PHOTOGRAPHYBYSKC.COM. STILL: JOSEPHINE SCHIELE

keeping up with trends here. Its a lot of customers first time seeing
makeup like thisUlta has over 500 different lines, tons more than
other stores here have. A lot of them want to wear lashes but cant
have super-dramatic ones if theyre in the military. Ill show them
an eyeshadow palette like Tartes Tartelette in Bloom Clay Palette,
which is natural-looking, but they can also spice it up if they want to
go out after work.
Her best cold-weather skin tips: Its so dry here that the air sucks
out all the moisture in our skin, so I recommend putting moisturizer
on at least twice a day. Im oily, and I love the First Aid Beauty Skin Res-
Mix Master cue Oil-Free Mattifying Gel moisturizer. If you have dry skin, I would
I love using
chemistry to try something with hyaluronic acid, like Cliniques Moisture Surge
make makeup Extended Thirst Relief. Sheet masks are great, and the moisture cant
more inclusive, evaporate because of that physical layer, so your skin gets all these ben-
says Richard.
efits. And drink a lot of water. I aim for three bottles a day. R. N.

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Every Woman Needs These

Breast Cancer Lessons
Certain groups of us are at higher risk of getting the diseaseand
the reasons why can help all women stay healthy. By Lynya Floyd

Its estimated that more than 250,000 American women
will be diagnosed with breast cancer this yearand some
communities will be hit harder than others. Black women
under age 35, for example, are twice as likely to get breast
cancer as their white counterparts, and theyre more likely
to die from the disease. Hispanic women, meanwhile, are
less likely to develop breast cancer than white women. And
the younger you are when you have your first child, the
more protected you are against breast cancer, no matter
what your race. What explains these differences? The latest
research is fascinatingand also suggests steps all women
can take to stay safe. Read on to protect yourself.
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What Weve Learned
About Inequality
and Your Health
Tumors dont play fair: African American women are more
likely to get breast cancer at younger agesand to die from
it regardless of their age at diagnosis. There are many fac-
tors contributing to this, including genetics and lifestyle
choices, which researchers are investigating. But there is
also a social factor. Consider: Breast cancer mortality rates
for black and white women were roughly equal in the 1980s,
but today black women with the disease are 43 percent more
likely than white women to be killed by it. Its not that death
rates for black women have risen, experts explain, but more
that they have plummeted quicker for white women, who
typically have more access to improvements in breast can-
cer treatment. The disparity grew as new advances started
becoming more available: new screenings, new surgery, new
chemotherapies, new targeted drugs, typically at top hos-
pitals in the most affluent areas, says Marc Hurlbert, Ph.D.,
chief mission officer at the Breast Cancer Research Foun-
dation. In other words, this is a gap in care, and it is, he says
simply, shocking and unacceptable.
Sometimes stigma plays a role in whether certain groups
of women get care too. Research is now emerging that lesbian
and bisexual women may be at a higher risk for breast can-
cer, and they may also have a harder time getting diagnosed:
Because of fear of judgment, lesbians, for example, are less
likely to go to the gynecologist than heterosexual women and
may not go as often, says Christine Benjamin, breast can-
cer program director at Share Cancer Support network. That
means fewer chances for doctors to find a tumor.
The takeaway: If you or someone you know cant afford
regular exams, many Planned Parenthood clinics can offer
services at a reduced cost. (You should also become famil-
iar with your own breasts so you know whether something
has changed; see I Let My Friends Go to Second Base,
right.) The most important thing is to find a doctor who
What Rumors swirled for years,
but the latest data show
detection more difficult
because the X-rays used
About that implants dont raise in mammograms cant see
Breast your risk of breast cancer.
But experts do warn that
through them very well.
So when you go in for your
Implants? implants may make scan, remind your
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understands your situation. If youre worried about facing
discrimination, consult advocacy hotlines in your area to
locate someone who specializes in patients like you and is
knowledgeable about advances in their field. You have to
feel comfortable with your physician, says Cynthia Zahnow,
Ph.D., a Stand Up to Cancer researcher who is also a breast
cancer survivor. Your life could be in their hands.
What Weve Learned
About Family History
While Hispanic women do have lower rates of breast cancer
overall, they aresimilar to African American women
more likely to be diagnosed with advanced cases. A few years
ago Jeffrey Weitzel, M.D., began researching why that might
be. He and his colleagues at City of Hope in Duarte, Califor-
nia, had noticed that Hispanic women in their early thirties
with a family history of breast cancer were coming into their
clinics in late stages of the disease. We started doing genetic
testing, and suddenly we saw four families with the same
gene mutation, says Dr. Weitzel, chief of the division of clin-
ical cancer genetics. This realization led his team to discover
a genetic mutation called the Mexican founder mutation,
which is responsible for about 10 percent of breast cancer
gene mutations in the Hispanic community and could help
docs ID women at high risk sooner.
The takeaway: You may associate breast cancer genes with
Ashkenazi Jewish women, but they can strike any popula-
tion, and determining whether you have one can be hugely
helpful for early detection and lifesaving care. We didnt
know about these mutations because these women werent
getting genetic testing, says Dr. Weitzel. Any woman with a
strong family history of the disease should be tested.
IMPLANTS: PLAMEN PETKOV FOR GLAMOUR
technician that you have
implants. Women with
Cynthia Zahnow. Outside
of appointments, do
implants routinely need regular breast self-checks
twice as many images so
that technicians can get
and bring anything that
feels different or new to
a clear view, explains your doctors attention.
 What Weve Learned I Let My Friends
About Lifestyle Factors Go to Second Base
Unlike the DNA youre born with, what you eat and how Rebecca Scheinkman wants every woman
much you exercise are decisions you do have control over. she knows to understand what a lump feels like.
Just how much of a difference can those choices make to your
breast cancer risk? A lot. Remember that Hispanic women
have rates of breast cancer about 30 percent lower than
white women? Some experts think diet may play a role, since
Hispanic women, on average, eat less red meat and more
plant-based protein, and drink less alcohol. (One recent study
found that, for young women, having a drink a day could
up your risk by 5 percent.) Meanwhile, African American
women used to have a lower incidence of breast cancer, says
Zahnow. Theyve caught up. Experts are still researching Scheinkman,
the causes but suspect that being overweight may be a con- in red, with
tributing factor, since about 57 percent of black women are friends in New
obese, compared with roughly 33 percent of white women. York City
(Some experts think having more fat leads to more estrogen,

higher levels of which may be linked to breast cancer.)
The takeaway: The good news is you can make changes to
help combat these risk factors. Adopting a vigorous exercise
program (like running or fast cycling) could decrease breast
cancer risk by as much as 17 percent. Cutting back on satu-
rated fat and booze could also help. Everyone wants a magic
pill. People dont want to change, says Benjamin. But this
is the only thing thats entirely in your hands. So we focus on
tiny little steps with our patients: eating in moderation, meal
prep, gradually increasing your fitness. Those little steps,
she says, can make a big difference.
What Weve Learned
About Fertility Choices
Another reason breast cancer risk may be higher in African
American, lesbian, and bisexual women: Breast-feeding is
less common among them, and lesbian and bisexual women
are more likely to skip childbirth or do it later in life. Your
reproductive choices are your own, but you should know
the facts: Research shows that having your first pregnancy
before 30 and breast-feeding for a year or more (combined
time with more than one child counts) could cut your odds
of developing breast cancer later. Scientists are still study-
ing the connection, but Susan Love, M.D., a founder of the
National Breast Cancer Coalition and chief visionary officer
T
hree years ago Rebecca Scheink-
m a n , t hen 32 , w a s h av i ng a
prebirthday brunch with a group
of friends when one of them asked
her a bold but important question: Can I feel
your lump?
Just days before, Rebecca, a licensing
manager in New York City, had received a
devastating diagnosis: triple positive breast
cancer, which she later found out was meta-
static. Her friends wanted to know what it felt
likeso they d be better able to detect their
own lumps. I took off my shirt and bra and
let them go to second base, Scheinkman says
with a laugh. That was the moment I became a
breast cancer advocate.
Scheinkman had found the lump herself just
a few weeks earlier: She was putting on a bra
one morning when she felt something hard and
immovable. Instead of taking the lets wait
and see approach, I called my gyno right away,
says Scheinkman.
Scheinkmans cancer spread to her brain
last year, though shes been able to manage
her symptoms by tak-

25%
of the Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation, says childbirth ing up to 22 pills each
and breast-feeding somehow change the breast tissue, reduc- day. Now she volunteers
ing the chances a cell will turn cancerous and wreak havoc. with the Breast Cancer
The takeaway: No ones suggesting that you schedule a
Research Foundation of breast cancer
SCHEINKMAN AND FRIENDS: TIM MANKOWSKI

childs birth to alter your risk, or that every woman needs

to breast-feed. But if your odds of getting breast cancer are
and tells every woman survivors found
already high because of, say, a family history, you should be to do what her friends their lumps
did after that brunch. themselves.
aware of anything that has protective benefits. With all of
these lifestyle factors, there isnt any one behavior that could They were feeling their
cause breast cancer, says Zahnow. You have to do your own breasts right there in front of me, she
research and think about your risk overall and then choose says. She loves seeing women take charge of
the best proactive steps for you. their own health: If you feel like something is
wrong in your body, get it checked out. You are
Lynya Floyd is a certified integrative health coach and coedi- your own best advocate.
tor of Essences The Black Womans Guide to Healthy Living.

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Wellbeing / Training Day

The RBG Workout

Can you keep up with the 84-year-old Supreme Court Justice?
Let her trainer help you try. By Bryant Johnson

EXCERPTED FROM THE RBG WORKOUT: HOW SHE STAYS STRONGAND YOU CAN TOO! BY BRYANT JOHNSON, ILLUSTRATED BY PATRICK WELSH. COPYRIGHT 2017 BY BRYANT JOHNSON. ILLUSTRATIONS COPYRIGHT
2017 BY PATRICK WELSH. USED BY PERMISSION OF HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. JUSTICE GINSBURG: AP. STILL: TIM HOUT; STYLIST: GABRIEL RIVERA AT R.J. BENNETT REPRESENTS
In 1999 Justice Ruth Bader
Ginsburg was recovering from
cancer. Her late husband urged
her to find a personal trainer, and she
found me. She was determined as all get-
out, and we started building a regimen.
After several months of our twice-weekly
workouts, her bone density began to
increase. Her doctor told me: Im not
sure what youre doing, but keep doing it.
Keep doing it we have. We work out
twice a week, usually in the gym at the
Supreme Court. Sometimes we chat,
but mostly we just get to it. We listen
to PBS NewsHour, and she gives it her
all. For example, shes graduated from
doing push-ups against a wall, to doing Chest Press Leg Extensions
them on her knees, to full-on standard Sit on a chair with resistance band Sit on a chair with resistance band looped
push-ups. Justice Ginsberg is T.A.N. wrapped behind back, grasping handles in around one ankle and both ends wrapped
each hand. Bend arms so that elbows are around back of chair. Start with knee bent at
(tough as nails). Try our routine your- against sides and hands are close to chest. a 90-degree angle, then extend foot until
self: All you need is a resistance band. Push arms straight out, as shown, without leg is nearly straight, as shown, without
Warm up by jogging or marching in locking elbows. Return to starting position locking knee. Return leg to bent position;
place for five minutes. and repeat. Do three sets of 10 to 12 reps. repeat. Do three sets of 10 to 12 reps per leg.

Overhead
Triceps Press
Stand with one foot
slightly in front the
other, anchoring the
resistance band under
back foot. Holding one
end of resistance band
in each hand, bend
elbows on each side of
head. Straighten arms,
lifting hands above
head, until elbows are
nearly straight, as
shown. Return to start
Pulldowns Chest Flys and repeat. Do three
Slide resistance band around the top of a Slide band at shoulder height between open sets of 10 to 12 reps.
door hinge. Sit in a chair in front of the door, door and door frame (knot the middle to keep
and grasp handles with arms extended band in place). Close door. Holding ends,
overhead, as shown. Bending elbows, pull stand away from door with arms out just
handles toward torso, finishing with hands below shoulders, elbows slightly bent (above
apart, just below chest. Return to start; left). Bring hands together (above right).
repeat. Do three sets of 10 to 12 reps. Return to start. Do three sets of 10 to 12 reps.
The Only
Gear You Need
Fila resistance
Adapted from The RBG Workout, by Bryant Johnson, illustrated by Patrick Welsh, out October 17 band ($17,
kohls.com)

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Wellbeing / Eat, Drink
Inside
Jennifer
Fishers
Fridge
Healthy hacks from
the jewelry designer (and
c
excellent home cook!).
By Sara Gaynes Levy
heck out Jennifer Fishers Insta-
gram (@jenniferfisherjewelry) and
youll find artsy shots of her signa-
ture bangles, earrings, and ringsand the
occasional taco. One Saturday morning I
made poached eggs and posted a picture
of them, the New York City designer tells
Glamour. It blew up. People were like,
Waitcan we see more? Today they snacks all weekend. I try not to eat out of
can, on @jennifer fisher kitchen, where
Fisher shares the quick, nutritious meals
she makes for her family. So how does the
top designer and mom of two make time
to cook? She keeps her fridge stocked with
healthy basics so meal prep is always easy.
Let her explain the method:
Have a weekly list.
Fisher picks up a few specific items every
time she goes shoppingtake a look,
above. She focuses on proteins that work
at any meal (eggs, bacon, boneless skinless
chicken breast); veggies like peppers, kale,
and carrots; grab-and-go fruits; and fresh
herbs like dill and cilantro for adding fla-
vor. And my bottom drawer always has
Ocho chocolate for after-dinner snacks.
Shop at off times.
To keep her fridge stocked, Fisher hits
her local Whole Foods when the aisles
are empty. I dont really go out on Friday
nights, admits Fisher. I have more fun
at the grocery store! The Friday-night
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trips ensure her fridge has fresh, healthy
Fisher also likes keeping everything in
packages, she says.
Break up meal prep.
Fisher has a genius trick to reducing
evening work: She cooks a starch like
potatoes or rice in the morning while shes
getting ready for the day. Ill make, say,
jasmine rice and store it in an airtight
container, she says. Then when she gets
home from work, she sauts some shrimp
for two minutes per side in olive oil and
garlic butter, roasts up carrots and pep-
pers, reheats the rice, and has a full dinner
ready in 10 minutes. It takes some orga-
nizing, but its worth it, she says.
Dont keep your fridge
too stocked.
About six months ago I started doing
something that I think has saved me thou-
sands of dollars, she explains. I started
planning for only two nights. We were
wasting so much food! Now Fisher writes
down what shes in the mood for and picks
up those ingredients midweek.
One thing I always
have in there?
Eggs, says Fisher.
Jennifer Fisher
bracelets and rings.
Pick a theme.
her fridge on a theme for the week in
FRIDGE: CLAIRE BENOIST AT CASEY. STYLIST: ALEX BRANNIAN AT ART DEPARTMENT. FISHER: BEN RITTER
order to make easy combinations. Ill do
a Mexican week and get things like pep-
pers, lettuce, and tomatoes in bulk, she
says. I can do tacos, huevos rancheros. It
all goes together.
Let everyone DIY.
Rather than make separate meals for her
husband, their kids, and herself, Fisher
sets out the ingredients for make-it-
yourself bowls (taco bowls and chicken
Caesar salad bowls are favorites) on the
counter so everyone in the family can pick
and choose which ingredients they want
and end up with a meal they actually like.
Cooking is therapeutic for me, she says.
And grocery shopping has become one
of my favorite things to
do. I knowIm a total
food geek.
Jennifer Fisher is a
jewelry designer living
in New York City.
 Edited by Cady Drell, Alanna Greco,
and Jessica Militare

The
Sex Toy
Awards
Our reviewers pick their
favorites. (This was a
fun assignment!)

On Display
Soraya (pink) and
Eva (blue) are cute
enough to leave out.

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Life / You, Me, We

Best
Oldies but
Goodies
Bex Caputo, toy retailer and
founder of the site BexTalksSex,
rounds up a few favorite classics.

MAGIC WAND

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This iconic sex toy has been
getting people off since the
1960s, when it was first adver-
tised as a back massager.
(Yeah, OK.) In 2015 more
speeds were added, and it
became one of the most
powerful vibrators available.
It comes in classic ($60, the
pleasurechest.com) and
Most Presentable-Looking Toys rechargeable ($125, below),
First things first: Do vibrators always have to look so explicit? (I mean, but its devotees call it magic.
sometimes we forget to put things away properlyhouseguest nightmare!)
According to sex journalist Sophie St. Thomas, they most certainly do not.
Here are her picks for three excellent sex toys that also wont scare anyone off.

Toy you wont have to Factory includes on most of The toy that looks
explain to a TSA agent its products (us.funfactory like an objet dart
Selfies from Maui look even .com). You might also want Once, I showed
better with a postorgasmic to pack your toy in a ziplock my treasure chest of
glow, and according to the bag to avoid germs. sex toys to an architect
TSA, you can totally bring I brought home, and POCK E T ROCK E T
your sex toy on a plane. Least intimidating toy she immediately pointed The textured head and sur-
Still, no one wants airport for couples time to the Lelo Soraya prisingly robust motor on the
security side-eye, so I like While vibrators enhance (previous page, left, $239, travel-size and affordable
the Satisfyer Pro Penguin sex (especially if you need lelo.com) and proclaimed, Doc Johnson Pocket Rocket
(above, $70, adameve.com), clitoral stimulation), intro- The design is beautiful! (starting at $21, shopdoc
which could pass as a little ducing one in bed can So too is what it does: johnson.com) has earned this
pore cleanser and works be a little nerve-racking. The Soraya works like a vibrator a dedicated follow-
with gentle suction around The teeny yet intensely rabbit vibrator, combining
ing. Though the basic model
your clitoris, like a tiny orgasmic Eva (previous internal and clitoral
is just single-speed, plenty of
vacuum that gets you off. page, right, $105, dame stimulation for powerful
No matter what toy you products.com) is a hands- sensations. And with customers tell me its the only
take, remove the batteries free vibrator you can wear its sleek, modern look, one theyll ever need.
or get one with a travel lock, during sex that happens you could leave it on
something the company Fun to look like a cute beetle. a living room end table. R ABBIT HABIT
Made famous by the iconic
Sex and the City episode, the
Simply knowing where to buy pleasure products can be over- Vibratex Rabbit Habit vibrator
whelming. Thats why I love an adult subscription box: toys and ($94, goodvibes.com) is basi-
accessories, delivered discreetly to your door. Theres the quar- cally a carnival ride for your
terly Unbound ($175 for three quarters, unboundbox.com), with bits. With external vibration,
BEST SUBSCRIPTION internal rotation, and swirling
BOXES high-quality, kink-friendly selections and its own line of jewelry
items that double as sex toys. Whats in Your Box ($18 for a month, beads inside the shaft for
Sex educator Gigi whatsinyour-box.com) is a more affordable monthly option with added texture, its no wonder
Engle on why an emphasis on womens sexual health, and the Nooky Box ($79 Charlotte didnt ever want to
curated boxes are leave her bedroom. Want
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a game changer more? Watch 100 Years of Sex
with products perfect for sex-toy novices.
Toys at glamour.com/video.

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 Whos In?
44%
of women aged 18 to 60
have used a sex toy,
according to adult
store Adam & Eve.

6Best New
Accessories
Theres a whole world of bedroom
accoutrements beyond toys. Emily
Morse, host of the Sex With Emily
podcast, names her favorites.
Best Toys for You, Him, Anyone
Not all sex-toy users have vaginas, so its great that some companies are BEST CLE AN-UP HELPER
making products to please everybody. No matter what youre into or how you The UVee Home Play storage
identify, Kate Sloan, founder of the sex-ed and toy-review site girlyjuice.net, box ($180, uveeclean.com)
recommends three toys for exploring the possibilities. Do youliterally! solves two sex-toy buzzkills at
once by charging and sanitiz-
CRESCENDO TRANSFORMER NJOY PURE WAND ing them. Kickstarted this
($179, mysteryvibe.com) ($129, picobong.com) ($110, njoytoys.com) year, UVee uses a special UV-C
This flexible vibrator can A double-ended vibrator, Widely considered the light thatll make for the clean-
curl to hit the G-spot, which almost looks like best G-spot toy ever,
lay flat between bodies a set of sleek headphones; this C-shaped stainless
est orgasm youve ever had.
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around a penis for a couples play, solo time, or also be used to tease the BEST TOY-FRIENDLY LUBE
turbo-charged hand job. any combo you like. prostateor P-spot. My dream is a lube on every
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systemjo.com) is organic and

5
water-based, so it wont ruin
I used to buy into the idea that penetration always
any of your silicone sex toys.
equals orgasms, so when I first got into sex toys, I
thought I would probably just put a dildo in there and call
it a day. I was so wrong. I wish someone had told me that BEST SUBTLE ACCES SORY
Best not only do most women not get off on penetration
alone, but you dont need it in your sex toys if you dont
Speaking of lube, I freaked out
when I found the Amelia Lube
First-Time want it. Some women love a combination of insertion
Vial Necklace ($60, unbound
and clitoral stimulation, but theres nothing bad about just
Toy Advice wanting some serious clit attentiona good starter is the box.com), which lets you carry
Iconic Bullet from Jimmyjane ($16, jimmyjane.com), just enough of your favorite lube
Comedian Lane Moore which is straightforward and not some major investment with you anywhere, anytime.
on what she wishes if you dont end up loving it. Remember, youre not weird Its pretty, practical, and maybe
shed known early on just because you dont want x, y, and z in your sex toy.
the best conversation piece
Ive ever worn to a party.

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Life / The Provocateur
Love Is Messy, and Im
Good With That
i
Amanda de Cadenet is a feminist, CEO, photographer, and TV personality.
She also happens to know a lot about relationships.
ve always known if anything killed me, it
would be boys. From the time I was a teen-
ager into my thirties, I loved only the ones
who were bad news. There was the abu-
sive drunk I escaped by climbing out of a
second-floor window in my underwear and
hiding in the trash can below. The insanely
cute drug addict who lived in a U-Haul and
had another girlfriend on the side. By age 19 I was mar-
ried to a high-profile, much older musician and was
mother to a baby girl. Since then Ive been divorced, been
a cheater, been cheated on, gotten happily remarried,
and raised a couple of great kids. Along the way,
love and obsession have beaten my ass to
a bloody pulp many times. Heres what
Ive learned from my adventures
hopefully, my hard-earned insights
will be helpful in some way. Lets
start with the basics
Learn to love your own body.
Long before we have sex with
anyone, we need to be com-
for table hav ing sex w ith
ourselvesyet so few of us are.
One of the earliest messages
women get is to never talk
about their genitals or sexuality,
especially when it comes to mas-
turbation. But boys have a million
words for the act and talk about it
endlessly. There are far fewer words
for female masturbation, and theyre
pretty unappealing. Paddling the pink
canoe? Flicking the bean? Thats not something I
want to do to my vagina. So get intimate with yourself. If
you dont know you, you cant expect anyone else to.
Know this: A one-night stand is not a bad thing.
Although my story isnt that unusual, the first time I had
sex, there was no orgasm for mejust an agitated vagina,
damp underwear, and the overwhelming question of why
Id ever want to do that again. Sex got more exciting in my
twenties, when I discovered the joy of the one-night stand.
Some of my favorite sexual experiences have been with peo-
ple I never wanted to see again but whom Im very pleased I
spent the night with. Were raised to believe love and sex are
connected, but most people dont have sex because theyre
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in love; they do it because it feels really good. Sex is the most
personal choice we make, and it should be ours to make
freely; just make sure youre safe and dont leave with more
than you arrived with. Ill also say, having been married to
the same dude for 11 years, I think the benefits of sex in a
long-term relationship far outweigh the one-night deal.
But I had to find that out the fun way.
Pay attention to the warning signs. If a guy says, I dont
want a girlfriend, or Ive never been faithful, he means it.
Sure, you can seduce him, but dont expect to change him.
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Please believe him when he tells you who he is.
Maintain boundaries. I dont understand the out-
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dated notion of two becoming one. If you think
youre only half a person, please figure your
shit out before getting in a relationship.
Likewise, if youre in love with a half-
formed person, get out fast. When
youve worked as hard as I have to
form your identity, the last thing
you want is to blur where you
end and someone else begins.
Remember who you are, and
stay true to that. Another thing
on boundaries: Stay away from
other peoples partners. There
are enough people in the world;
you deserve one of your own.
And take it one day at a time.
My husband, Nick, recently said to
me, I cant believe Ive been touch-
ing your boobs for 15 years. I laughed.
I knew what he meantthats a long
time. Is forever realistic? Who knows. In
marriage you sacrifice the adrenaline rush of see-
ing someone new for the comfort of being with someone
who knows everything about you and loves you anyway.
Today I wouldnt trade that for anything, but tomorrow
might be a different story. And
thats OKlife is messy, and Im
down for the ride.
Amanda de Cadenet, above, is the
host of The Conversation and CEO
and founder of Girlgaze. This is
adapted from Its Messy: On Boys,
Boobs, and Badass Women.
Life / The Story of Us

We never expected cancer to be

part of our marriage
This months couple: Dana Dinerman, 40, swimsuit designer, and C.J. Dinerman, 45, surgeon
Time together: 16 years How they met: At a bar, of all things.

DANA: Charles and I clicked right away

2013 even though he was a surgeon and Id always
had a phobia of going to the doctor. We married six years
later and started a mellow life together in San Diego.
C.J.: Breast cancer happened to my patients, not to us.
Then in 2011, a year after our son Patrick was born, we
got Danas diagnosis. DANA: I was devastated. I thought,
This cant be happening. It was like out of a bad movie.
I had my right breast removed, and eventually, after
chemo and radiation, the cancer disappeared. This photo
explains that time perfectly. C.J. was always holding
our son because I was so weak from treatment, and I was
always holding onto my husband.

DANA: I was celebrating a year of being

2014 cancer-free when it came back. While that
occurrence was treated, I spent months in bed. C.J.: It was
difficult. I played the role of mom and dad when she
wasnt feeling well. But it helped me bond with Patrick
more than I might have. DANA: About a year later,
our family was back on track. C.J.: We felt like we were
getting back into the world and enjoying simple things.
DANA: This image is from a holiday-card shoot. In this
moment I was blown away thinking, Isnt it amazing
I get to be here with my son? If I had been diagnosed with

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breast cancer before I was pregnant, the chances of my
son being here would have been slim to none. Cancer gives
you this release, and you start believing in the universe.

C.J.: Three years after the second diagnosis, we

2016 thought we could put cancer behind us; wed
gone so far. Then Dana had another recurrence. Shed say
things like, I dont know if Ill see our son graduate. It was
tough to hear. You realize love isnt Valentines Day and
datesits about the harder stuff sometimes. DANA: During
chemo, I couldnt function, but C.J. would encourage me to
keep going. The first two times I was diagnosed, he was
beside himself and thought I was going to die. This time he
had faith in the medicine. One night I was upset and he
held me and just said, I know, this sucks. Its funny: When
hes weak, Im strong; when Im weak, hes strong. Though I
was cancer-free for a while, it just returned again, in my
neck. But all of this has made us more of a team. We wont
put life on holdweve got to get out and enjoy the time we
have. as told to Maggie Mertens

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Life / Working It
Animal Protector
Respecting animals is part
of my culture, says Kuka,
working in the Beartooth
Wildlife Management Area.

dominated culture? I
dont know yet. But Im
constantly questioned
about my ability to do
my job because Im a
woman; we need more
women in the hunting
and fishing world to
redefine norms.
What I wish
people knew
about my job
My native heritage is a
huge advantage at
work. I understand the

This Is My Job
tribal way of life (hunting
for sustenance and
connecting to animals
spiritually), which is
helpful when bridging
tribal and federal
Montana state game warden Kqyn Kuka, 36, keeps grizzlies governments. Im proud
to have a relationship
and poachers in checkand honors her native heritage. with both.
My favorite
Im a member of the Blackfeet Nation, one of the largest Native Amer- Every day Im part of my job

KUK A: OUTDOOR SPORTSMAN GROUP/OUTDOOR CHANNEL. KUK A WITH BEAR: TEGAN WINTERS. RIVER: AURORA PHOTOS/OFFSET
ican tribes in the United States, and cherishing the outdoors is part of On call 24/7. I patrol back I teach kids about the
our roots. I spent my childhood hiking, hunting, camping, and fishing roads and waterways to ethics of hunting. Its not
in grizzly bear country. My father was artist King Kuka, whose paint- protect animals from only about gun safety;
ings capture the colors and richness of our culture, so I grew up making poachers and ensure its about appreciating
art that reflected our beautiful surroundings with him. When I went to hunters and fishers are wildlife and obeying the
following the law. Almost laws. In Montana, for
Salish Kootenai College on the Flathead Indian Reservation, I decided I
everyone I encounter is example, cow elk
wanted to work outside and with animals. After first becoming a water- armed, and Im far from season falls during a
safety officer, I was hired 10 years ago as a game warden by the state backup. Ive had guys time when cows may be
of Montana to enforce fish and wildlife laws. Its a dangerous job; my hiding from me in the pregnant. You can
truck is packed with everything from weapons and life jackets to food brush. In those legally hunt them, but is
and sleeping bags (I have to be prepared for different seasons, to work situationsor when it ethical? We all have
late, and to investigate poachers). What gets me up every morning? The Im dealing with the our guidelines on the
opportunity to preserve the land that Ive treasured my entire life. unpredictability of field; I can only preach
wounded animalsmy mine: to respect animals.
basic training kicks in and
helps me stay focused. My best work
advice is
What its like Reach out to coworkers
being a female with other talentsit
game warden never hurts to ask for
I work with more than help. I have to stay up to
100 men, and Im one of date on regulations and
three women. I have two reboot my skills every
daughters, and people season. But I consider
ask me, Would you myself a tool in the box,
want them to be a game and I might need more
warden?Its hard work than one tool to
and it takes a toll accomplish a task. as
Office Goals A Montana area emotionally. Can I guide told to Kristen Schmitt
Kuka patrols and, right, a baby my daughters through
black bear she helped rescue what is still a very male-

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Life / Ask a Boss
Career Question:
Should
You Take
More
Risks?
Stacy Brown-Philpot, the visionary CEO
of TaskRabbit, has some answers.
By Wendy Naugle
Stacy Brown-Philpot could
have stayed in The Dream
Job: I had been at Google
when it grew from 1,000
employees to 50,000, says
Brown-Philpot, 41. I had this
corner office, and everybody
was like, This is amazing. I
felt comfortable, extremely
comfortable, until I [real-
ized], Im supposed to be
taking chances. I said, I love
this, but this isnt what Im
supposed to be doing. She
had already made a big move
onceleaving investment
banking to go to grad school.
So now she made a second,
saying goodbye to Google to
become CEO of TaskRabbit, a
digital marketplace that con-
nects freelancers to jobs. In
the years since, shes expanded
the company from nine cities
to 40 and become known as a
leader in the new gig economy.
Here she nudges you to take
your next career risk.
Forget the safety net.
I grew up in the city of Detroit,
where things were just bad. I
didnt always have a safety
net; my mothers salary was
the same as the first year of
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college tuition! You have to do
what it takes to get what you
want: I didnt sleep much in
school, because I worked a
lotyou figure out how to
make it happen.
Share your real goals.
In grad school at Stanford, I
found people I trusted, and I
was able to be vulnerable with
them. When we were deciding
what we wanted to do in our
careers, I remember thinking,
I should go back to investment
banking; I was good at invest-
ment banking. They were like,
You told me you didnt come
to Stanford to go back to
investment banking. Keep
going until you find the thing
youre pa ssionate about.
Thats how I got to Google.
Get your brain food.
I think about athletes who
are at their best. Lets take Ser-
ena Williams: She doesnt
compete all the time every day.
She gets a break to sleep and to
practice, and then she has to
play. I try to take moments to
get brain foodI read, I listen
to talk radioand fill my own
self with learning.
Embrace your story.
Early on [in my career], I felt
like I had to dress a certain
way or know about certain TV
shows to be one of the guys.
When you walk into a room
and youre the only one of
something, the only woman
or the only African Ameri-
can, that immediate feeling
of loneliness happens. I do
think my exterior sometimes
prevents people from under-
standing the interior. I dont
run from it; I try to have the
conversation in a way thats
like, Let me get all that off the
table. Yes, Im a black woman
CEO. Yes, Im from Detroit.
Yes, its different. Now can
we talk about TaskRabbit?
Because thats why Im here. I
learned that the easiest thing
I can do is be fully who I am.
And help others
embrace you.
Once, years ago, in a meeting,
people wanted an employee to
represent the company well,
and someone recommended
that she straighten her hair. I
Meet the Boss
Find peers who push you
who, if you make a mistake,
say, Thats OK, were here
to support you, says
Brown-Philpot. Then you
can learn from failure, and it
actually feels good.
said, That just doesnt sound
right to me, and later I pulled
the person aside and said,
Look, I wear my hair curly.
Watching you tell someone
they need to straighten their
ha ir to look present able
makes me feel bad. I dont
know how she felt about it,
but this is how it made me
feel. He apologized.
Ask for what you need.
The hardest part for a lot of
women is to think about what
you really need to be success-
fuland to go ask for that.
But all they can do is say no!
Early on, Id go to my man-
ager and say, What are you
working on that you dont like
to do? Ill take that off your
plate; I want to learn. He gave
me a lot. I said, Greatto do
it, I need these two things.
And all of a sudden youve
BROWN-PHILPOT: EMILY KEMP
helped your manager, they
see you want to growand
youre teaching them how to
help you grow. And if [they
say no]? Dont lose conf i-
dence. Just get back up.
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We Retired Before 35
You could hate them, but dont! These women are here to help the rest of us get richer too.
By Anna Breslaw

Dream Life
I check my stocks every
day, but otherwise I spend
time with my family, walk
my dog, and scrapbook,
says Holcomb, left, who
retired at 29.

t he idea of retiring from full-time

work while youre in your thirties
(or younger!) can sound very
one-percent. But the women
youre about to meet arent thattheyre
self-made, and they didnt invent a photo-
sharing app or win the lottery either.
Instead they micromanaged their budgets
and leveraged their salaries into hundreds
of thousands of dollars, all finding a way
to cash out before their thirty-fifth birth-
days. Heres how they did it.

I learned the
stock market.
Tela Holcomb, 33, former government
contractor, Las Vegas
When I was making $70,000 a year as a
government contractor, I lived on only
$50,000. Id invite people over for a bottle
of wine to watch Scandal instead of going
out. I was a single mom and took advan-
tage of my jobs flexible spending account,
which allowed me to use pretax dollars for
child care.
In 2009 I read The Complete Turtle-
Trader by a Wall Street trader who taught
basic investing techniques to random
that. My strategy is trend tradingI
find trends in stocks that occur at the
same time each year, due to fiscal policy,
changes in the international economy,
and general shifts in supply and demand.
(For example, I discovered that Amazon
stock tends to go up every May, and this
year I made over $900 on that alone.)
My goal was to retire in 2014, but in
months it grew to $97,000. I officially
retired at 29.
Im now based in Las Vegas with my
daughter and husband. He works two
months out of the year by choice, but I
support us financially. My net worth
right now is $600,000, and in two years
Im projecting $1 million. (Although Im
retired, I teach and give talks on money
occasionally.) When I worked full-time,
I was too drained to enjoy life outside of
the office, and I feel the opposite now. Ill
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people off the street. Those regular peo-
ple made $175 million in five years. I was
inspired. So I approached investing as if
I were in school, practicing and studying
for nine months before finally starting
to invest with $3,000 of the money Id
saved. Since then Ive invested another
$70,000 and have grown it to three times
2012 I got laid off. I was devastated
until I realized Id already been matching
(sometimes exceeding) my paychecks just
from trading. I rolled the $41,000 from
my 401(k) into a Roth IRA so that I could
invest that too. (Just be careful if you do
thisyou will still have to pay taxes and
fees on the rollover amount.) Within eight
check my stocks twice a day for about 20
minutes, but otherwise Im free to drop
my daughter off at school, take my Yorkie
for a walk, and scrapbook.
TELAS INVESTING ADVICE: Create a Paper-
Money account on TD Ameritrade, a free
simulation of the stock market, and prac-
tice on that for a few months before you

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actually start trading. When you do jump
in for real, start with a modest amount.
We paid off our
debt first.
Jillian, 34, and Adam Johnsrud, 39,
former customer service representative and
Army sergeant, Kalispell, Montana
JILLIAN: Fifteen years ago our original goal
was just to pay back our combined debt
of $55,000. So we got married outdoors
with dollar-store decorations and a pot-
luck. I worked a crappy customer service
job, where people cursed me out over the
phone, and I made about $30,000 a year.
A DA M : The Army offered a $35,000
loan-repayment program, paid out over
three years, so I joined. I was in basic
training for our first anniversary and
making $1,500 a month.
J I LLIAN : We lived in a trailer, then in a
cheap house with a roommate off-base.
We gave ourselves only $50 of fun
money a month each, and we mostly did
free activities. But it added up. We were
making about $50,000 and putting half
of that toward the debt. The saving was
key. I grew up under the poverty line, and
theres a common destructive pattern
among low-income folks: When you get a
little cash, you want to spend it right away.
But by saving it took us only two years to
pay off our debt! By the time I was 24, wed
saved our first $100,000.
ADAM: Shortly after we repaid our debt, we
adopted our son, who has special needs.
We fell in love with him and realized we
wanted to adopt three more special-needs
children. But we needed the financial
resources and a flexible schedule to care
for them. We had to find a way so that we
didnt have to work crappy jobs to get by.
JILLIAN: We bought three cheap properties
and did DIY renovations. Now we rent two
of them out, which is our primary source of
income along with Adams small military
pensionthe rentals are responsible for
about $300,000 of our current net worth.
We stopped working in 2015, but we have
a small amount of active income from my
blog, Montana Money Adventures, that
mostly goes to charity.
ADAM: We tag-team on child care so each
of us gets a few hours alone per day, and
our monthly expenses total around
$2,500. It took us 14 years, but we have
the life we dreamed of. And we did raise
our fun money to only $75 per month.
J I LLI A N S D E BT- PAY I N G A DV I C E : Consol-
idating your credit card debt into a single
monthly payment can get you a lower inter-
est rate; ours was 9 percent versus the
going 18 percent. (But know that some con-
solidation officers can be scam artists, so
look for a nonprofit that offers credit coun-
seling, or teach yourself with online tools.)
That lowered interest rate allowed us to
pay off our credit card debt. Also, tackle
your debts one by one, starting with the
most urgent. Make a plan, and get to work!
We became
extremely
frugal.
Liz, 33, and Nate Thames, 34, former
nonprofit workers, rural Vermont
NATE: We were debt-free when we got mar-
ried. Our first jobs didnt pay much, but we
were saving 40 to 50 percent of our income.

By the time we were 27, we bought a
house in Cambridge, Massachusetts,
and started investing in a low-fee index
fund. But after eight years of working
in cubicles, we realized that we really
wanted to live near nature.
LIZ: We slashed expenses to increase
the savings on our take-home pay to 70
percent of our combined salaries. Nate
cut my hair, we ate out only twice a year,
and he rode his bike to work. In 2015
our yearly expenses were only $13,000!
When we found out I was pregnant that
year, we asked friends for hand-me-
down baby stuff. They were thrilled to
get rid of things that we could use.
Nate and I left our jobs last year to
focus on moving to our 66-acre homestead
in rural Vermont and raising our daugh-
ter. We didnt have a net-worth goal in
mind before retiring; we just wanted the
income of our assets to become greater
than our expenses. We achieved that
THAMES: NATE THAMES
sooner than we thought by renting out our
Cambridge house and putting that toward
our new mortgage, and continuing to grow
our investments in the low-fee index fund.
NATE: We chose to get a mortgage because
important to you first, so being
frugal doesnt feel like a cutback,
says Thames, who retired at 32.
that helped diversify our assets. Mathe-
matically, its likely that our money will
return a higher yield invested in the mar-
ket than it would in a paid-off house.
We spend our days pruning our apple
trees, chopping firewood, or weeding
our vegetable garden. Liz even wrote a
book that comes out in 2018, Meet the
Frugalwoods: Achieving Financial
Independence Through Simple Living.
Whatever money we take in will go toward
charity or will be invested.
Identify what spending is most
LIZS GET-FRUGAL ADVICE: You can fru-
galize your diet by shopping at a bulk
store like Costco. For breakfast, buy
oats in bulk at $7.89 for a 10-pound box.
Thats 10 cents per serving! That saves
about $76 a month, adding up to almost
$1,000 per year.
Stock up on pantry staples like
beans and rice, which you can make
ahead on a Sunday night. That comes
to 39 cents a serving and works out to
$3.90 a week for two adults. Buy and
freeze expensive proteins when theyre
on sale, shred them into a veggie stew,
and serve over brown rice. We spend
$35 a week on groceries this way, and
we still eat mostly organic.
Now were adding to that with foods
that we grow and harvest. Were still
new at farming, and it isnt a business
for us. But we hope to be able to produce
enough food to preserve for the winter.
Were just enjoying a more sustainable,
healthy lifestyle. This is our dream: to
be happy, less stressed, and living peace-
fully in our simplicity.
Anna Breslaw is a writer in New York City.
 Talk
Edited by Liz Egan &
Emily Mahaney
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The Making of
a News Junkie
Long before I was on NBC, I was riding
along with my journalist parents.
Heres how their crazy ride prepared me
for mine. By Katy Tur

My mom likes to say Ive been covering news since the day I was
bornlonger if you count my time in utero. The day she went
into labor, my parents were in Hollywood covering a shooting,
a mugging gone wrong. There was no question my mom would
join my dad at the scene, even if she was nine days overdue. They
were a husband-and-wife reporting team, the founders of the
Los Angeles News Service, so she grabbed her 17-pound tape
deck, and off we went. Eighteen hours later the Tur family had
another journalist in the world, though it would be more than 18
years before I knew it.
Looking back after more than a decade in live television, I
suppose my career choice was inevitable. The sound of the police
and fire scanner, which my parents relied on for stories, was my
music box and my bedtime story. My mom says its the reason my
first word was hot and, only half-jokingly, that my second and
third were smoke and showing.
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Talk / Personal History
Cockpit Greetings
Thats me, my little brother
Jamie, and our dog, Daisy,
in our parents helicopter.
My parents got ahead in the news business with wits, guts, and
a creative interpretation of fair game. They leased their first
helicopter in 1985, when KTLA news crews were on strike. Maybe
the crews had good grievances, maybe not. Either way, my parents
ignored the strike and went to work. They had a one-year-old at
home (me) and another kid on the way.
After a few months with KTLA, they also had $30,000. With
that down payment, plus a good sales pitch, my dad convinced
Bell Helicopters to lease him a $250,000 chopper. TV news would
never be the same.
Bob and Marika Tur were not the first to use a helicopter, but
they were the first to do something memorable with one. My dad
didnt have his license yet when they got their first big scoop: Sean
Penn and Madonnas 1985 wedding on the coast of Malibu. He
hired a pilot to hover 150 feet off the bluff, so close that Madonna
flipped him the finger. He sold the pictures for six figures.
Gangs were angry
about my parents
coverage. We started
getting death threats.
Soon they had settled into a routine: Dad flying, Mom on cam-
era. She was fearless. Shed hang out over the skids, hundreds of feet
in the air, a 30-pound Betacam on her shoulder. They couldnt send
the videos live, so they flew tapes from station to station, dropping
them from the copter down to the roof where a producer waited. To
keep the tapes from breaking on impact, my mom wrapped them in
anything she had on hand, usually clothing. On busy days it wasnt
unusual for her to get back to the hangar in her underwear.
Meanwhile, my dad filed live radio reports, his hands on the
controls and his eyes on the news unfolding below him. When I
was five, he started asking me to work up my own live reports. In
one, I tell the story of an imaginary fire in San Diego that ended
with all my friends and me having a party at McDonalds. And you
know what? I wasnt so bad. (See for yourself at glamour.com!)
142 glamour.com
My mom and dad were helicopter parents, literally. Meaning,
I didnt have a nanny, so I went up in the helicopter. My entire
early childhood education consisted of tagging along while they
reported on car accidents, multiple-alarm fires, and shootouts.
In elementary school I spent weekends in the air over Los
Angeles. On a slow news day, my dad would fly us down to Cata-
lina Island for lunch, or wed fly low over the beach. Once, during
the Rose Parade, I unbuckled my seat belt and opened the chop-
per door so I could get a better look at the floats. (Later, my dad
said I almost gave him a heart attack. I wouldnt have knownhe
was that cool under pressure.)
It was fun in retrospect. Kids are kids, though, and before long
I thought our Christmas cardsme and my brother, with our
dog, in flight headphones (see left)were boring. Getting picked
up from sleepaway camp in a helicopter was mortifying; so was
the overhead cheering section during my softball games. By mid-
dle school I wanted nothing to do with the news.
I maintained that point of view even when a truck driver named
Reginald Denny stopped in the wrong intersection at the wrong
time at the outbreak of the 1992 L.A. riots. Bob and Marika were
on the scene. When Denny got pulled from the drivers seat by a
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group of gang members, they flew lower. When the mob pulled
him to the ground and started kicking him, they got lower again
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as low as 70 feet, close enough for bullets to damage the engine. It
wasnt about getting the shot anymore; it was about trying to save
the mans life by scaring off the crowd. But the crowd closed in, and
the cops were nowhere in sight. With millions tuned in live, my
dad declared that the LAPD had abandoned the city.
My brother and I watched from our grandparents house and
then lived through the aftermathnot only of the riot but of the
journalism. Gangs were angry about my parents coverage. We
started getting death threats. My dad got his first concealed
weapons permit. For years he wore a gun on his belt every day
and slept with it under his pillow. Those were scary times.
Not even O.J. Simpsons strange, slow-speed car chase was
enough to reignite my interest in my parents job. In fact, when I
saw their helicopter hovering over my school one day, I was con-
vinced they were trying to spy on me and my friends. They were
not. Simpson had led cops to his house, which happened to be
nearby. My parents got the footage, made some serious money,
and burnished their reputation.
Then, in 1998, when I was 14, it all fell apart. The main station
my parents worked with got its own helicopter. It didnt need my
parents anymore, and didnt want to need them. My dad had a
temper and was tough to work with. In the months that followed,
he had heart surgery, my grandmother died, and my parents lost
their bearings, both professionally and personally. The bills piled
up. The fancy vacations disappeared. The rent was late. And we
stopped answering the phone because it was always a bill collector.
Our dwindling bank account wasnt the worst of it; for me, it was
the loss of my role models. My parents were depressed and angry.
Instead of looking to find a new path, something they were always
so good at, they froze like a watch in an explosion. There was no
more future, only the past. The news business broke us apart.
I went off to the University of California, Santa Barbara, on a
boatload of loans, sights set on becoming a doctor or a lawyer.
Talk / Personal History
Stable. Predictable. Then a funny
thing happened during my senior
year. I was driving back to Santa Bar-
bara from Los Angeles with my college
boyfriend, when we ran into a road-
blocknothing major, a brushfire in
Malibu. Instead of taking the detour,
I wanted to drive straighttoward the
flamesto see the action. So I reached
into my wallet and grabbed the press
pass my dad had made for me. What
the hell, I thought. Lets see if we can
get in. I pulled up to the officer guard-
ing the road and flashed my pass.
Who do you work for? he asked
suspiciously.
Los Angeles News Service, I said.
He looked down, back at me, then
down again. Wheres your gear?
My crew is up ahead. They have the
cameras.
All right, he said. Be careful.
My boyfriend was awestruck. Ive
never seen you more confident than
you were just now, lying to that offi-
cer, he said.
A couple of weeks later, a school
counselor was telling me what LSAT
score Id need to get into UCLA when
something clickedor unclicked. I
didnt want to be a lawyer. I wanted
to chase the news. I couldnt say why,
exactly. I still hated the camera. But
suddenly journalism seemed like a lot
more fun than pushing paper behind a
desk in a faceless office building.
I told my dad about my deci-
sion over lunch. I thought hed be
excited; instead he was furious and
condescending. You might want to
practice, Do you want fries with that?
because youre never going to make it,
he said. He was convinced our name
would get me blacklisted; I thought he
was treating me like a child. The fight
continued all the way to my front door,
which I slammed in his face. We didnt
talk for a week.
I graduated in June 2005. In July of
that year, I walked into my first job as a
journalistin, of all places, the KTLA
newsroom. It smelled like must, dust,
and videotape. Exactly as it did when I
was little. I was home.
Katy Tur is a correspondent for NBC
News. This piece is adapted from her
book, Unbelievable:
My Front-Row Seat to
the Craziest Cam-
paign in American
History.
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Talk / In My Opinion
Youre Gonna
Want to
Read These...
Fall is like Oscar season for
books. Editor Elizabeth Egan
picks the big winners.
i
by Gabrielle Union
hate Ha lloweentoo ma ny
clowns, and I prefer my Hershey
bars king-size, thank you very
much. But I do love my neigh-
bors twist on the dentist who hands out
toothbrushes to trick-or-treaters: Shes a
publishing executive who gives out kids
books by the hundreds every year. If I
could do the same with adult books, here
are the ones Id hand out this season:
THE BEST
DROP-EVERYTHING DEBUT:
My Absolute
Darling
by Gabriel Tallent
If you loved To Kill a
Mockingbirds Scout
Finch, youll be into Turtle Alveston, a
14-year-old who lives with her unstable
dad on the California coast and is a sur-
vivor in every sense (living on berries,
hiking barefoot for days). Everything
changes when she meets a pair of boys,
sees how they liveand begins to build
the life she deserves.
THE BEST MAKE-YOU-
SMARTER NONFICTION:
The Naughty
Nineties
by David Friend
The 1990s are having a
moment (see: Baywatch,
Twin Peaks, O.J. back in the news).
Writer David Friend argues that we are
who we are nowculturally, politically,
sexuallybecause of what happened
then. Its a hefty book, but youll enjoy
the ride in the time machine.
THE BEST CELEB TELL-ALL:
Were Going to
Need More Wine
She had me at wine,
but the Being Mary Jane
star delivers more than
just laughs in this moving
essay collection. The
one that floored me: the
story of her rape in a
Payless shoe storeshe
grabbed his gun, shot
and missed. And that isnt
even the most jaw-dropping
part. Read an exclusive
excerpt at glamour.com.
THE BEST MEMOIR:
The Book
of Separation
by Tova Mirvis
Weve all daydreamed
about walking away
from it all. Mirvis actu-
ally did, after years of soldiering through
a good-enough life. This is the moving
story of her life, postdivorce and post
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Orthodox Judaism. Shes an inspiring
example of livingand lovingon your
own terms.
THE BEST
HISTORICAL NOVEL:
Manhattan Beach
by Jennifer Egan
Through impeccable
research, Egan (no rela-
tion) brings gangster-era
New York City to life as you follow the
Kerrigan family from the Great Depres-
sion to World War II. The twist involving
the family patriarch is wrenchingdont
miss this novel.
Talk / New Column!
Why Im
Running
Be warned, old boys: Women
candidates are coming. This
t
column will tell their stories.
heres a crisis of representation at all
levels of government: Men make up
75 to 80 percent of all elected offi-
cialsyes, today, in 2017! But since
the 2016 election, more and more women
are raising their hands to change that:
17,000 have reached out to Emilys List, a
group that grooms pro-choice Democratic
women for office, up from just 920 the year
before. Meanwhile, 15,000 have asked
the nonpartisan She Should Run for help.
And the conservative Maggies List has
also seen a spike in interest. In Glamours
new column, Why Im Running, youll hear
from women like you, competing in races
across the U.S., about what its really like
out there. First up: Krishanti Vignarajah,
38, a Michelle Obama protge and Demo-
cratic candidate for governor of Maryland.
On a Wednesday in early August,
Maryland gubernatorial hopeful Vigna-
rajah, 38, was in the middle of explaining
to me how dire Baltimores violent crime
situation has become when her parents
showed up carrying her hungry seven-
week-old, Alana. Vignarajah asked: Do
you mind? A new mom myself, I didnt
hesitate to say, Not at all. She tossed a
blanket over her shoulder, offered her
daughter her breast, and got back to
talking about the issues.
No nursing momhell, no woman
has ever been governor of Maryland. All
62 governors have been men (white men).
Moreover, women dont hold any of Mary-
lands four elected executive seats or its
10 seats in Congress. We have the same
level of female representation we had
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100 years ago, says Vignarajah, when
women didnt have the right to vote.
Vignarajah knew how important it was
for women to be represented in govern-
ment: She had previously spent two years
working as policy director for First Lady
Michelle Obama, leading Let Girls Learn,
an international coalition that helps girls
complete middle and high school. (Before
that, she worked as a senior adviser at the
State Department under Secretary Kerry
and Secretary Clinton.) She says standing
in the Rose Garden the day after the 2016
election, watching President Obamas call
to action firsthand, inspired her to run
herself (along with those dismal stats).
A governors race is big league for a
first-time candidate, and this wont be
easy. Vignarajah has already faced ques-
tions about her eligibility to run since
she voted in D.C. while registered in
Maryland (she maintains she meets all
eligibility requirements). Shell face a
crowded Democratic primary before ever
reaching her true opponent, Republican
Larry Hogan, who was the second most
popular governor in the country last year.
But Vignarajah believes in her unique
perspective. One central issue: educa-
Vignarajah with her
husband, Collin OMara,
and daughter, Alana
Marching for Two
Vignarajah, pregnant
at the Womens
March in D.C. last
January and, below,
with her former
boss First Lady
Michelle Obama
tion. She worries
about the oppor-
tunities available to
kids today, especially
in Maryland, since Gov-
ernor Hogan, she says, reallocated funds
away from the neediest public schools.
She herself attended Woodlawn High
School in Baltimore, a poorly ranked pub-
lic school. But government investments in
STEM at her school and her parentswho
were both teachershelped her make it
into Oxford and Yale Law School. She is
working on education policies that she
says will give more kids that kind of a shot.
Growing up in the U.S. itself was a
stroke of luck. Her parents fled Sri Lanka
in 1980 before the civil war and arrived
in Maryland with two kids and $200.
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My parents were going to move to north-
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ern Nigeria, the same region where Boko
Haram kidnapped over 200 girls, she
says, but they got U.S. green cards with
the help of an uncle here. The truth is, I
am everything President Trump denunci-
ates and denigrates, and I am proud to be.
But she knows she wont win simply
by being anti-Trump. To that end, she
says she is focused on issues that impact
Maryland families, like paid family leave
and affordable health care and child care.
Why run now? The question is, Why
werent we running yesterday, right? Our
time has long come. Hillary Kelly
Know a woman whod be a great leader? Or
want to run yourself? Go to emilyslist.org,
sheshouldrun.org, or maggieslist.org.
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Killed by Opioids
Each Day.
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 Four months sober
Chayce Sieck, here
in July, wears a
bracelet she made
in rehab that says
F-ck heroin.

Chayce Doesnt Want

to Be One of Them
Its the deadliest drug epidemic in American history, and its
about to get worse. This special report details the raw
truth of what women go throughand what our leaders must
do to help. By Liz Brody, with Will Yakowicz
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t was barely seven in the morning on March 2, 2016, when
Chayce Sieck, then 21, stood at the sink in her familys bath-
room, shooting up. But even as she held the syringe, she
realized she was overdosing: OhmygodohmygodIdidtoomuch,
she thought as the heroin hit and she began falling, grabbing
the sink, oblivious to the banging on the door. By the time her
mother had picked the lock with her fingernail, Chayce was in a
heap on the cream-color tiles, the needle still in her arm.
The ambulance arrived and she was rushed to the emergency
room, but when she came to, Chayce had no plans to get sober.
Shed been shooting heroin since she was 18: a party girl who made
drugs look cute on her Insta (Xanax laid out as hearts, swirls of
codeine cough syrup on ice), with visible tan lines from the Ugg
boots she wore even in the Arizona heatthey were where she
stashed her needles and spoon. So after the bathroom incident
she ODd again, once in August and then again in September; it
happened for the ninth time in January, when she accidentally did
heroin laced with fentanyland even that wasnt a turning point.
I was going to the dealer ten times a day.
Keriann Caccavaro, 32, now sober three years
By then Chayce was having trouble finding a vein and, if she had
to be honest, was tired of her whole life, tired of doing anything to
not get dope sick (the stomach-turning sweats of withdrawal),
tired of spending her days sending naked Snaps to guys for $20
or $30 so she could buy a hit, tired of sneaking into restrooms at
Arbys and Taco Bell and praying they had a mirror because by
that point shed resorted to shooting up in her neck. And yet she
couldnt stop. After landing in the emergency room in January,
she walked out of the hospital looking to use, searching for the
friend whod given her the fentanyl-laced drugs. Turns out he had
died. Chayce found his buddy and did more heroin, but the next
day he turned up dead too.
That, finally, was her wake-up call. Its not that she hadnt
triedcountless times, it seemedto get sober. But without insur-
ance shed had trouble getting into an in-patient program. This
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time her family raised money on GoFundMe to send her to Bella
Monte, a rehab facility in California, at a cost of $15,000 a month.
When I first speak to Chayce this spring, she has just grad-
uated after spending 80 days there. Im sober and alive and
loving life! she tells me on the phone. It feels like a dream. I
dont wanna ever not feel like I feel right now. She talks about
getting a job and becoming a drug counselor. Her enthusiasm is
so promising and yet, after months of reporting on the drug epi-
demic, I find it hard to ignore the red flags that come up in our
conversations: Shes been chilling with a boy she met in rehab
(a recovery no-no), and theyve decided to pick up and drive to
Fresno, California, even though the plan was for Chayce to go
to a sober house. This is really a fresh start, she explains. But
her family isnt so sure. I am filled with anxiety every day since
shes been out, says her mother, Tracie Knittel. Im very hope-
ful. But with each overdose, I have had to come to terms with the
fact that I might lose my daughter to heroin. I dont know how to
stay hopeful and also be prepared. All I can do is focus on loving
her regardless.
Will Chayce make it? Or will she become one of the 31 women
and 60 menwho die every single day as a result of opioids?
These days you cant scroll a news feed without seeing opioids, a
word many of us had never heard of, much less learned to spell, till
recently. Its the category of drugs that includes not only heroin but
also prescription painkillers like Percocet, Vicodin, and OxyCon-
tin, all originally derived from the opium poppy; together these
drugs kill more than 33,000 Americans a year. The fatalities have
been tripling, quadrupling, quintupling with such speed that as of
this year, for the first time ever, drug overdose is
80%
the leading cause of death for Americans under
age 50. Many of the faces showing up in coro-
ners offices look like Chayces; in 2015 more
than five times as many white people were of heroin users
were first addicted
killed by opioids as nonwhites. But according
to prescription
to the latest research out of Columbia Univer- opioids.
sity, heroin-related deaths have also jumped in
nonwhite populations, tripling between 2001 and 2013 and con-
tributing to the nationwide catastrophe. Were at an all-time high
in drug-induced deaths, says Richard Baum, the administrations
acting drug czar, who has worked under the past six presidents
on drug issues, through the cocaine and crack scares. Never seen
anything like it.
Worse, experts say the opioid problem is entering an even
more terrifying new phase. A wave of deadly synthetic opi-
oidslike the fentanyl that Chayce tookhave started flooding
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the market. From 2014 to 2015, fatalities from these synthetics
alone skyrocketed 72 percent, and researchers suspect the rate
has risen even more since. Made with ingredients from China,
mixed in Mexico, and laced into heroin, these powerful drugs
are sold on the streets to Americans who often dont realize their
dope has been spiked. One of the newbie synthetics, carfent-
anil, is literally an elephant tranquilizer thats 5,000 times more
potent than heroinlethal enough that breathing a few flecks of
powder can put a first responder into a coma. Even if police could
stop the street sales, opioids are widely available on the dark web
at crypto-malls like Dream Market and Empereor Chemicals
Kingdom. Its a whole new era, says Daniel Ciccarone, M.D.,
M.P.H., professor of family and community medicine at the Uni-
versity of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Its going to take
years to turn this ship around.
Thats why its imperative we dont wait to get started. Heres
what needs to happen to save women like Chayce:
 Note to doctors: Watch
the painkillers.
How did we get to this point? A little history: In the mid-1990s
OxyContin (the generic is oxycodone) hit the market and was
aggressively promoted by its maker, the Purdue Frederick
Company, as a breakthrougha safer, less-addictive way to treat
everything from postsurgical pain to chronic back problems. As
pills flew off the shelves , doctors also began recommending other
opioids like Vicodin, Percocet, and Norco more liberally. The
problem was that Purdues less-addictive claim was false and the
company knew it: Patients were getting seriously hooked, even
crushing the pills and snorting or injecting them for a faster high.
(The company later pleaded guilty to marketing the drug in a way
that misled physicians and consumers; it had to pay more than
$600 million. Several states are now suing various opioid makers
for downplaying their drugs addictive qualities.) By 2001 the
number of fatal overdoses from oxycodone had jumped over 400
percent. And then the story took a turn: As doctors started to
realize how habit-forming the drugs were and slowed their
prescribing, and as Purdue replaced OxyContin with a harder-to-
crush version in 2010, addicts scrambled for other sources of the I was in a halfway house while my
drugs. And just as that was happening, a new supply of heroin
showed up like a bad uncle with catastrophic timingcheaper,
friends were at the prom.
stronger, and easier to get than ever before. Many users made the Catherine Goedicke, 23, with her brother Mike, 27,
who got her sober
switch. Eighty percent of heroin users today first became addicted
to prescription opioids.
Keriann Caccavaro, 32, wishes her doctor had thought twice
before prescribing Percocet for a minor surgery when she was a suicide, she says, youre missing a crucial opportunity for pre-
troubled teen still reeling from her parents divorce. She took the vention. But thats just one of the misses experts see in how we
first pill as directed. It was instant, she says. All of the pain, anxi- deal with opioids
ety, and insecurities went away. By the end of that week, every day, I
was doing OCs (street lingo for the stamp on 80-milligram tabs of
OxyContin). She was 19. My habit got so expensive Id have to sell
furniture, leave apartments, stay on couches, she says. I couldnt
Its time to get past
even fix my broken teeth from various fights, so they would rot.
When her OC supply dried up, she says, I turned to heroin.
just say no.
Her life went off the rails: She began sleeping on stairways in A month out from Bella Monte, Chayce seems to be sailing on
the projects, getting thrown in jail, and stealing her mothers jew- the highs of falling in love while trying to make a life in Fresno
elrywhatever she had to doto hit up her dealer three, four, ten with her new boyfriend. She hasnt touched heroin, she tells me,
times a day. I was sharing needles in downtown Boston, she says. but admits she hasnt been sober sober. Feeling anxious one day,
I got hep C, and I didnt even care. It was such a miserable life. And she went to get weed from a guy she met on Twitter; when she
I couldnt see it getting any better. For years she went in and out of jumped the curb driving into the parking lot, wrecking her tires,
detox, but after a minor drug charge, Caccavaro was given a deal: he gave me five Norcosan opioidand I popped all five right
If she completed the treatment plan, her record would be cleared. there. She laughs it off, but then her mood slumps. In rehab, she
She came in pretty broken, says Marie DeVito, a counselor whos says wistfully, I didnt have one day when I wanted to get high,
helped manage Bridgewells Project Cope, a womens recovery pro- not one. I was like, Why would anyone ever want to numb this
gram in Lynn, Massachusetts, for 16 years. And she wasnt all in. feeling? It just sucks that the cravings are back.
But at some point she started to become a leader. Now three years Earth to willpower? If thats what youre thinking, youve got
sober, Caccavaro runs another home for young women at Banyan, company: As a society most of us have been sold on the idea that
near Boston, and speaks out to raise awareness because, she says, anyone, even a hard-core IV heroin user like Chayce, can and
When I got prescribed Percocet, I just did as the doctor said. I should just say no. But based on a firm body of science, experts
never took into account that, Oh, maybe Ill abuse these pills. now consider opioid addiction as much of a chronic illness as dia-
That was 13 years ago, but today there are still many Keri- betes or heart diseaseall physical conditions with high relapse
anns taking their first painkiller. Not only do physicians need rates that require constant vigilance and specific lifestyle choices
to prescribe fewer opioids (see page 153), but when they do pre- to manage. I spoke with more than 15 women now in recovery,
scribe them, they should evaluate for mental health issues that and almost every one of them told me she relapsed 10 to 20 times
can make patients vulnerable to addiction, says Hilary Connery, before getting sober. These were all smart, motivated people who
M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Med- havent touched heroin for at least three yearsit was clear to
ical School. If you ignore screening for trauma, self-harm, and me this wasnt just about weakness. We need to convince
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ourselves culturally that treatment is not just locking yourself in
a closet and saying a prayer, says UCSFs Ciccarone. If a heart
attack patient is told to cut down the red meat, stop smoking,
and take her medication and then comes in with a second heart
attack, we say, Oh, Ms. Jones, we need to try harder this time. We
must do the same for a heroin patient instead of getting utterly
dismayed if they relapse. Chayces mother, Tracie, felt the stigma
repeatedly with her daughter: People have treated her like crap
and told her to suck it up, she says. I wouldnt expect that if she
had another disease.
To understand why just saying no so often doesnt work, it
helps to know how opioids actually change the brain. These drugs
hijack the bodys natural reward system: Once the brain is keyed
to heroin, users typically stop enjoying food and sex; only the drug
lights them up. The effect is so powerful they get addicted to the
sheer act of injecting themselves. I was shooting beer from a
40-ounce, just to shoot something, says Sara Kaiser, 32, a nurse
in Connecticut, who used heroin for six years. The brain effects are
why going cold turkey has dismal success rates. Relapse rates after
I had to get sober to get my baby back.
Latisha Goullaud, 27, with Izabella
detox are over 80 percent within a year, says David Fiellin, M.D.,
professor of medicine, emergency medicine, and public health at
Yale. And those individuals are also at high risk for overdose.
The good news is there are drugs to wean you off: Medica-
tion-assisted therapy (MAT) is widely considered to be the best
treatment we have today, when used with other therapies like
intensive outpatient therapy and support meetings. MAT includes
buprenorphine (often in a combo pill called Suboxone), a weaker
opioid that when carefully administered over time can reduce
relapse rates up to 80 percent, and methadone, which shows simi-
lar results. The treatment isnt perfectseveral women confessed
to Glamour that they did misuse the drugs by taking more than the
prescribed dose. But as part of a continuous effort, along with ther-
apy and lots of support, these meds can help patients start to make
the profound lifestyle changes theyll need to avoid relapsing.
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A consistent theme in my interviews was this: Like a cancer
recurrence, in which no one blames the patient, and oncologists
try new therapies a second or third or fourth time, opioid-use dis-
order should be seen as an ongoing illness; when one treatment
fails, friends and family should rally in support of the patient, and
doctors should try another therapybecause eventually many
do recover. Frustratingly, few patients and caregivers know any
of this. When we first put Sara into a 30-day rehab, I figured it
was just Clean it up, one and done, says her father, Ray Kaiser.
But then Sara relapsed before eventually getting sober with meth-
adone and intensive outpatient treatment. It took me a while, he
says, to realize it was a disease, and that every time she relapsed,
shed learn something from it and recover quicker.
Theres good
treatmentlets get
it to people.
Even if patients and families do understand the disease, its hard
to know where exactly to turn for help. Addiction treatment pro-
grams dont have the oversight that hospitals do; legally, anyone
can hang out a shingle and call themselves a recovery program. Its
the Wild West, experts told Glamour. We cant say for certain that
a facility that advertises care actually delivers it, says Kim Hol-
land, vice president of state affairs for Blue Cross Blue Shield. And
there are other barriers to getting care:
Most clinics and doctors dont even offer the best treatment
we have. That top-of-the-class drug therapy, MAT? Less than
half of all treatment facilities have a doctor on staff to prescribe it.
And its hard to get on an outpatient basis. The MAT drug metha-
done is available for addiction only at government-licensed clinics
(of which there are fewer than 1,500 across the country), where
users must show up every day for six months to take their dose.
Patients can get buprenorphine from a doctorif they can find
one specially trained and licensed to prescribe the medication.
Right now there are only 39,000 M.D.s who can offer treatment
to the more than 2 million people who need itand in some parts
of the country finding one of these doctors is nearly impossi-
ble. Until we make these drugs more accessible, says Andrew
Kolodny, M.D., codirector of opioid policy research at Brandeis
University, the death rates will not go down.
And then theres paying for it all. When patients do find treat-
ment they think will work best for them, insurance may not cover
it. Providers typically have low reimbursement rates for addiction
specialists, so patients must go out of network to find help. That
means they must choose between spending, say, $300 on an office
visit or $20 to get high. If its cheaper to buy heroin than it is to go
to the doctor, says Dr. Kolodny, youre going to keep using.
Jass Rinis story is harrowingand telling. A 40-year-old
mother from Ocean County, New Jersey, shes a year into recov-
ery after a seven-year-long battle with heroin addiction. Rini first
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took painkillers that were prescribed for her fibromyalgia but
quickly became addicted, and eventually began living out of her
van while her two youngest kids stayed with her husband. When
the familys dog died, her husband asked if she could come home to
break the news to their daughter. Instead, I got high, says Rini.
Ashamed at letting her little girl down, Rini made a decision:
She would shoot 11 bags of fentanyl. If she lived, she would get sober.
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 When a Doctor Hears Im in Pain
Many just write an Rx. But Danielle Ofri, M.D., has a better idea all patients should hear.

The car accident was more than a decade
ago. The leg fracture has long since healed.
The visible bruises and scars are all gone.
But the patient in my office tells me that
her pain is still there, and this is something
we discuss at every visit.
As a physician at Bellevue Hospital in
New York City, I can diagnose diabetes
from a blood sugar test and pneumonia
from a chest X-ray. I can quantify a fever
with a thermometer, and liver damage
from an ultrasound. But there is no way to
objectively measure pain.
In primary care medicine, most diag-
noses are based on what a patient says.
The patients story is the primary data,
and as a rule I take her words as fact. Pain
stands nearly alone as a medical condition
that not only cant be measured but that
patients might also have an ulterior motive
to lie about. This, unfortunately, adds an
uncomfortable element of suspicion into
an interaction that is supposed to be based
on trust. I never wonder if a patient is lying
when she says she is constipated or has a
vaginal itch. But the reality is that theres
not much street value for Metamucil, and
there arent any rehabs filled with recover-
ing Monistat addicts.
My patient tells me shes tried every-
thing over the years, and the only thing
that relieves her pain is OxyContin. Shes
borrowed a few tabs from her sister (who
had them left over from an earlier surgery),
and they really work. I dont doubt this;
the drug is extremely effective in relieving
pain, but it has a high potential for addic-
tion, not to mention a hefty street value. I
cant know if she might be asking for the
drugs to feed an addiction or sell for money.
I feel sullied when these thoughts enter
my mind. I dont want to harbor suspicions
about my patient. If she says shes in pain,
then shes in pain, and my job is to help
relieve that pain. But like almost every doc-
tor, I have been lied to in the past. Ive had
my prescription pad stolen. Ive been called
by the Drug Enforcement Agency about
prescriptions of mine that have been sold
on the street. As the patient in my office
speaks, I cant help but remember another
patient in a wheelchair with an ampu-
tated leg who, to get an opioid prescription,
flat-out lied to me that his pain clinic had
closed down. Then there was the patient
whom I found had filled narcotic prescrip-
tions from eight different doctors at eight
different pharmacies. These shattering
instances are enough to give me pause. Im
also aware of the rising tide of opioid addic-
tion and overdose. Do I want to expose my
patient to those risks?
I know too that there are other factors
that have put my patient and me into this
difficult situation. Id love to send her for
physical therapy, but her insurance com-
panylike mostoffers scant coverage
for alternative pain treatments like PT,
acupuncture, massage, and chiroprac-
tic therapy. She already used up her PT
benefit, and it will be another year until
she can be eligible for more. I could try
to call the insurance company and argue
on her behalf, but that could take hours
tear-out-your-hair kind of hours that
would likely be fruitless anyway. I cant
deny that its so much easier just to write
a prescription.
Its also no secret that drug makers have
pushed these narcotics heavily on doctors.
I have one gastric ulcer dedicated solely to
Purdue, who assured us that our patients
faced little risk of addiction to OxyContin
while sanctimoniously reminding us of our
ethical duty to treat pain.
And so we doctors and patients are in
a pickle. Chronic pain is real. It can ruin
peoples lives. But the anvil of addiction
and death cant be ignored.
Sitting with my patient as she tells me
how pain dogs her life, sapping energy and
joy from her waking hours, I drag out the
well-worn trope that there is no easy solu-
tion. I frame it as a chronic condition like
diabetes and explain why I think Oxy-
Contin wont be the magic bullet. We set
modest goals that relate less to the pain
per se but to her overall functioning. We
discuss the role of a healthy diet and the
importance of exercise, even if just a little.
We talk about engaging in activities that
have meaning for her. In the end, I dont
prescribe the painkiller. The short-term
benefits dont seem worth the long-term
risks. My patient and I part ways with a
handshake and an understanding that
this is only the beginning. It will be a long
haul, but we will keep at it, bit by incre-
mental bit.
Danielle Ofri, M.D., Ph.D., is a physician
at Bellevue Hospital in New York City.
Her latest book is What Patients Say,
What Doctors Hear.

And if your doctor prescribes a painkiller

Ask the doctor or dentist if
the drug she is prescribing
is an opioid. Yes? Then
discuss whether anything else
might work just as well. A
combination of acetaminophen
and ibuprofen can be quite
effective in many cases, says
Stuart Gitlow, M.D., M.P.H.,
executive director of the
Annenberg Physician Training
Program in Addictive Disease.
Avoid opioids if youre
being treated for chronic
pain. Physical therapy is
more effective for long-term
conditions like lower back pain
and headache, says Kimberly
Johnson, Ph.D., director of the
center for substance abuse
treatment at the Substance
Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration.
If you do decide to take
an opioid, keep the dose
low and your time on the
drug short. Otherwise, your
risk of addiction increases.
If your doctor prescribes
a painkiller for more than
a couple of weeks,
that should be cause for
some concern, says
Dr. Gitlow. Consider
getting a second opinion.
Maggie Mertens

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 The
Revolution
IsBeing
Televised
These days all you need to do to nd an army of women
who will make you laugh, cry, and feel powerful or
understood is turn on your TV (or laptop). Television today
is showing us a world where the rules are different (as in,
women get to be more than one thing), where storytellers
like Reese Witherspoon and Issa Rae reign supreme,
and where stereotypes like the girl next door and
the sex bomb are overhauled nightly. In other words, were
nally getting what weve always needed from
entertainment: the chance to see ourselves. Turn the page to
hear the stories of the women (and allies) making that
changeand pick up a few fashion and beauty ideas too.
Grab the popcorn. This is gonna be good.

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 Reese Witherspoon is taking over all the screens,
dominating TV with Emmy darling Big Little Lies and
movie theaters with the new comedy Home Again.
And she has something to say to you about ambition.
Hint: Shes for it.

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What Power Feels Like
I can tell that Im considered
a player [as a producer] now
because of the respect I get
from studio heads, she says.
They call me back quicker.
Sonia Rykiel dress. Erickson
Beamon earrings. Roger Vivier
heels. For her cool, smoky eye, try
Elizabeth Arden Beautiful Color
Smoky Eyes Pencil in Espresso
($19, elizabetharden.com).

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 lashback to November 2015: Reese Witherspoon stood
onstage at Glamours Women of the Year gala at Car-
negie Hall, looked up to the rafters, where hundreds of
girls were sitting on the edge of their seat, and declared, I
believe ambition is not a dirty word. Witherspoons pow-
erful rallying cry struck a nerve: The room roared, and the
speech went viral. One Facebook commenter put it best when
she said, I just want Reese Witherspoon sitting on my shoulder
whispering ambition into my ear for the rest of my life.
Two years later Witherspoon has doubled down on her ambi-
tion to create work that moves the needle for women. Big Little
Lies, the HBO miniseries she produced and starred in, racked
up 16 Emmy nominations. Shes starring in two movies, Home
Again, in theaters now, and A Wrinkle in Time, out next year,
both directed by women. With her production company, Pacific
Standard, and new multimedia company, Hello Sunshine,
Witherspoon wants to capitalize on the demand for womens sto-
ries and tell them in every single medium: TV, film, and online.
That energy? Its infectiousand needed right now. We asked
Witherspoon to give us all another pep talk on the power of
i
female ambition. She delivered with this heartfelt essay.
worked for a long time on my speech for Women of the Year.
At the time, I was reading a lot of articles about how people
find ambition in women to be a negative trait. There was a
Columbia University study that concluded that a woman with
ambitious traits seemed selfish and less worthy of being hired
than a man with the same traits, which made me wonder, What
the heck is wrong with being ambitious? I have been ambitious all
my life. In fact, I vividly remember telling my third-grade teacher
that I wanted to be the first female president of the United States.
Ambition is simply a drive inside of youits having a curiosity
or a new idea and the desire to pursue it. I asked the audience
a question that night in Carnegie Hall: What if all women were
encouraged to be a bit more ambitious?
We have seen a lot of ambitious women at work since I gave
that speech in 2015. Its been exciting for me to watch women in
my business secure some major wins: Watching Felicity Jones
play a great female protagonist in Rogue One felt phenomenal
(and the film made over $1 billion at the global box office). Patty
Jenkins and Gal Gadot powered Wonder Woman to tremendous
box office successthose are the kinds of movies I wanted to see
as a little girl. Stories with powerful women at the center.
But to be honest, in the past two years, there have also been days
when Ive seen whats playing out in the news for women and felt
completely hopeless. I get defeated when I see news that major
corporations are paying top male executives significantly more
than top female executives, or that women are marching for the
same rights they were marching for 45 years ago. It definitely
feels backward for women to be fighting for fundamental health
care. I meanreally? If our representatives value womens health
in this country as much as they claim they do, how can they even
contemplate denying women access to cervical or breast cancer
screenings? You cant help our kids, our country, or our future if you
dont take care of women. That feels pretty simple to me.
But I am a glass-half-full person. Ill tell you why.
I remember, 15 years ago, being a young actress and starting
to audition for movies in L.A. There were always a lot of young
women waiting in the green room for their shot at the one part
there was for a girl in any given movie. Because thats all there
wasone part. As I got some of those parts, I would arrive on
set to realize I was the only girl with a speaking part. There were
also no women in the crew: Maybe a girl or two in the wardrobe
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department, but no one in any other department. I was literally
surrounded by 150 men. I remember thinking it was odd that
women made up half the population but such small percentages
of roles in Hollywood, on and off the screen.
Fast-forward to today, and I have never been on the job with so
many women, ever. Women ran the sets of the next two movies Im
appearing in. On Home Again I was lucky enough to work with
Nancy Meyersone of the most successful female writers, direc-
tors, and producers of our time, who has made some of my favorite
movies, from The Intern to Somethings Gotta Give to Father of
the Brideand her daughter, Hallie Meyers-Shyer, the 30-year-
old first-time filmmaker who wrote and directed the movie. I
really related to the character Hallie created, a separated mother
of two kids who is struggling with a central question (which is one
my friends and I talk about all the time): Is this the life youre sup-
posed to be living? It was amazing to watch a mother-daughter
creative team be in charge of every department, keeping all the
trains running on time. The second film is A Wrinkle in Time,
which was written by Jennifer Lee, who wrote Frozen, and
directed by Ava DuVernay, who directed the award-winning films
Selma and 13th. Ava is making history as the first African Amer-
ican woman to direct a movie with a budget of over $100 million,
and she is creating a world where an African American girl, Storm
Reid, is the hero of a huge supernatural story about good versus
evil. Her guides through the universe are Oprah, Mindy Kaling,
and meand we are definitely a new kind of superhero in film.
Instead of punching, blasting, and shooting bad guys, we guide
with wisdom and love and a healthy dose of magic. I got to go to
work every day and sit for three hours in the hair and makeup
trailer with Oprah and Mindy, whom I admire so much, and talk
to them about everything from running a business to writing a
novel to finding the perfect English muffins. Needless to say, it
was a dream job.
And guess what else is great? People want to see dynamic
women onscreen. Big Little Lies featured five actresses who were
25 to 50 years old, and 8.5 million people on average watched each
episode. We had a pretty gender-balanced audience too, proving
men are interested in womens lives. I could not be prouder of the
response we got from the audience.
TV and streaming together are definitely changing the game
for female roles. Today 38 percent of major characters on TV are
women, which is not equal, but its pretty good. With the gates
a
opening for womens stories, you just feel like so much is going to
come out of this time for women.
nd I hope it does, because the film and TV business
still needs to make meaningful change. Some people
are realizing that projects with female leads are big-
time moneymaking commodities, but Ive also had
studio heads say to me, We dont want to make biopics about
women, or more simply, Were not interested in female-driven
material. (My first go-round as a producer with Gone Girl? Every
studio passed but one. When the book hit number one on the best-
seller lists, it was a different story.) Women made up just 29 per-
cent of protagonists in last years highest-grossing filmsthats a
new high, but come onits not even a third.
Another thing I think about a lot is how it feels to be a minority
woman in America, so rarely seeing yourself onscreen, and its
unconscionable. When I asked Mindy Kaling, Dont you ever get
exhausted by always having to create your own roles? she said,
Reese, Ive never had anything that I didnt create for myself. I
thought, Wow, I feel like a jerk for asking that; I used to have parts
that just showed up for me. I cant imagine how hard it is to write
your own parts and simultaneously have to change peoples per-
ceptions of what a woman of color is in todays society.
The stakes are also much higher for stories about women.
There is a lot of pressure to generate a huge profit. When any
movie with a group of women starring in it doesnt make heaps
of money, the studio takeaway is that those types of films arent
working. But the truth is not every movie works. It happens. If the
director is a woman, she gets personally penalized too. It is defi-
nitely easier for a male director with a few flops under his belt to
get another job directing; thats not the case for women. Shouldnt
female filmmakers get as many shots as men do?
Or how about a shot, period? Women directors, writers, and
producers still face considerable challenges just getting hired in the
first place. Only about one in four people working in those roles in
TV are women; in film its even worse17 percent.
This is what Im really trying to change.
Because heres the deal: You can complain about these things.
You can get stuck in the emotion of itand sometimes I do, and I
get really angry. Ill get pissed off and stomp around the house. The
s
anger comes from such a deep, real place for me. But my mother
always said to me, If you want something done, do it yourself.
o I started a production company five years ago to create
more roles for women onscreen and behind the scenes.
Today I have something like 23 projects in the works
driven by great female characters of different ages and
races. There is a film about an astronaut, a film about the entre-
preneur who invented Barbie, and a film about the young, brave
American girls who were the first women to serve alongside
Special Ops in 2010 in Afghanistan. I think its worth noting, I
self-funded my production company for years. I think theres this
fallacy that because Ive been an actor, people are going to hand
me stuff. Nobody hands me anything. Ill wake up earlier; Ill stay
up later. I will put my money where my mouth is. I have to read
faster, and I respond quicker than other producers. I have to call
and call and call executives until they say yes to my projects.
After the presidential election I wanted to do even more: What
surprised me most was how divided women felt. So many women
in our country clearly did not feel seen. So I started a new multi-
media company, Hello Sunshine, in order to seek out women
from all over the U.S., to hear about their joys and struggles, and
encourage them to be storytellers in all kinds of mediums. I want
to create more opportunity on a smaller level that translates to a
higher level.
All we can do to create change is work hard. Thats my advice:
Just do what you do well. If youre a producer, youve got to pro-
duce. If youre a writer, youve got to write. If youre in corporate
America, keep working hard to bust through the glass ceiling. If
you want our voices to be represented in governmentand I think
were all getting behind that idea nowencourage women to run
and help them with their campaigns. If you are one of those peo-
ple who has that little voice in the back of her mind saying, Maybe
I could do [fill in the blank], dont tell it to be quiet. Give it a little
room to grow, and try to find an environment it can grow in.
Finding that environment is so important: I just had a con-
versation with a gal in graduate school at Stanford, and she said,
Like you, Im small, blond, and opinionated, and its not received
very well at my company. They dont want to hear my opinion, but I
know that I have things to offer that are additive and helpful. And
I said, Maybe youre not at the right company. If people dont value
those qualities, its time to move on. Thats true in a relationship,
at work, in a friendship. Theres no point toiling away and wasting
your ambition on people who dont value your strengths.
i t also helps to have people behind you who are supportive.
Anytime I feel defeated, my husband says, Come over here,
youre the best! Youre going to do this movie, and youre
going to be great! He gives me pep talks with a lot of sports meta-
phors that I dont always understand. He says, Did Jordan Spieth
quit after he imploded on the final round at Augusta? Im like,
UmmmI dont know, did he? And then he says, No. When
youre great, you dont give up. And he went on to win the British
Open this year. Then I understand! He took that experience and
turned it into success. You gotta love my sports-loving husband.
When I saw the recent Harvard study that found that single
female M.B.A. students downplayed their career ambitions in
front of male classmates for fear of possibly hurting their mar-
riage prospects, I thought, UGH. Run away from a man who cant
handle your ambition. Run. So many men think ambition is awe-
some and sexy!
My two older kids are teenagers now, and they will pull me
aside and say, Im really proud of you, Mom. It means a lot to
me to have two kids who support my ambition to change per-
ceptions of women. As moms, we have a unique opportunity to
keep changing this attitude that ambition is an ugly quality in
women. That it makes you unlikeable. What is likeable anyway?
Run away from a man
who cant handle your
ambition. So many men
think ambition is sexy.
Im allergic to that word. (Personally, I like to sit next to the most
irreverent person at a partythats what I find likeable!) We have
to do our part to change the idea that a woman with passion and
ambition is out only for herself. So talk to your kids about ambi-
tion as a positive trait in men and women.
And when your ambition pays off, I encourage you to give
your sisters a little goose out the door by helping to nurture their
ambitions. With Big Little Lies this year, I had my third produc-
ing success. It took me three successful productionsGone Girl,
Wild, and Big Little Liesto be considered a real player in the
producer game. I can tell that Im considered a player now because
of the respect I get from studio heads. They call me back quicker
and give me thoughtful responses when I pitch ideas. It has been
quite a shift for me. But it makes me especially happy and proud
that Im now called by other actresses who ask, Will you find
something to produce with me? Which is really nice. And I will
because these women deserve better parts and an opportunity to
reach people with their tremendous talent.
One of my girlfriends asked me the other day, Is there anything
that you wish you could change about yourself? I thought about it,
and I said, Sometimes I wish I could turn off my ambition. Every
Monday I have a new idea of what I want to accomplish, or how I
want to effect change, and I get run down. When I have those days
when Im exhausted, I go to bed early, and I find that my mission to
change things is what gets me up again the next morning.
I guess its just who I amthats a whole other topic, by the way,
finding out who you are, but this essay is about ambition, right?
So back to my question at Carnegie Hallwhat would happen if
we encouraged all women to be a little more ambitious?
I think the world would change.
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We have to do our part to
change the idea that a
woman with passion and
ambition is out only for
herself, says Witherspoon.
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Her Models of Ambition
Witherspoon, the new Storyteller in
Chief for Elizabeth Arden, admires the
beauty companys founder for her own
ambition and activism. In 1912 Arden
passed out red lipstick at a rally of 15,000
suffragettes. What an incredible thing
to imagine, says Witherspoon.
All these women wearing the same color
and feeling that right to be heard.
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There was a familiarity
between us: I dont
know you, but I know
you, Rae says of
meeting Matsoukas.
Zimmermann tunic. Maje
trousers. Eddie Borgo
earrings. For her bright lip, try
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Drunk in Love
Issa got me drunk
and wrote all my
stories into season
one and season two,
jokes Matsoukas.
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the hilarious and cool as hell
Insecure collaboratorstalk race,
sex, and the rules of working with
your friends. By Emily Mahaney
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l ast July, I screened the pilot of Insecure, the HBO comedy
about two best friends, Issa and Molly, who are unsettled
and on the cusp of 30. In that episode Issa takes Molly,
whos crying tears of singleness, to an open mic night to
cheer her upand proceeds to take the stage and perform
a freestyle rap called Broken Pussy, based on Mollys
inability to keep a dude. It kills. Like Molly, I was in my
late twenties and aggressively single at the time, and I laugh-
cried on my couchaloneon a Saturday night watching the
scene. The girls are real, the writing is sharp, the jokes land, and
the look is lush.
So whos behind all that magic? Issa Rae (who made a name
for herself on YouTube with The Misadventures of Awkward Black
Girl) cocreated the show with Larry Wilmore and sold it to HBO
when she was just 28. Raewho writes, stars in, and produces
then tapped fellow TV first-timer Melina Matsoukas, known for
music videos like Rihannas We Found Love, to direct and later
produce. (You can also thank Matsoukas for directing Beyoncs
Formation video.) Together these two revolutionaries and fast
friends have told a new kind of story about female identity and
black female identity.
Now the serieswhich earned Rae her first Golden Globe nod
last winteris back in its second season. Fresh off a life-changing
breakup, Issa (Rae) is running her vibrator out of batteries; mean-
while, power lawyer Molly (Yvonne Orji) sees her world turned
upside down after she opens a male colleagues massive check by
accident. Their friendship? Its whats holding them together.
As for Rae and Matsoukas, theyre as unstoppable as ever.
GLAMOUR: How did this friendship, and partnership, come to be?
ISSA RAE: I started out as a fan, watching Melinas music videos. I
put her name on the list for the show early on, and because of her
nonexperience in TV, it was kind of overlooked. Until it wasnt, and
HBO was like, Yo, you wanna take a risk? Who you want?
MELINA MATSOUKAS: I remember our first Skype call was terrible.
But two days later we were in a room, and we spoke the same lan-
guage. Were both black women navigating the world, having to
code-switch and figure out how and where we fit in.
ISSA: There was a familiarity, I dont know you, but I know you.
After I left that meeting with Melina, I danced in the elevator.
MELINA: I remember going to HBO, and the president at the time
was like, We dont normally do this. Meaning: give a first-time
creator, a first-time director, and a first-time showrunner [Pren-
tice Penny] an opportunity to do it together. But lets do it. It was
because of Issa that I was even in that room. Shes paving the way
for young female filmmakers and filmmakers of color.
ISSA: Then we went to sushi
MELINA: She got me drunk. And wrote all my stories into seasons
one and two!
ISSA: Youre such a liar! Id never really gotten a chance to work
with someone who challenges while being collaborative. Espe-
cially being a woman of color, sometimes its hard for us to put our
foot down. You work with a lot of men, and theyll be like, She has
the reputation for being kind of a [makes a disapproving noise].
Melina knows what she wants and has an excellent reputation.
MELINA: Issa is redefining the black female identity on television.
I dont think weve ever seen a more basic character than Issa Dee.
As black women, we can never just be regularhave flaws, be vul-
nerable, be a hypocrite, whatever. Shes shown us that person; I
dont know if we have seen that on television before.
GLAMOUR: Lets talk about season two: Molly and Issas relation-
ship is really the relationship. Were there any tropes about female
friendships, or about black female friendships, that you were try-
ing to disrupt with the show?
ISSA: In a lot of the shows that I am still a fan of, like Love & Hip
Hop, Basketball Wives, and The Real Housewives, theres a lot of
tension between women of color. We live off the drama and the
fights, but thats not all female friendships.
MELINA: Were also showing that your soul mate is sometimes your
best friend. That your female friendships can be just as fulfilling as
[romantic] relationships, if not more.
GLAMOUR: This season Molly opens her white colleagues check by
accident and sees that hes getting this jaw-dropping amount of
money. Why did you want to dig into the issue of pay equity?
ISSA: Its just something thats real: Women are paid less than men,
despite the fact that thats illegal. Black women, specifically, are
paid less than white women. Its something that we wanted to
address: She is great at her job, so why would they undervalue her?
GLAMOUR: Another moment I loved: Issa starts using her vibrator,
then it dies. That scene is cool because it shows raw female desire.
She runs around the apartment looking for batteries so she can
pleasure herself; she wasnt running around to get a condom so
she could have sex with a guy. How did that scene come about?
ISSA: In the [writers] room we were talking about what it feels
like to be thirsty and how we dont really get to see female charac-
ters masturbate. Even in a funny way. Especially black women! So
we wanted to portray that, while remaining true to our show and
showing sexual frustration.
GLAMOUR: Both Molly and Issa are single now. What challenges
do you see women, and black women in particular, facing in the
dating world, and how do those experiences inform this season?
ISSA: Were combating being undesirable. Thats a lot of the nar-
rative: that black women are undesirable. Every day an athlete or
a rapper says something along the lines of Thats why I dont date
black women. Like Kodak Blackyour name is Kodak Black and
you dont f-ck with black women? OK, cool.
MELINA: Stay over there!
ISSA: Were showing that these women are desirable. But Melina,
you always say, This is L.A. How are they getting so many dates?
MELINA: Sometimes Im like, Yall wrote this black womans wet

Do Not Say I Told You So

and more best practices for working with a friend, according to Issa Rae
Dont beat Swallow Save your fight. Give props Encourage
around the bush. your nos. If something is important where props her to live.
Melina and I are really Im always tempted to say, to Melina and not all that are due. I recognize you need a
straightforward with Nah, that wont work. important to me, I let her I tell her when an idea personal life: Take your
each other. Were both But I think you should be win. You can have this one is great right away: vacation, go hang out with
clear and passionate willing to try ideas thing; just know Im gonna Usually its a Yaaasss, your man, have fun!
about our points. out before saying no. ask for my one thing you did that, you did that! Im gonna have your back,
Be open-minded. a few days from now! Ill dance. I will sing. and youll have mine.

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 Friend > Boyfriend ISSA: Theres a lot of sex this season.

Were showing that your When Im in the writers room, I dis-

soul mate is sometimes your best
friend, says Matsoukas.
On Rae: Apiece Apart top. Delpozo
trousers. Maria Francesca Pepe earrings.
Catbird bracelet. Christian Louboutin
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jacket, skirt. Zadig & Voltaire tank top.
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sociate myself: Lets have Issa do
this! By the time Im shooting, Im
like, Aww, f-ck! I gotta do this shit?
Im still a regular-ass person who
gets embarrassed and shy. Its more
comfortable to be around a woman
director.
G L AMOUR: Is there mentoring going
on behind the scenes?
MELINA: Its such a priority for us. We
have a shadowing director on every
episode. The person is literally like a
shadow to the director.
G L A M O U R : Kerry Washington was

one, right? What was that like?

M E LI NA: Crazy. My friend was like,
Was Kerry Washington your intern?
Im like, She wasnt my intern.
[Laughs.] She wants to direct, and
she asked if she could come and learn.
She was a total student. But we also
have young filmmakers who shadow
the crew. Were trying to be that
school, as were learning ourselves.
G L A M O U R : You have a number of
celebrity fans, including Sterling K.
Brown, who guest-stars this season.
ISSA: At an event he said, I love the
show, if you ever need. I was think-
ing, Ha-ha, hes just being polite. A
few months later, he slid into my DMs:
These are my free days, if you have
anything! I was like, What? We had
the perfect role. Every woman who
watched his scenes on the monitors
had a pasted-on smilehes dreamy.
GLAMOUR: And President Obama told
you he liked the show too. What was it
like to meet him?
ISSA: I brought my mom to a party at
the White House. She got to the front
of the line and got a hug from him.
Then I got in line with Yvonne [who
plays Molly]. The president held my
hand and said to Yvonne, Oh, shes
having a good year! I was like, The
President knows me? We started
dream, where you have this fine-ass dude stalking you, calling you, screaming! He was like, I love the show and the soundtrack, and
but youre not calling him. Thats not real life, but... I love to see black women being creative. I walked away and col-
ISSA: L.A. dating: People feel they can always do better. lapsed to my knees. [Laughs.] My mom missed the whole thing.
GLAMOUR: There are so many things that the white characters do She was so busy obsessing over her hug. She was like, What did I
and say in Insecure that make me, as a white woman, cringe. miss? Mom, you missed everything!
MELINA: And youre like, Do I do that? GLAMOUR: So many womenblack, Latina, whiterelate to the
GLAMOUR: [Laughs.] And by bringing humor to it, you can easily characters in this show. What should that say to Hollywood execs?
call it out: Stop doing this MELINA: That you dont have to be one color to relate to a story. I
MELINA: Right, dont touch my hair. You need humor to deal with grew up watching a lot of non-people-of-color whose stories I
these obstacles, whether its racism or sexism. It is easier for people related to in my way. But everybodys worth is as important as the
to understand and accept [that criticism] when theres humor in it. next person. And we need stories that are different. Understand-
GLAMOUR: As I look at the credits, I see a lot of womens names. ing about other people leads to acceptance, which is something
What is the staffing like behind the scenes? that we need desperately.
MELINA: Our story is rooted in authenticity, and our stories are best
told by the people they are about, you know? Emily Mahaney is Glamours features director.

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 Jill Soloway, the creator of Transparent, tells you the very
personal story of identifying as nonbinary. Its a story
of Spanxand soul. By Ann Friedman

Pronoun Trouble
I never care if people get
the pronouns right, says
Soloway. When people
use they, it makes me
so happy. But I dont care
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 ill Soloway is under construction. This is true both
literallySoloways house, in the Los Feliz hills of Los
Angeles, smells faintly of sawdust and has caution tape
ringed around the banisterand in a deeper sense: The
writer and director recently came out as gender nonbinary,
meaning Soloway doesnt identify as a woman or a man and pre-
fers to use singular they pronouns rather than she or he.
Its a significant shift for someone who has long been a pro-
ponent of the female gaze in filmmaking, meaning movies
and TV that present women as the protagonists rather than as
objects of male pleasure. For many years Soloway was a producer
and writer on shows like Six Feet Under and Greys Anatomy, but
you most likely know them as the creator of Amazons Transpar-
ent, inspired by Soloways own parent coming out as transgender.
Onstage, accepting the Emmy for best director of a comedy series
last year, Soloway yelled, Topple the patriarchy! (Topple is also
the name of their production company, which most recently pro-
duced the Amazon series I Love Dick.)
The past few years have been full of change in other ways too.
After Soloway and their former partner, music supervisor Bruce
Gilbert, separated in 2015, Soloway dated punk poet Eileen Myles.
The couple broke up last year, and these days Soloway is enjoy-
ing being single, setting up house, and focusing on writing. We sit
down for a conversation in Soloways bedroom, which is painted
a soft, purplish gray, with French doors that open out onto a wide
patio. Soloway does a lot of writing here in bed, they explain, par-
ticularly on a hilarious and moving book about the past five years
of their life, from when their parent came out as trans to when they
came out as nonbinary. Its been quite a journey.
GLAMOUR: How do you feel about being part of TVs female revo-
lution in Glamour when you dont identify as a woman anymore?
J I LL SO LOWAY: Im happy to always be included in the list of
women. I feel like nonbinary can mean both. Id like to be in the
sections about female leaders and male leaders. Why not?
GLAMOUR: How did you start to question your female identity?
JS: I always had trouble with the idea of getting dressed up. I
remember being 25 and dating this guy, and he was talking about
a wedding that we were supposed to go to. I was just like, Ugh,
weddings. People getting dressed up. Why do people do it? I
could put on a dress and do hair and makeup, but I felt like I was
in drag. I couldnt wait to get home: That feeling of, Get these
Spanx off me. Get these shoes off me. When Transparent hap-
pened, every couple of days somebody was coming over to put
makeup on me, and then we would look in the mirror and decide
if I was pretty. Its assumed that if youre a woman, you want to be
the prettiest version of yourself. It always put me in a bad mood. It
SOLOWAY: ANNABEL MEHRAN
was like, OK, Im successful. Im supposed to be happy. Well, why
arent I happy? Part of the problem was that my looked-at-ness
had become a priority over my art making. Over and over again it
was like, I dont have time for this. I want to work. I love writing.
I dont love somebody putting false eyelashes on me.
GLAMOUR: Whydidyoufeelyoucouldntsaynotohairandmakeup?
JS: Before I had all this information about my parent being trans, I
just accepted certain aspects of what it meant to be female or fem-
inine or femme. [Recently] I was thinking about being a little girl
and letting your tummy stick out, and then puberty hits, and you
have to hold your tummy in. And youre not really allowed to let
your tummy out again until youre pregnant. To just walk around
leading with the bellyyou cant do it. You can, but you wont be
sexy. And that, to me, just feels like a real kind of handicap.
GLAMOUR: Did that shift after you started dating women?
J S: I was still mostly dating butch women and identifying as
femme. So my prettiness was part of our dynamic. Then I [real-
ized] I dont actually want to be femme at all. When I started
thinking of myself as butchoh my God. It started to change
everything: the way I walked, the way I sat, the way I talked. I
said my ideas out loud more. I didnt think about how I sounded.
A lot of this is influenced by Eileen Myles. I was so in love with her
and jealous of her; I really studied the minuscule amount of dif-
ference between her interior self and her exterior self. Weve all
heard women say, I have to put my face on; [that implies] theres
a very big difference between who they are alone and who they
are outside. I wanted to put together my interior and my exterior.
GLAMOUR: Of course there are some women who sincerely enjoy
lipstick and heels!
J S: There are a lot of women who are thrilled to have a con-
versation about shoes. [But] the category of nonbinary or
gender-queer feels like a relief to me. It is sort of a safe home, a
place in which my self wishes to reside. I know its awkward and
hard to understand, but all we have is the language. These words
are attempting to catch up to something that is a question of how
one exists inside ones mind or ones soul.
GLAMOUR: How do you work differently than straight male show-
runners or directors?
JS: Im working a little bit more like a psychologist or a magician,
offering the actors the opportunity to spend a lot of time on the
set until they feel like theyve lived there for 20 years. And then
well tiptoe in with a camera. Well put some music on. The cam-
era operator will shimmy over close to them. Ill slowly but surely
turn the music down. Ive secretly told somebody to start rolling
sound. And we just swish into the feeling. I dont know if thats
female or feminine, or just not male, or not the way things have
been done. [We want to] generate a whole new style.
GLAMOUR: If heels and lipstick once limited you, what is making
you feel free these days?
JS: The shorter my hair gets, the more Im like, Oh, I actually
dont have to look in the mirror, because there is nothing to adjust.
Wearing mens clothes and having my waistband be down here,
rather than up herecause then I can just stick my stomach out.
GLAMOUR: Belly pleasure is real.
JS: Yeah, its real. And Im so into decorating my room and want-
ing it be both masculine and feminine at the same time and just
have all parts of me.
Ann Friedman writes for New York magazine and the Los
Angeles Times; sign up for her newsletter highlighting great stuff
to read at annfriedman.com.
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We dont go to bed with just anybody. Trevor Noah
earned his place in our late-night routines with
his big-hearted feminism. Also, those eyes.
By Phoebe Robinson.
Photograph by Miguel Reveriego Stylist: Brian Coats

here are moments in pop culture that you remember in terms of
Where were you when? Where were you when you watched
Oprah declare I love bread! or Game of Thrones Red Wed-
ding? Im adding one: Where were you when you discovered
Trevor Noah? I was a 27-year-old aspiring stand-up comic watch-
ing The Tonight Show With Jay Leno in my PJs in 2012; the South
African comedian was making his U.S. debut. I thought, Who is
this caf au lait king whos also hilarious? He was, to the tune of
Sisqs Thong Song, dun-duh-duh-dun hot. But in his short set, TREVOR: The most important part of conversation in Africa is the
Noah also displayed charm, presence, and damn good writing. (Of
his black South African mother and white Swiss father getting
together during apartheid, he joked: My mom was like Woo, I
dont care, I want a white man! Woo! She was crazy. And my dad
was like, Well, you know how the Swiss love chocolate.)
Its no surprise to me that today the 33-year-old is writing
New York Times best-selling books (Born a Crime), headlining
stand-up specials (Afraid of the Dark), and making The Daily
Show his own with his smart international take on Americas
political dramas. We had never met prior to my visit to his office,
but we instantly shared an energy thats common among comics
offstage, quieter and contemplative. Noah makes you feel hopeful
that everything will be OK. His optimism might be his X-factor.
PHOEBE ROBINSON: Ive been following your career, and to me, you
seem like a feminist. Is that fair to say?
TREVOR NOAH: Yeah. Without a doubt, thats because of my mom.
My aunt, grandmother. Most of my teachers were female in school.
I grew up in a world where authority was female. [But] I never
thought to call myself a feminist because of branding. I had this
skewed idea of feminist: I thought it meant being a woman who
hates men. When I read Chimamanda Ngozi Adichies We Should
All Be Feminists, I was like, Oh, this is what my mom taught me.
This is simple. I dont understand why everybody is not this.
PHOEBE: Two years into The Daily Show, how are you feeling?
TREVOR: Post, lets say, Donald Trumps nomination or presidency,
I found an easier way to synthesize my voice into the show.
PHOEBE: How do you view the way Americans are responding to
President Trump? Do you think its an overreaction at all?
TREVOR: I dont think its an overreaction. America is dealing with
the effects of an underreaction to Donald Trump when he was run-
ning and when he was Mr. Saying-Racist-Things-on-the-News.
PHOEBE: If you could get an honest answer, what would you ask
him?
TREVOR: How much money would you want [in order] to leave the
presidency? Because I think he would have a number, strangely
enough. Then wed know how much to launch the Kickstarter for.
PHOEBE: It would be funded so fast. [Laughs.] I enjoy your inter-
view styleyou have a level of empathy, even if you dont agree with
a person. How did you decide to go the humanity-first route?
greeting. In Zulu, theres Sawubona: I see you. When you see
someone as a human being, you begin to understand most people
are doing what they believe is right. I ask myself, What if you were
wrong? How would you want someone to engage with you?
PHOEBE: This reminds me of your interview after the election with
Tomi Lahren [then a conservative host for The Blaze]. Some people
were upset you had her as a guest. Whats your takeaway?
TREVOR: I dont think theres anything I would have done differ-
ently. I invited Tomi because she was part of the white millennial
vote that went with Donald Trump. Some people got stuck on
Why would you legitimize her? Just because you dont know
about it in your bubble does not mean its not legitimate already.
PHOEBE: You represent a point of view that hasnt been seen on late
night. How do you feel like youve changed the dialogue?
TREVOR: Theres an advantage in looking at the world and talking
through ideas that arent talked about anywhere else in the same
way. The misconception has been: Is it a black show, or is it The
Daily Show? Why cant The Daily Show be hosted by a black person
and have black people working on it? It doesnt have to be either-or.
PHOEBE: Was having a diverse cast a mission, or did it just happen?
TREVOR: If you have a room that has 12 of the same person, you are
bound to get 12 of the same jokes. I never thought of the diverse cast
members as a mission. I just want original peoplea person who is
really funny and who makes me say, Ive never heard that before.
PHOEBE: What do you hope for America, and yourself, in the future?
TREVOR: I hope America manages to steer itself away from parti-
sanship and back to patriotism; we are all Americans. And as long
as I can make people laugh and feel better, Im happy.
Phoebe Robinson is the New York Times best-selling author of
You Cant Touch My Hair and cohost of the podcast 2 Dope
Queens, which will become a series of HBO specials in 2018.

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The fear that maybe
held me back initially
fear of failure, fear of
rejectionhas
dissipated into a world
of Hey, man, this is me,
take it or leave it, says
Noah of his Daily Show
host-iversary.
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Older and Wiser
Early on, I kind of developed a
hunch to pretend I didnt have
boobs. I didnt own my sexuality,
Hahn says. And now? Its
something we need to listen to.
Our sexuality is who we are.
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o
When youre a 44-year-old professional screwball
suddenly playing the horniest woman on TV, you
learn a thing or two about sexual condence.
Kathryn Hahn shares her eld notes.
Photograph by Bec Lorrimer Stylist: Deborah Afshani

n I Love Dick, the boundary-pushing Amazon
series, Kathryn Hahn plays Chris Kraus, a film-
maker consumed by her lust for a cowboy named
Dick (Kevin Bacon). To indulge her desire, Chris
writes a series of explicit letters, each of which begins the same
way: Dear Dick. Hahn, 44, has made her career playing sup-
porting characters (Bad Moms, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days),
but as Chris, she is a one-woman sexual revolution. Here the
Emmy-nominated actress (who also starred in Transparent) pens
a love letter to herself.
One day you will become an adult. A sexual adult. A fearless per-
former. And an unabashed lover of your own body. But it wont
happen overnight.
You will grow up the only daughter in a family of beautiful and
dysfunctional boys. You will attend an all-girls Catholic school
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The first time you will feel sexy will be in college. You will wear
a black leotard, a tartan kilt, Doc Martens boots, and a head-
band, and people will start looking at you differently. And you
will admit to yourself: This doesnt feel bad. Still, you will spend
so much time feeling messy. You will spend so much time com-
paring yourself with others and trying to be articulate, knowing
that youre smarter than the words coming out of your mouth,
that you are smarter than the guy youre obsessed with. Before
you meet your husband, you will be with someone incredibly
powerful. He will be an asshole, and you wont share the same
politics. You will think to yourself, God, I cant stand him. You
will want his attention and validationbadly. You will think to
yourself, I wish I could wear that f-ckers power.
You will become an actor. In your work you will be much braver
than you are in your day-to-day life. The mind-body connection
will become clearer to you, and you will use it to get into the guts
of each character. You will share scenes with people who are un-
inhibited. You will find joy in knowing that the people behind the

and wear a little brides dress to marry Jesus at your First Com-
munion. You will find your husband, Jesus, to be very attractive.
In the third grade, when you and your friends are walking home
from school, a grown man will flash you. Youll all laugh as its hap-
pening, but then burst into hysterical tears. When you go to your
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camera are looking at you with such empathy and such faith. You
will learn to love that feeling of jumping off a cliff into your brav-
est self. You will use your personal experiences to bring heat to
your performances. And you will hunger for that outlet.
You will grow to be so grateful forand so in love withyour

friends house and play marriage, youll always play the husband.
That way you get to be the one with the dick.
At 13 you will draw a picture of yourself in pencil in your diary.
(You will keep a diary because you will have a need to put your
thoughts down, to express your innermost everything.) You will
point out all the physical negatives: your pointy boobs, zits, huge
nose, stringy hair. So much of your shame will come from your
physical selfand your relationships with other girls. You will have
friends who betray you at every turn, and that betrayal will feel so
real and deep and physical. When you get your period, one friend
will be so jealous that she will convince you (and a bunch of other
people) that you got it only because you fell on the bar of a boys bike.
In high school you will learn how to compartmentalize your
sexuality, how to put a lid on it. Though you wont actually touch
anyone else until the summer after senior year, youll be a chronic
masturbator. It will be a deep, weird secret that is also awesome
and private and yours.
body. Having children will help with that, because it will show
you what you are capable of. You will thank your belly for grow-
ing them and your breasts for feeding them. You will want to find
the girl who drew that picture in her diary and hug her so tightly.
You will look back and be so mad you said yes to that bleach job for
that gig, so glad you never got a nose job.
At 44, you will realize something astounding: Life just gets
sexier and sexier. Your sexual self will become this enormous,
loud thing that you no longer take for granted, no longer deny.
You will refuse to put a lid on it. You will listen to it. My God, you
will hear it roar.
Kathryn Hahn stars in I Love Dick and A Bad Moms Christmas,
out in November.

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 Game of Thrones
I finished the first four
seasons in less than two
days, Julia Garner says of
the HBO fantasy epic. You
cant watch just one episode.
No judgment here! (We agree
and also admit it: Khaleesi
would totally wear this.)
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 Cant gure out what to binge (or wear)
tonight? Let TV star Julia Garner take
you on a fashion odyssey through

t
2017s most addictive series.
Photographs by Carter Smith Fashion editor: Jillian Davison

hese days no one is impervious to the occasional after-hours,

order-all-the-food, yes-Im-still-watching TV marathon. Not even
TV stars. I just cant turn a good show off, says Julia Garner, 23.
Ill be in a dark binge-hole, and at the end of the night, Ill see my
ref lection in the screen and be like, What am I doing with my life? To
be fair, shes been doing plenty: Following her turn this fall as a 19-year-
old hustler in Netf lixs Ozark, shell appear alongside Taylor Kitsch and
Michael Shannon in next years dramatic miniseries Waco, based on the
infamous 51-day standoff with David Koreshs religious sect in Texas.
Theres something really off about the characters I play, the Bronx, New
York, native admits (see: teen cavorting with a Russian spy on The Amer-
icans, teen with dont-want-this-baby issues in Grandma). Ever since I
started acting, when I was around 16, I knew straightaway that I wasnt the
girl next door. I knew what I was, and I accepted it. Caitlin Brody
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 The Crown
Though Garner felt regal wearing a tiara and Barbour jacket while paying homage to Netflixs drama about young Queen Elizabeth, the
couch-ready track pants definitely killed the mood, she says. As for the pups? Corgis, of course! (Adopt one from bestfriends.org.)
Barbour coat, $169. Altuzarra dress. Fenty Puma by Rihanna pants, $130. Western Costume Company crowns. Echo scarf, $135. Miu Miu shoes.
For a wash of color on the lips, try Neutrogena Hydro Boost Hydrating Lip Shine in Soft Blush ($10, neutrogena.com).

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 Outlander
I would love to do a period piece, Garner says of Starzs Scotland-based sci-fi soap. Something where Im wearing long dresses and
running around in the eighteenth or nineteenth century. Your wish is our command. (Also: Dresses over pants are totally happening.)
Brock Collection dress. Tommy x Gigi pants, $140. Morgan Lane eye mask, $110. Polo Ralph Lauren belt. Wing & Weft Gloves gloves, $60.
To create bold brows use Dior Diorshow Bold Brow in Light ($27, dior.com).

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 Stranger Things
I love eighties music and movies, says Garner, shown here channeling telekinetic
tween Eleven from Netflixs cult hit. That decade impacted so much of the culture now.
Our new fall uniform? Baby doll + denim + hightops.
Carhartt Work In Progress jacket, $268. Rochas dress. Skater Socks socks, $8. Converse sneakers, $55. Love her voluminous curls?
Try Sexy Hair Curl Power Curl Bounce Mousse ($18, ulta.com).

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 Empire
I never got any trophies growing up; I was terrible in everything, says Garner, in a look inspired by matriarch Cookie Lyon
on the Fox music-biz drama. Well, except for a plastic mini Oscar at summer camp, which Im very happy with.
Landlord faux-fur coat, $700 (to shop even more faux fur, see page 22). Hanes T-shirt, $15 for three. Gap boxers, $15. Karen Walker sunglasses, $220.
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 TVs biggest breakout stars show why
a hat and a lip are never a bad idea.
By Amber Rambharose
Photographs by Olivia Malone Stylist: Gro Curtis

Natalia Dyer, Stranger Things

Starring as Nancy Wheeler on the ultimate binge-fest series
Stranger Things (18 Emmy nominations!) has changed a lot for
Dyer, 20, including her eighties-infused beauty approach.
What she loves about Stranger Thingsera beauty: Theres
something fresh about the eighties look. There wasnt contour-
ing and baking and highlighting back then. People had the
full-on Brooke Shields brows. I plucked mine really thin in my
teens, so I love that fresh-faced vibe now.
She has wavy hair IRL but wants frizz: People really embraced
texture in the eighties. I told the people in the shows hair depart-
ment, Next season, Im down. Perm my hair!
Her lip look here: A soft-edged shiny stain. Apply a matte lipstick
(like Pat McGrath Labs Lipstick in Flesh 3, $38, sephora.com),
soften edges with a Q-tip, and top with clear gloss.

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Alisha Boe, 13 Reasons Why
Boe, 20, had 5,000 followers before 13 Reasons Why dropped on
Netflix back in March. Since then her Instagram following has
grown to 2 million, with fans and critics eager to share opinions
about her face, her body, and Jessica, the rape survivor she plays.
But shes not here for haters.
She doesnt read comments: Social media made me more
aware of my insecurities, but I love how I look and who I am.
Shes always done beauty her way: I started watching
YouTube makeup videos in seventh grade and wearing blue eye-
shadow. I remember one girl saying, You look like a prostitute. I
was like, But Im having fun!
Her lip look here: Nude ombr lipsapply a pale shade all over
(try Maybelline New York SuperStay Liquid Lipstick in Loyalist,
$9, maybelline.com), then pencil the edges with light brown.

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Labo Eru
Quorum
Olo magname sam, ut volori derit, si
inveliqui volorep tatatquam etur? Sinvel et
laccum comnim re eium ab ipsam auditis
aut laborerero occab ium es net as resseque
pla ventiis a sequiandem. By Author Name

Letitia Wright, Black Mirror

No question: Letitia Wright, 23, is magnetic. Its a quality she
radiates on set (in the Netflix series Black Mirror and the upcom-
ing Marvel Studios flick Black Panther), on the red carpet, and
in her everyday life. She says she earned her glow the hard way.
She wasnt always comfortable in her own skin: When I was
a kid, people bullied me about being skinny, so I had to depend on
the fact that who I am is who God created me to be.
She has fun with makeup (but doesnt rely on it): For the red
carpet, I like a pop of something bright because makeup should
be fun and cool, you know? But makeup is not my crutch and its
not something thats going to validate me.
Her lip look here: Two-tone lipsapply a bold shade on top, a
pale on bottom; resist the temptation to blot. Try Dior Rouge Dior
in Hypnotic Matte and Metallic ($35 each, dior.com).

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Camren Bicondova, Gotham
Bicondova, 18, is the seventh person to play Catwoman in a major
onscreen production; the firsts include Julie Newmar and Eartha
Kittso yeah, she was nervous. Her years as a professional dancer
helped her get over it.
Her Catwoman confidence hack: I take a lot of inspiration
from my character [Selina Kyle]. Selinas not confident in every
situation, but she fakes it. When Im walking around a big city
or not in my comfort zone, I channel her.
She likes a little drama in her makeup: My first makeup loves
were colorful lipstick and eyeliner, and I like doing just colored
eyeliner, nothing else.
Her lip look here: Glitter! Get a foil-like finish by applying your
favorite dark lipstick, then layering on Urban Decay Vice Special
Effects Lip Topcoat in Litter ($18, urbandecay.com).

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Talk / In the News
(continued from page 152) needle still in my arm, she says. I
went to the E.R. and told them Id just tried to kill myselfthats
when I was admitted. Her insurer paid for two weeks in the hospi-
tal. But a follow-up inpatient stay would require a $2,000 deducti-
ble plus copay, and Rini didnt have the money. Six months later,
after another relapse and another suicide attempt, she eventually
got into an intensive outpatient program she felt was the right fit
fortunately, a good onewhich her provider paid for in full. I had
top-notch insurance, she says, but when I couldnt afford the
deductible and copay, it was as if I didnt have insurance at all.
Finally, the whole field of addiction medicine is stigmatized.
If youre wondering why addiction treatment seems so antiquated,
its partly because of a law thats over 100 years old: In 1914 the
Harrison Narcotics Act made it illegal for doctors to prescribe to
patients they recognized as drug abusers, which segregated addic-
tion treatment from the rest of medicine. In many ways addiction
is still viewed not as a medical issue but a moral failure, says Nora
Volkow, M.D., director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
As a result, methadone clinics are set up separately from hospitals,
and less than 15 percent of U.S. medical schools have even a sin-
gle course in addiction, according to A. Thomas McLellan, Ph.D.,
founder of the Treatment Research Institute, a not-for-profit
devoted to finding answers for substance abuse. Theres such a
shortage of specialists, he says: Were now paying the price.
We cant let patients fall
moment for interventionone that Yales Dr. Fiellin is determined
to seize. In a clinical trial, he gave patients buprenorphine in the
E.R., along with a few doses to take at home, and an appointment
to see a physician to follow through with the MAT treatment.
Doing that instead of just handing a patient a list of rehab centers
doubles the chance someone would be in treatment a month later.
Heres somebody who almost died, and youre just going to leave
it up to fate and hope that they make it? Dr. Fiellin says. We dont
treat heart attacks that way. Walking out with a solid plan is key.
For Catherine Goedicke, 23, her brother was the plan. After she
overdosed on heroin during one of her many attempts to get sober,
she was Narcanned and rushed to the E.R. He got there as fast as
he could. Do you want to try this again and get well? he asked.
Absolutely not, she told him. She wanted to keep using till the
wheels fell off.
All right, he replied. Were doing it anyway. Mike Goedicke,
27, now says he didnt think it throughit was a desperate brother
thing. A former user himself, hed been sober for three years. (As
a teen, Catherine had snitched his Suboxone, the drug that even-
tually led her to heroin.) So he took her home to his apartment.
Catherine slept on his gray leather couch for about five months as
Mike and her sponsor coached her through the 12 steps every day.
Today they all work at Brook Retreat, two recovery houses Mike
cofounded, and Catherine hasnt used drugs in three years. I came
to that apartment with the most horrible attitude, she says. And
Im just really lucky, because if Id gone anywhere else, I never
would have lasted.

through the cracks. Every one of us could

One bright spot in this epidemic has been the drug Narcan
(naloxone). Its an absolute game changer because it can stop an
overdose as its happeningsaving thousands of lives. The drug is
increasingly available over the counter, but pharmacies often run
out of it, and prices are steep (often more than $100 for a dose).
Even my daughter, whos 10, could save a life with this drug, says
UCSFs Ciccarone. It needs to be affordable, over the counter, and
on police belts, on paramedics belts, in schools, in family medicine
cabinets. Drug czar Baum agrees: It should be everywhere.
But thats just step one; you need a step two. As Narcan clears
the body of opioids, it also sends an addict into withdrawal. And
rarely does she wake up after an overdose with the epiphany, Wow,
Ive got to get sober. Youre angry as hell because youre in with-
drawal, says Nicole Bell, 36, who overdosed three times on heroin.
You should be grateful to be alive, but youre already thinking
about how youre going to get more.
After being Narcanned, most patients are brought to the E.R.,
monitored for a few hours, and sent home. But that misses a golden
help someone beat this.
Because its so rare to kick an opioid addiction in one try, there are
many opportunities to help. Almost every former user I spoke with
told me that, at the lowest of the lows, when quitting seemed impos-
sible, it was someone rooting for them that made the difference.
Sara Kaiser, the nurse who shot up with beer, says a handwritten
letter from her childhood friend, Beth Salonia, stayed with her.
They both remember it reading like this: You grew up across the
street from me. You have amazing parents. Its time you wake up
and stop acting like this is OK. Ill always be your friend, and when
youre ready, Ill be there for you. When Sara read it, she says, I felt
so shitty. But it also meant she cared about me.
For Latisha Goullaud, 27, in Lynn, Massachusetts, it was her
mom who became the solution, after starting out as part of the
problem. My mother struggled with alcohol addiction; my aunt
died of a heroin overdose, Goullaud says. It was just a lot of chaos

If I win, Im going to stop it!

Thats what Donald Trump said about the opioid epidemic on the campaign trail.
So hows the President doing? A report card.
On the inux of opioids: A On helping addicts: C
The Obama administration began talks Trumps pending 2018 budget has $10.8
with China to reduce the flow of drugs billion for opioid use treatment, up nearly
into the United States. The Trump 2 percent from 2017. But proposed cuts to
administration continued those efforts, Medicaid, which covers one out of four
and this year China agreed to ban the MAT prescriptions, will leave more people
manufacture and export of the most dying in the streets, says Andrew J. Saxon,
dangerous opioid, carfentanil. M.D., of the University of Washington.
On stopping the epidemic: Incomplete
In August the President declared the opioid crisis a
national emergency, much to the relief of those in the
trenches. But at press time he had yet to take any of the
actions recommended by his Commission on Combating
Drug Addiction From the Opioid Crisislike removing
barriers to inpatient treatment and improving access to
MATthat experts say are necessary to turn the tide.

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Quick, In the Trenches

Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego? In celebrity wardrobes
everywhere, actually. The Netflix series inspired by a chic eighties
criminal mastermind doesnt hit until 2019, but everyone from
Hailey Baldwin (top row, second from right) to Rihanna (middle row,
second from right) has already gotten the memo that classic trenches
are backand look even cooler when worn in bold colors, oversize,
or pulled off the shoulder. Now all you need is a decent accomplice.

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