Latest headlines on the women's movement

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  Yahoo Life

  Chelsea Clinton on self-care and why vaccine hesitancy 'keeps me up at night'

  The former first daughter's new iHeartRadio podcast, "In Fact," is unpacking public health issues.
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  Yahoo Finance

  Diversity in Hollywood is 'better in some ways but worse in others,' actor Alfonso Ribeiro says

  Diversity in Hollywood is “better in some ways and worse in others,” actor Alfonso Ribeiro, star of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Host of America's Funniest Home Videos told Yahoo Finance when discussing how the industry has evolved over the years.
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  CBC

  Quebec women join forces as #Rapelles to highlight female hip hop artists

  For years, Meryem Saci often found herself being one of only two or three female hip hop artists performing in Quebec's concerts and festivals. She says that hasn't changed much since she kicked off her musical career. "We don't seem to have as much opportunities for exposure, or being featured, or just having as much access to the scene on the mainstream level," said Saci. "From my perspective, it seems that the focus was a lot more on the tradition of hip hop in Quebec being mostly in French first of all, and mostly men." That's why Saci joined forces with five other female hip hop artists in Quebec to launch the EP #Rapelles, in honour of International Women's Day last month. Saci's song for the EP, "Les Ailes," is an ode to breaking stereotypes and the stigma around female rappers. "In the lyrics, I do speak about us breaking the chains, the stigmas, the stereotypes," said Saci. "In terms of giving ourselves the opportunity to take the mic, to take a stand." Since the album was released, the #Rapelles movement has grown into a wider social media campaign, and has allowed a network of female hip hop artists and fans to connect with each other and collaborate. The women met up to shoot a promotional video for the release. For a lot of them, the day of the shoot was their first time meeting each other in-person. "Some I knew from before and some I just met then," said Saci. "It was just such a beautiful encounter, everybody was down for each other and supportive and excited to be part of something like that and embracing our differences." Saci said, aside from smashing the stereotype that good hip hop artists have to be male, the project also challenged the stereotype that women are all competitive with one another and jealous of each other. "This was not competitive at all. If anything, it was a big sisterhood and we barely knew each other so it was really cool," said Saci. OneNessa, who was also featured on #Rapelles with her song, "Partir," feels she now has a new support network because of the project. "I'm trying to collaborate more with women. I think if we do that, more and more we will find more unity among each other instead of waiting for the boys' club to include us," said OneNessa. She hopes that, once the pandemic eases and live shows resume, some of those collaborations will break out onto the stage. "Post-pandemic, I feel like people are so excited to create and to have innovation and to even maybe come up with new ideas for festivals and shows so I'm hoping there will be a change," OneNessa said. For more stories about the experiences of Black Canadians — from anti-Black racism to success stories within the Black community — check out Being Black in Canada, a CBC project Black Canadians can be proud of. You can read more stories here. (CBC)
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  Yahoo Life

  'Dear Khloe Kardashian, you are beautiful': Women share vulnerable photos in body-positive response to photo drama

  Maria Kang, known online as "No Excuses Mom" issued the raw challenge to her social media followers.
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  Yahoo Life

  Lolo Jones, 38, opens up about difficulty dating: ‘You give up hope’

  The Olympic athlete gets candid about her dating life after previously opening up about saving herself for marriage.
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  Yahoo Sports

  WNBA: Wings' new Nike Rebel jersey pulled for not aligning with shared diversity values

  The jersey honored the WASP, a World War II organization that excluded Black women.
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  People

  Candace Parker 'Really Loves' Athletes Speaking Up About Social Injustices: 'Only Way Things Change'

  "I think we understand that we would be doing a disservice if we didn't represent those people that we're speaking for in a positive way, and demand change," Candace Parker tells PEOPLE of her fellow professional athletes
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  Yahoo Life

  Amy Schumer says she’s ‘bugging out’ about returning to work 23 months after son’s birth: 'I’m worried'

  The new mom took to Instagram to ask for advice from other working parents.
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  Yahoo Sports

  WNBA draft moments: Sports leagues should keep drafting from living rooms after the pandemic

  The pandemic has inspired some changes worth keeping. Count drafting from living rooms as one of them.
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  Yahoo Sports

  WNBA draft: Michelle Obama stylist Sergio Hudson designed No. 1 pick Charli Collier's draft-night look

  Thursday's WNBA draftees didn't let a pandemic stop them from celebrating in style.