Innholdsfortegnelse for October 2015 i Women's Health

Women’s Health officially launches when readers flood our bro-pub, Men’s Health, with requests for a magazine of their own. Grassroots goodness, before hashtags #ruled #the #world. Stella McCartney reveals her fashion-meets-fitness line with Adidas, ushering in the “gym to street” trend. Previously considered sporty-cool: velour tracksuits with splashy butt logos. Dancing with the Stars hits (oh, hey, Mr. Peterman!), revitalizing dance as a legit workout with hot-bod results. The franchise continues to sculpt A-list figures out of C-list stars. SoulCycle opens its first cycling studio, and with it, the concept of “fitness as religion” is born—right down to its candlelit rooms. The chain now has more than 13,000 riders (or converts) per day. 2005 2006 See ya, Carrie Bradshaw! It’s Zen in the city. Gabrielle Bernstein makes spirituality cool with…

Women’s Health has partnered with Spike TV for their new reality-competition series, Sweat, Inc. hosted by workout powerhouse Jillian Michaels! Watch as 27 aspiring fitness entrepreneurs compete to prove their new exercise program is the most groundbreaking and effective. In the end, one contestant will win $100,000, the opportunity to develop their fitness brand and launch their program at multiple Retro Fitness locations across the country, and a feature in Women’s Health! For more, head to Spike.com/shows. CATCH THE PREMIERE! Tune in to Sweat Inc. on Tuesday, October 20, at 10 p.m. ET/PT, only on Spike TV. 10 Years of WH Covers! Oh hey, gals, we’re a decade old! (And hotter than ever, if we do say so ourselves.) Flip through our time capsule of every cover on Womens HealthMag.com…

SEX Does a higher condom price equal better quality? A /Yes, it comes down to costly research and development. Major companies like Durex, LifeStyles, and Trojan, for example, invest a lot of money on quality control to make sure their condoms aren’t going to break. The cheap no-namers? Not so much. You might be forking over more dough for a marquee name, but it’s worth the extra five bucks if it protects you better from STDs and/or unwanted pregnancy. NUTRITION What’s the healthiest cooking oil? I always use olive oil, but is canola where it’s at? What about coconut oil? The operative word here is “cooking.” Olive oil has heart-healthy monounsaturated fatty acids, but it’s best used for dressing salads or finishing already-cooked dishes because of its low smoke point—or…

HOW SAFE IS IT? Planse Air We hear employees are taking legal action against British Airways for allegedly pumping potentially toxic air into their planes’ cabins, which crews claim caused fatigue and headaches. What’s up? The issue seems to lie in filtration. Air inside the cabin flows through a HEPA filter, which catches 99.9 percent of unwanted particles. It’s then mixed with sterile air outside the plane and returned to the cabin. The process isn’t considered toxic, but it does dry things out, which can cause headaches, sore throats, and dry eyes. Sounds icky, but the process is technically cleaner than most since the air is replaced about 10 to 15 times hourly. In a public building, it’s refreshed only about two to five times an hour. Source: Petra Illig,…

“Holistic health coach Jamie Mendell, a WH contributor, stressed the importance of finding calorie-free sources of happiness in your life. When you make time for pleasurable things like window shopping and reading, food is no longer your only reward. She lost 40 pounds this way!” Boo! Which of these snacks will cause phantom hunger pangs? ANSWER: D. “PHANTOM FOODS” are grub your body doesn’t register eating. Artificial sweeteners, for one, fail to spike your blood sugar enough to tell your brain you’re full, says Monica Dus, Ph.D., author of a new study on the subject. She also notes that high-sugar/lowprotein foods like granola aren’t much better at triggering satiety, and one study found that sipping your cals is less satisfying than chewing them. RIP, Trans Fats Can’t say we’ll miss…

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Stuff you have nightmares about losing: your savings. Your job. Your mind. But you likely give zero thought to an asset that may already be slipping away: your senses. We’re attacked by blaring music, piles of junk food, and hours of screen time—a crush of stimuli that can overload, then eradicate, your ability to see, hear, smell, taste, or touch. Even mild sensory disruption can impair focus, increase irritability, and ratchet up stress, says Sharon Heller, Ph.D., author of Too Loud, Too Bright, Too Fast, Too Tight. Here’s what’s chipping away at your faculties—and how to keep them sharp. SIGHT Ever joked your smartphone will have to be pried from your cold, dead hands? Here’s an unsettling punch line: You may lose your ability to focus long beforehand. Up to…

50 Percentage of tailgaters who are so glued to the grill, they never end up going into the stadium Just Chill While packing the cooler, throw in 10 pounds of ice for every 12 cans or 10 bottles. Sipping cold bevs rather than room-temperature ones can burn an extra eight calories per eight ounces. The Coin Toss The average game day partyer puts away up to a day and a half’s worth of calories. No wonder: In a wasteland of chips, chili, and umpteen-layer dips, the lightest choices aren’t always obvious. Allow us—with help from former NY Giants nutritionist Heidi Skolnik—to run interference.* *Nutritional information based on an average serving Grate Expectations Sure, wieners are fast and easy and won’t crowd a 200-square-inch cooking surface. But they’re far from your…

It’s the zap that ignites your naughty thoughts, sends pleasure waves to your lady parts, and makes you want to ride your man like a carousel horse. Yes, sexual arousal is an amazing process—if it works. Too bad the top bedroom complaint among women is the lack of it, and the anxiety that creates, which has scientists (and drug companies) finally stepping in to figure out why. On August 18, a week after this issue goes to print, the FDA will have voted on Flibanserin, the first-ever female sex drive drug, which could open the door for future treatments, says Leah Millheiser, M.D., director of the female sexual medicine program at Stanford Health Care. No matter the outcome, it’s time you joined the convo: Sex Ed is now in session.…

CUTE SHIRT! It’s from Reese’s clothing line, Draper James, named for her grandparents Dorothea Draper and William James Witherspoon. “We develop the prints based on antique textiles from the textile library in North Carolina and in Virginia,” the actress explains. Draper James top, $295, draperjames.com Something is about to interrupt Reese Witherspoon’s perfect day. We’re at her WH photo shoot in the picturesque Pacific Palisades, and the Oscar winner is looking like a full-on goddess, highlighted blonde hair billowing in the ocean breeze, skin dewy and flawless, striking pose after gorgeous pose when…look out! A hideous insect the size of a golf ball flies into the frame. Everyone on set recoils in horror; some even shriek. But not our heroine, who reaches out her immaculately manicured hands and catches the…

First came Fonda, with her leg warmers, chirpy encouragement, and rad feathered hair. Then…male trainers and guy fitness idols and men, men, men. Until 2004, when The Biggest Loser premiered with drill-sergeant-in-spandex Jillian Michaels (it was the dude coach, Bob Harper, who played the softie). Her scary-serious MO bred a new wave of tough female trainers and unapologetically strong women. And BT-Dubs, she still doesn’t want to hear your excuses. “I don’t really love working out. In fact, I actually hate it. I work out because I want to have a better life, not just a better body.” “I’ve always been really transparent about my flaws, having cellulite. I’m not perfect. I don’t believe anybody is.” “The trend has really changed. It’s not about being skinny. It’s about a softer,…

Feminine can be a loaded word. And, these days, a blessedly amorphous one, no longer solely anchored to stereotypes or physical traits. For that, we can applaud Angelina, the sexiest woman alive (Esquire, 2004; People, 2005; E!, 2007; etc., etc.), who, after having her breasts and ovaries removed, told the world: “I do not feel any less of a woman… I feel feminine.” And that’s only a fraction of the so-called Angelina Jolie effect. Her frank 2013 and 2015 New York Times op-eds about having the BRCA1 gene turned anxious whispers into loud debates about medical risks, choices, testing, and insurance coverage. The week after her first essay was published, BRCA screening jumped by 40 percent, and in 2014, the journal Breast Cancer Research called the repercussions of Angie’s big…

Marion Nestle, Ph.D., M.P.H. Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University There’s a reason she’s been called the most powerful foodie in America: Nestle’s 2002 book, Food Politics, was the first to expose the food industry’s influence on our nation’s expanding waistlines. “In the ’70s, people were saying that if your kids are fat, it’s your fault,” says Nestle. “But the industry markets cheap junk food to children and lobbies the government to water down its dietary recommendations.” Her goal now is to educate women about nutritional science—corn syrup is sugar, everyone!—and to inspire women to advocate for transparency on labels. Mary-Claire King, Ph.D. American Cancer Society Professor of Genetics at the University of Washington School of Medicine For years, she painstakingly combed…

WH:What were you like as a teenager? AP:Filled with anticipation. WH:Are you naturally confident? AP:I think everyone has those days when they must dig deep. But I like deep diggers. I like people who swim in the deep end and don’t chill out with the cool kids by the side of the pool. Get your hair wet. WH:What was it that inspired you to create Smart Girls? AP:At first, Smart Girls was an excuse to do a Web series with friends that ended in a dance party. It started small, and then we noticed it was resonating with people. Now our goal is to keep building—and to double down on dancing. WH:At what point did you realize you were helping people? AP: I don’t think of it as helping so…

The delivery itself was relatively easy. But within 24 hours, Karen and her new daughter were struggling. Karen’s nipples were cracked and bleeding, the result of the infant’s severe tongue-tie that prevented her from feeding properly. When the baby began to lose weight, doctors said she needed surgery to repair the condition, ASAP. The next morning, Karen, 34, sat at the bedside of her recovering 5-day-old, tapping away on her smartphone—not to announce that the operation had been a success (though it had), but to reply to work messages. Two days later—a mere week after giving birth—she was back at her full-time job. FATHER’S DAYS “A whole lot of fathers would love to be home for their new baby’s first weeks in the world,” said President Obama during a 2014…

Pretty Little Liars star Shay Mitchell recently posted a photo to Instagram showing off a messy-hair-don’t-care pic. Cool as it was, the hashtag caught our attention even more: #ItTookTwoHours. That’s more than an hour longer than the average blowout at Drybar. Thanks, but no thanks. Still, bedhead has never been more covetable—from Bumble and Bumble’s new perfectly imperfect hair ads to the watcheda-zillion-times beach-waves tutorials from the Tone It Up fitness duo. So…ta-da! We’ve created three undone styles that are exactly what they should be: #FastAndFurious. RUMPLED “BLOWOUT” Copy this easy how-to from NYC hairstylist Moiz Alladina. 1. Shampoo and condition hair. 2. Spritz on salt spray, and tousle while blow-drying. Try Sun Bum Sea Spray ($15, trustthebum.com). 3. While hair’s still warm, twist it all up into a high…

What Age Is Your Bra? If it’s reached toddler status, it’s time to go: Within a year of use, bras stretch and start to lose their support, says Jenny Altman, a style and fit expert. Since sports bras sustain the most bounce, they’ll max out at six months if you hit the gym two or three times a week. TREAT IT RIGHT So sayeth the Bra Gods: To extend a bra’s life, don’t wash or dry it in a machine; it messes with the underwire and padding. No time to hand-wash? Do it in the shower! (Or at least put your bra in a mesh lingerie bag in the washer.) Then lay flat or hang by the center to dry. Wash every two or three wears, but don’t don the…

Why the outburst of emotion? Why am I wearing a shirt with a 10 on it? It’s the 10th anniversary of Women’s Health! (Woo-hoo!) Asking around the company for memories of the launch, we heard one sentiment that really resonated: “WH became the women’s magazine that women who hated the idea of women’s magazines came to read,” said our international editorial director Laura Ongaro. And I hope that’s true now more than ever. Here’s what we mean by that: We know you’re an amazing human being already (one with a very full, very busy life!)—so we don’t come to you with a list of things you need to change or buy or feel insecure about. Our goal is to show you a few tricks about how you can be even…

What’s in Danielle Panabaker’s Workout Bag? The star of the CW’s hit superhero show, The Flash, is pumped to host our RUN 10 FEED 10 event in San Francisco on October 25—it will be her first race! “The most I’ve ever run is, like, to catch the ice cream truck.” Her jam? Indoor cycling. Stay organized like Danielle with the Nike Team Training Max Air Duffel ($60, nike.com), and see more of her must-haves at WomensHealth Mag.com/Celeb WorkoutBag. Small foam roller “My lower body can get really tight from spinning. Foam rolling makes a difference.” TriggerPoint Grid Mini, $25, tptherapy.com L’Occitane Immortelle Precious Mist “I use it to get the sweat off. And on airplanes too.” $16, loccitane.com Nike Legendary Tight Pants “They suck everything in while I’m running around.”…

Microwave four ounces of dark chocolate pieces (at least 70 percent cocoa) at 30-second intervals, stirring between heating. When chocolate is fully melted, pour quarter-size circles onto a sheet of parchment paper. Dust with one tablespoon of round sprinkles (such as Wilton rainbow nonpareils, $2.29 for three ounces, wilton.com) and allow to set, about 10 minutes in the refrigerator, before peeling off parchment. At just 16 calories and a little more than one gram of fat per piece, these are all treat, no tricks.…

1. Stocking up on too much grub Strategically placed snacks and more-foryour-money deals influence you to buy stuff you don’t need. The save: Make a mustpurchase list before you hit the aisles, and think twice about perishable bulk. “The intended savings might be nullified by wasted food,” says Porpino. 2. Being snooty about leftovers Oh, you’re too fancy for yesterday’s pad thai? Porpino says some view leftovers as used goods and can’t get past the mental block. The save: Repurpose your stash to make it fresh. Put your day-old chicken dinner in a salad, or pump up extra rice with veggies and shrimp. 3. Failing at food storage When has wilted kale ever looked appetizing? The save: Use cases like Oxo’s GreenSaver Produce Keepers ($15 to $25, oxo.com). Their carbon…

Let’s say you have this amazing coworker. She’s irreplaceable, but lately, homegirl has been phoning it in. Sometimes she doesn’t even show up to crucial meetings, forcing you and the rest of the team to carry her load. What an ass, right? Not being metaphorical here—we’re literally talking about your butt. It’s the biggest and most important muscle you have, but your glutes can get a case of the lazies, forgetting to “activate” or “turn on” sufficiently during everyday tasks or workouts, says certified strength and conditioning specialist Bret Contreras, coauthor of Strong Curves: A Woman’s Guide to Building a Better Butt and Body. There’s a textbook term for this phenomenon— gluteal amnesia—and it could be dragging you (and your fitness goals) down. After all, your rear assists in every…

Mood It’s ringing! When you’ve carved out time to chat with a bud, the anticipation of connecting charges up your brain’s reward centers. Having a real-time convo with her nets you a bigger health boon than playing text tag: Hearing the happiness in her voice releases a surge of the bonding hormone oxytocin and floods your noggin with dopamine, the happy-brain “drug.” The flip side: If you’re answering a call from a frenemy (whyyyy?) or are so freaking busy that even the thought of spending 20 minutes listening to Mom talk about her friend’s daughter’s dry-cleaning bills makes you anxious, your central nervous system will kick into high alert, producing that pit-in-your-stomach feeling and tensing muscles all over your body. At these times, we can safely say just don’t pick…

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Shonda Rhimes Just keeps saying yes Girl-on-girl action. S and M(ish) sex. Cunnilingus. Not your typical network TV fare. At least, it wasn’t before Shonda’s shows hit the small screen. Her characters aren’t shy about getting freaky; Shonda herself doesn’t shy away from much either. Her new book, Year of Yes, chronicles her mission to check “yes” on just about anything. Except, that is, her least favorite ask: “‘Why is it so hard for black people to be on television?’ It drives me nuts! I’m not the ambassador for diversity questions.” Voice Your Desires. “You can shoot someone in the face on TV and no one blinks. But people are shocked when you show sex. I hope my daughters grow up to have amazing sex. I really do. I do…

Michelle Wie As a kid prodigy (she turned pro at 15), Michelle was the first woman to shoot a sub-par round at a Men’s PGA event. “I was so young that I didn’t see men and women in different categories, I just respected great players,” she told us. That gender-blind attitude and an intense focus have served her well: She’s won four LPGA tours, including the 2014 U.S. Women’s Open. Recently waylaid by injuries, Michelle could easily take on a side job: mentor. “Female athletes are truly role models now. I’m proud to be [one].” Serena Williams Fresh off of her sixth (sixth!) Wimbledon title and 21st major championship, Serena has solidified her spot as the best tennis player in the world. Period. Throughout her 16-year run, she has grand-slammed…

A convo with Amy is kinda like her Comedy Central sketches—fast, funny, raw, slightly uncomfortable. (WH: “What can women do to feel more confident?” AS: “Stop reading magazines.” Ouch.) Hers is a complex stance— giving zero and a thousand f-cks at once—aimed, in part, at shredding body-image standards. She’s dropping plenty of truth bombs along the way. [People are] just sick of all the bullshit and fake projection of what a woman is supposed to be. They’re excited about a little bit of truth. Not just, like, models who are virgins. What is this, like, surreal standard [of beauty]? Who is that important to? Who are the men that want that? Who are the women who want to be that way? I’ve just never been striving for [an] alternate body…

Hell, Yeah Moment: The longest-serving woman in Congress has a legendary legacy, including her 2009 Women’s Preventive Health Amendment that guarantees all women, insured or not, free mammograms and cervical cancer screenings (they were once so pricey that many people skipped them altogether). Hell, Yeah Moment: Decrying “frankenfish”— which nearly 2 million Americans oppose—and defending our right to know what’s in our grub, she championed a 2014 amendment requiring that genetically engineered fish be labeled as such. This summer, it passed in committee and will head to the Senate for a full vote. Hell, Yeah Moment: No pol has done more for abortion rights: On the Senate floor, she argued for hours against haters of the 1994 Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrance Act (it’s now a law, huzzah!) and…

ONE CRUCIAL QUESTION, THREE EXPERT OPINIONS How young do you actually feel, and what’s your secret? THE MONEY MASTER “SPF, SPF, SPF! I wasn’t as generous with it in my twenties, but after being really vigilant with sunscreen this past year, I already notice an improvement in my skin, and I feel 10 years younger.” THE WELLNESS DOC “I feel 20 years younger than I am, thanks in part to a low-carb diet—it helps me feel energized, and it keeps my weight stable and my mind sharp.” ANTHROPOLOGY HELEN FISHER, PH.D. Research professor and member of the Center for Human Evolutionary Studies, Rutgers University; author, Why Him? Why Her? Finding Real Love by Understanding Your Personality Type CARDIOLOGY MAJA ZARIC, M.D. Interventional cardiology, peripheral arterial and venous disease director, Lenox…

POUNDS FROM YOUR BOD OR JUST LOOK LIKE YOU DID! YOUR WEIGHTSLASHING HOUSE TOUR BEGINS… IN THE KITCHEN IF ONLY FLAB COULD BURN OFF AS FAST AS BUTTER ON A PIPING-HOT PAN. PIPE DREAMS! BUT THESE TIPS WILL HELP. TRICK YOUR TASTE BUDS Soaking up umami—the savory flavor so popular in Japan—may actually help you eat less, reports The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. People who slurped soup with extra umami flavor before lunch ate 30 to 50 fewer calories and felt just as satisfied as those who didn’t. Researchers believe umami may subconsciously signal that a food is high in protein, which makes your body think you ate a more filling meal than you actually did. Add some with fish sauce or bacon. DROP: about five pounds in a…

Breaking a sweat when pregnant doesn’t just help keep your weight in check—new research shows that exercising three days a week may shorten the first stage of labor by more than two hours. (Woot!) With your doc’s okay, follow this guide from trainer Sara Haley, creator of the Expecting More DVD workout series. OH,BABY! > FIRST TRIMESTER You may notice an energy dip, so cut yourself some slack in your go-to routine. Adding core and resistance-training moves (planks, bridges, stepups) now can help you regain strength later as a new mom. > SECOND TRIMESTER Your stamina is back! Keep up that core training (think planks, not crunches!) and aim for three to five days a week of moderate cardio, opting for low-impact activities like cycling or swimming if your lower…

LET’S TALK ABOUT… STROBING I’m seeing the word all over beauty blogs. What is it? Just a fancy-shmancy term for face highlighting—using illuminating products to emphasize the areas sunlight would naturally hit. So not the same as contouring? Correct. Rather than combining dark powders with highlighters, this is one-step brightening. I’m in. Any tips? A champagnecolored powder flatters all. Use a large brush to dust it onto your cheekbones, cupid’s bow, the bridge of your nose, and on and above your brow bones. Blend, blend, blend. So pretty! Sources: Beauty pros Anastasia Soare and Mario Dedivanovic (Kim K’s main makeup man) NOT FOLLOWING YOU Don’t believe everything on your feed. A tweet about… LASER TATTOO REMOVAL “My skin cancer specialist informed me it causes cancer.” Easy, Tweetie. “There’s no research…

PONCHOS So many Qs! Will it keep me warm? (Yep.) What to wear underneath? (A slim sweater or silk dress would be cool.) How about bags? (Top-handle or small crossbody.) HIT PRINT If you’re worried about looking like a droopy bag, choose a printed poncho in a less-structured fabric like soft wool. Alice + Olivia, select Alice + Olivia boutiques for similar styles CREATE BALANCE Replace the lacy shorts with skinny black pants, and voilá: chic, chic, chic. MOD The ’60s called and they want their mod looks back. Not. Gonna. Happen. Here’s how to rock black-andwhite in 2015. PICK AND CHOOSE Runways showed this trend from head to toe, but you don’t have to go all-out to get an effect Warhol would applaud: Work just one or two pieces…

Just when we think we’ve heard it all about the beloved kettlebell—Whittles your belly! Boosts balance! Sculpts from calves to tris!—science hands us another reason to reach for the iron orb. In a new study, women who followed a specific 20-minute kettlebell interval workout three times a week for a month amped their VO2 max (a measure of aerobic fitness) by 6 percent (sounds minor, but it’s actually pretty impressive). Those who did a circuit routine of pushups, situps, and two-minute sprints saw no such improvement. So: This strength-training tool is also a cardio dynamo. “The kettlebell’s design makes it easy to swing and move quickly between exercises,” says certified strength and conditioning specialist Tony Gentilcore, who created this cardio-rich sesh. “That keeps the intensity high and allows for shorter…

It’s a devastating catch-22: You have cancer, feel terrible, and know you should be focusing on your well-being—but if you don’t keep working, you won’t have the insurance or income to pay your medical bills. A new study has found a silver lining: Nearly 80 percent of patients and survivors believe that sticking to a professional routine helped their recovery. “Maintaining some semblance of your old life can create a clearer head and a calmer mind,” says Pallav Mehta, M.D., director of integrative oncology at the Cooper MD Anderson Cancer Center and coauthor of After Cancer Care. We spoke to leading experts for guidance on balancing life and livelihood.…

Bright-hued foods get all the glory, but the force—of antioxidants, vitamins, and other clutch nutrients—is strong in inky eats. Watch as the ebony empire strikes back. GREAT BENEFITS These black beauties have twice as much life-prolonging fiber per cup as blueberries. They’re also a rich source of vitamin K, essential for brainpower. GOOD TAST E Dark quinoa is near impossible to overcook (read: no soggy mess). It adds nutty crunch to desserts, fish, root veggies, and burgers—so versatile! GREAT BENEFITS Gluten-free black quinoa has all the protein (8 grams per cup) that shot its beige cousin to fame, plus it conceals an extra weapon: even more age-avenging antioxidants. CHOCOLATE BLACK QUINOA CAKE 1 cup pitted Medjool dates ⅔ cup dark cocoa powder ⅔ cup brewed hot coffee ⅓ cup coconut…

1 What’s the craziest thing you’ve done for love? I surprised my wife with eloping. We were in Las Vegas staying at the MGM Grand, and my friend [who’s a stylist] came into the room carrying four wedding dresses. My wife goes, “What’s going on?” and I go, “We’re going to Mexico and we’re getting married tomorrow.” 2 Are you a fan of PDA? It’s such a funny thing. When you first start dating, you’re puppy-doggin’ it and all up on each other. But I’m a big fan of touch. If my wife’s around, I just like to hold her hand or put my arm around her. 3 How do you handle heartbreak? I’m trying to write a record about this right now. When you have a child it’s like…

Before Gaga, who wore meat dresses and kitchen gloves as fashion statements? Who arrived at awards shows in giant eggs, or opened up onstage about drug use, eating disorders, and depression? (Right: no one.) Her over-thetop “It’s okay to be different” message birthed an even more important one: It’s okay to talk about how not fitting in can feel agonizing. “At first I said, ‘Why are you baring your soul and all these problems you had?’” says mom Cynthia. “What I didn’t get was that she was healing and they were healing. [Fans] would say, ‘Gaga, how did you do it? How did you overcome your problems?’ At one point she said to me, ‘Mom, we need to formalize this and try to help.’” In 2011, the duo launched the…

Laverne transitioned from man to woman. Her Orange Is the New Black character, Sophia, transitioned from man to woman. Sophia is serving time in prison. Laverne advocates for transgender women who are serving time in prison. Whiplashed yet? Truth is, Laverne’s whole life-imitatingart-imitating-life thing is just like her social impact: huge, and hard to encapsulate. A year before Caitlyn Jenner’s Vanity Fair debut, Laverne stood tall on the cover of Time, the face of what the mag called a “transgender tipping point.” Her EmmynominatedOITNB performance had thrust trans issues—along with all their stigma and confusion—onto a cultural center stage. She’s since furthered the conversation with a college speaking tour on gender identity. “I’ve heard from trans people all over the country that coming out has been easier because there’s this…

•“People thought I was nuts. ‘You’re going to go make what? Laundry detergent?’” A.k.a. the reaction Jessica got from Hollywood before the 2011 launch of The Honest Company, her line of environmentally friendly household, baby, and personal-care products. Those doubters had to eat it this year when Honest was valued at $1 billion. • “As a celebrity, you’re good in a room, you know how to turn it on. That doesn’t make investors want you. They looked at me like: What the hell do you know about health and business?”1Let us repeat: $1 billion. • “When I first went to Washington to lobby [to help keep toxic substances out of consumer products], I knew I was addressing a human-health crisis. We are all guinea pigs—people have to get sick or…

Arianna Huffington Mika Brzezinski There are wake-up calls. And there are wake-up calls. Consider Arianna’s: “I collapsed from exhaustion and broke my cheekbone. I came to in a pool of blood.” And Mika’s: After years of being too busy to see any doctors, she found herself onstage at a conference, holding a tooth that had just fallen out. The old friends swore to wake up the rest of the country to the fact that success (read: money, power) means way less if you’re too stressed or sick to enjoy it. Each woman has become a megaphone for work-life balance— speaking out online, on air, and with their joint Thrive wellness project, which brings together thousands of people over social media and live events. Their own Zen, as they told WH,…

WH talked to three key players about their nine-year struggle to pass FMLA: attorney Judith Lichtman, then-president of the National Partnership for Women and Families, which wrote the first draft of the bill in 1984; Patricia Schroeder, then–Democratic representative from Colorado who sponsored the bill; and T. Berry Brazelton, M.D., world-renowned pediatrician who lobbied Congress relentlessly for it (he’s still at it, at age 97!). SCHROEDER: In the ’70s, women were getting fired if they got pregnant. They were asked in job interviews if they planned to have a baby and not hired if they said yes. LICHTMAN: In 1978, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act made it illegal to treat pregnant workers differently, but employers still weren’t doing anything about leave. So we set about drafting FMLA. We wanted paid leave,…

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