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When blue-eyed Donald Trump married hazel-eyed Ivana Zelnickova, he probably figured his broad-shouldered DNA would dominate her girly alleles. But genetics played a cruel trick on Trump: Of the couple's three children, only the youngest, Eric, wound up with his father's fishy blue eyes.
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Jenny McCarthy has used her celebrity and sex appeal to attract attention to autism. And while no one questions McCarthy's determination and passion, many scientists have debunked her anti-vaccine message and her claims that a gluten-free diet can provide a cure.
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Sometimes, not knowing what you're doing allows you to do things you never knew you could do.
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An executive producer with an all-male writing staff once inadvertently revealed his deep, dark fear. While discussing a full-time position for me, he mused out loud, 'I wonder if having a woman in the room will change everything.' Of course, what he really meant was: 'I wonder if having a woman in the room will change me.'
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Retaining a child-like sense of wonder is a boon for creative types like Steven Spielberg and J. K. Rowling.
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Howard Dean is no longer the brilliant mastermind of the Fifty State Strategy that enabled the Democrats to storm the White House and Congress. He's the idiot wearing an ugly sweatshirt.
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Misogyny - and racism - are 'hidden in plain sight,' and the burden of eliminating them should fall on the institutions, not the victims.
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The vocabulary of my cynical world doesn't allow me to explain the success of 'Lean In.'
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The focus on male politicians extends beyond clothes, legs, and pretty faces. It's hard to find an article about former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich that doesn't mention his mop.
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You don't have to let a bad experience stop you from doing what you want to do.
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At 26, I was single, living in Manhattan, and working as a journalist at 'Vanity Fair.' I was Carrie Bradshaw... in sensible shoes.
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For thirty years, I've been hearing that it's getting better for women. And until I see statistical proof over enough years that that's true, I won't believe it.
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I think empathy is undervalued in a lot of these comedy writers' rooms.
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Everyone - male and female - is biased. But no one wants to admit it, so our brains search for examples that disprove the accusation.
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Hollywood is built on relationships, and the way you keep relationships is by playing nice.
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There have always been women who were successful against the odds. Now we need to change the odds so more women can be successful.
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Arts are a luxury, proof that a civilization has risen above 'politics and war.'
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Male writers don't want to be judged in the room. They want to be able to scarf an entire bag of potato chips while cracking fart jokes and making lewd comments without fear of feminine disapproval. But we're your co-workers, not your wives.
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The creative process is often wrapped up in bottomless anxiety, and when the world applauds the product of that process, it soothes the anxiety. Briefly. Then the anxiety returns and even intensifies.
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Trump Tower is no ordinary property: It is the jewel in Donald Trump's brass crown.
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Even when powerful men stumble, they inspire fear.
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Sensitivity training is a fine idea but isn't taken seriously by those who need it most.
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Hated 'The Imitation Game.' Totally inaccurate. A gay man with a messy room? Don't buy it.
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Given the long history of global anti-Semitism and continued calls for the destruction of Israel, it's tough to be a Jew.
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