Five women who were denied abortions in Texas have filed a lawsuit against the state. Two doctors are also plaintiffs in the lawsuit, believed to be the first action brought on behalf of women denied abortions since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
The plaintiffs, who are represented by the Center for Reproductive Rights,say they were denied abortions under Texas state law SB8 despite medically-verified, significant risks to themselves and/or their severely impaired fetuses that made abortion a medical necessity.
‘Medical Emergency’ Must Be Defined
The lawsuit asks the court for clarity on what situations fall under the “medical emergency” exception in Texas’ abortion ban.
"With the threat of losing their medical licenses, fines of hundreds of thousands of dollars, and up to 99 years in prison lingering over their heads, it is no wonder that doctors and hospitals are turning patients away—even patients in medical emergencies," the suit reads.
At the time the SB8 law was written, groups such as the Texas Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists expressed grave concerns, arguing that the proposed law was too vague to provide physicians with assurances they would not face legal consequences for carrying out their maternal health, caregiver duties.
South Sudanese new face Ferida Lino advances color-saturated photography in ‘Up, Up and Away’. Photographer Alex ‘Tres Cool’ Dobé [IG] captures Lino wearing all the top luxury names styled by Verity Parker for The Sunday Times Style UK March 5, 2023.
Photographer Ethan James Green [IG] packs up his crew and camera gear, heading out to the desert in a pilgrimage to Nevada’s Area 51. The top-secret military base in remote and rugged terrain is a hot spot for UFO sightings in America, located about 120 miles north of Las Vegas.
WSJ Magazine appropriately names the fashion story shot for the April 2023 issue online ‘Close Encounters’. The trippy clothes come from Calvin Klein, Celine Homme, Denimiste, Diesel, Isabel Marant, JW Anderson, Khaite, Kezako, Maison Martin Margiela, Michael Kors, Paco Prada, Rabanne, Ralph Lauren, Valentino, Sportmax, Versace, Y/Project and more. / Makeup by Kanako Takase; hair by Lucas Wilson; set design Ian Salter
Model Sylwia Kuta poses in ‘The Art of Color’, a visual panorama of intense hues styled by Gaia Fraschini. Photographer Riccardo Apostolico [IG] makes the psychedelic capture for Vanity Fair Italia [IG].
Model Julia Pacha is styled by Tona Stell in ‘Where the wild things are’, lensed by Hill & Aubrey at Botswana’s Xigera Safari Lodge in the Okavango Delta for Telegraph Luxury [IG] February 2023.
Models Clara Fossar, Isla Gaskin, and Ylang Messenguilar are styled by Marie Chaix in ‘Les Trois Grâces’, a spendid addition to M Le Magazine du Monde’s March 4, 2023 fashion issue.
AOC is so pleased to see photographer Tyler Mitchell [IG] again spreading his wings in European media and luxury brands. We believe that many creatives almost stumble into artistic moments of revelation — often without intention or an art director’s vision of where a fashion shoot is going. This may be such a moment for Mitchell.
Evgeniya Chernyshova, a former model and actor, has spoken publicly for the first time about her violent sexual assault by disgraced Hollywood heavyweight Harvey Weinstein. In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Chernyshova spoke about her violent encounter with Weinstein in 2013 at the Los Angeles Italia Film Festival and her decision to come forward at the urging of her daughter.
Chernyshova was the first witness called in Weinstein's Los Angeles trial last year 2022. Her testimony persuaded the jury to convict Weinstein on three charges of rape and sexual assault including forcible rape, forcible oral copulation and penetration by foreign object.
Following sister Kim Kardashian’sfantastic Dolce & Gabbana Spring 2023 campaign released last week, Kylie Jenner goes to bat for Dolce & Gabbana Eyewear in a new campaign lensed by Mert & Marcus [IG].
As for the Kardashian women being cheap, I’m sure that Stefano Gabbana and Domenico Dolce have paid a premium price for their prior insults against the family. Given the full range of their business savvy, the Kardashian women know their worth.
It wouldn’t surprised me if Mama Bear Kris Jenner added a 3-5 years, 5-10% penalty to the contract, right before their disbelieving eyes.
Cuz that’s how the Kardashian women roll, and AOC admires them for their moxie.
Top model Kristen McMenamy leads a model ensemble including Amber Later, Camille Chifflot, Mila Van Eeten, Sihana Shalaj, and Soo-Joo Park in ‘ÜBER LIEBE’[About Love’]
McMenamy covers D La Repubblica Fashion Issue Volume III, styled by Jacob K with dramatic but spare and focused fashion images captured by Mert & Marcus.
Supermodel Gigi Hadid continues her media rollout in support of her top-5 ranked Netflix show ‘Next in Fashion’ Season 2. Hadid replaces Alexa Chung from Season 1 as co-host with ‘Queer Eye’s’ Tan France.
Hadid also agrees that she’s a nepo baby, an admission that seems a demand these days from the social media universe. Can one be a nepo baby with real talent, along with privilege? We hope so.
Natasha Royt chooses Alaïa, Alexander McQueen, Burberry, Courreges, Falke, Givenchy, Max Mara, Miu Miu, Proenza Schouler, Raf Simons and more for Gigi’s fashion story lensed by Yulia Gorbachenko [IG] for The Sunday Times Style March 5, 2023.
Model Evie Harris delivers utilitarian-inspired style in the pages of Vogue Scandinavia’s February 2023 issue. Stockholm-London based photographer Thomas Cooksey [IG] captures Harris styled by Hilda Sandström.
Ethiopian beauty Amar Akway is photographed in a stunning face shot by duo Louise & Maria Thornfeldt [IG]. Everything is perfect including the silvery makeup by Karin Westerlund. Laetitia Leporcq styles Akway for M Le magazine du Monde March 2023.
When Detroit native Rosalind ‘Roz’ Brewer left her position as COO at Starbucks in January 2021 to become the CEO of the Walgreens Boots Alliance, her appointment was hailed.
‘Roz’ Brewer was the first and only African American woman to lead a Fortune 500 company. And her credentials were stellar.
Fast forward two years, and Brewer is now the first CEO to bow to the demands of red-state attorneys general that drug store chains like CVS and Walgreens not sell abortion pills under new rules released by the FDA.
Brewer is also eyeing Medicare Advantage plans as her source of new and significantly more stable Walgreens income. Is she assuming that the Biden Administration won’t find ways to penalize Walgreens for so easily and quickly cutting off access to abortion pills to American women desperate to find them?
What happens if CVS decides not to honor the red states demands and fights for women’s access to abortion care in states where it remains legal, even if it is tied up in the courts?
Brewer can’t possibly believe that her Medicare Advantage Plan grandmothers won’t penalize Walgreen’s and favor CVS, if the larger and more profitable CVS decides to at least fight for their granddaughters’ access to abortion pills.
Supermodel Gigi Hadid covers the March 3, 2023 issue of M Le magazine du Monde, as her ‘Next in Fashion - Season 2’ Netflix series trends in the Top 5. Hadid has joined Tan France as the co-host in the show. Gigi made the announcement last night on IG to her 77 million followers.
M Le magazine notes that Gigi, her sister Bella, Kylie Jenner [who books 277 milion followers] and Hailey Bieber are far more than models. Their omnipresence explains their attractiveness to luxury houses, making them ambassadors with notoriety equaling — if not exceeding — that of successful actresses or singers.
We learn Gigi’s complete name of Jelena Noura Hadid and the desire of French photographer Karim Sadid [IG] and stylist Carlos Nazario to present her in the fashion story with minimum artifice. AOC adds also her sensuality, as Gigi Hadid rolls out the most alluring images we’ve seen of her in years.
Rising Italian model Margherita Roversi enjoys “la dolce vita” in ELLE Italia’s February 23, 2023 issue. The fashion story is captured by Gilles Bensimon [IG]with luxury label styling by Laura Seganti.
Model Emmanuelle Lacou flexes her fashion muscle in ‘Power Moves’, styled by Georgia Medley with Givenchy, Louis Vuitton, Prada and a Harley Davidson. Now that’s the ultimate accessory!
Photographer Lulu Mcardle [IG] is behind the lens for ELLE UK April 2023./ Hair by Zateesha Barbour; makeup by Sogol Razi
Superstar actor Cate Blanchett returns, this time in AnOther Magazine’s Spring-Summer 2023 issue, lensed by Harley Weir [IG]. The actor is styled by Robbie Spencer in Alexander McQueen, Gabriela Hearst, Issey Miyake, Junya Watanabe, Steve O Smith, Y/Project and more.
Marin Alsop is an American conductor, the first woman to win the Koussevitzky Prize for conducting and the first conductor to be awarded a MacArthur Fellowship — the latter regarded to be in near-Nobel Prize prestige.
The Guardianwrites: “Tár, the US conductor told the Sunday Times, was “anti-woman” and a personal affront. The film could have told the story of a rapacious male monster, but chose instead to make its lead a female conductor. “To have an opportunity to portray a woman in that role and to make her an abuser,” Alsop said. “For me, that was heartbreaking.”’
Blanchett is heavily favored to take a Best Actress Award for Tár at the Oscars. Cate has already locked down a Golden Globes Best Actress award and also a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
Until this week, the best news about the future of North Carolina Democrats was the development of a future Apple campus in Durham, the fourth largest city in the state. Next came confirmation that fellow digital-world goliath Meta [parent to Facebook and Instagram] would also be locating a major office complex in Durham.
The city of 300,000 people is expected to double in size in the next 25 years, generating high hopes for Democrats that North Carolina will become a more progressive state politically.
Future Is Now and It’s Younger
That future reality met today with the February 2023 ouster of Democratic North Carolina state party chair Bobbie Richardson, running for her second term, replaced by 25-year-old Anderson Clayton to guide them through the upcoming 2024 election. Note that both ‘Bobbie’ and ‘Anderson’ are women.
Shalom Harlow and Amber Valletta pose up a storm for their Vogue Hong Kong March 2023 cover shoot! This dynamic duo have been steadfast best friends since they met, and come together with such love.
“I think we have evolved in so many ways but to me the biggest [way] has been our ability to forgive one another and come back to our love”, shares Amber. “I think you can see I am a lover of life. I am in love with nature, my pets, friends, family, learning, art, self care, adventuring and being a part of bringing more joy and peace to others.”
