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In the many tributes that have been paid to John McCain over the last few days, he has been praised as a warrior, prisoner of war, leading member of Congress, presidential candidate, and statesman. Despite their differences with him, many if not most commentators have been quick to praise McCain as a great American.
They were honouring stars of Hollywood, the media and literature, but it was longtime activist and MeToo founder Tarana Burke - a name unknown to most people until six months ago - who got the biggest ovation at Variety's annual Power of Women event on Friday. Activist Tarana Burke attends Variety's Power of Women event Friday in New York and told the audience she's "desperate to change" the narrative surrounding the MeToo movement before it's too late.
They were honoring stars of Hollywood, the media and literature, but it was longtime activist and MeToo founder Tarana Burke - a name unknown to most people until six months ago - who got the biggest ovation at Variety's annual Power of Women event on Friday. Burke, who founded the MeToo movement 12 years ago and runs it out of the Brooklyn, New York, offices of Girls for Gender Equity, said she wanted people to recognize its deeper purpose - working with survivors of sexual assault, and not simply bringing down powerful abusers.
How the world could be and what societies need to do to usher in positive change was at the heart of the discussion on Melbourne Writers' Festival Q&A special. Featuring writers from the weekend's celebration of literature and ideas, the panel were asked to identify the challenges facing the global community right now and help provide a viable path to a more optimistic future.
But how striking those echoes sounded at first. Kellyanne Conway, the president's spirit animal, seemed to borrow phrases directly from Big Brother when she posited the existence of "alternative facts."
Whether he's reading to kids at the White House, hitting up local bookstores on Black Friday, or giving recommendations to his daughters, President Barack Obama may as well be known as the Commander in Books. POTUS is an avid reader and recently spoke to the New York Times about the significant, informative and inspirational role literature has played in his presidency, crediting books for allowing him to "slow down and get perspective."
U.S. President Barack Obama wipes away tears as he delivers his farewell address in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. January 10, 2017 Over the past 7 decades, I've been a trusted literary confidant and advisor to nearly every American President. FDR, toward his end, praised my WWII novel "The Naked Grunt" as "the finest work of American literature to emerge from the battle-swamps of occupied Asia."
In this March 6, 2014 file photo, Colombian Nobel Literature laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez greets fans and reporters outside his home on his 87th birthday in Mexico City. Colombia's Central Bank put into circulation on Friday, Aug. 19, 2016, the new 50,000 pesos bill, about $17.00 U.S. dollars, with the image of the Colombian writer.