Recently I’ve noticed world-changing women popping up one after the other in the news- a trend I couldn’t be happier to see. These powerhouses are challenging standards and standing up for their rights. #emptyseats First, we’ve got Robyn Lawley telling the fashion world to buzz off with her outspoken “poo poo” to the media’s size 0 standard. She’s considered a “plus size” model at size 12. See below. Now you tell me if you see anything “plus” about Miss Lawley who asks, “What’s so great about size 0 anyways?” #crickets
Next up is Misty Copeland, ballet prodigy who, at age 13, was told she started her career too late, not to mention that her body was overall “wrong...for ballet.” At age 24, Copeland became the American Ballet Theatre in N.Y.C.’s second black soloist. Boom. Now, Copeland is featured kicking ass in Under Armour’s new campaign, “I Will What I Want.” #notlistening
Keke Palmer will be Broadway’s first Black Cinderella this September. Apparently being the youngest person in television history to host her own talk show wasn’t enough. #GoKeke
Lastly, the Spurs officially welcomed Becky Hammon as assistant coach. Hiring a full-time, paid female coach is not only a first for the team, but the NBA as a whole. After this six-time All Star retires from her 16-season playing career in the WNBA this month, she'll immediately switch gears as assistant coach. Looks like playing “like a girl” isn’t a bad thing after all. In fact, it’s pretty damn baller.
Which female mold-crushers keep you standing tall and speaking up? #GirlsRule XOJP
Who’d have thunk a story about someone working in an underground cellar could be so entertaining?
It's easier to understand when that the cellar is actually Barbra Streisand's own pretend shopping mall built below her Malibu mansion. And yes, this really does exist. The idea for this genius comedy called “Buyer and Cellar” came about after playwright Jonathan Tolins read Barbra’s “My Passion for Design.” The book highlights every last detail of The Funny Girl’s dream home in the making, including her faux mall. This tickled Tolins’s obsession with “artificial utopias” and planted the seed idea that would explosively blossom into a critically acclaimed hit.
Tolins told The New York Times, “I imagined a struggling actor getting hired to man the floor and greet the customer. What would the job entail? Would the lady of the house come down to shop, like Marie Antoinette playing shepherdess in her backyard at Versailles?”
Entertainment Weekly insists this one-man show is, “Hilarious! It’ll go down like butta’!” So, it’s probably best for you to get your tickets now, melt into your seat and enjoy the show. Have you seen this belly-buster yet? RuPaul recently claimed it “twerked the corners of my mind.” So what do YOU think? XOJP
