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Betty Gilpin has what perhaps could be called character dysmorphia: the feeling that, as an actress, her body isn’t right for the roles she wants to play. That’s not exactly a groundbreaking notion in Hollywood; actresses have complained for decades about looks-based typecasting and its correlation to the glut of two-dimensional women onscreen. But Gilpin—the
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I lay on the floor of a 407-year-old French chapel, reconstructed stone by stone on a lavender-covered hill at Cal-a-Vie, a tony Southern California destination spa. Six crystal bowls surrounded me, humming with a soothing sound. Palms up, eyes closed, I was there for a sound bath, a form of meditation that studies suggest can
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Spoilers for all of The Handmaid’s Tale below. If you’re desperate for answers after the season 4 finale of Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale, don’t fret: a fifth installment has already been confirmed. The cast, led by Elisabeth Moss, starred in an Instagram video to announced the good news in December 2020—a full five months before
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Black women are three times more likely than white women to die from pregnancy-related causes. The reasons are wide-ranging, from what resources are available to the ongoing issue of bias and racism in healthcare. Aftershock, an eye-opening new documentary, aims to shed new light on this massive problem. From co-directors Tonya Lewis Lee and Paula
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