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85 A WOMAN IN HOLLYWOOD Olivia Wilde in a Brandon Maxwell dress, Belperron earrings, and her own ring. Photographed by Pamela Hanson.
FEATURES 85 A WOMAN IN HOLLYWOOD For actress-turned-director Olivia Wilde, lifting up the next generation of female powerhouses, like her Booksmart star Beanie Feldstein, is paramount 96 LA LA LAND Actress, author, designer, and businesswoman La La Anthony is as fierce as she is fashionable 100 THE ORIGINAL Model and actress Hunter Schafer proves that embracing your unique self is the key to success 108 THE LEADER Activist Tarana Burke isn’t just the #MeToo founder. She’s a woman who loves good jokes, high fashion, and the occasional whiskey
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15 Bulgari’s B.zero1 range gets an edgy update, High Fidelity from a woman’s perspective débuts on Hulu, plus more fashion and culture news
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THE LOOK 27 ICE COLD Liya Kebede in Moncler Genius 28 THE LOOK Cleverly cut plaids and shimmering metallic ensembles 30 HER BEST EVER: BADASS EDITION Jane Fonda’s protest gear
BADASS WOMEN 36 THE BADASS 50 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi leads 2020’s class of women who show up, speak up, and get the job done 52 CAN’T STOP, WON’T STOP Rising star Camila Mendes is hitting her stride
INSTANT STYLE 55 WHAT TO WEAR, WHAT TO BUY Standout neon separates, futuristic visor sunglasses, French-girl staples 60 LEATHER WEATHER Tailored jackets, supple dresses, and slouchy trousers 65 MY STYLE Designer Karen Walker
BEAUTY 66 SELF-PARTNERED? SPOIL SELF This Valentine’s Day comedian Eva Victor chooses spa treatments over heart-shaped things 73 BEAUTY TALK Viola Davis 76 THE FACE Actress Ana de Armas promoting Knives Out 78 PRIYANKA CHOPRA JONAS ON... OWNING GLAMOUR 80 THE BUZZ High-shine hair products and serene spa destinations
THE LIFE 113 LOVE, ACTUALLY A look at creative couple Elizabeth Baudouin and Natalie Shirinian’s prized piece of art
ALSO IN THE ISSUE 8 HELLO! 10 CONTRIBUTORS 12 THE COVER 120 WHY I LOVE... The book A Year with Rumi, by Ava DuVernay
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n early November I was reading an article in The New Yorker called “The Women Who Helped Build Hollywood,” by Margaret Talbot. The piece detailed the work of women in behind-the-scenes film roles in the early-20th century, as the industry was becoming internationally dominant. But as studios started to consolidate, these women—directors, illustrators, script supervisors, and editors—found the doors to entry closing. Then, just like that, they were swept away by history. I was struck by this story, and particularly the opening image of Mary Blair, one of the key animators of the era. So, I sent the portrait and the article to Olivia Wilde as inspiration for her InStyle cover shoot, our fourth issue dedicated to Badass Women. (See our homage to the image, inset). While this issue celebrates women who “show up, speak up, and get things done,” it’s important to honor those who came before. The concept had a particular resonance for Olivia, especially since she’s coming off the success of her directorial feature début, Booksmart, and preparing to both direct and star in her next film, Don’t Worry, Darling, a thriller set in the 1950s. What I love about Olivia is her sheer comfort with herself, her humor, and her still-nascent voice as a director. She also proudly heralds, in her words, “the era of sisterhood” in a new Hollywood. In a wonderful kismet twist, Olivia has recently spent time with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, who, it is scientifically proven, is the baddest badass in the United States. At 79 years old, she suffers no fools and carries the weight of the Constitution not just on her shoulders but in her soul. It was only fitting that Speaker Pelosi (who rather enjoys the term “badass,” by the way) should open this issue’s portfolio of remarkable women. Thank you, Madam Speaker, for your tirelessness, your strength, and your total lack of BS. The other women in this issue— #MeToo founder Tarana Burke, Euphoria star Hunter Schafer, former Deputy Director of National Intelligence Sue Gordon, and the self-possessed La La Anthony, among others—all show that skill, spirit, and confidence come in splendidly different packages. Enjoy the issue.
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What’s Your Most Badass Moment...So Far? “Hands down, directing a movie [Booksmart, left] is the most badass thing I’ve ever done.” O L I V I A W I L D E Actress and Director, “A Woman in Hollywood,” p. 85
“Anytime I choose to speak out about something that’s affected me, but is very vulnerable, is badass.” B E A N I E F E L D S T E I N Actress, “A Woman in Hollywood,” p. 85
“Turning Cheryl Strayed’s book Tiny Beautiful Things into a critically acclaimed play with productions all over the U.S.” M A R S H A L L H E Y M A N Writer, “The Original,” p. 100
“I had a kid! I pushed a child out of my vagina. That’s the most badass thing I’ve ever done, for sure.” L A L A A N T H O N Y Actress, Designer, and Author, “La La Land,” p. 96
“When I was around 14 years old, I dropped in on the old vertical [skate] ramp in Kingston, London. It was a big deal for me to get up there at 13-odd feet high.” A N D R E A S L A S Z L O KO N R AT H Photographer, “The Leader,” p. 108
“It’s hard to pinpoint a singular moment when you live your life as a badass.” TA R A N A B U R K E Activist, “The Leader,” p. 108
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Wilde in a Michael Kors Collection jumpsuit, shirt, turtleneck, belt, and heels and a David Webb ring (on right hand). Ring (on left hand), her own.
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Last year Olivia Wilde made her directorial feature début with Booksmart, a film that focused on strong female bonds and boasted a cast and crew of mainly women. So, for our photo shoot with her, we decided to pay homage to female filmmakers from the Golden Age of Hollywood. After posing in nostalgic looks by Miu Miu, Michael Kors Collection, and Brandon Maxwell on a studio lot in Los Angeles, Wilde spoke passionately about the early-20th-century storytellers who were all but erased from movie history. “Hollywood used to be dominated by women, and then we rolled back the clock and destroyed the evidence,” she said, wearing a custom T that read “But what I really want to do is direct.” Says Wilde, “We’re bringing it back to that time and celebrating those ladies. The important, powerful, brilliant positions they held in this industry may have been buried and forgotten. But not by us.”
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BEHIND THE SCENES WITH OUR FEBRUARY COVER STAR, OLIVIA WILDE
COVER CREDITS Dior jacket, skirt, belt, and earring (left ear). Maria Canale earring (right ear). Ring, her own. Photographed for InStyle by Pamela Hanson. Styled by Karla Welch. Hair: Lona Vigi. Makeup: Mélanie Inglessis. Manicure: Ashlie Johnson.
See behind-the-scenes video from our cover shoot at instyle.com/wilde
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Inspired by the Roman Colosseum’s striking curves, Italian jeweler Bulgari developed a new method of winding tubogas (gas pipe) chains to create its B.zero1 range in 1999. This season the line continues its innovative legacy with the Rebel collection, an edgy update on the cylindrical styles featuring punky spikes and black ceramics. Bulgari rings, $7,100 each; bulgari.com.
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Accessories designer Clare Vivier brings her signature Parisian-inspired style to a collaboration with jeweler Maya Brenner. The delicate pieces are just the thing to treat your Valentine— or yourself. Maya Brenner and Clare V. necklace, $350; mayabrenner .com.
Nomasei sandals (made in sustainably practicing factories), $335; nomasei.com.
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Cult-favorite labels Linda Farrow and The Attico partner on statement sunglasses destined to make more than a few Fashion Week appearances.
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WATCH IN THE LAND OF MEN: A MEMOIR Adrienne Miller was an ambitious 22-year-old with her sights set on the publishing world when she landed her first magazine job at GQ in the mid1990s. She went on to become the first female literary editor of Esquire, where, most notably, she collaborated with acclaimed author David Foster Wallace. In her candid tell-all, she recalls coming of age while working in the industry’s notorious boys’ club. In the Land of Men: A Memoir, by Adrienne Miller, Ecco, $29; harpercollins.com.
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THE ASSISTANT The drama chronicles a day in the life of Jane (Julia Garner), the assistant to an abusive media mogul. Between making coffee and answering phones, the recent college grad tries to expose her boss but quickly realizes the reach of his power (Jan. 31). THE RHYTHM SECTION Determined to seek revenge against the people who killed her family in an orchestrated plane crash, a grieving woman (Blake Lively) assumes the identity of an assassin in the spy thriller based on Mark Burnell’s novel (Jan. 31).
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AWKWAFINA IS NORA FROM QUEENS The semiautobiographical Comedy Central sitcom follows Nora (Awkwafina’s real name), an unmotivated 20-something who has yet to fly the coop, as she attempts to navigate adulthood (Jan. 22). HIGH FIDELITY Hulu’s adaptation of Nick Hornby’s beloved 1995 novel is told from a female perspective, with Zoë Kravitz taking on the central role of a romantically challenged record-store owner who reexamines her past relationships to the soundtrack of her life (Feb. 14). AJ AND THE QUEEN In this Netflix comedy series, Robert Lee (RuPaul) is forced to let go of his dream to open a drag club after a grifter steals his life savings. Instead, Lee decides to take his Ruby Red act on the road and discovers a 10-year-old stowaway in his RV, forever changing his journey and leading to an unlikely friendship (Jan. 10).
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BY LAUREL PANTIN
ICE COLD LIYA KEBEDE IN MONCLER GENIUS What’s cooler than being cool? Supermodel, maternal-health advocate, and Lemlem designer Liya Kebede’s toasty warm puffer skirt from her collaboration with Valentino creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli for Moncler. In a brilliant styling twist for this year’s British Fashion Awards, she teamed it with a simple white T (by Moncler Simone Rocha) and a chunky watch to keep the over-the-top look grounded.
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THE LOOK
Off the Grid
HAILEE STEINFELD in Michael Kors Collection
DANIELLE, ESTE & ALANA HAIM in Givenchy
Timeless checks and plaid are anything but staid in curve-enhancing cuts and fresh silhouettes. SELENA GOMEZ in Frame SAOIRSE RONAN in Emilia Wickstead
This look was classic Old Hollywood glamour made new.Ó —CYNTHIA ERIVO
KRISTEN STEWART in Thom Browne
CARDI B in Chanel
SIENNA MILLER in Alessandra Rich
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Heavy Metals Whether in Lurex, lamé, or sequins, molten metallics shine.
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THE LOOK H ER BEST EVER BADASS EDITION
Jane Fonda
Nothing is more badass than fighting for what you believe in. Since the 1970s actress and activist Jane Fonda has helped move the needle on countless social and political issues, from civil rights and women’s equality to Time’s Up. Most recently, Fonda has taken on the climate crisis with her Fire Drill Fridays, bringing famous friends like Ted Danson, Diane Lane, and Amber Valletta with her to Capitol Hill to advocate for a Green New Deal. “There are so many causes that need our attention these days,” says Fonda, 82, reflecting on five decades of activism. “If Hollywood can use its voice to amplify the voices of others who aren’t usually heard, then we must do it. Now is the time. And I’m not going anywhere.” 1979 With her then-husband, activist-turned-politician Tom Hayden, at an anti-nuclearpower protest at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
2018 Showing her support for the Time’s Up movement at the Cannes Film Festival.
1970 Protesting the Vietnam War during a speech at the University of Houston.
1971 At a welfare rights march in Las Vegas.
2018 At the Respect Rally during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.
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2014 At an event for the One Billion Rising for Justice campaign in L.A.
1979 At a rally for working women in L.A.
2017 At the Women’s March in L.A.
1970 At a Washington, D.C., demonstration against American intervention in Cambodia.
HER BEST!
2009 Posing in N.Y.C. with a clutch emblazoned with her 1970 mug shot.
Inspired by 17-year-old Greta Thunberg’s climate strikes, Fonda moved to Washington, D.C., last October to lead Fire Drill Fridays, weekly demonstrations that call for political leaders to address the climate crisis. “I will be on the Capitol every Friday, rain or shine, inspired and emboldened by the incredible movement our youth have created,” Fonda wrote in an open letter. “I can no longer stand by and let our elected officials ignore—and even worse, empower—the industries that are destroying our planet for profit.” 2019: Wearing a red coat as a nod to the “fire” in Fire Drill Fridays, Fonda gets arrested at a protest in Washington, D.C.
1972 Speaking about her trip to North Vietnam at a press conference in N.Y.C.
2016 Marching at the #BankExit Rally in L.A.
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi in her Ceremonial Office in the U.S. Capitol Building. Makeup: Adrian Avila for Karma Beauty Lounge.
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Nancy Pelosı MADAM SPEAKER ON WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A BADASS. P H OTO G R A P H E D BY JEREMY LIEBMAN
What makes a badass? Purpose. For me, purpose is helping the one in five children in poverty who goes to sleep hungry. Having five children of my own, I want them to know their opportunities and the love and care they receive. At least I hope they would see it that way. [laughs] I consider myself a lioness in that regard—you come near my cubs, you’re in trouble. Being a mom, in a way, has prepared me for my time in politics because it is about time management, diplomacy, logistics, being a quartermaster and chauffeur. If only I had a driver who cooked! [laughs] When we brought our baby Alexandra home from the hospital, our oldest child was turning 6 that week. So, five kids in six years. When they are finally in school, you think, “Now I can take on the world.” People ask me all the time how I do it, and I think part of it is being Italian-American. I have so much energy. And the other part is chocolate—very, very dark chocolate. Finding a balance is important too. I tell the members, “ ‘Recreate’ and ‘re-create’ are the same word.” When you recreate you re-create your energy; you renew yourself. Work hard, do your constituent work, keep the home fires burning, and relax, because you must be renewed for when you come back for the fight. My best badass advice is to be you. Be confident in what you have to offer. It’s nice if you want to have role models, but be yourself. That has an integrity about it, an authenticity about it. That is what is necessary. Know your power, know what you can do. Take inventory. Count it all. Count being a mom, a housewife—all of those other experiences that you bring to bear. I was basically a shy person, believe it or not, so I didn’t really like the spotlight, but I loved the issues. Also, nothing is more wholesome for the political process or anything else you can name—military, academia, business—than the increased participation of women. If I ruled the world, I
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would say the priority is the education of women and girls. You can’t just say girls because many women still need it. It makes the biggest difference. The education of women for their family, for their society, for the economy, for themselves. It’s the most important thing so we can have more badasses. Sometimes people say, “Oh, when I was a little girl, I wanted to be this or that.” When I was a little girl, I wanted to be a teenager. When I was a teenager, I wanted to rock around the clock—Elvis was my hero. [laughs] I didn’t have an interest in politics. My mom wanted me to be a nun. I said, “I don’t want to be a nun. I’d rather be the priest!” Being raised in a political family, we were taught that public service is a noble calling and you owed responsibility to other people. I thought you can do that without giving up your weekends and all the rest. I thought maybe I would stay here [in office] for 10 years. Then my colleagues asked me to run for leadership. One advantage I had is that I had no ambition to do that, so I was deeply engrossed in my appropriations work and my intelligence work. That grounding served me well as a leader, because I know my stuff. Looking ahead, I’m so proud of all our [Democratic] candidates for president, and I’m very excited about the prospect of having a new, fresh voice in the White House. I hope we can increase the numbers. Sixty percent of our caucus are people of color, women, or LGBTQ. One hundred and six women were elected to the Congress last year—that was the biggest number ever, and the first time we were over 100. I want to make a difference on climate issues; I want to make a difference on children’s issues. The Affordable Care Act is really a culmination, for me, of so many of those things. That was my biggest accomplishment and probably still is. I don’t see impeaching a president as an accomplishment. I prayed that it would never be necessary. I never wanted to believe that a president of the United States would violate the Constitution, as this president has. That was something you want to think is not possible. But when it is, then you have no choice. I think the reason I can stay calm in my role as Speaker is because I’m not ambitious. I’m not trying to get anything out of it—all I’m trying to do is deal with it. At a certain point your satisfaction is seeing other people succeed at whatever all of this is. Anyway, take the slings and arrows and then let the real heroes emerge. I certainly hope that makes me a badass. — AS TOLD TO SARAH CRISTOBAL
Take the slings and arrows and then let the real heroes emerge. I certainly hope that makes me a badass.Ó
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3 KELLY SAWYER PATRICOF & NORAH WEINSTEIN “We treat Baby2Baby as a business. It’s not a charity, it’s not a volunteer project; it’s an entrepreneurial business,” says Weinstein. With Sawyer Patricof, the determined moms have built up their organization to serve more than 200,000 children in the L.A. area alone. Their annual agenda includes a star-filled fundraiser that yields millions of dollars in aid and has helped deliver more than 70 million products to kids in need. They’ve also urged politicians to waive the taxes on diapers in nine states. Making essential products more accessible for families is their overarching goal. “The sky’s the limit,” says Sawyer Patricof. “There are so many children who need help.”
DAKOTA JOHNSON Since making her phone number public in 2018 and inviting survivors to share their stories of harassment and abuse, the actress has turned the voice mails she has received into a podcast called The Left Ear (“the ear closest to your heart”). The second season will premiere this year while Johnson continues to grow her production company, TeaTime Pictures. “Speaking freely about your trauma, knowing that there is not someone who is going to judge, diagnose, pacify, or criticize you is profoundly healing,” she says. “Being able to listen in this way, to be a safe place for someone else, is everything.”
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4 ALLYSON FELIX Just 10 months after giving birth by emergency C-section, the sprinter broke Usain Bolt’s record for most gold medals at the World Championships. Her 12th victory was doubly sweet after she stood up to Nike when the brand refused to guarantee maternity protections in her sponsorship contract. Her actions have led major sponsors, including Nike, to revise their policies to better support athlete moms. 5 DIANA NYAD “What more can I do than get up every day, grab a tiger by the tail, swing it over my head, and go to bed saying, ‘Woo, I just couldn’t have put any more into that day than I did’?” says the legendary swimmer who, in 2013, at age 64, became the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without a protective shark cage. In 2017 she joined the chorus of women sharing #MeToo stories as a means for DIANA advocating change across the board. Now NYAD Nyad’s energy is as infectious as ever, as she gets ready for her EverWalk initiative this summer, in which she plans to get 1 million people to walk from Miami to D.C. and pledge their commitment to keeping the oceans clean by reducing single-use plastics at home.
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7 National Geographic magazine’s first female editor in chief is no stranger to taking the lead as a boss in multiple newsrooms, including Bloomberg News, where she was the outlet’s first woman bureau chief in Washington, D.C. In her latest role she is dedicated to ALLYSON adding more female contributors FELIX to the magazine’s masthead, in part to honor the centennial anniver6 CICELY sary of the women’s suffrage TYSON After 60-plus years in movement in America. “Being a the spotlight, snagging great journalist is a badass act in three Emmys, a Tony, and of itself,” she says. “And there is and an honorary Oscar, the 95-yearnothing more important than old super-stylish making sure we have a diverse staff actress proves that retirement just isn’t in to tell stories in their truest light.” the cards. She can be seen in Ava DuVernay’s upcoming Cherish the Day.
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THE FIRST FEMALE CO-ANCHORS IN TODAY’S 68-YEAR HISTORY ALWAYS HAVE EACH OTHER’S BACKS. P H OTO G R A P H E D BY C H R I S T O P H E R S T U R M A N
How does it feel to be trailblazers at NBC?
lampshade on her head or is weighing herself on national TV.
SAVANNAH GUTHRIE: We both came up in local news, where
How do you do it on days when you’re not in a good mood? SG: We don’t always wake up smiling. Well, Hoda does, but
there was always a male and a female anchor. But now it’s about who’s right for the job. No one questions whether a female anchor would be able to do a tough interview or cover the news. There’s no one path to success anymore. And we’re just so happy to work together and lean on each other. HODA KOTB: The other day someone came up to me and said, “My daughter gets to see you both on TV, and she thinks this is just the way it has always been.” Obviously, we’re on equal footing with men—we go toe-to-toe all the time! What qualities do you admire most in each other? HK: Savannah is smarter than anybody else in the room, but
she’s vulnerable too. She feels the same insecurities that everybody feels, and she’s open about it all. It shows that you can be a badass and have a soft center. You don’t have to walk around as hard as a rock. SG: I admire Hoda’s generosity. She walks into every single day with her arms wide open, looking for somebody to hug. Your roles require you to be incredibly nimble—one minute you’re singing with Dolly Parton, and the next you’re reporting on the impeachment hearings. How do you keep up the pace? HK: I remember that day with Dolly. Savannah was playing
the guitar, singing “Jolene,” and then put the guitar down and started the news. SG: That’s actually one of my favorite parts about the show—there’s a little bit of everything. Hoda could be doing a revelatory interview and then two hours later she has a
It’s about who’s right for the job. No one questions whether a female anchor would be able to do a tough interview or cover the news.”
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most people don’t. I joke about her being Ms. Happy Pants. HK: We’re not navel-gazers either. Our job isn’t about us; it’s about what we’re talking about. And everybody shows up to work when they’re having a crummy day or if their kid is sick. They just do their job, and so do we. What is it like to start each day in the glam room together? HK: They can’t shut us up! Our producers try to have the
morning meeting with us, but when they walk in, we’re always talking, already knee-deep in our own shit. SG: We laugh a lot—sometimes we laugh until we cry. And then sometimes we just cry, especially if we’re talking about something real in our personal lives or something serious that’s going on in the news. A lot of times the makeup artist will have to do our makeup twice. What’s the most badass thing you’ve ever done? HK: I’ve done two badass things in my life—Haley and Hope.
I’m in my 50s. Becoming a mom was a moment that I thought had passed for me, but I got to reach back in time and grab it. SG: In my career the most badass thing I’ve done was leave TV to go to law school. It was a big deal to detour completely off a path and just hope it works out. And then I quit my job again to go back to TV with no job offers and a ton of student debt. It was, well, crazy. But it worked out, so we can call it badass! How are you teaching your daughters to be badass women? SG: I’m trying to teach Vale to be confident but kind. HK: We want strong kids, but we also want them to have
vulnerability. I don’t want my daughters to always go busting through doors to get what they want. I see the power in them, though. They’re determined. I mean, get out of their way, man. —JENNIFER FERRISE
10 DELTA “WING” CREW For International Girls in Aviation Day the airline flew 120 girls from Salt Lake City to Houston to tour NASA and learn about careers in aviation and aerospace. The annual event was orchestrated entirely by women, from the pilots and ramp agents to the air-traffic controllers. “The girls clapped as we barreled down the runway,” says 737 First Officer Erin Heinlein, who flew co-pilot. “Hearing their joy brought me back to the excitement and wonder I felt on my first flights.”
11 GABRIELA SCHWARTZ The head of global urban marketing for Capitol Records nurtured the careers of stars like Justin Bieber, Rihanna, and Jennifer Lopez, effectively shaping the future of music and pop culture. “I feel badass when I’m surrounded by women with the same purpose,” she says. “Hot yoga and martinis help too.”
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12 KRISTINE DAVIS As one of the masterminds behind NASA’s new Exploration Extravehicular Mobility Unit spacesuit (xEMU), the engineer is making history by designing the helmet, sun visor, and waist assembly that will be worn by the first woman to walk on the moon, in 2024. Her advice for the next generation? “Find something you are passionate about and pursue a career in it,” Davis says. “If not you, who? Go change the world.”
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14 JUDY CHICAGO Over the course of her 50-plus-year career, the famed feminist artist eschewed preconceived notions of gender by studying pyrotechnics and attending auto-body school as a means to create her work. Though she is often associated with her seminal installation The Dinner Party—and the controversial reviews it received—Chicago is finally getting her due with her first retrospective, at the de Young Museum in San Francisco this spring.
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17 DOMINIQUE CRENN “I’m trying to be a good human who kicks some ass,” says the French chef, whose San Francisco restaurant Atelier Crenn is the first run by a woman in the U.S. to earn three Michelin stars. Known for her commitment to innovation, sustainability, and equality in the kitchen, Crenn announced her battle with breast cancer in May but has hardly skipped a beat. Most recently she pledged to create meatless menus in an effort to be even more eco-conscious. “I want to tell young women, ‘Hey, you are a badass too. If I can do it, you can definitely do it,’ ” she says. DOMINIQUE CRENN
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The Stanford graduate’s disruptive toy and media company, GoldieBlox, introduces young girls to the literal tools they need to succeed in science. “STEM is often portrayed as a white male in a lab coat who is a born genius. Call it the Einstein effect,” she says. “If you’re a young girl who is creative and social, you might think, ‘That’s not for me.’ The truth is science, engineering, and technology are incredibly creative. And the stuff you build changes people’s lives.”
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professor, and chair of astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History, who has worked with researchers at NASA and her alma mater, Caltech, designs instruments to better study planets (and perhaps one day life) outside our solar system. Since coming out as trans in 2014, she has also challenged people to push past labels. “Astrophysics is nuts, and the universe we live in is absurd, funny, and beautiful,” she says. “To empathize with any other human, labels are mediocre at best. We are too complex for simple tags.”
The Bronx-born director, whose work includes music videos for Rihanna and Beyoncé (e.g., the Grammy-winning “Formation”) and TV shows like Insecure, débuted her first feature film, Queen & Slim, to much fanfare last year. Written by Lena Waithe, the movie is a love story that also tackles the topic of police brutality and how tragedy can strike at any moment. Matsoukas’s refreshingly real approach makes her a force to be reckoned with.
18 JENNIFER JUSTICE The entertainment
lawyer has worked on major deals for artists like Outkast, Beyoncé, and Jay-Z (she represented the hip-hop mogul for 17 years and helped launch his company, Roc Nation). To combat the gender pay gap at male-dominated record labels, she made it her mission to represent more women and negotiate fair compensation. “I was making money for men by day and trying to overthrow the patriarchy by night,” says Justice, who now runs her own female-focused advisory and legal firm, aptly named The Justice Dept.
19 KATIE PORTER “I’m not in Congress to do what is politically easy. I am here to do what is right,” says the single mom and consumer-finance expert who represents California’s 45th District. Known for her canny questioning of bank CEOs and public officials before the House Financial Services Committee, she says her proudest achievement in office was helping change a bipartisan bill that would have made it hard for Americans to file their taxes for free. “When you have courage to push back against leaders of both parties, we can make real change to help people.” REP. KATIE PORTER
20–22 BRIE MIRANDA BRYANT, DREAM HAMPTON, TAMRA SIMMONS “Many people
were healed from this project. It shed light in a dark place and will, hopefully, help fewer people become victims,” says Simmons, one of the three female executive producers behind the award-winning documentary series Surviving R. Kelly and its sequel, The Reckoning. Their work led to the indictment of the R&B star after more than two decades of alleged sexual abuse and predatory behavior. “This triggered a global conversation that allowed for more open, robust talks around sexual violence,” Bryant says. “The women featured in our documentary didn’t all have the same profile, but they had nearly identical stories about the manipulation that preceded the actual abuse,” Hampton adds. “We’d like people to understand the signs.”
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23 Scarlett Curtis THE CELEBRATED EDITOR OF THE BEST-SELLER FEMINISTS DON’T WEAR PINK AND OTHER LIES FINDS BRAVERY IN BEING HONEST ABOUT HER MENTAL-HEALTH STRUGGLES.
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ike most people, I have a busy job. My diary is filled with meetings, podcast recordings, activist gatherings, and panel discussions. Usually these things fill my heart with joy. They make me excited to be a human and determined to make change in the world. And then my depression hits. When I feel depressed, I’m not able to get out of bed. It affects my ability to be a person and is very easy to cover up. I have sent dozens of emails calling off meetings because of fictional bouts of “food poisoning” or “the flu.” I would rather graphically describe bodily functions than admit it’s my mind that’s sick, not my body. In the past I let my mental health make my life very small. I avoided making plans or commitments out of fear that my mind would eventually sabotage any chance I had of fulfilling my dreams. Five years ago, when I was 19, depression nearly caused me to take my life. But these days, after fully immersing myself in the feminist movement and being open about my mental illness, my life feels very big. What changed wasn’t my brain chemistry—it was my ability to open up and be honest. While I’m never going to be free from depression, I don’t have to let it rule over me. Now, when I make plans, I try my best to keep them. I relish my commitments. And when depression falls on me (which it still does), I’m honest about what I’m going through. In December I was given the Changemaker Award for young activists by the feminist organization Equality Now. It was surreal, as I have admired and supported Equality Now for years. This achievement would never have been possible had I kept hiding away with my depression. Opening up about my struggles has given me the confidence I’d been craving for years. I finally feel able to participate in the world around me. And though it’s not glamorous or sexy and it certainly hasn’t been easy, taking back my life is the most badass thing I could ever do.
Curtis’s new book, It’s Not OK to Feel Blue and Other Lies, is out now.
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Last August, after 30-plus years of carrying out covert operations on behalf of the CIA, Sue Gordon was foisted into the spotlight. Despite her cordial relationship with President Trump, her bipartisan support, and the fact that it was a federal statute to promote her, the president made it clear that he was going to bypass her for the top position of director of National Intelligence, vacated by Dan Coats. So, Gordon reluctantly tendered her resignation, which became headline news. “On the one hand, it was awful because it was my life’s work and I’m good at it, and there’s no reason in the world that the president shouldn’t trust me,” Gordon says now of the dismissal. “I don’t know who was served by this. And I don’t understand the real basis. It hurt.” But the thing about Gordon is that her optimism and sense of duty should be bottled and sold in stores. A few supporting facts: On the day the president appointed her as
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The Paris-born MIT professor, who won a Nobel Prize in economics for her “experimental approach to alleviating global poverty,” is the youngest person and second woman to receive the JAWAHIR honor. In her Nobel ROBLE Banquet speech she said, “I cannot help but hope that this prize, 26 JAWAHIR ROBLE “I don’t with its emphasis on the want to encourage just Muslim essential question of girls and black girls. I want to how to improve the encourage all females,” says the lives of others, and with Somalian refugee and first black one woman among Muslim woman in the U.K. to the laureates, will officiate soccer matches wearing encourage many others a hijab. The referee is studying to to come join us.” become a coach now and hopes to lead England’s women’s national team to victory one day. “I know a lot of girls are looking up to me. I feel like I’m representing them all.”
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principal deputy director in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence in 2017, she found out she had cancer. Her first day of radiation coincided with her first day on the job. During the two years she held the post, she woke up at 3 a.m., was at the office by 5, and worked until 8 p.m. Under her command she oversaw 17 agencies, tens of thousands of people, and was responsible for how tens of billions of dollars were spent. Knowing that she would be, ahem, busy, her husband (to whom she’s been happily married since college) even got a puppy to keep him company at home. It’s worth noting that Gordon’s post is still vacant, yet her faith in her former colleagues runs deep. “The most important thing was not whether Sue Gordon got to keep the position, but whether the president’s going to get good intelligence— and I have a lot of confidence in the community,” she says. “You do what’s right.” An expert in intelligence and global risk, Gordon says her next act includes moving into the private sector and working with tech companies to help them understand the responsibility they carry. “This whole digital connectedness has just kind of blown things wide open in terms of who can cross what boundaries, who’s responsible for what, where the information is held,” she says, citing data-collecting sites like Equifax, Google, and Facebook as examples. In addition, she’s got four books she wants to write and plans to spend “a fair amount of time helping to develop leaders” at various universities like Duke, her alma mater. Her best advice? “One, there is always a solution, but that doesn’t mean it’s free. Two, don’t limit yourself. You don’t know what you can do until you try. And the last is, for God’s sake, learn how to decide. So many people spend their lives not deciding. They wait for the world to turn. You know what has to be done. A decision creates something new, and that’s what entails progress.” —SARAH CRISTOBAL
27 BILLIE EILISH For her début album, the Gen Z pop icon secured six Grammy nominations and became the youngest star to earn a nod in each of the “big four” categories (song, record, album, and best new artist) all at once. She is also the first artist born in the 2000s to hit No. 1 on the Billboard charts. The devout vegan is determined to carry on her phenomenal success while sticking to her guns. “I’m really strong-willed, and I know exactly what I want,” she says. “I’m going to f—ing do it.”
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Sue Gordon in New York. Lafayette 148 New York blazer. Eileen Fisher top. Pants and ring, her own. Styling: Caroline Ahrens. Hair and makeup: Megan Kelly.
Badass women understand what their responsibility is, and they execute it without an agenda.Ó —SUE GORDON
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28 ZARIFA GHAFARI As one of Afghanistan’s first female mayors, and, at age 26, the youngest, Ghafari is starting the conversation surrounding women’s rights in her town of 35,000, Maidan Shar, and across the Middle East. “My goal is to make people believe women’s power,” she has said on Twitter.
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The Phenomenal Woman Action Campaign founder and CEO turned a simple T-shirt collection into a viral empire that supports women’s rights–focused nonprofit partners like Families Belong Together and the Black Futures Lab. Her motto? “Screw the haters and keep it moving,”she says. “Don’t give up. Don’t cut corners. Pursue things with passion and commitment.”
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31 MICHELLE PESCE The DJ, who has been spinning for 20-plus years at events like the Golden Globes and Coachella, co-founded Woman., a collective formed to “shift the needle on inclusivity, safety, freedom, consent, and mental health in nightlife spaces.” This includes establishing physical sanctuary spaces and training security guards in violence prevention. “I work in an environment that often tolerates bad behavior and blurred lines,” she says. “But my passion for what is right is greater than my fear of speaking up.” 32 AMANDA NGUYEN The sexual-assault survivor and CEO of Rise is literally rewriting the law to increase protections for more than 72 million survivors across the country. In just four years her nonprofit has helped pass 27 laws. And, she says, “we’re not stopping–we’re continuing this badass work into 2020 with more states adopting their own Sexual Assault Survivors’ Bill of Rights.”
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The German surgeon-intraining is the first woman to win the Transcontinental, an endurance cycling race covering over 4,000 kilometers across Europe. In what was her first-ever bike race, she finished in 10 days, 2 hours, and 48 minutes, beating her closest competitor (a man) by more than 10 hours. “Do not let others’ prejudice limit your ambitions,” she says. “Be confident about your passions and talents.”
33 SUSAN FOWLER In a blog entry in 2017 the software engineer exposed the toxic environment she endured at Uber. Her viral post has ignited an industry-wide examination of the treatment of women in Silicon Valley. With her memoir, The Whistleblower, expected to hit shelves next month, she wants to encourage readers to take charge of their own futures. “I hope I inspire AMANDA NGUYEN people to speak up for what’s right, to find greater autonomy in their lives, and to be the heroes of their own stories,” she says.
34 KELLY CLARKSON Since winning the first season of American Idol in 2002, the singer has been pushing boundaries, winning awards, breaking records, and molding her career all on her own terms. “I have had to fight so hard just to be myself,” she says. “I’m comfortable in my skin. I don’t want to dress, sing, or think like someone else.” With her talk show renewed for Season 2 and a Las Vegas residency on the horizon, the unstoppable star shows no sign of slowing down. “Confidence is KELLY everything,” she notes. “Say yes CLARKSON to things that challenge you and push you further as an artist.”
35 KOTCHAKORN VORAAKHOM The founder and CEO of Porous City Network and Landprocess turned 11 acres in Bangkok, Thailand’s “sinking city,” into the first public park there in 30 years, designing it to retain up to 1 million gallons of water. She also looks forward to opening Asia’s largest urban-farming green roof. “A park shouldn’t be just for beautification,” she says. “It should address future climate uncertainties while allowing new landscapearchitecture solutions to emerge.” KOTCHAKORN VORAAKHOM
36 CLAIRE BABINEAUX-FONTENOT “My goal is a hunger-free
America, and I have never been better positioned to make that goal a reality,” says the CEO of Feeding America, the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief organization. The finance expert left her corporate career when a breast-cancer diagnosis gave her pause, allowing her to go back to her roots and build on what she was taught growing up in Louisiana with—wait for it—107 siblings (biological, adopted, and foster). “Among the many lessons I learned growing up in our large family, three stand out: resiliency, the power of diversity, and the fierce potential of female leadership,” she says.
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In 2011 she launched Beautycounter, a brand committed to keeping 1,500 toxic ingredients out of its products. This December she went to Capitol Hill to serve as an expert witness at a House hearing on cosmetics reform calling for stricter 37 VIJAYA GADDE As Twitter’s global lead regulations of potentially of legal, policy, and trust and safety, Gadde has harmful chemicals in helped spearhead the social-media company’s personal-care products. ban on political ads. “We wanted to address the “I’ve gotten up in front of risk that digital ads bring when it comes to thousands of women who driving political outcomes,” she says. “We have joined us to change believe that political reach should be earned an industry that has been and not bought.” Gadde is also a co-founder of antiquated and stagnant #Angels, an investment collective that backs for over 81 years,” she start-ups and helps ensure that women receive says. “Those are my equal compensation at successful companies. most badass moments.”
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39 LIVIA FIRTH “The future is about active citizenship, collaboration, new business models, and putting people and the planet above profit,” says Firth. As the co-founder and creative director of Eco-Age and the founder of the Green Carpet Challenge, she has been raising the issue of sustainability in fashion for over a decade by highlighting eco-conscious brands on and off the red carpet.
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40 DEB BUTLER The North Carolina House representative’s chants of “I will not yield” became an online rallying cry after she discovered that Republicans in her state had met in secret to override the governor’s budget veto while their Democratic counterparts were attending a 9/11 remembrance ceremony. “The New York Times has called North Carolina a place of scorched-earth politics, and I think that might be an understatement,” says Butler, who’s not giving up the fight. “I’m in it for the right reasons. I want to fix our institutions and make them stable so they can function better than they do now.”
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SHARON STONE The actress has made a career out of realizing her power and owning her sexuality ever since her famous leg-cross scene in Basic Instinct catapulted her to stardom in 1992. A near-fatal stroke in 2001 almost derailed her career, but Stone is not easily deterred. In addition to starring in the new Ryan Murphy series, Ratched, she’s dedicating herself to worthy causes. “It’s important to take this thing called fame and use it for things that have value. For me, that has been working on social change,” she says. “I have enjoyed working to build refugee camps and schools and taking my initiatives to the United Nations.” 43 KATE ORFF “I’m inspired by women who actively look,
listen, and engage in the world and connect the dots,” says the landscape architect and founder of Scape, whose ecological designs adapt to climate change and encourage people to protect nature. Her studio’s Living Breakwaters project to safeguard the coast of Staten Island, for instance, “is not just a physical structure that reduces the risk [of storm surges] in the Raritan Bay,” she says. “It rebuilds structural habitat for shellfish and fin fish and brings educators to the shoreline for citizen science, oyster restoration, and hands-on learning.”
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After a decade behind the butcher block, the married foodies, partially inspired by the birth of their daughter, Nina, created direct-to-consumer sustainable sausage company J&E Smallgoods in 2018. Now their line is sold at grocery stores along the East Coast. “We work with farmers who are trying to make their footprint as small as possible,” says Nakamura. “They’re being clever about grazing and pasturing their animals in a way that helps the soil rather than hurt it.”
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44 KACEY MUSGRAVES Coming off the release of her fourth album, a world tour, and four subsequent Grammy Awards (including album of the year), the country singer–songwriter continues to change the face of her genre, challenging the traditionally conservative ethos with a sparkling modern take that is all her own.
45 EVA GALPERIN The cybersecurity expert created and heads a privacy and security research group within the Electronic Frontier Foundation that protects vulnerable populations like journalists, activists, women, people of color, and LGBTQ+ communities. Her goal is to eliminate “stalkerware,” software domestic abusers often use to track their partners. “I’m working on the most badass thing I’ve ever done,” she says. “I’m working on destroying an industry.”
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46 MIRAMAR AL NAYYAR “Gender doesn’t matter anymore,” says the Jordan-based Iraqi street artist. “What matters most is having the intention, the vision, and the path to achieve your goals.” Many of her wall murals are portraits of influential Arabs like Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid, whom she painted for the Baladk Street & Urban Art Festival in Amman. “Besides being a grand designer, her face expresses greatness and edginess,” says Al Nayyar. Her next project, a collaboration with local artist Dalal Mitwally, is part of a campaign to end violence against women.
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TWO DECADES AFTER THEY MET IN COLLEGE, THE EMMYWINNING SNL PRODUCER AND THE FINANCIAL ADVISER ARE SPOTLIGHTING FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS AT THEIR ANNUAL “WOMEN WORK FUCKING HARD” EVENT.
LINDSAY SHOOKUS: When we became friends, I had no idea the job I have now [TV
producer] even existed. But you, on the other hand, always knew you’d go into finance. KRISTIN MERRICK: I wanted to make money! But trading on Wall Street was a soulcrushing job. It wasn’t cool to see women shit all over each other when we should be opening doors for each other instead. So, after 15 years I quit the banking system and became an adviser. There’s this notion that it’s impolite or gauche to talk about money. I want to promote financial literacy and make money less weird for women to discuss. LS: We know how important it is to connect women to other women who will help them succeed. A few years ago I met a struggling single mom who had started her own skin-care concierge business. I wanted to introduce her to people, so you and I hosted our first annual “Women Work Fucking Hard” networking party to spotlight her. KM: You and I are connectors by nature. We want women to kick off their shoes, have some wine, and uplift each other. I didn’t have many female mentors in my former career, but now I try to be one myself. And pretty much anyone who’s ever lived in [your hometown] Buffalo, N.Y., has come to 30 Rock for an informational interview, right? LS: Hey, I try to pay it forward. I was hired as an assistant at SNL in 2002. Now I fight for my staff to get more money and recognition. In September I promoted my entire office. KM: Retention is a huge problem for women in finance. If I exhibited any emotion in the dealing room, I was told I was being an “emotional woman.” Meanwhile, the guy next to me was just “being a man” when he smashed his phone into pieces. The double standard became harder to manage when I became a mom, because there was just no flexibility. LS: I became a producer and learned I was pregnant within a five-day span. I wanted both things badly, just not at the same time. I cried and hid my pregnancy for an absurdly long time as I proved myself in the job. Five and a half weeks after my daughter was born, I went back to work. A lot has improved since then—and NBC now offers longer maternity leave—but we need more females in power positions to really change things. KM: That’s right. Every badass woman I know empowers other women and also keeps her shit together. You’ve always been your own biggest competitor, but you’ve plowed through some very stressful times recently that I don’t know if I could’ve survived. LS: A badass is someone who strives to keep getting better and self-reflects, and I believe I am who I’m supposed to be today because of those challenges. I’ve tried to become a more emotionally intelligent person through therapy and meditation, but I can’t control the fact that some of the things written about me aren’t true. I love my story; a lot of people don’t. But I don’t give a fuck, and that in itself is such progress. —SAMANTHA SIMON
DJ Switch Ghana, the 12-year-old superstar has already grabbed the spotlight at gigs like the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s Goalkeepers event and snagged the title of Ghana’s best DJ of 2019. The go-getter even has her own foundation, which focuses on gender equality and helps provide learning tools for disadvantaged kids. Her ultimate goal? To become a “Dr. DJ” gynecologist. “I feel powerful when I am able to give back to society and change a person’s life.”
50 ANN DRUYAN The Emmy and Peabody award–winning writer, producer, and director has been hell-bent on safeguarding scientific facts and protecting the planet for decades. Now, the former creative director of the Voyager Golden Records (phonographs sent into outer space as a representation of life on Earth) is carrying on her and her late husband Carl Sagan’s iconic work interpreting discoveries through National Geographic’s Cosmos TV series. “Being a badass means standing up for science at a time when it doesn’t seem to matter what’s true,” she says. “I’m very proud of the work I’ve done in defense of science and reason.” ANN DRUYAN
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BADASS WOMEN The Latinx community needs a Crazy Rich Asians moment. And we’re going to get it.Ó responsibility to be open about her body-image issues and encourages her many fans (21.5 million on Instagram alone) to get the help they need from organizations like Project HEAL. The BrazilianAmerican beauty is also using her powerful voice and position to become a producer so that more stories celebrating Latin culture can be heard. “The Latinx community needs a Crazy Rich Asians moment,” she says. “And we’re going to get it.”
Mama’s Girl Mendes looks to her mom, Gisele, for inspiration. “During any adversity that [my mom] has been through, she’s maintained this consistent state of happiness,” the actress says. “[Through her example] I’ve learned that positive people attract positive people, and if you’re happy with yourself, you become a better person who’s able to live a truthful, authentic life.”
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Why She’s a Badass Since booking her breakout role as precocious teenager Veronica Lodge on the CW hit Riverdale four years ago, the 25-year-old actress has become a bold voice for her generation. “I hold myself to a higher standard now because I know that young people are influenced by almost every decision I make,” she says. “What kind of person do I want to be for that person, for that fan?” As a role model, Mendes feels an inherent
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social-media presence, not all the messages she receives are friendly. But Mendes, who is the face of Secret deodorant’s All Strength, No Sweat campaign, takes it all in stride. “It requires a lot of patience to deal with hate online,” she says. Her feeds showcase sleek editorial shoots, pictures of her new rescue pup, Truffle, as well as posts about registering to vote and supporting Latina Equal Pay Day. “At the end of the day, if people are going on social media to spread hate, then I don’t respect them. So why would I care what they say about me?”
Dance It Out Whether she’s dancing the night away, working out, or simply listening to her latest obsession, Tinashe’s Songs for You album, Mendes is always seeking out the perfect soundtrack to suit her mood. “I feel like [Songs for You] is a breakup album because the lyrics are so vulnerable, but Tinashe is flexing at the same time, and that’s cool,” she says. “Music, to me, is an escape. If it resonates with everything I’m feeling in that moment, I feel confident, comforted, and aligned.”
Stand Tall A little over a year ago, when her body-image issues started to overwhelm her, Mendes took charge by going to a therapist and a nutritionist to get herself back on track. “I knew I wasn’t taking care of myself, and that would have me feeling insecure,” she says. “Now I don’t have that same anxiety I used to about food and my body. And I’m not putting all my self-worth in my appearance. There’s so much more to life than that.” —SHALAYNE PULIA Above: Mendes in Los Angeles wearing a Giambattista Valli Paris dress and Giuseppe Zanotti heels. Hair: Bridget Brager for The Wall Group. Makeup: Beau Nelson for The Wall Group. Production: Kelsey Stevens Productions.
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What are the possible side effects of DUPIXENT? DUPIXENT can cause serious side effects, including: • Allergic reactions (hypersensitivity), including a severe reaction known as anaphylaxis. Stop using DUPIXENT and tell your healthcare provider or get emergency help right away if you get any of the following symptoms: breathing problems, fever, general ill feeling, swollen lymph nodes, swelling of the face, mouth and tongue, hives, itching, fainting, dizziness, feeling lightheaded (low blood pressure), joint pain, or skin rash. • Eye problems. Tell your healthcare provider if you have any new or worsening eye problems, including eye pain or changes in vision. The most common side effects of DUPIXENT include: injection site reactions, eye and eyelid inflammation, including redness, swelling and itching, and cold sores in your mouth or on your lips. Eye and eyelid inflammation, including redness, swelling and itching have been seen in patients who have atopic dermatitis. Tell your healthcare provider if you have any side effect that bothers you or that does not go away. These are not all of the possible side effects of DUPIXENT. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch, or call 1-800-FDA-1088. General information about the safe and effective use of DUPIXENT. Medicines are sometimes prescribed for purposes other than those listed in a Patient Information leaflet. Do not use DUPIXENT for a condition for which it was not prescribed. Do not give DUPIXENT to other people, even if they have the same symptoms that you have. It may harm them. This is a summary of the most important information about DUPIXENT for this use. If you would like more information, talk with your healthcare provider. You can ask your pharmacist or healthcare provider for more information about DUPIXENT that is written for healthcare professionals. For more information about DUPIXENT, go to www.DUPIXENT.com or call 1-844-DUPIXENT (1-844-387-4936) What are the ingredients in DUPIXENT? Active ingredient: dupilumab Inactive ingredients: L-arginine hydrochloride, L-histidine, polysorbate 80, sodium acetate, sucrose, and water for injection Manufactured by: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Tarrytown, NY 10591 U.S. License # 1760; Marketed by sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC, (Bridgewater, NJ 08807) and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Tarrytown, NY 10591) DUPIXENT is a registered trademark of Sanofi Biotechnology / ©2019 Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. / sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC. All rights reserved. Issue Date: June 2019
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Tailored Jackets A STREAMLINED FIT AND SHARP COLLAR ADD A SENSE OF SOPHISTICATION. Roaman’s (available in sizes 14-34), $290; roamans .com.
Kitri (made of vegan leather), $250; kitristudio .com.
Blazer Polo Ralph Lauren, $998; ralphlauren .com. Shirt White House Black Market, $59; whbm.com. Trousers Raey, $381; matches fashion.com. Necklace Roberto Coin, $6,300; robertocoin.com. Bracelet Phillip Gavriel Fine Jewelry (made of recycled gold), $3,400; phillipgavriel.com.
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Michael Michael Kors, $595; michael kors.com.
Day-to-Night Dresses THE KEY TO KEEPING THEM CASUAL? A BUCKET BAG AND BOOTS. Boohoo (available in sizes 12-24), $30; us.boohoo .com.
Ganni, $675; ganni.com.
Nanushka (made of vegan leather), $695; nanushka .com.
Dress Kate Spade New York, $1,298; kate spade.com. Necklace Roberto Coin, $6,300; robertocoin.com. Bag Staud, $375; staud .clothing. Bracelet Phillip Gavriel Fine Jewelry (made of recycled gold), $3,400; phillipgavriel.com. Socks American Trench, $40; americantrench .com. Boots Manu Atelier, $545; manuatelier.com.
Ulla Johnson, $325; at Ulla Johnson, 631-259-7123.
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Imago-a, $450; modaoperandi .com.
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Ann Taylor, $159; anntaylor .com.
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Slouchy Trousers SET OFF ANY TOP WITH THIS ELEVATED ALTERNATIVE TO JEANS. Babaton for Aritzia, $148; aritzia.com.
Jacket American Eagle, $100; ae.com. Bodysuit Wolford, $350; wolfordshop.com. Pants Longchamp, $1,570; longchamp.com. Bag DeMellier, $485; demellierlondon.com. Bracelet Phillip Gavriel Fine Jewelry (made of recycled gold), $3,400; phillipgavriel.com. Boots Labucq, $375; labucq.com.
SelfPortrait, $335; at SelfPortrait, 917-6393175.
Hair: Shinya Nakagawa for Artlist. Makeup: Deanna Melluso for See Management. Model: Daniella Davis for Supreme Management. Citizens of Humanity, $975; citizensof humanity.com. Aeydē, $425; net-aporter .com.
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WARDROBE STAPLE As a lover of anything with Breton stripes, I gravitate toward Saint James tops. Saint James shirt, $79; saint-james.com.
FAN CLUB It’s always a th see celebritiesrill to designs. Som in my eo sent me a vide ne just Michelle Oba o of m wearing one a of denim jacket my s, it made me sm and ile.
SNACK BREAK I bring a couple of items on trips because I’m so unhappy without them: Vogel’s bread, Whittaker’s chocolate, and Storm + India Earl Grey tea—I drink four or five pots a day.
VACATION DESTINATION My family and I live in Auckland, New Zealand, and travel south to Queenstown every year for snowboarding, helicopter trips, and horseback riding. RUNWAY HIGHLIGHT I’m enjoying the preppy-meetsRiviera vibe that Lacoste’s creative director, Louise Trotter, is bringing to the brand. MAKEUP MUST Whenever I wear this lipstick, which is about five times a week, I get asked for the color. MAC Cosmetics Retro Matte Liquid Lipcolour in Quite the Standout, $22; maccosmetics.com.
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Sunglasses make me feel like I’m playing the part of a different person, even if it’s just for a nanosecond. I never walk out the door without them. Karen Walker sunglasses, $250; nordstrom.com.
GO-TO DENIM I can’t remember ever not owning Levi’s 501 jeans. The shape is classic. Levi’s jeans, $98; levi.com.
HAPPY PLACE My Australian labradoodle, Laika, and I go to our favorite park twice a day and walk from one end to the other. It’s my moment to breathe without thinking or making decisions.
Party Pieces All the styles in my new bridal collection are ivory. In addition to long gowns, we have tuxedos and short dresses, so while the line is made with weddings in mind, many customers order for other special occasions, like bat mitzvahs and graduations.
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SelfPartnered?
Spoil Self. THIS VALENTINE’S DAY THE COMEDIAN EVA VICTOR REVELS IN HER SINGLEDOM BY INDULGING IN THE L ATEST SPA TREATMENTS
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The Elder Statesman hoodie. Dale Novick Ltd. rings.
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ast night I ate a huge slice of cake. I shared it with no one. By the end of the evening the frosting, paired with the captivating onscreen performance I watched by Kathryn Hahn, brought me such overwhelming joy that I swiftly fell asleep holding the fork and proceeded to have two consecutive sex dreams. Needless to say, I love being single. Selfpartnered. An individual taxpayer. However you want to describe someone who hooks up with hot people once in a while but ultimately shares her life with her cat. It means I am free to do whatever the hell I want every day, and especially on Valentine’s Day. All that romantic and sensual energy I would have given to someone else goes, you guessed it, right back to me. Not taking care of anyone else romantically comes with very little drama, and if drama ever arises, it has to do with whether the shopkeeper at the bakery saw me put in the tip I left for her in the jar. I don’t want her to think I didn’t leave one. Valentine’s Day is a weird one because to celebrate it “correctly,” one must be in love just the right amount. Enough to rationalize feeding corporate greed and indulging hetero
A honey-balm and cherryenzyme facial? Yes, please!
norms that pressure people into sad roles like “the brave man who tried a little” and “the expectant woman who is proud of this man for trying a little.” Instead of debating whether it makes sense for me to wish my exes a “happy valentine’s day lol” (note: it never makes sense), I decided to head to Manhattan’s Upper East Side for some luxurious face and body treatments, ones I imagine are usually reserved for women wearing berets who are contemplating sexy secrets they’ll never tell each other as they walk their matching poodles on brisk winter mornings. After all, Valentine’s Day feels like a good day to remind yourself that you are hot and cool in whatever way works best for you, since the holiday will often intentionally lead you to believe the opposite about yourself. So, time to get some stuff rubbed into my face, because I am my own lover—and my lover is in the mood for a soft face today. My first stop was at Naturopathica, a word that I think they made up but sounds like the scientific name for a very relaxed femme plant. The treatment I was about to receive, explained a glowing woman named Sarah, was a massage using CBD oil to help relieve sore, overstressed muscles. I haven’t used my body in a deliberate “sports-bra woman overcoming her body’s obstacles crossing the finish line” kind of way in four months.
I am free to do whatever the hell I want every day, and especially on Valentine’s Day.”
space was flooded with a soundscape that can only be described as the audio from erotic vampire drama Twilight, Sarah began kneading her elbows into my back. I swiftly fell in love with her good hands. As my shoulder tension subsided, I realized that no partner I’ve ever had has known how to massage me as intuitively and expertly as she did.
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BEAUTY
Did someone say eucalyptus massage? Why not?
And, I’ll add, Sarah never said, “And now it’s my turn!” after it was over. Next, I treated myself to a facial, so I had to bid adieu to Sarah’s hands, but she sent me off with Morgan, who had hands too. She used them expertly to brush honey balm and cherry enzymes onto my face for the next hour. Being misted with lavender while listening to the music hot vampires glide through forests to is not the worst way to spend a day on which you were raised to expect chocolate and flowers from a boringly handsome man who has great difficulty expressing anything he’s feeling. The facial was meant to be anti-aging, but I think that as I get older, I would like to look my age. I have a vague fantasy about running into an ex who is holding their baby and proclaim, “Well, I have wrinkles now, so, we’ve both grown and changed a lot, haven’t we?” Finally, I visited CryoVigor, where I got nude (a theme of the day). I slipped my hands into mittens and my feet into big socks to stand in negative 200-degree liquid nitrogen for three minutes. Apparently, basketball MVP LeBron James does it, so it made sense for this 25-year-old who wears sneakers exclusively for comfort and spends a lot of time worrying about earthquakes in California to do a similar muscle-healing treatment. Throughout my time in the frosty chamber, my body shook violently, my teeth chattered loudly, and I started thinking about whether I was comfortable with my last words being, “Yeah, I’m fine in here! All good!” Ultimately, I did survive the cryotherapy, but in the way you survive jumping off a big rock: No one applauds you for putting yourself through a nonessential, potentially devastating thing in the first place. Sort of like being in love. Just kidding.
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Overall, I was glad I was kind to my body on a holiday meant to make you feel like your independent life is lacking in some way. And if that means paying a woman to make me inhale eucalyptus steam, so be it. If you have the luxury to gift yourself an hour of face gooping to escape heart-shaped things, do it. If nothing else, you can be nice to your body at home. At the end of the day, it’s comforting to know that maybe all I need to keep me warm at night is one more slice of cake. n
I was glad I was kind to my body on a holiday meant to make you feel like your independent life is lacking in some way. And if that means paying a woman to make me inhale eucalyptus steam, so be it.Ó
Smiling on the outside, inside a cryotherapy chamber.
Healthy, beautiful smiles for life.
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BEAUTY TALK
Viola Davis THE ACTRESS BEATS BODY HANG -UPS WITH AN EFFERVESCENT ATTITUDE — AND A FEW SPRITZES OF PERFUME
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ou’re the new face of L’Oréal Paris Age Perfect, which is for women over 50. When much of the beauty industry is focused on youth, how does it feel to be acknowledged by a major label? It’s like
someone finally sees me. Many women get to a certain point in their lives and no one looks at them or values them anymore—as if they are invisible, you know? The fact is that beauty is not something that can just be defined by youth. Do you find your morning routine has gotten more or less complicated with age? I’m completely
into everything from undereye moisturizer to all shades of lipstick, which is surprising because I never used any products in my 20s. Now I have about 30 bottles of perfume alone; each one is for a different occasion. I feel more girlish and buoyant in my 50s than I ever have before. I’ve released my inner woman! This is our Badass issue. What’s your most badass beauty moment? When I wore a big Afro at the 2018 Golden Globes
I’m at a period where I want to step into who I am.”
with my black [Brandon Maxwell] dress. I felt awesome. It was a throwback to all the characters I loved when I was younger, like Christie Love, played by Teresa Graves, who was my first hero. I felt like me, but my fantasy of me. Over the past several years natural hair has become a signature for you. Why did you decide to make the switch?
I’m at a period where I want to step into who I am. I’ve spent too long not feeling pretty or feminine enough— not feeling enough. And part of that was about my hair! Like any fear in life, I had to deal with it. So when I was nominated for The Help in 2012, I walked down the Oscars red carpet, one of the most public events known to mankind, with my natural hair. It’s been great, though I do have my moments. I always say that when black women who have gone natural get together, it’s like being in an AA group. The conversations are like, “How long have you been natural?” “Oh, two months today. I have good days and bad days. But mostly good days. Sometimes I put a wig on; sometimes I take it off...”
VIOLA’S MUST-HAVES
Byredo La Tulipe eau de parfum, $260/100 ml; byredo.com.
Who do you call when you’re having a hair or makeup crisis?
My friend [actress] Elisa Perry. She always knows the answer. She and my husband, Julius Tennon—and my opinionated 9-year-old daughter, Genesis—tell the truth in a helpful way. They say things like, “That doesn’t work because of how the light hits.” It’s often said that when you achieve a certain level of fame, you’ll be surrounded by “yes” people. But then sometimes people will also be mean to you and justify it by that statement. The key is to have confidantes who love you and are lovingly honest. Speaking of Genesis, what’s the most important beauty advice you hope to pass on to her? That’s easy. I tell her that
she is starting with the most beautiful palette imaginable— herself. To never cover or erase who she is. I want her to know that she is enough. —ALISON SYRETT
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onfidence is not something I was born with. Growing up, I was quite the tomboy, but my mom was impossibly glamorous. She always smelled amazing and used to walk around in a cloud of Dior Poison perfume. I envied her incredible grace and how she was so well turned out. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve become more like my mom, and I love being well put-together. But when I started doing beauty pageants at 17 years old, I had such low self-esteem. I didn’t know about hairstyling or makeup—I didn’t even know how to use foundation. The first time I had my makeup professionally done [for a pageant], I was completely mesmerized because my face looked so flawless. Granted, I probably had on 5 pounds of cosmetics, which makes me laugh because at the time I didn’t realize that was too much, but I remember the feeling viscerally. That’s when I started to discover my feminine side. I realized how fascinating it is being a woman and having so many choices in how we style ourselves. Over time, I began enjoying how I felt when I walked out the door, knowing that I represented the mood I was in that day and that I was put-together the way I wanted to be. This became so empowering to me. Eventually, I learned that if I focus on my strengths, then the weaknesses don’t show, and I became more and more confident. Self-care is extremely important to me and something I always make time for. Especially skin care—we spend so much time on makeup and clothes, but I feel best when my skin is glowing and I barely need any makeup. Whenever I have a night in, I slather on a really thick face cream like Obagi Hydrate Luxe and leave it on as a mask for about 20 minutes. Twice a month I do a DIY scalp oil treatment that my mom taught me: Combine a bit of coconut oil with a dash of castor oil and massage it into your scalp, let it sit for a little while, then shampoo. She swears this helps your hair grow in healthy. And I exfoliate my body at least
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twice a month. I spend five minutes buffing my skin with a loofah in the shower, then afterward, I blend a hydrating oil like argan oil with body lotion and really go to town massaging the mix into my skin. If you do this routine a few times a month, it keeps your body supple and smooth. Fragrance is also key for me because it’s about more than just glamour—it makes me feel groomed. There’s something so magical about a good scent on someone. In fact, the first thing I noticed about my husband, Nick [Jonas], when we met was how great he smelled. I really enjoy the creative aspect of getting glam for the red carpet and crafting a hair and makeup look around a particular dress. I always go against the grain of what the dress is telling me to do. So, if I’m wearing a floral dress, instead of doing soft hair and makeup, I go the opposite direction with sleek hair and dramatic eyeliner. It adds a certain sense of style, and I find the
I learned that if I focus on my strengths, then the weaknesses don’t show.”
magic happens when you go against what’s expected. Though when I’m on my own, just going out to dinner with my husband, I get dressed in, like, 10 minutes. I swipe on mascara and lip balm mixed with a bit of lipstick. And if my hair isn’t already blown out, I’ll throw it into a topknot, which is the easiest, chicest way to look pulled together. For me, glamour is doing the things that make you feel like the best version of yourself. It’s one of the reasons I got involved in Obagi’s Skinclusion campaign, which aims to shift people’s biases about beauty standards and bring more inclusivity to the beauty industry. People used to say to me, “You don’t look Indian.” Well, how do you know what an Indian person is supposed to look like? When I was younger, these comments made me question where I fit in. But I don’t question myself anymore. When I walk out the door in the morning, it’s like a switch flips on and I can just grab the day and take the bull by the horns. —AS TOLD TO VICTORIA KIRBY
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in Hollywood During Tinseltown’s Golden Era, female filmmakers called the shots but were ultimately forgotten. OLIVIA WILDE honors their legacy while welcoming the next generation of talent interview by BEANIE FELDSTEIN photographed by PAMELA HANSON styled by K ARLA WELCH
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Michael Kors Collection jumpsuit, shirt, turtleneck, belt and heels. David Webb ring (on right hand).
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BF: She was actually treating them with respect. OW: She was, and that’s why she was able to discover great
Hollywood has long been thought of as a boys’ club. But in actuality, women were the early forces behind the camera from the era of silent films through to the 1950s. It was only after the industry began to consolidate around a few leading production studios that the opportunities for women began to wane. And though there are still challenges (e.g., there were no female directors nominated for a Golden Globe this year), the reels are definitely changing. Enter Olivia Wilde, who while directing her first feature film, Booksmart, brought as many talented women to the table as she could, from screenwriters and producers to casting directors and actors. Among them was one of the film’s beloved leads, Beanie Feldstein, who in fact did earn her first Golden Globe nomination for her role. Over lunch in downtown N.Y.C., the creative cohorts sit down to discuss the prevailing sisterhood in Hollywood. BEANIE FELDSTEIN: Liv, do you remember when we met? OLIVIA WILDE: Yes. It was at a party in New York that
I’d gone to mainly because I knew you’d be there. I’d been tracking you. As a new director, I was trying to figure out how to approach an actor in a way that really gets their attention. Basically, I wanted to have a connection with you before I begged you to be a part of Booksmart. BF: Oh, it was a really hard beg. [laughs] And look how far we’ve come! You’re on the cover of InStyle’s Badass Women issue, which is incredibly fitting. I wanted to start by asking you about some of the women who’ve inspired you most. I know one of them is Mali Finn, the legendary casting director. OW: Mali was notorious for having incredibly high standards. I worked as her summer intern when I was 16 and then as one of her four assistants, and the proximity to her taught me everything. She was an antidote to the culture of assimilation in Hollywood. She expected everyone who auditioned to have done the work. And then she’d say to these young actresses, “Why are you wearing that short skirt? Did you think that I’d be a man when you came in?” She was trying to tell them to own their power and not strip themselves of everything that makes them different.
talent. When I started to go on auditions, a casting director once said to me, “Olivia, you’ll be all right because you’ve got a pie face.” And I said, “Thank you.” Then I thought, “Wait, was that even a compliment?” Mali helped me reset my standards at a very important time in my career. BF: You’ve been pulled up by so many women who have helped you succeed, and now you’re reaching behind you to pull up the next group—something you very aptly call the Daisy Chain, because of your little girl, Daisy. OW: The Daisy Chain is about wanting to lift each other up. I celebrate it because for a long time women have been told that in order to succeed, we have to push people out of the way. [Producer] Jessica Elbaum was someone who dared me to take myself seriously. There were so many people who said, “Oh, you should direct.” But there aren’t many who will actually help you when you’ve never done it before. Jessica had the confidence in me to put her own reputation on the line by recommending that [production company] Annapurna hear my pitch for Booksmart. And that’s real generosity. BF: Well, Jessica knew you could effing do it! OW: That’s why daring someone to take themselves seriously is awesome. I pivoted my career from acting to directing at 27, and I directed my first feature at 34. A pivot can happen at any age. There are a handful of people in our movie cast who I know could direct one day, from Katie Silberman, our awesome screenwriter and producer, to Kaitlyn Dever. I want to make sure that happens for them. And then, Beanie, you’re someone who doesn’t need the dare. You inspire me so much. BF: Just watching you on the set of Booksmart was that dare for me. OW: And that’s how [director] Reed Morano was for me on the film Meadowland. She was the first female director I worked with, which is nuts. Honestly, I mourn the years I wasn’t working with any women. As Geena Davis says, “You can’t be what you can’t see.” And once I saw Reed hoist up that camera and operate the film herself, it just cleared the way for me. BF: When I watch you direct, you’re so confident. Where does that come from?
“People always resented that I wouldn’t pick a lane. And a lot of the fiery passion in Booksmart was my answer to that.”
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Michael Kors Collection dress with belt. BEAUTY BEAT For a softer take on crimson lips, try a warm brownish red such as Jillian Dempsey Lid Tint in Ruby ($28; jillian dempsey.com), a cream that can be used on lips, cheeks, and eyes.
OW: Steven Spielberg has said that as a di-
rector, you must never let an actor see your fear. And I actually think that allows you to manifest confidence. It’s like when I’m with my kids and there’s turbulence on a plane, I’m the first one to say, “This is great! This is fun!” And then I actually feel calmer. BF: What’s been the best career advice you’ve received? OW: Make the things that only you can make. Once it’s in your hands, it will be different from everyone else’s work. Fellini wasn’t protective of his scripts. He’d say, “I’ll send it to you, but you won’t make my movie.” I love that concept because it leads you to a place of creating something original. BF: What was it like growing up with a mom [journalist Leslie Cockburn] who has had such a brilliant career? Just a year ago she decided to take a bold leap and run for Congress. OW: My mother achieved greatness at such a young age. She was one of the first women admitted to Yale, she became a journalist at a time when women had to work really hard to rise in the ranks, and, at 65, she decided to run for the House of Representatives in the 5th District of Virginia, a position that has never been won by a woman. She gave it everything, and when she lost, she was still so graceful. She’s broken through so many glass ceilings that it was never a question of whether it was possible for me. BF: And now you’re passing the same thing on to your kids, Otis and Daisy. You told me a great story about Otis and his pride when he said, “My mom is a director.” OW: I see that it affects them. But for me as a mother, it’s such a balancing act. Like, you filled me with so much confidence, but you didn’t let me become a fucking asshole. When I said I wanted to act at age 3, my mom was like, “Great, go to school for it.” She always took my dream seriously because she’s taken her own dream seriously. BF: You went to an intense academic boarding school [Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass.], but then you didn’t end up going to college. Does that decision linger in you at all? OW: A lot of people say, “I’m the first person in my family to go to college,” and I always joke that I’m the first person in my family not to go. I was eager for life experience. And there was such pressure to start young as an actress. BF: It’s still the ideology that prevails in Hollywood. OW: I remember meeting Scarlett Johansson at a party when we were 16. She was already making movies, and I was like, “Ugh, I’m so behind.” So, I leapt into work. By the way, Jason [Sudeikis, Wilde’s partner] didn’t go to college either, so we’re already prepared for our kids to say they
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don’t want to go. I’ll carry my own baggage into that conversation when I encourage them to go. BF: The feminist journalist Caitlin Moran has said she had to fight to prove that she was not just a brain because, growing up fat, she was never looked at as a body. You’ve suffered the opposite problem, which is that the world often looked at you for your body first. OW: That feeling of being misunderstood starts in adolescence. In high school, people place definitions on you, and then you spend your adult life slowly unraveling them. People always resented that I wouldn’t pick a lane. And a lot of the fiery passion in Booksmart was my answer to that. BF: You’ve also said before that Booksmart was the first job you got that was not based off your looks. OW: It’s not that I felt I had never been hired in any way for my brain. It was that as a director I finally felt that I was being listened to because of my ideas. It was the first time my brain had been isolated as the valuable element, which was satisfying. BF: You have a bunch of new directing projects coming up. What are you most excited about? OW: My film Don’t Worry, Darling (CONTINUED ON PAGE 116)
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Versace Jeans Couture bodysuit, leggings, and heels. Jennifer Fisher hoops. BEAUTY BEAT For sizzling eyes, smudge a glimmering charcoal liquid eye shadow, such as L’Oréal Paris Brilliant Eyes Shimmer Liquid Eye Shadow in Royal Onyx ($12; lorealparisusa.com), along your top lids.
Anthony with her son, Kiyan. Miscreants jumpsuit. Skims bodysuit (underneath). Earrings, her own. Hair: Myss Monique. Makeup: Porsche Cooper. Prop styling: Emily Adar.
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t seems unlikely that a celebrity who boasts nearly 10 million Instagram followers could go unnoticed in a tiny Thai restaurant in Manhattan’s East Village. But as a native New Yorker, La La Anthony knows how to pick the right spot. Our original plan was to meet at a swanky TriBeCa restaurant until the actress, author, and designer, pinging between meetings and photo shoots, rerouted us here. She is decked out in a black Alexandre Vauthier turtleneck and vegan-leather pants from her own collection, and her three-person team—a personal photographer, a hairstylist, and a publicist—has set up a mobile office at a center table. She’s in the middle of what I can only assume is an important business call, judging by her stern tone. Except it’s not business at all. “You let her know I’m not afraid if she doesn’t want to talk to me,” Anthony says before she hangs up, her toughness fading as she turns to me and laughs. “My teenage niece is driving my family crazy. They’re like, ‘You better talk to her!’ So I’m all over it.” As her fans can attest, Anthony, 38, is big on family. Her 12-year-old son, Kiyan, with NBA star Carmelo Anthony, factors prominently on all her social-media accounts. “Kiyan is the best thing that ever happened to me,” she says. “He’s what I’m most proud of. Having him is the most badass
even know what I wanted to do. But I knew what being broke felt like, and I never wanted to have that feeling again.” So she worked her ass off, starting out as a radio DJ in Atlanta before landing a VJ gig on MTV’s Total Request Live at just 19 years old. Though she always appeared confident interviewing top musicians on air, Anthony wasn’t immune to the pressures of the spotlight. “It took time to get to a place where outside validation wasn’t important,” she says. “When you’re on TV, people always have something to say— and this was before Instagram and Twitter, where they just tear you apart every second of the day. Plus, I’m a people pleaser, and I wanted everyone to like me and be my friend. I used to let people run all over me because I didn’t want to ruffle any feathers, but I learned that in order to do what’s best for yourself, sometimes that’s necessary.” After leaving MTV in 2003, Anthony went on to star in two VH1 reality series, La La’s Full Court Wedding and La La’s Full Court Life; write a best-selling book, The Love Playbook; and launch her own beauty and fashion lines— most recently, the size-inclusive La La Anthony Collection. But acting was always her passion. “For so long, people tried to put me in a box,” she says. “I was told, ‘You’re an MTV VJ, you’re a radio host, you’re a reality-TV person—you can’t do anything else.’ I was adamant in proving to people that I could.” She scored her first major role as hairstylist LaKeisha Grant in the TV show Power in 2014, a character she would play for six seasons. “I’m proud that I was able to break those barriers and show people I can be good at more than one thing,” says Anthony, who’s teaming up with Power creator 50 Cent again on the upcoming Starz series Intercepted (she’ll executive-produce as well as act). “You have more control when you create your own content, because you’re not waiting for someone to give you a chance.” Next up, she’s eager to bring a new story to life on Season 3 of Lena Waithe’s Showtime series, The Chi. “I play a chef from the hood who’s trying to be respected in her field, but people don’t take her seriously,” she says, revealing that while she relates to her character’s drive, she’s far from a culinary whiz. “I can’t cook for shit,” she admits, despite looking quite kitchen-savvy in this photo shoot. “I’ve been trying to learn for the show because I realized that I’ve been relying on my son to feed both of us. He took a cooking class in school and makes a great breakfast.” Quality mother-son time is a constant in Anthony’s hectic life, which allows for “maybe four or five hours” of sleep each night. “I’m always making sure Kiyan’s on the right track, and we have a great relationship because he respects me,” she says. Still, no matter how cool his parents are, Kiyan has started to set some typical preteen boundaries. “He told me I can’t go into school to pick him up anymore, so I have to wait outside on the corner (CONTINUED ON PAGE 116)
“I was told, ‘You’re an MTV VJ, you’re a radio host, you’re a reality-TV person— you can’t do anything else.’ I was adamant in proving to people that I could.” thing I’ve ever done, so I definitely feel most powerful when I’m in mom mode.” Motherhood may be her proudest achievement, but having learned how to hustle at a young age, Anthony is just as fierce when it comes to her many business ventures. “My mom always made it work with whatever she had to keep our family together, even when she was a single parent,” says Anthony, who grew up in Brooklyn’s Flatbush neigborhood. “That’s why my goal in life was always to not be broke. It wasn’t about having a career; I didn’t
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hoever says overnight success doesn’t exist clearly didn’t watch the first season of Euphoria on HBO last summer. Before the show premiered, we were living in a world without Hunter Schafer. Now the zeitgeist can’t get enough of the gorgeous 21-year-old model and trans actress, who looks as if she’s the androgynous love child of Tilda Swinton and David Bowie. In the show, Schafer plays Jules Vaughn, a transfeminine high school student who befriends slash has a romance with her classmate Rue Bennett (Zendaya), a 17-year-old addict just out of rehab. Euphoria marked Schafer’s first foray into acting after she responded to a casting call on Instagram. It wasn’t until filming started on the sixth episode or so that the former runway model (she has walked for Miu Miu, Dior, and Marc Jacobs) finally realized she could do it. “I’m comfortable with this,” she recalls thinking. “I know Jules.” Telling stories that mirror her own journey was certainly part of the allure. “As someone who holds a lot of privilege, I definitely have the trans community on my mind,” Schafer says. “I want to use what I’ve done as a pathway for others.” As for Euphoria’s graphic nature—one particularly intense episode features a younger version of Jules being checked into a mental institution, a sequence reportedly based on creator Sam Levinson’s childhood—Schafer doesn’t try to sugarcoat it. “Usually I’ll just say it’s a show following a group of high schoolers navigating love, sex, drugs, violence, etc.,” she says. “But I’ve had friends say they can’t watch. It might be triggering for them, and—hell, yeah—I understand. It’s not for everyone.” Among those who were perhaps nervous to watch the finished product was her family back in Raleigh, N.C. While Schafer’s three younger siblings all loved it, the racy subject matter could certainly rattle the most liberally inclined parent. Fortunately, her mother and her father, a longtime pastor at Hudson Memorial Presbyterian Church, were equally supportive. “They watched it, and they’ve been really great,” Schafer says. “Though I don’t think it’s the kind of thing they’ll watch again.” Schafer admits she likely won’t be, either. It was hard enough to see herself onscreen once. But that won’t stop her from stepping into Jules’s stylishly scuffed combat boots again when Euphoria returns for a second season this year. Though Schafer hasn’t seen any of the new scripts, she is in constant
communication with Levinson, usually to send him music that she thinks would be good for the show. “Music is actually a very private thing for me,” Schafer says. Drawing and painting are also modes of meditation. They help alleviate her anxiety, something she has been working through since adolescence. “Anxiety is a hard thing to describe,” she admits. “It’s a never-ending journey, figuring out how to reconcile some of that. Making art is definitely what I’ve used to find peace. It allows me to take something that I’m holding on to and release it in some way.” Given her modeling background, Schafer has an artistic eye that extends to fashion as well, although she saves her most-transformative looks for red-carpet outings. One night it could be a pearl-encrusted skirt suit from Christopher Kane (paired with pearl face jewelry, natch), another a black fringe halter dress by Loewe or a bold graphic cocktail dress by Mugler. “I like the cross section of art and fashion,” Schafer says, noting that she favors outré labels such as Comme des Garçons, Rick Owens, and Hood by Air. “You have more room to breathe when you’re not thinking about who you’re marketing to or how many pieces you’re going to sell. The designer sees a void in the world of fashion that they want to fill. They’re making these pieces because they are pushing themselves to do it. It’s much closer to art and more exciting than something that’s based off a trend forecast.” One bonus of Euphoria’s doing so well is that Schafer is “actually able to afford things now.” Though the local Goodwill is a personal favorite. “The ones in North Carolina are better than the ones here in Los Angeles,” she says. “Not as picked through. I’ve found Comme des Garçons there for $5.” Staying low-key off-screen also helps her to navigate her newfound fame—whenever she’s dressed-up, she gets recognized. (Jules Vaughn was a popular Halloween costume last year.) And forget about shopping at any Gen Z locale. Since the release of Euphoria, Schafer has had to rethink where she gets her undergarments after trips to Urban Outfitters resulted in her being mobbed by fans. “It’s kind of crazy,” she says, shaking her head and letting out a quick laugh. “But if you have any ideas of where I should get underwear and socks, let me know!” n
“I’ve had friends say they can’t watch [Euphoria]. It might be triggering for them, and—hell, yeah—I understand. It’s not for everyone.”
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Leader With an activist spirit and charisma to spare, TARANA BURKE is propelling #MeToo from the headlines back into the community by LAURA BROWN photographed by ANDREAS LASZLO KONRATH styled by LAUREL PANTIN
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first met Tarana Burke in October 2018 at an InStyle dinner in Los Angeles. We had overlapped earlier that year at the Golden Globe Awards, where she and fellow activists joined forces with prominent actresses to represent the launch of Time’s Up. Burke founded #MeToo in 2006 but really surged into the public consciousness in 2017, when the initial sexual-assault allegations against Harvey Weinstein surfaced and the movement gathered momentum online and became a viral hashtag. A born activist, the Bronx, N.Y., native, who is a survivor of sexual abuse herself, began the drumbeat of women speaking up, being supported, finding people to listen, and, of course, taking action. And she has not stopped. While the intensity of 2017 has cooled to a more workable climate, Burke has remained steadfast in her vision. She is focusing on creating an online network that survivors can access to find help on a local level. That said, she’s not #MeToo all the time. She can’t be. After Burke walked into our InStyle dinner that night in October, I raced up to her and said, “Do you need a glass of wine?” She responded with a prompt yes, a laugh, and a grand reveal that, while she’s a pioneer, she’s a woman too. One who keeps the culture in perspective and loves a joke, a whiskey, and a good pair of Fendi boots. Long may she reign.
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LAURA BROWN: We know the origins of the #MeToo
movement, but I’m curious how it runs day to day. TARANA BURKE: So, I never wanted to have an organization. I have worked at organizations my entire life, and I wanted to figure out how to do the work and not have to get into the administration of it. In 2018 the day to day was doing different bits of media, traveling around, giving speeches. I would liaise with a group of women who run other national organizations—Ai-jen Poo from the National Domestic Workers Alliance, Fatima Goss Graves of the National Women’s Law Center, and [Alianza Nacional de Campesinas co-founder] Mónica Ramírez, who is my favorite. We were always strategizing about what’s next and how we move forward. But after Brett Kavanaugh’s [Supreme Court nomination] hearings, I started feeling like I needed more structure. LB: Go on. TB: So, I started the #MeToo International organization in November 2018. And we also partnered with the global ad agency FCB [Foote, Cone & Belding], which helped us build a tool that serves as a digital platform of sorts for survivors. And for people who want to help support them. LB: Because previously there weren’t many options. TB: Previously, if you went on the Internet looking for help as a victim of sexual assault, it would send you to one website, which is RAINN’s [Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network]. They are a great organization and have been doing this for a
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long time, largely without peers, and they run the National Sexual Assault Hotline. But as a survivor, I need a different kind of information—more accessible, more personal. Me as a survivor and you as a survivor have different experiences around what that means. I always describe our work as healing and action. There is a healing side to the website, and then on the action side is this tool that allows you to put in your zip code and find out all the ways people are working to end sexual violence right in your neighborhood. You can volunteer, donate, pray, all the ways you want to be a part of that. LB: How does it work? TB: This tool makes it really accessible. You want to do bystander-intervention training? You can go to this local rape crisis center. You want to volunteer to take people who have been assaulted to the hospital? You can get trained to do that. You want to donate $100 a month? Maybe you’re very specific and want to help trans women who have been abused. You can give your money to that too. It gets really granular, and I’m excited about that. LB: I also want to talk about addressing the hyperbole of it all. Because you are a pragmatic person who is doing solid work for solid reasons, how do you navigate if #MeToo becomes a punch line, like on late-night TV shows? TB: I just focus on the people who get it because the people who don’t, in some ways, don’t want to. There has been enough information and enough conversation. It’s just like, if this has happened to you, say it out loud. Right? Anything else is bullshit. LB: When we met, I gave you a glass of wine. There has to be a lightness, right?
people who are experiencing trauma. They are not exposing themselves so you can make jokes about it. LB: I do understand in this overwhelming PC culture that comics want to see how much they can push it. But not at the expense of people being hurt. TB: Right! There is a way to tell jokes in this moment that I wish some of these comedians would embrace, like, to make fun of people’s lack of nuance. Make fun of the foolishness of these mea culpas that we get six months later. Why take the other road? [Chappelle] told a joke about children being molested. He talked about Michael Jackson’s [alleged] victims. You’re talking about children being molested, sir. How is that funny? Like, come on, for real. LB: There is plenty of ridiculousness out there. We are on Twitter every day. It’s fertile soil. TB: My friends and I joke that we can’t even say the words “me too” anymore. We are all like, “Me as well.” [laughs] “I also.” LB: Right, because you don’t have to walk around representing this every day of your life. TB: No. And also, the other part about me needing lightness in my life is that people see me as an embodiment of what a survivor is and leading this movement and representing survivors and standing up for them. Well, we’re not all walking around dragging our crucifixes. This thing that happened to me does not define my life in such a way that I am confined to sadness. I like talking about fashion and relationships and all kinds of other stuff, because our lives have to go on. LB: And you are capable of more than one track. TB: Exactly. And God help me if I weren’t. If I talked about this all the time every day, I couldn’t do the work. LB: So, what have been some of the really edifying things that the work has brought you to? TB: I think what folks don’t realize is how most survivors don’t think punitively. Our mind isn’t totally focused on “I want to get the person who did this to me” or “I want them to go to jail.” I don’t want to live my life trapped in that feeling. This work is about us figuring out what it means to come back to yourself and who this new post-traumatic person is, how to feel whole again. When I can have experiences with survivors that are about how they access their joy, that’s some of the best work to have. Joy is possible. There is another side to this. But we have to get people what they need to feel better. I didn’t have all of this language 20 years ago. I didn’t walk around saying, “I want to help you heal.” I was just like, “Yo, I feel terrible.” LB: Do people unload on you? How do you metabolize that? TB: This is always a hard question because I don’t know that I have mastered how to set aside my feelings, but there is a part of me that is trying to work (CONTINUED ON PAGE 117)
“When I look at someone and am like, ‘Oh, she’s a badass,’ it’s because she gets it right. And even when she gets it wrong, she does it well.” TB: I wish people knew me better. I love a good joke. I actu-
ally hate the fact that people think they have to be a certain way around me. I love edgy humor. Now, Dave Chappelle is literally one of my favorite comedians. Louis C.K. was one of my favorite comedians. I get their funny. I have said for years, funny always flies. But there has to be a line. When Chappelle’s stand-up special came out [on Netflix], he was randomly going in on #MeToo , and he was just pushing and pushing. If it’s funny, it’s funny, but that’s not true when you’re talking about hurt people, people who are in pain,
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In creative power couple ELIZABETH BAUDOUIN & NATALIE SHIRINIAN’s design-filled home, one piece of art is prized above all others
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or real-life couple and business partners Natalie Shirinian, a filmmaker and communications adviser, and Elizabeth Baudouin, a music consultant and writer, you’d imagine that picking their favorite artwork in a house full of treasures would be challenging. But the pair easily homed in on a weaving by Mimi Jung. “We’ve been lusting after Mimi’s work for a really long time, and when we finally had an opportunity to acquire one, it was this moment of, ‘OK, we have a piece now. We have a Mimi Jung!’ ” says Shirinian. “She’s an amazing artist, and it was really exciting for us to be able to own something by her.” The tapestry could perhaps be considered a symbol of how the women have managed to intertwine their lives. Ten years ago Shirinian founded NES Creative, a communications agency that represents clients like Egg Collective and Want Les Essentiels, and Baudouin joined the firm shortly after they started dating. “I just wanted to spend more time with Natalie, and I knew I was going to be fired from my job because I kept leaving to hang out with her,” Baudouin says, laughing. Now married, they even collaborated on a documentary called Interior Motives, about the links between the fashion and design worlds. Shirinian directed it, and Baudouin oversaw the music and helped produce it. For some that might seem like too much togetherness, but for them it works. “When we first started dating and working together, we never worried about overkill,” says Shirinian. “We just liked each other’s company, and we went for it.”
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is a leap of faith because I’m putting myself in the film, which is madness. I took so much pleasure in removing myself from the process, so now I’m very curious to see how I’ll be able to take care of everything from within. BF: How much sleep do you get a night? OW: About five hours. It’s forever a process of trying to find the balance. For me as a mom, time becomes essential, because there’s so little of it when you are focused on keeping people alive. Then the time that’s left for you becomes very potent, and you can achieve great things with it. I do like the idea of relaxing, but my best ideas don’t come from those moments of rest. I get those when I’m jumping on the subway and racing to a meeting. BF: How are you raising your kids to be strong and independent? OW: With Daisy, I have witnessed how women are born with an incredible amount of strength and that society quickly pushes them to assume the more feminine role. I mean, I love that Elsa is looking pissed off on the Frozen 2 poster, but there’s still an awful lot out there that’s encouraging young women to make themselves the weaker sex. My role is to be a safe zone of support that’ll hopefully counteract what society will inevitably do to them. When Daisy hits a place where she questions her worth, I want to be the one to remind her of the strength she innately has. But it’s interesting because having a boy and a girl, you really notice gender politics within your own home. She’ll clean up his plate for him after dinner, and I’m like, “Put that back!” BF: I also want to ask about your personal style, because I know for a fact that yours has changed a lot. When you moved to L.A., you used to wear yellow turtlenecks to pool parties, and that’s why my character, Molly, wears one in the opening of Booksmart. OW: That’s right! I’d wear wool turtlenecks. It didn’t matter how hot it was. BF: So how does style come into play in your life now? You had a different pair of incredible sneakers all 26 days that we shot our film. OW: My stylist, Karla Welch, is one of my best friends. She knows I love a
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strong shoulder and anything that makes me feel powerful. That doesn’t mean I don’t love a flowy frock here and there, but you learn what makes you feel like your best self. BF: My mom actually texted me this morning to say that you looked amazing at the Gotham Awards. OW: Your mom is my everything. I was wearing this ridiculously long Miu Miu dress, and I was laughing because I’m not good at altering the way I move in the name of fashion. Everyone was like, “Olivia, you can’t stomp around like Seabiscuit!” But tripping over my dress was worth it if your mom loved it. BF: I have to say the most surprising thing I’ve learned about you is that you love a low-rise jean. It’s something that I don’t quite understand because I want the top of my jeans to touch my bra strap. OW: I’m still pretending to be a teenager from the early aughts. My most comfortable state is when I’m wearing low-rise jeans, sneakers, and a sweatshirt. In that, I am unstoppable. And if I’m in a high-waist jean, I can’t let my gut expand. When I see pictures of people like Paul Feig directing in full-on outfits, I’m like, “How?” BF: Last question: What does the word “badass” mean to you? OW: If you had asked me this a few years ago, I would have said, “Oh, I’ve been skydiving. I have tattoos. I’m ballsy.” But hands down, directing a movie is the most badass thing I’ve ever done because it is the scariest thing I’ve done. It forced me to tap into my inner strength, and you know what? That may be the most badass thing of all. n
yan is also pretty shy and quiet. I worry because I don’t want him to keep everything inside; I want him to feel like he can talk to us about everything. I also want him to be careful, because some kids want to be his friend for the wrong reasons. We’ve had to make him understand that, which has been interesting.” Fortunately, when things get tough, Anthony can call up some of her famous best friends—Serena Williams, Kim Kardashian West, Kelly Rowland, and Ciara—for advice. “We motivate each other,” she says. “We ask each other business questions and lean on each other. I’m grateful for that, and I never take it for granted.” Anthony also partners with her pals on projects. She recently guest-rapped on Ciara’s hit song “Melanin” and occasionally appears on Keeping Up with the Kardashians. “Kim and I have been friends for almost 12 years now, so I saw [her fame] build— it’s not a new thing for me,” she explains. “We used to just walk in and out of airports with no greeter, no cameras. Now we go on trips to get away from everything and zone out, focusing on each other and our kids.” Reflecting on how far she’s come helps Anthony feel secure going forward. “I remind myself where I started, where I’m at now, and what I’ve created through hard work and perseverance,” she says. “I’m in a business where you’re constantly being told no, and if you don’t have a backbone, that shit will break you.” It also takes stamina, something that Anthony has plenty of. “There will always be people who are better at something than me,” she says. “But I can guarantee you there’s only a small percentage of the population that could ever outwork me.” n
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in a full-on outfit.” Although she’s no longer with Kiyan’s dad, Anthony has nothing but praise for him. “Hands down, the father-of-theyear award goes to Carmelo Anthony,” she says. “He is so supportive—this man flies from coast to coast just to sit in on a violin concert for 10 minutes. In no way am I a single parent, because I couldn’t raise my kid without him.” Personalitywise, Kiyan takes after his dad. “They’re both super laid-back,” she says. “But Ki-
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through it. If I’m going to put myself out there as a leader, then there is some responsibility that comes with that. If I get to the point where I’m overwhelmed and I can’t take it, I have methods of decompressing and retreating to get what I need. But in the interim I can’t go on national television and do interviews in major magazines and say, “Survivors should heal,” and “I
stand up for survivors,” but if they stop me in the airport, say, “Oh, I’m so sorry. I gotta go!” LB: Right. But it must be gratifying that it’s calmed down a little. TB: I think it’s good for people to know that the reality of this work is not what we saw in 2017. It’s not being on the front page of magazines and walking red carpets. Now it’s leveled off into “Oh, she represents this thing. Let’s bring her in,” as opposed to “Hey, the #MeToo lady is here!” LB: [laughs] What is your happy day when you are not working? TB: That’s hard because I work so much. But I have a wonderful partner, and I love to spend time with him. My friends are some of the best women in the world. They have stood up for me and been there for me. We make life decisions together, and suddenly I was thrust into this other arena that was quite different from what we’ve had. LB: I’m sure you’ve been asked this, but what about running for office? TB: People always ask me that, but it’s a no. I think politics is a very necessary intervention in a lot of social-justice ways, but you have to perform and conform, and I’m not comfortable with that. I’m sort of in the same position as a politician, so I bend and shape myself in ways I didn’t think I was capable of. I feel like politics is a step further, and I’m not PC enough. LB: OK, what women in political office do you think are badasses? TB: I mean, you know, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is from the Bronx. I’m a Bronx nationalist, so she jumps out first, but that whole crew—Ayanna Pressley, AOC, Ilhan Omar. This is not an endorsement, but I’ve always liked Elizabeth Warren because she’s so smart. LB: What does the word “badass” mean to you? TB: It’s such a good word. It’s one of those words we take over to make it mean what we want it to. Women are supposed to behave. In order to get ahead, women are supposed to be nice or conniving and cutthroat. For me, a badass is the woman who can navigate any situation, whether it’s at work or at home, and still be able to maintain her dignity—and also let people know she is not going to be messed with. I can rely on her, and she is going to get it done.
But she also takes care of herself and is not afraid to tell people no. A badass encompasses all those things. When I look at someone and am like, “Oh, she’s a badass,” it’s because she gets it right. And even when she gets it wrong, she does it well. LB: One of the most badass qualities is to be empathetic. Because there are plenty of people, especially in this political era, who just don’t care. TB: You can tell when people lack empathy. It is so disingenuous to pretend to care. Not only are you not a badass, you can’t be an effective leader. LB: Do you consider yourself ambitious? TB: I am proud of the work I’ve done in coalition and collaboration with these other badass women over the past couple of years. It is not an accident that people are still talking about #MeToo. We continue to make sure we are building on the momentum that started in 2017 so it doesn’t get lost. That’s a job. It takes vision and leadership to do that, and I’m fine with accepting that. With all humility. LB: You don’t have to be an asshole about it, but you can say, “I want this.” TB: We are trained to play small, both as women and as survivors. The other part of it is, as a survivor of sexual violence, I have to take what I can get. We are supposed to wait for somebody to come along and pick up our pieces, put them back together, and give them to us so we can be humble and grateful for that. Whereas I have spent my life putting my own pieces back together, and that is hard fucking work. And I won’t let anybody diminish that. I think it is enough to come out of it and say, “I don’t want to be a leader; I just want to live my life. That is enough.” But to come out of that and say, “I want to contribute so somebody else doesn’t have to go through this, and then I’m supposed to play small for you?” Absolutely not. LB: Yeah, you don’t have to be meek and grateful. TB: There is this notion that if you are not grateful or humble, then you’re evil. Then you’ve done something unethical to get where you are. You can live, you can be empathetic, you can be compassionate, you can be open and thoughtful—all of these things—and still be a badass. It doesn’t mean if I step into this role as a leader, I’m going to step on all
the little people to get here! [laughs] LB: Maybe someone is really short, and you just don’t see them! [laughs] TB: I always say power is not inherently bad—it’s the unchecked accumulation of power, when there are no checks and balances. There is nothing wrong with privilege unless you are using it to destroy people or make people feel smaller. We need to renegotiate our standing and our relationship to power—to walk into it in ways, to make people say, “I want that kind of power.” LB: In the magazine world I really resist the word “empowerment” because I think it’s patronizing. TB: It is in my world too. We stopped using that word, because I’m not going to give someone power. LB: Speaking of power, as a flank to your vital #MeToo work, will you ever relaunch your fashion blog [She Slays]? TB: I think about my fashion blog all the time. It was such a happy place for me. I walk through life with a clear understanding that most of the world doesn’t see me as traditionally beautiful, and with the added trauma that I experienced or whatever, it really helps to co-sign that in my brain. Like, “This is why you are less valuable; this is why these things happen to you.” I know, intellectually, that is not true, but I still struggle with this as a human being, so the blog, for me, was a way to put myself out in the world. I’m going to present how I want to dress, how I want to take these pictures. It was my little rebellion, if you will, working through that. My girlfriend said the other day, “Everything you’ve done in your life has prepared you for this moment.” Because if I didn’t do that blog, all those photo shoots, I would have been like, “Oh, I can’t do it.” LB: And you have freaking great style! TB: [laughs] I love dressing up. It makes me feel good. I didn’t buy any high-end stuff when I had my blog because I didn’t have any money. I’ve never had a lot of money—and I don’t really have a lot of money now—but last year Michelle Obama was supposed to speak in Germany, but she couldn’t go, so the people in Germany asked for me. LB: Chic! TB: I was like, “Thank you, Michelle Obama! Can I just be your stand-in?” And that’s how I got my apartment! [laughs] n
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