Quotes:
● “I was always choosing the photo I thought I looked the prettiest in, the vocal that I sounded the most beautiful in. For the first time with this album, I think I was just tired of chasing beauty.”
Laufey on confronting her attachment to pursuing beauty.
● “Being in your twenties is such an experimental time, and it doesn’t mean you’re going to get everything right.”
Lola Tung on living through your twenties.
● “You see your parents work so hard. You know what you have, and you know what you don’t have. And then you can also see what you want in your life and realize that you cannot bother people for that. You’ve got to go do it yourself.”
Sandra Oh on life lessons she learned growing up as a child of immigrants.
“Take up space. Pitch it faster. Run harder. Put another plate on the bar. And never tone it down.”
○ Ilona Maher inspiring young girls and athletes during her ESPY’s speech for “Best Breakthrough Athlete.”
● “Find your community. Whether that community is online and thousands of miles away from you or two towns over or in someone who really lifts you up beyond a way you could do for yourself. Your community will do the best it can to keep you safe.”
Renee Rapp on finding queer community.
● “I have been in Hollywood at every size…I have been a sample size, I have had my body change because of life, illness, aging, menopause. And it is merciless wherever you are.”
Lena Dunham on beauty standards in the entertainment industry.
Stats
● WNBA players wore t-shirts with “Pay Us What You Owe Us” in front of a crowd of 16,000.
● Seven in ten teenage girls say it is at least very important to them to graduate from college.
● Female MBA graduates earn nearly on average $10,000 less than male graduates in their first post-grad job.
● 25.8% Out of nearly 200,000 female parents of children 17 and under, only 25.8% reported having “excellent” mental health in 2023
● The United Nations found that the average global fertility rate in 2024 was 2.2 births per woman.
● 68% of U.S. sports fans trust endorsements made by women athletes.
Good News/Bad News
Good News: Uber is rolling out the feature of pairing women drivers and riders in the U.S.
Bad News: The rideshare app has faced safety concerns due to various sexual assault and harassment incidents.
Images Courtesy Of: Lola Tung (Don Arnold/Getty Images); Ilona Maher (Valerie Macon/Getty Images); Renee Rapp (Jo Hale/Getty Images); Laufey Bryan Bedder/ Stringer/Getty Images)
