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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Kastalia Medrano ## Kastalia Medrano *  Jan 11, 2017 ### [Ava DuVernay on the Enduring Grace of Michelle Obama](https://time.com/4632087/ava-duvernay-praises-first-lady-michelle-obama-elle-essay/) The director writes a testament to the first lady as Obama’s term comes to an end *  Jan 5, 2017 ### [Lauren Hutton Is the New Face of Bottega Veneta at 73](https://time.com/4624072/lauren-hutton-73-bottega-veneta-ad/) As she should be *  Jan 4, 2017 ### [The Rise of the All-Female Work Spaces](https://time.com/4622650/the-wing-women-only-work-spaces/) The Wing is just one of a new wave of women-only venues *  Jan 4, 2017 ### [Oprah Winfrey Doesn’t Care How Much She Weighs](https://time.com/4622293/oprah-weight-watchers-42-pounds/) The Weight Watchers spokeswoman is all about inner peace now *  Dec 15, 2016 ### [_Rogue One_ Star Felicity Jones Says Female Action Heroes Are 'Absolutely the Norm'](https://time.com/4603756/rogue-one-star-felicity-jones-female-action-heroes-absolutely-the-norm/) And she based her character on Beyoncé *  Dec 15, 2016 ### [2017 Essence Festival Lineup Will Include Diana Ross for the First Time](https://time.com/4603537/essence-fest-2017-announces-lineup-headliners-diana-ross-mary-j-blige/) Mary J. Blige will also headline a special night and introduce her new album *  Dec 14, 2016 ### [Fashion Magazines Were Slightly Less White in 2016](https://time.com/4602870/fashion-magazines-covers-runways-more-diverse-2016-report/) But the industry still has a long way to go *  Dec 14, 2016 ### [ANTM’s New Season Features Zero Plus-Size Models](https://time.com/4602640/antm-cycle-23-plus-size-models/) Despite featuring Ashley Graham as a judge *  Dec 8, 2016 ### [Paula Broadwell Is ‘Shocked’ Petraeus May Get Big Trump Role](https://time.com/4596078/paula-broadwell-david-petraeus-trump-secretary-of-state/) She says she was demoted and suffered professional damage after their affair was revealed *  Dec 8, 2016 ### [A Coalition of Female and Male CEOs Is Pushing for Gender Parity](https://time.com/4594521/paradigm-for-parity-launch-female-male-ceos-pledge-gender-equality-business/) Bank of America and LinkedIn are on board *  Dec 7, 2016 ### [Saks, Swarovski and Other Major Fashion Brands Run Ads On Breitbart](https://time.com/4594265/saks-swarovski-fashion-breitbart/) But do they know it? *  Dec 1, 2016 ### [A Frightening Number of Europeans Think Rape Is Justifiable](https://time.com/4588289/european-rape-survey/) A new survey found that 27% of EU residents say rape is sometimes okay *  Dec 1, 2016 ### [Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Continues to Be The Hero We Need](https://time.com/4587844/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-elle-fashion-week/) ‘Keep pushing, keep growing' *  Nov 30, 2016 ### [Jennifer Aniston Told Ellen She Was 'Fed Up' With 'BS Tabloids'](https://time.com/4586892/jennifer-aniston-ellen-degeneres-tabloids-essay/) That's why she wrote a scathing Huffington Post op-ed that went viral *  Nov 30, 2016 ### [The Legal Industry Is Still a Boys' Club](https://time.com/4586316/female-lawyers-wage-gap/) More women are earning law degrees, but they're stuck in low-ranked schools and low-paying jobs Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/kastalia-medrano/","name":"Kastalia Medrano"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/kastalia-medrano/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/kastalia-medrano/"},"name":"Kastalia Medrano","jobTitle":null,"description":"","url":"https://time.com/author/kastalia-medrano/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```