Inside Hollywood, career advice, self-care and more No images? Click here Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up for the WrapWomen newsletter and join our community of empowered women at: My Isolation Diary by Emily Vogel Dear Diary, Between the murder hornets, Joe Exotic and Melania Trump’s renovation of the Rose Garden – one of the craziest things I’ve witnessed in 2020 is my entire family quarantining together for 5 months…without killing each other. As it turns out, we’re not the only family putting aside our differences to come together during these hard times. Last Thursday we featured this InStyle article about daughters of influential Republicans publicly opposing their parents’ conservative politics. This week the plot thickens...dun dun dun... Like my sister, who posts Tik Tok videos criticizing my dad’s crocs and mom’s “hip” dance moves, 15-year-old Claudia Conway has been using the social media platform to post anti-Trump content, calling out her parents' unagreeable behavior. As a result, on Monday, White House counselor Kellyanne Conway and her husband Lincoln Project founder George Conway both resigned from their positions to spend more time with their family or as Kellyanne puts it, "less drama, more mama." When I was 15 and talked back to my parents I got my cell phone taken away, but kudos to Claudia who is paving the way for misunderstood daughters around the world who just want to be heard. (Source: Giphy) Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Shares Her Full Beauty Routine(Credit: Vogue) “Hello...buenos días,” Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says, barefaced and beaming. Before embarking on her day-to-day duties—including everything from delivering impassioned speeches in the House chamber to launching an effort to increase voter registration in her local community—the Bronx-born representative for New York’s 14th Congressional District takes us through her skin-care and signature-red-lip routine. “The reason why I think it’s so important to share these things is that, first of all, femininity has power, and in politics there is so much criticism and nitpicking about how women and femme people present ourselves,” she explains. “Just being a woman is quite politicized here in Washington…There’s this really false idea that if you care about makeup or if your interests are in beauty and fashion, that that’s somehow frivolous. But I actually think these are some of the most substantive decisions that we make—and we make them every morning.” We're Finally Getting a Live-Action ‘Powerpuff Girls’ Series, and It'll Be Feminist AF(Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection) Sugar, spice, everything nice, a pinch of resentment, a spoonful of cynicism, and behold: Our new Powerpuff Girls. If not improved then at least more three-dimensional, a group of twentysomething Powerpuff Girls may be coming to a laptop near you. "The Powerpuff Girls used to be America's pint-sized superheroes. Now they're disillusioned twentysomethings who resent having lost their childhood to crime-fighting. Will they agree to reunite now that the world needs them more than ever?" the show description reads. Jacquelyn Brittany on Nominating Biden: ‘It Almost Seems Like I’m in a Dream’(Credit: Courtesy Joe Biden Campaign) Jacquelyn Brittany meets famous people all the time. She works as a security guard at the New York Times building, often helping escort important visitors to and from their appointments. In January 2020, a video of her meeting former vice president Joe Biden in an elevator—and the selfie they took together—went viral. And at last week's Democratic National Convention, Jacquelyn was the first person to officially nominate Biden as the Democratic candidate for president of the United States. After she kicked off the nomination, Jacquelyn says she was inundated by calls and texts from people who know her in real life. “Some people were calling me, telling me they were getting goose bumps,” she says. “They’re really proud of the person that I’ve become." “I don’t know if it really hit me yet,” she adds. “I’m seeing this stuff, but everything’s happening so fast, it almost seems like I’m in a dream.” The Future of Diversity and Inclusion in Video Games(Credit: Getty) The video game industry is worth hundreds of billions of dollars, and something that ubiquitous in our culture should never be reserved to just one type of person. "It's very rare to see a female protagonist, although that's getting better and better — then, on top of that, a Black female protagonist is rare," independent game developer Ian Sundstrom says. To him, it's not enough for his sole character to be Black and a woman — her presence has to be normalized and encouraged, too. "There's space for representation for Black characters, but they're [usually] Black because they have to be Black to tell a particular narrative," Sundstrom explains. Even within game design staffs that are lacking diversity, it shouldn't be that difficult for non-Black designers to grasp how to portray Black hair for women. Malala Is Launching a Book Club, and We Can’t Wait to Join (Credit: Bustle) Malala Yousafzai - the youngest Nobel Peace Prize recipient - just announced that this October she's launching a monthly book club. “My hope is that readers join to explore new ideas and voices in the literary world,” she tells Bustle. “And I hope it’s a moment of empowerment for the authors.” The club, called Fearless, will be hosted by the literary startup Literati. It's her first foray back into public life since graduating from Oxford University in June. Yousafzai, now 23, is letting her “to be read” pile expand indefinitely, she says. “People have heard my story already,” she told Literati. “I think it’s time for people to listen to other womens’ stories as well.” Who Run the World?! Girls. WrapWomen is a power base of influential women of entertainment, media, technology and brands committed to changing the face of their industries. Sure to stay up-to-date on all things WrapWomen at www.wrapwomen.com. Join the conversation on social media! Follow us on Instagram for surprise guest takeovers and Insta live performances. |