NJ John Carman Now Has Time To Cook His Own Damn Dinner As Ashley Bennett Gains Sweet Revenge

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NJ John Carman Now Has Time To Cook His Own Damn Dinner As Ashley Bennett Gains Sweet Revenge

By now women should find a sense of humor, right? John Carman, a Republican member of the Atlantic County Board of Chosen Freeholders, a county legislative body in New Jersey, wondered in January 2017 if the millions of women -- accompanied by beyond decent numbers of men -- who attended the Women's March would be home in enough time to cook dinner. New Jersey resident Ashley Bennett was not amused.

"Seriously," Carman responded when dozens of women showed up at a freeholder meeting , one carrying a box of macaroni and cheese and telling Carman to "cook his own damn dinner."  Professing good humor and urging women to find the same, Carman insisted that ". . . the women I'm surrounded by, my family, my friends, my colleagues are all strong, confident women, women who are sure of themselves. They didn’t get offended by this." Vox explains:

Bennett, a psychiatric emergency screener, attended the meeting but walked out when she heard Carman’s response. "I walked out because you had the entire time to sit and collect your thoughts, and hear what people were saying, and instead of apologizing and saying you could do better, you disrespect people and say the people you surround yourself are strong," she said at the time. "There are a lot of people who are strong."

Adding to Ashley Bennett's irritation was Carman's fashion choice of wearing a confederate flag over his state of New Jersey patch. Other voters agreed. 

Antonia Petkovic Glitters In Philip Gay Images For Air France Madame November 2017

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Model Antonia Petkovic heads into the holidays, styled in casual glitz by Virginie Dhello.  Photographer Philip Gay is behind the lens for Air France Madame November 2017./ Hair by Benedicte Cazau-Beyret; makeup by Dariia Day

Mad, Mad As Hell, & Madder Still: Hillary Women One Year Later Punch Our Way To The Voting Booths | Take Note, We Are Just Getting Started

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Mad, Mad As Hell, & Madder Still: Hillary Women One Year Later Punch Our Way To The Voting Booths | Take Note, We Are Just Getting Started

It's one year later -- one of the worst nights of my life. I drank more vodka than I want to admit. If Mika on Morning Joe opened her Bernie-loving trap on Nov. 9, I would throw a high heel at the TV and hopefully smash her away forever. 

Writing for Harper's Bazaar, Jennifer Wright reflects on that awful night a year later and the day after women hit the voting booths, inflicting serious pain on the Republican party in our first reckoning after Hillary's defeat. 

I watched as millions of women excitedly gathered in secret groups to support Hillary Clinton’s candidacy. There they talked about what an exciting moment in history this was. They did not venture out because their husbands might not like their vote, or Bernie voters might yell at them, or someone at their work might not like it. We saw at the time, I think, no contradiction in being posed on the edge of ultimate victory for womankind and also secreting ourselves away to make ourselves completely unobjectionable. We were always supposed to be unobjectionable.

So quietly, unobjectionably, we waited. We baked cakes, and chilled champagne, and put stickers on suffragettes graves. And so many of us thought how especially satisfying it would be to see a woman win against a man who was repeatedly accused of sexual harassment, who bragged about sexual assault, who seemed to embody the worst of what women encounter from men.

"It became clear that you can be the most qualified woman and still lose to the least qualified man."

On November 9, we woke up, and Donald Trump had been elected.

Updated: Rep. Brenda Lawrence Suspends Accused Sexual Harasser Chief of Staff Dwayne Duron Marshall

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Updated: Rep. Brenda Lawrence Suspends Accused Sexual Harasser Chief of Staff Dwayne Duron Marshall

Updated Nov. 8: Congresswoman's top aide suspended after harassment claims Politico

Tues. Nov. 7: House Democrats Rep. Jackie Speier of Ca. and Michigan's Rep. Brenda Lawrence are championing legislation to curb allegations of sexual harassment in Congress.  For Rep. Speier the proposed legislation reflects her long-held commitment to reform of the Congressional compliance office. 

In a recent interview with Politico, Speier called the OCC "toothless" and "a joke". 

Politico reports on Tuesday that several women have come forward alleging that Rep. Lawrence, a former harassment complaint investigator for the federal government, has kept her own chief of staff Dwayne Duron Marshall on the payroll, even though multiple women have complained directly to Lawrence. 

Each believed they made it clear to Lawrence that women in the office did not feel comfortable around Marshall or that he treated women differently than men. Two said they told her Marshall was the reason they were leaving her office. And one said she specifically cited “inappropriate” comments and physical contact.

Bella Hadid Gets The Beauty Treatment By Jean-Baptiste Mondino For Madame Figaro October 27, 2017

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Bella Hadid Gets The Beauty Treatment By Jean-Baptiste Mondino For Madame Figaro October 27, 2017

Very top model Bella Hadid fronts 'La Magnétique', a beauty story styled by Cecile Martin. Photographer Jean-Baptiste Mondino captures Bella for Madame Figaro October 27, 2017./ Hair by Marina Roi; makeup by Jen Atkin

Elsa Hosk Wears Sensual Elegance In Regan Cameron Images For Harper's Bazaar Germany

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Elsa Hosk Wears Sensual Elegance In Regan Cameron Images For Harper's Bazaar Germany

Top model and Victoria's Secret model Elsa Hosk simmers on the December-January 2017.18 cover ofHarper's Bazaar Germany. Hosk fronts a  gorgeous, sensual set of elegant images styled by Kerstin Schneider using Burberry, Carolina Herrera, Alberta Ferretti, Valentino and more. Photographer Regan Cameron is in the studio, paying homage to Elsa's Swedish beauty./ Hair by Linda Shalabi; makeup by Misha Shahzada

Emma Tempest Flashes Heather Kemesky & Krika Linder As Winter Beauties For Vogue Russia October 2017

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Models Heather Kemesky and Krika Linder get cozy in 'Autumn is my friend', a collection of rich textures styled by Celia Azoulay. Photographer Emma Tempest captures the cold-weather beauties for Vogue Russia October 2017./ Hair by Helen Reavey; makeup by Yacine Diallo

Rebecca Marie Dayan Is Lensed By Andrew Kuykendall For The Laterals

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Rebecca Marie Dayan -- French model turned actor turned painter -- is interviewed by The Laterals. Photographer Andrew Kuykendall captures Dayan, who is styled by Yety Akinola./ Makeup by Rommy Major; hair by David Colvin

Images via See Management

Grace Mahary Hangs In Brooklyn, Lensed By Ricardo Abrahao For Elle India October 2017

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Canadian model Grace Mahary, of Eritrea heritage hangs in Brooklyn, styled by Stuti Gupta.Photographer Ricardo Abrahao captures Grace for Elle India's October 2017 cover story.

Jack Waterlot Eyes Laura Hagested & Polina Oganicheva For Numero Tokyo November 2017

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Models Laura Hagested & Polina Oganicheva are styled by Ako Tanaka in pattern and texture frenzy for 'Mix and Mingle'. Photographer Jack Waterlot is in the studio for Numero Tokyo November 2017./ Hair by Kenichi; makeup by Yumi Endo

Cate Underwood Goes Long Easy In Thomas Cooksey Images For WSJ Magazine November 2017

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Model Cate Underwood wears gaucho-inspired, lean silhouettes styled by Alexander Fisher in Thomas Cooksey images for WSJ Magazine November 2017./ Hair by Thomas Dunkin; makeup by Deanna Hagan

Catherine McNeil Fronts 'Nuit Fauve' Lensed By Bruno Dayan For Numéro November 2017

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Top model Catherine McNeil finds her sexy edge, styled by Irina Marie in boudoir-inspired looks for 'Nuit Fauve'. Photographer Bruno Dayan captures McNeil for Numéro November 2017./ Makeup by Dotti; hair by Tomi Kono

Cindy Sherman Joins Art World's Condemnation of Knight Landesman's Sexual Harassment

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Cindy Sherman Joins Art World's Condemnation of Knight Landesman's Sexual Harassment

Cindy Sherman joined other powerful people in the art world -- including 7000 women -- to denounce sexual harassment by people like the late October 2017 resignation of Knight Landesman. Known for his colorful suits, the co-publisher of arts magazine Artforum resigned after a lawsuit was filed by Amanda Schmitt accusing him of sexual harassment against eight other people. 

"We are artists, arts administrators, assistants, curators, directors, editors, educators, gallerists, interns, scholars, students, writers and more - workers of the art world - and we have been groped, undermined, harassed, infantilised, scorned, threatened and intimidated by those in positions of power who control access to resources and opportunities," the letter read.

Richard Phibbs Flashes 'Silence of the Lambs' Actor Jodie Foster For Harper's UK December 2017

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Richard Phibbs Flashes 'Silence of the Lambs' Actor Jodie Foster For Harper's UK December 2017

Actor Jodie Foster is honored as a Harper's Bazaar UK December 2017 Woman of the Year. Miranda Almond styles the multiple-Oscars Foster, considered one of the best actors of her generation, in images by Richard Phibbs./ Hair by Perrine Rougemont; makeup by Sharon Dowsett

In her Harper's Bazaar UK interview, Foster reflects on Hollywood, including . . . 

On the shortcomings of male directors

“Even with the number of movies I’ve made, I’ve never made a movie that was about women, made by women, that was seen through women’s eyes… I think it’s very hard for [male directors] to imagine women’s lives, and when they do, I think they have this either idealised idea or this victim idea.

“And there can be a lack of sophistication about how they approach women in the text. I was saying recently that there was a time in my life, for 15 or 20 years, during which every single script I read, the motivation for the female character was that they had been raped or abused as a child. I don’t think it’s an on-purpose thing, but it’s like, ‘What can I give that woman that will feel meaningful? Oh I know – she’s been raped as a child.’ So is that the only thing they can think about us that feels deep or something?”

Livia Rangel Is Lensed By Blessing Marie For Cosmopolitan Kazakhstan November 2017

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Brooklyn-based photographer Blessing Marie captures Mexican talent & actor Livia Rangel, styled by Laura Pritchard for Cosmopolitan Kazakhstan November 2017./ Hair by Eloise Cheung; makeup by Ashleigh B. Ciucci

Images via See Management

Eye | Cindy Sherman On Selfies for W, Skateboards for Supreme & Sexual Harassment

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Eye | Cindy Sherman On Selfies for W, Skateboards for Supreme & Sexual Harassment

American artist Cindy Sherman insists that she hates the idea of selfies. “People say”—Sherman adopts a naive tone in W Magazine's Artists issue—“ ‘Oh, but you’re, like, the queen of selfies,’ ” and then her voice goes flat. “I really kind of cringe at that thought.”

Unlike the millions of humans populating the planet with incessant sharing of their own self-images, Sherman insists that her images to not depict herself. Rather, her artist's mission has always been to exposes how culture shapes appearances. "Since she has long resisted autobiographical readings of her work, it has been intriguing lately to see her take to, and toy with, Instagram, a platform that thrives on interplay of the personal and the artificial, especially when it comes to self-portraiture," writes Andrew Russeth for W. 

Indiana Students Demand Removal Of 'Offensive' Thomas Hart Benton Painting Honoring Triumph Over KKK

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Indiana Students Demand Removal Of 'Offensive' Thomas Hart Benton Painting Honoring Triumph Over KKK

Should every historical reference that evokes negative emotions be removed from campus?

The Indiana mural by Thomas Hart Benton is an homage to the Indiana press for breaking the Klan's grip on power in the state, but critics say its depictions of the KKK aren't just historical.

Nearly 1,600 signatories are asking the school to take down or cover the offending panel from A Social History of Indiana (1933), also known as the Indiana murals. But others are speaking up in support of the artwork, contending that Benton was looking to draw attention to the evils of the Klan.

“It is past time that Indiana University take a stand and denounce hate and intolerance in Indiana and on IU’s campus,” reads the petition, which argues that exposing students and faculty of color to the image of the KKK stands in violation of the school’s diversity policy and the student Right to Freedom From Discrimination."

Kirstin Liljegren Goes West In Silja Magg's 'From Dusk Till Dawn' For Vogue Arabia November 2017

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Model Kirstin Liljegren is styled by Sarah Gore Reeves in western looks for 'From Dusk Till Dawn'. Photographer Silja Magg captures Kirstin for Vogue Arabia November 2017./ Hair by Gavin Harwin; makeup by Steven Canavan