“There was so much debate when [‘Sex and the City’] came out about whether it was a feminist show or not, which I always thought was stupid — of course it’s a feminist show. But I think it has a lot of the failings of the feminist movement in it. In that it’s like white, moneyed ladies who are fighting for their empowerment. In a bit of a bubble.”

One of the biggest lessons we’re learning from the #MeToo movement is that the burden of striving for a more equal world cannot rest on the shoulders of women alone. We need more men than ever to step up and call out misogyny. Before any of that can happen, people of all genders need to consider how we came to form our own views of masculinity. We need to understand the misogynistic blindspots, emotional scarring and limiting behaviors many boys develop as they learn how to become men. And we all need to radically change the way we raise our boys.

In many ways, the Registry’s lack of inclusiveness is more egregious than any award ceremony. Funded by the U.S. government and established in 1988, this list is not meant to highlight the “best” of American cinema, but instead to track “works of enduring importance to American culture.” The Registry identifies and preserves films that are “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant,” with the intent to “reflect who we are as a people and as a nation,” according to their website.

“Quite frankly, and I don’t mean this in any disrespect, the jail system and the correctional system was never meant to be a country club,” he said, according to Bangor Daily News reporter Alex Acquisto. “They have a right to have these and they have them. If that wasn’t the case, then I would be supporting the motion, but they do.”

On the one hand, Joan of Arc the hero on her white horse had beaten the English in battle as a mystical virgin. On the other, Joan of Arc the 19-year-old girl could be reduced and injured and assaulted like any other woman in the town of Rouen that day.

Despite many protestations to the contrary, there's still a widespread sense in the male-dominated media that a woman who seeks power is somehow an unnatural being. The "inauthentic" narrative becomes a socially acceptable way to perpetuate the deeper belief that women, as a category, do not belong in leadership roles — and especially not in the presidential role that has always been occupied by men.

Close has always viewed her complicated character with respect: She consulted with a number of psychologists during her preparation for her role as the jilted Alex, in hopes that she might be able to give the character a fact-based psychological profile that extended past “crazy lady.”

In the war against the anti-vaxxers, a meme has emerged: Anti-Vax Mom. But surely there are at least some Anti-Vax Dads?

"I got married and the first question in almost every interview is 'Babies? When are you having one?'" she continued. "I’m so angry that there’s this social contract. You’re married, now have a baby. Don’t presume. I’ll do what I’m going to do."

"We see all these women running for president," Carol Jenkins, a board member of the ERA Coalition, told Salon, "so certainly that’s progress. But many women, most of the women in this country, are still faced with barriers to success, and I think the ERA is the solution for that.”