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• Gigi Hadid was recently featured on the first ever cover of Vogue Arabia.
• The supermodel was photographed in a hijab and received backlash on social media.
• Many users accused her of cultural appropriation.
• Others came to her defense, citing her Palestinian roots.

For the first-ever cover of Vogue Arabia, the magazine didn't go for a woman from an Arab nation. It went for Gigi Hadid, a Vogue mainstay who has over 20 Vogue covers to her name worldwide. 

Of course though, since this is Vogue Arabia, it's not like Hadid is posing like she usually does, draped in things like revealing dresses or swimsuits. No, she posed for the cover wearing a beautiful beaded veil that looks like a hijab, with inside images revealing Hadid wearing yet another scarf like an actual hijab. 

"The collage of countries across the Arab world are long-deserving of a place in fashion history, and there's no better first 'face' to lead the charge for Vogue Arabia than Gigi — a model who defines tomorrow's entrepreneurial and dynamic generation," Vogue Arabia's editor-in-chief, Deena Aljuhani Abdulaziz, told Vogue. 

On Instagram, Hadid boasted about the honor. 

"I think the beautiful thing about there being international Vogues is that, as a fashion community, we are able to celebrate, and share with the world, different cultures," Hadid wrote. "Being half-Palestinian, it means the world to me to be on the first-ever cover(s) of Vogue Arabia."

"I hope that this magazine will show another layer of the fashion industry's desire to continue to accept, celebrate and incorporate all people & customs and make everyone feel like they have fashion images and moments they can relate to... & learn and grow in doing so," she concluded. 

But of course, the cover and inside images have birthed their own controversy, with many thinking that it was flat-out inappropriate for a woman like Hadid to be the first-ever cover model for Vogue Arabia, draped in a hijab-like garment no less. 

To some, it's appropriation:

To others, it feels especially unfair to use the hijab as a fashion accessory right now, in light of anti-Muslim legislation and escalating hate crimes against Muslims in the United States. 

And although Hadid did attend a march in New York City against President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration, some people see the Vogue shoot as Hadid only proudly embracing her Palestinian roots when it's beneficial for herself and her career. 

Plus, there are plenty of models who wear hijabs — like Halima Aden— who could have appeared on the first cover of this magazine in her place and made a bigger impact. 

"Hadid is not a Muslim, which means she has no right to wear hijab/niqab, especially when hijabi models rarely land gigs because of their hijabs," Reem El-Shazly wrote for Huffington Post U.K. "Add to that fact that there are a lot of Muslim models in the industry who aren't veiled and a lot of Arabic models working both locally and internationally, which means Vogue had a lot of choices but decided to choose one of the worst ever." 

Though, there are people who are coming to Hadid's defense. She grew up with a Palestinian, Muslim father, after all, so is this really appropriation? 

But still, Hadid doesn't usually wear a hijab at all. Not only that, but even the designer behind the hijabs and scarves Hadid is seen wearing in the shoot isn't Muslim or Arabic. It's Brandon Maxwell, a white designer from the United States who most commonly dresses Lady Gaga. 

As El-Shazly wrote: "Like every other thing on this cover, Brandon has no connection to either culture. Furthermore, there are a lot of Muslim and Arabic designers out there, some of which have been dominating the fashion industry for years, while others are still struggling to make a breakthrough, and just imagine how life changing a Vogue cover would be for a person who is struggling to break into the fashion industry."

Mic has reached out to Vogue Arabia for comment. 

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•  These are the best books that tell-all from former Bachelorettes and Bachelor contestants.
• Courtney Robertson admits that reality TV isn't over for her.
• Jen Schefft dishes on her life as an unattached woman and why she chooses to live her life this way — so far. 

The reality TV dating shows The Bachelor and The Bachelorette aren't exactly known for their fairy tale happily-ever-after romances. Most of the pairingsend in separation, if not divorce, after the final episode. 

Behind the scenes, the contestants' lives aren't as picturesque as they might seem: Being on the show isn't exactly lucrative for the contestants, especially the women, many of whom quit their jobs and even go into debt in order to compete. 

Even though the hitprograms are rarely sources for true romance or healthy representation of sexuality, their alumni haven't shied away from offering advice. Many of them have published self-help and advice books, as well as some slightly scandalous tell-alls. Read on to see what your favorite reality TV alumni have to say. 

1. "I Didn't Come Here to Make Friends" by Courtney Robertson

"I didn't come here to make friends" is perhaps one of the most well-known phrases from reality TV; it's also the title of infamous TV villain Courtney Robertson's book. She unleashes one juicy tidbit after another about her life before and after winning season 16 of Ben Flajnik's season of The Bachelor.

After crediting her sexual awakening to Dawson's Creek, she dishes about romantic encounters with Adrian Grenier and Jesse Metcalfe, her thoughts on breast implants and uncensored gossip about the other contestants, she admits that reality TV isn't over for her. She'd like to be on The Bachelorette.  

2. "Better Single Than Sorry" by Jan Schefft

Jen Schefft, of the 2003 seasonof The Bachelor, and host of the 2005 edition of The Bachelorette, has turned down many men. And this book, which asks, "What do I really have to complain about? Nothing. And I'm certainly not the only woman who feels this way,"expands on her life as an unattached woman and why she chooses to live her life this way — so far. 

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(Editor's note: Spoilers about the latest episode and the upcoming finale of This Is Us ahead.)

This Is Us viewers hoping to find out how Jack Pearson died will have to keep waiting. Although episode 17 brought us closer to the truth about the Pearson patriarch, the actual big reveal about his cause of death will not be coming in the season one finale.

Episode 17 was mainly based around William's memorial service, but that brought up old memories for Kate. In the final moments of Tuesday's installment, Kate finally confessed to Toby that the reason it's so hard for her to talk about her father's death is because she's the one to blame for it.

So What Happened to Jack?

In a flashback, we learn that Rebecca left for her two-week tour and parted on bad terms with Jack. He was still upset that she didn't tell him about her ex-boyfriend being in the band, and didn't give her a proper goodbye. Hoping to help her dad, Kate encouraged him to take the two-hour drive to her gig to make amends. The episode ended with Jack in the car, seemingly ready to go meet his wife — after having a drink or two at the bar.

Initial fan theories speculated that Jack died in 9/11. Now fans are theorizing that Jack died in a drunk driving accident. More pieces of the puzzle will be exposed in the season one finale on Tuesday, but the big reveal is being held for a later date. 

"They're slowly getting the shape of this big event in the family," show creator Dan Fogelman told Varietyof dropping bits and pieces for viewers. "Did it happen when the kids were in their 30s? Did it happen when the kids were younger? How did it happen? Was it sudden? Was it slow? We'll get a lot of that information, but the real story of it will play out not in the near, near future. In terms of seeing the moment where something happened to Jack, that's a little ways away. Where it will be finally all fully revealed, that's a ways off."

The Season One Finale

If Jack doesn't die in the season one finale, then what does happen? Check out the synopsis for episode 18, via TV Guide:

In the first-season finale, Jack heads to Cleveland to make things right with Rebecca on the night of her first big gig with the band. Then, Randall, Kate and Kevin make big decisions about their futures.

Catch the season one finale of This Is Us on Tuesday, March 14, at 9 p.m. Eastern on NBC.

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• After winning the Album of the Year award at the 59th Annual Grammys, Adele showed support for Beyoncé's album "Lemonade" by wearing a lemon pin.
• Beyoncé reciprocated the act when she recently appeared at the "Beauty and the Beast" premiere with daughter Blue Ivy, who was pictured wearing a "25" patch.

At the 2017 Grammys, Adele was't shy about her affection for Beyoncé. When she accepted her award for album of the year, she announced: "the artist of my life is Beyoncé." Backstage, she said: "What the f--- does she have to do to win album of the year?" 

And even on the red carpet, she let her love be known, sporting a lemon pin in support of Beyoncé's Grammy-winning album "Lemonade."

Now it seems as though Beyoncé herself is returning the favor. Blink and you'll miss it, but on Blue Ivy's custom Gucci dress that she wore to the premiere of "Beauty and the Beast," there appears to be a small heart patch that reads "25," the title of Adele's own album. 

It's right in the middle of Ivy's dress, which sells for $26,000 for the not-custom adult version. 

Of course Twitter caught it first.

 So apparently, the love is mutual. 

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• True crime documentaries focus on real stories and broad topics, often famous ones, and analyze them from a new perspective. 
• "Making a Murderer,""The Fear of 13," and "The Ivory Game" are some of the best ones available on Netflix. 

It's not difficult to become consumed with a good crime story, especially when it's true. Following the case, examining the evidence, figuring out the motivations of the accused and, of course, deciding whether we think the subject is guilty or innocent — it's all part of the journey. 

Some true-crime stories focus on a single subject, while others tackle the more systematic problems of crime itself. From murder and cybercrimes to illegal poaching, Olympic wrestling and more, Netflix is home to some of the most compelling and captivating crime documentaries around. These are eight of the very best.

1. "The Fear of 13"

Nicholas Yarris spent 23 years on death row for a murder he didn't commit. As Yarris waited for the inevitable, he spiraled into darkness — until the day he picked up a book in the prison library. From that moment on, his life was transformed. He became obsessed with reading and learning as much as he possibly could. Yarris consumed thousands of books during his time behind bars, taking great pride in learning new words like triskaidekaphobia, the extreme fear of the number 13. 

In "The Fear of 13," Yarris recounts his youth and the moments leading up to his arrest, conviction and, ultimately, his request to be executed. The story is gripping, gritty and captivating from the opening scene to the very last frame. Prison is known for breaking convicts, but it in many ways, it helped create the man Yarris is today.

2. "Amanda Knox"

Amanda Knox was an American student charged with the murder of her roommate and fellow exchange student in Italy. The case gripped the nation, and the media proved they had an insatiable hunger for any and all news regarding Foxy Knoxy — the nickname splashed in headlines across the globe.

The documentary picks apart Knox's case, analyzing the evidence and talking to many of the officials involved. For many, Knox's case was open-and-shut, but others are certain she didn't commit the crime.

What makes this story particularly interesting is Knox herself. She's unassuming yet well-spoken, and appears in the documentary at length. 

3. "Audrie & Daisy"

In "Audrie & Daisy," two young boys who sexually assaulted schoolmate Audrie Pott candidly admit to the events of that night. They know they're in trouble, but it seems as though they can't quite figure out why. The Netflix documentary examines four separate rape cases in an effort to show that while each was different, they all stemmed from the same systematic problem.

"Making a Murderer" centers on Avery's imprisonment and subsequent appeals — along with that of Brendan Dassey, his nephew and alleged co-conspirator — as it also explores the possibility of widespread corruption at the local law enforcement agencies that twice put Avery behind bars.

5. "Team Foxcatcher"

Dave Schultz was a rising star in the world of Olympic wrestling, destined for greatness until the day his mentor fatally shot him in cold blood. John du Pont — who was obsessed with Olympic wrestling and even dreamed of joining Team USA himself — used his considerable wealth to create an athletic training facility on his sprawling estate in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania. 

Ultimately, du Pont became unhinged. His obsession with Olympic wrestling — and with Schultz in particular — led to tragedy.

6. "Cybercrimes with Ben Hammersley"

The internet is home to some seriously dank memes and adorably cute cat videos, but it's also a playground for cybercriminals looking to exploit the web's technology for their nefarious deeds. If you've ever wanted to know exactly how they do it, "Cybercrimes" is the documentary for you.

7. "The Ivory Game"

A heartbreaking look at the poachers who relentlessly hunt down elephants for their ivory, "The Ivory Game" follows a handful of investigators, undercover operatives and law enforcement agents who are dedicated to unraveling the twisted web of the ivory trade. 

While immensely educational and eye-opening, this documentary also provides beautifully scenic shots of these majestic animals in the wild. If you weren't passionate about elephant preservation before watching this documentary, you likely will be by the time the credits roll.

8. "Sour Grapes"

The greatest crime is the one nobody sees coming. The fine- and rare-wine market is bustling and wealthy connoisseurs cough up small fortunes just to sip from the best bottles. But one man realized an obvious truth: Many of these rich elites aren't as knowledgable about wine as they profess. They really just want to spend big. Armed with this knowledge, a crook set out to defraud them all — and made millions in the process. 

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• These 10 beauty bloggers are rocking their beautiful natural hair.
• These YouTube beauty gurus are sharing their tips and tricks on transitioning from treated to natural hair and how they style their fabulous locks.

In the late 2000s, African-American women started a quiet movement on message boards, sparked by their grievances with chemically processed hair.

Twitter and Instagram weren't around at the time, and Facebook was too public of a forum to talk about niche topics like making the "big chop" (cutting all your processed hair off) or working with your T.W.A. (teeny weeny afro). So when YouTube launched in 2005, small channels began popping up where women of color documented their transitional hair process. They also commented, asked questions and related to one another about their hair journeys — creating a sacred community, united under the desire to wear their hair as it naturally grows.

"I started doing natural hair videos in 2008 on a whim," Alexis Felder, founder of the blog LexiWithTheCurls, said in an interview. "At the time, NaturallyCurly.com's forums were amazing for me. I would chat with everyone in there and ask questions and provide tips. CurlyNikki was on the forums as well. I would contribute in the 3c section and 4a section. I wasn't trained at all, so it was just based on my experiences."

Nearly a decade later, the natural hair space is saturated with brown girls from around the globe creating content based around hair and beauty. But the most famous, most recognized, most respected women who paved the way for the movement — they're cultural icons in the natural hair world. Essentially, they started at the right time and were consistent. From their hobbies came full-on businesses, with a good number of them transitioning into brand development, video producing and consultation work.

Whitney White

 This Boston native is one of the heavy-hitters of the natural hair space, flying around the country for speaking appearances (Essence Music Fest, The Real, etc.) and appearing in features in magazines. The proud wife and mother, who started vlogging in 2009, has also served as a Shea Moisture ambassador. 

 She gained notoriety last summer when she live-tweeted an incident in which a white couple touched her hair — without permission — while in line at a convenience booth in New Orleans International Airport. "That was so rude," she tweeted. "It was the first time someone's touched my hair and made me feel like an exhibit or animal." 

Having made her first video five years ago as an Independent Living Specialist for a nonprofit organization called Southern Christian Services, Chime Edwards has evolved from a natural hair aficionado to an advocate for holistic living. 

 She'll be the first to note that healthy hair growth comes from what's put inside the body. "What you consume actually contributes to hair growth," she said in a video that has 1.1 millions views. "Eating a lot of foods that are high in protein like fish, eggs, nuts and beans can make a huge difference in the quality of your hair and can speed up hair growth." In addition to her YouTube videos, Chime is a model who's appeared in Nikki Walton's Better Than Good Hair book.

Breanna Chevolleau

 This busy naturalista has over 14 million views on her YouTube page's informative hair and makeup videos. Breanna's most popular posts garner hundreds of thousands of views for their ability to simplify hairstyling techniques in under 10 minutes. 

 Hailing from Florida, the New York City transplant was studying communications at Pace University and interning at O, the Oprah Magazine when she started making videos in her bedroom. Fast-forward three years and the hair guru, who can do advanced styles (sewn-ins, semi-permanent dye), now shoots professionally edited content for herself and sponsored brands.

Jessica Lewis

 Jessica started creating videos in 2009, four years after YouTube launched. At the time, she was stationed in Germany as a military wife and was sick of buying relaxers to maintain her hair. Instead, her husband did her big chop, and then she sought the help of natural hair blogs for guidance on her T.W.A. When she couldn't find a good contingent of videos on the transition process, she started her own channel. 

 Seven years later, the 30-year-old has over 300,000 subscribers on Youtube. She's also made her family of four semi-famous with their Lewis Love and Family YouTube channel that discussed topical issues facing African-American couples.

Monica Stevens

 What makes Monica stand out from the rest is that she's not only a natural hair fanatic, she's a licensed cosmetologist with a budding salon in New York City. The University of Missouri business graduate got her start by posting photos of her gorgeous curls on Instagram that started to get picked up by other women and brands. 

 This prompted her to buy the best video equipment she could afford and start her vlog in 2013. She now has over 350,000 subscribers on YouTube, where she instructs viewers on how to work with curls, braids, wash-and-go styles and general maintenance for natural hair. Considered one of the "Top 5 Natural Hair Aficionados" by L'Oreal, she's also worked with brands like Ouidad and Carol's Daughter.

Ambrosia Malbrough

 A true veteran in the Youtube space, Ambrosia left her corporate job to pursue her passion as a jewelry designer and beauty expert eight years ago. Now the 26-year-old has 154,000 YouTube subscribers, an online boutique and is a regularly fixture on natural hair Instagram pages. 

 She's done the big chop twice, flubbing through the first round and documenting everything on her channel. Her speciality is simple natural hair styles like 3-strand twists, crochet braids, wash-n-go looks and twist-outs.

Taren Guy

 This Brooklynite has been apart of the natural hair movement since 2010, when she created her YouTube channel documenting her transition from chemically processed hair to natural curls. Her hair grew and so did her following to a whopping 750,000 on her combined social media platforms. 

Now she does consultant work, branded video production and tours with her Luv & Learn Your Hair series, which teaches young women how to embrace their natural selves. But her most recent transition to free-form locs got major attention because of the backlash. 

"My Afro eventually became a beauty crutch for me," she said in an op-ed for Essence. "I noticed that anytime I needed to show up to an event or function, I had to 'show up' with my Afro in order to feel present... I quickly experienced being canceled from a scheduled appearance at a natural hair event... due to my hair change because I was told 'doesn't fit the demo and audience of the attendees.'" She's since continued to grow out her locs.

Charnika Jett

 CharyJay, who's been posting videos since 2009, is one of the more transparent beauty vloggers. While she's praised for her short afro and maintenance styles, the Detroit-native is also candid about her personal life. 

 For example, when she broke up with her boyfriend of 11 years, she did a Q&A session on-camera for followers who had questions — it got 74,000 views. But it's no surprise, since the trained videographer started doing this in college once she decided to grow her hair out natural. When she's not talking to her over 110,000 YouTube subscribers, she's producing videos for brands like Carol's Daughter.

Dr. Maeling Murphy

Her Ph.D. in Engineering shouldn't fool you, this natural hair star is respected in her realm of beauty. Based in Atlanta, Maeling started her blog NaturalChica.com in 2009 while in graduate school at Georgia Institute of Technology. Like her contemporaries who started their vlogs in the late 2000s, her intent in producing content was to show her transition from processed to natural hair. 

What set her apart is the platform of using a website in addition to a video channel. Now, the highly sought after personality has 15 million views on her YouTube page and a combined social media following of over 500,000 accounts. And it shows. When she decided to document cutting her hair, her video received 117,000 views and a slew of comments. In addition to running her site, she's currently a brand ambassador for Shea Moisture.

Alexis Felder

This jetsetter has been throughout Europe, Africa and the Caribbean, combining her love of natural hair and travel. Based in Atlanta, Lexi started her YouTube channel in 2008 when encouraged by her boyfriend to document the trial and error of maintaining her curls. By aligning with other bloggers at the time, she was able to grow her brand as an approachable personality with insightful product reviews. 

She did her very first natural hair meetup in 2009 at a pizza bar attended by 40 people from a social media call-out. By the fourth meetup, there were 500 people in attendance. And when she began documenting her weight loss journey three years ago, her focus expanded from beauty to wellness. Nowadays the 32-year-old is a brand strategist and communications manager for a black-owned media company.

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• Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney gave a speech at the United Nations on Thursday.
• She urged the UN to investigate crimes committed by ISIS in Iraq.
• But some news outlets focused on her baby bump rather than the content of her speech.
• Many on social media are criticizing the coverage as sexist. 

Internationally renowned human rights lawyer Amal Clooney gave an impassioned speech at the United Nations Thursday, urging the organization to investigate crimes committed by ISIS in Iraq.

Here's how some news sites chose to cover the event:

Rather than highlight the substance of Clooney's speech, multiple news and entertainment publications chose to focus on her "baby bump" instead. Clooney is expecting twins with her husband, actor George Clooney. 

Here are some of the headlines that circulated in the days before — and on the day of — Clooney's UN speech:

Remarkably, most of these stories acknowledge that Clooney was indeed visiting the UN, suggesting at least partial awareness that she was on official business. Yet as is often the case with women, these observers seemed more interested in her physical appearance and personal life than her professional accomplishments. 

Twitter users were quick to highlight this sexist double standard to Time:

Time updated the post late Thursday morning with a new headline.

Amal Clooney is no stranger to this dynamic. In 2015, the Associated Press drew similar criticism for posting a tweet about the human rights lawyer referring to her as an "actor's wife."

Yet despite it all, Clooney's dogged efforts to investigate ISIS continue.

"I am speaking to you, the Iraqi government, and to you, U.N. member states, when I ask: Why? Why has nothing been done?" Clooney said to the UN Thursday, according to the Washington Post. "Don't let ISIS get away with genocide."

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• Lindsay Lohan said she has a new fashion line coming soon.
• She wore a headscarf in her announcement on Instagram.
• It suggests she may be dabbling in modestwear.

At just 30 years old, Lindsay Lohan has already had one hell of a life. She's gone from child actress and singer to perhaps the most infamous party girl of our generation. She's starred in iconic movies like "Mean Girls" and "The Parent Trap," gone through some heavy shit like arrests, (lots of) rehab and being told to "cut the bullshit" during a tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey. And now, Lindsay Lohan, who may or may not have recently converted to Islam, is living a seemingly calm life. 

She's a survivor. She's an icon. And now, according to her, she may just be a fashion designer. 

Over the weekend, Lohan posted a picture of herself wrapped in a studded headscarf on Instagram with the caption: "New fashion line coming soon..." and added a #fashion at the end, for those who didn't get the hint the first time.

So far, the post has more than 158,000 likes and 5,000 comments, mostly from people excited about the idea that she's even thinking about dabbling into fashion. 

"Can't wait. So curious to see," one commenter wrote. Another: "This is a tremendous effort, keep the good work, make the fashion world a good place to stay." 

Because of the headscarf Lohan is wearing in this particular photo, many people are already thinking that the fashion line will be a modest one. Though the rumors of her conversion to Islam have been disputed by her family, at the very least, this could be an effort to help women of a faith she admires get the fashion they want. And with the modest fashion industry reportedly worth hundreds of billions of dollars, it wouldn't be a bad business idea either. 

But as with many things in Lohan's life right now, she'll be sure to keep us in the dark for a while about this one.

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• The season one finale of NBC's "This Is Us" aired Tuesday, and many of the show's fans are disappointed that the episode didn't provide an answer as to how Milo Ventimiglia's character, Jack, died.
• Ventimiglia's co-star, Mandy Moore, later took to Instagram to defend the finale, telling viewers to focus on how he lived rather than his death

Let the man live! 

"This Is Us" viewers are obsessed with finding out how Milo Ventimiglia's character, Jack, died. Unfortunately, season one of the NBC drama concluded without revealing his cause of death — and star Mandy Moore has a message for fans who are frustrated with how things ended.

"I stand in awe of this friend of mine," Moore captioned a photo of her and Ventimiglia on her Instagram. "He is the ultimate partner in crime and he absolutely knocked it out of the park on every level in last night's finale. I am the luckiest. Can't believe we have 18 behind us and at least 36 ahead, Mi. Wow."

But Moore wasn't done. She used her social media platform to tell fans to have "patience."

"For those somehow frustrated with the finale not revealing how Jack passed, I would encourage patience," she wrote, adding:

Otherwise you might be watching the wrong show. Last night was fundamental to the bigger picture. The story deviated and ultimately landed on (I think) a more compelling question ... what was the state of this relationship in the end? And as Milo so eloquently stated, let's focus on how the man lived! Stay tuned, cause it's all leading somewhere and we're just getting started.

Moore was referring to an interview Ventimiglia did with Entertainment Weekly after the finale. The actor told the outlet viewers shouldn't be so concerned about the death, but instead focus on how Jack lived his life.

"How did this man live his life?" Ventimiglia said. "How did he embrace his family, even in disrepair? How did he fight for his family when it looked like things were broken and going away? 'How did this man live his life?' is more important than when he died, in my mind."

For those who missed the finale, season one ended with Jack and Rebecca agreeing to take a break after Jack showed up drunk at her show in Cleveland. The two had a horrible fight and seemed to have lost their way from each other, though Jack was hopeful they would fix their relationship.

"Our love story, I know it may not feel like it right now, but baby, I promise you, it's just getting started," he told Rebecca before leaving to stay at Miguel's. 

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• Dior sent a plain white shirt reading "We Should All Be Feminists" down the runway in fall 2016. 
• The shirt went viral and Rihanna posted an Instagram wearing it.
• Now the brand is selling the cotton tee for over $700.

From "The Future is Female" to those ones that read "Nevertheless, She Persisted," feminist statement T-shirts have had a certain allure as of late. Blame the Women's March or Donald Trump or really just the current political climate as a whole, but plenty of designers think that what women want right now is a T-shirt that lets their feminist beliefs be seen by all. 

But would you pay $710 for that? 

That's what Dior is betting on. Last September, the label debuted a white cotton T-shirt that read "We Should All Be Feminists," a nod to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's feminist text, down the front at Paris Fashion Week. 

It went viral. 

Then Rihanna became a fan. 

And now Dior is officially putting them up for sale — for $710. $710 for a cotton T-shirt with some words across the front. 

It also comes it black, for the same price.

What's making this a bit more troublesome: although it does give back, partnering with Rihanna's charity Clara Lionel Foundation, which funds education, health and emergency response programs across the world, Dior hasn't announced just what percentage of the profits from the sales of these T-shirts will go to Rihanna's nonprofit. 

All it simply says is this: "Dior will donate a percentage of proceeds from each sale of the 'We Should All Be Feminists' T-shirts to the Clara Lionel Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded by singer and songwriter Rihanna." 

But what percentage, Dior? What percentage? Charitable efforts made via retail purchases are a useful way to raise funds, but making the price point so high, and using the not-meant-ironically text "we should all," on an item that costs more than iPhone is making this a charity op exclusively for the rich. Seems counterintuitive to the cause, no?

Mic has reached out to Dior for further information. 

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• A 13-year-old felt shamed for wearing an off-the-shoulder top.
• Her sister was livid with the school's response.
• She made a shirt that her sister could change into that shamed school dress codes.
• She tweeted it out, and now it's going viral.

All 13-year-old Kansas native Grace Villegas wanted to do was wear a new shirt to school that she had proudly purchased with her own money at Charlotte Russe. It was pink and cropped, with long, loose, off-the-shoulder sleeves.

And you already know what's coming, don't you? 

Although no teacher spoke to her directly about the shirt, she got those looks — the kind of looks where you know trouble is coming. Despite Villegas's shirt not revealing any cleavage or stomach or really anything but shoulders, she felt that if she continued to wear it, she'd get dress-coded. 

"I went into school and I received some looks from teachers, just not nice looks," Grace Villegas told BuzzFeed. "Instantly I was like — okay, I'm going to get dress-coded and I felt the need to change."

So Villegas changed into a T-shirt. But when her 18-year-old sister, Isabella, heard about it, Isabella decided to take this situation as an opportunity to call out just how sexist dress codes are. 

Her sister's shirt, after all, wasn't revealing anything scandalous. 

Isabella Villegas ended up taking a white T-shirt, got a black permanent marker and wrote the following in big letters: 

Dress code: 
- Promotes the objectification and sexualization of young bodies 
- Blames the wearer for the onlooker's perceptions / actions
- Perpetuates rape culture 
- Is BS

"When she told me everything that happened I was super angry," Isabella Villegas said in an interview with Mic. "I have always had beef with dress codes and the way it was handled with my sister was the last straw. So I decided to make the T-shirt with the purpose of making a statement. What happened and my opinion about dress codes goes much deeper than what I wrote on the T-shirt, but the purpose was to get people's attention drawn to what happened, because it was wrong." 

Isabella ended up writing about the experience on Twitter too, tweeting to her more than 2,000 followers: "My 13-year-old sister was dress-coded for her shirt today for 'revealing too much chest and shoulder' so I made her a shirt to change into." 

So far, the tweet has gotten more than 2,000 likes and nearly 1,000 retweets. 

"Are you selling these on Etsy yet??" one commenter wrote. 

Another wrote, "I'll take 20," and another, "If you started printing shirts with this on it, I'd for real buy one." 

One of the reasons why Isabella and Grace's story has appealed to so many is people are growing increasingly sick of the same kinds of dress codes in schools across the country that pay far more attention to what the girls wear than the boys. In recent years, those policies have come under fire for their own double standards, and there have been plenty of cases of girls reprimanded for wearing outfits that seem wholly appropriate, like this girl or this girl. 

More and more students, like Isabella, have also started standing up to the rules by publicly calling out dress code policies. In September 2015, students at a high school in South Carolina recalled "The Scarlet Letter" and showed up wearing red As to protest the dress code. In December 2015, a girl in Oklahoma wore a shirt quite similar to Isabella's. 

"I knew my 2,000 followers would see it and a couple of my friends would RT it but I had no idea it would get this big," Isabella said. "The support we have received for it has been awesome. I love how many women and men have been backing us up and encouraging my sister and I. ... The way my sister's situation was handled was wrong and we wanted to make a statement. Yes, it was overdramatic and I don't believe dress code should be abolished or just left to teachers discretion, but I do believe many aspects of it are wrong. No, I don't have a solution, but we wanted to speak out on something we thought was wrong." 

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The INSIDER Summary:

• Jesus in "The Walking Dead" comics is gay.
• The AMC show decided to keep his character gay.
• Representation is super important in media.

"The Walking Dead" TV show doesn't always align with the comics, and that's generally good. For one, it allows AMC to have some independence in its storytelling. Without it, we would've never been introduced to characters like Daryl and Sasha. 

However, the show made the right choice in keeping an aspect of its source material with the character (not Messiah) of Jesus. In "The Walking Dead" comics, he's gay. Fans get this confirmation in episode 14 of season seven, "The Other Side," when Jesus talks with Maggie at Hilltop. He confides to Maggie how close he's become with her and Sasha, which was hard for him having grown up in a group home and through his early days at Hilltop. 

"This isn't like that, though," he tells her. "For the first time, I feel like I belong. Trying to make sure you and Sasha became a part of this made me a part of this. When I was first here, I was never here. I always found it hard getting close to anyone — neighbors, friends, boyfriends." 

Jesus actor Tom Payne had previously voiced his approval for the character's canon sexuality back in November, during an interview with the Huffington Post. "I think that would be amazing," Payne said. "I know that ["Walking Dead" comic book creator Robert] Kirkman has said about the comic books that — yeah, who cares? He's a badass, and he happens to be gay."

While he isn't the first gay character to be featured on the AMC series, Jesus being gay is still a big deal for television in 2017. Progress has been made, but gay characters still account for a small percentage of total TV roles, according to the latest numbers from GLAAD's 2016 "Where We Are on TV" report. 

Though it's become fashionable to trash "The Walking Dead" recently — and it deserves it for some awful storytelling, mind you— it's also worth remembering that the show quite recently fell into a troubling TV trope. The "bury your gays" trope became a hot topic last year after "The 100" controversially killed off a character named Lexa, shortly after her relationship with another female character was consummated. While it didn't get nearly as much attention, the sixth season of "The Walking Dead" did the exact same thing with Denise, a gruesome death that isn't even doled out to her in the comics. In other words, AMC explicitly chose to kill her off this way, and it wasn't long after she developed a relationship with Tara. 

"The Walking Dead" has also struggled to portray its only current gay relationship between Alexandrians Aaron and Eric. While Aaron has been pretty well-developed since he was introduced in season five, Eric's barely appeared on-screen — and when he does, he exists to object to Aaron's decisions when helping the rest of the community, in favor of staying in their home and out of danger. This isn't just lazy writing and a poor conceit, it's an extremely unrealistic ask in a show set in the zombie apocalypse. 

So Jesus, a capable lone wolf who's still alive in the comics, which bodes well for his long-term on-screen future, bucks the trend in more ways than one. The reveal itself is understated. He doesn't have to be beholden to any romantic relationships, and he sports the series' best dropkicks. "The Walking Dead" certainly has its problems — however, Jesus isn't among them. 

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The INSIDER Summary:

• "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" is the latest show from "Gilmore Girls" creator Amy Sherman-Palladino.
• It's a surprisingly funny show about a marriage ending.
• Rachel Brosnahan sells the 1950s storyline, dialogue, and timing.

It took going back to the 1950s — and dropping her signature pop culture references along the way — but Amy Sherman-Palladino has finally crafted an unconditionally worthy follow-up to "Gilmore Girls."

"The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel," Sherman-Palladino's new pilot for Amazon, is a sharp, quick and clever period piece about what happens when a surprisingly funny housewife's marriage goes up in flames. The answer? Comedy gold.

Rachel Brosnahan, an actress reminiscent of Lauren Graham in "Gilmore Girls" and Sutton Foster in "Bunheads" in both comedic style and appearance, plays the titular Midge Maisel. She's got everything a 1958 New York housewife could want: husband Joel, kids, a fabulous Upper West Side apartment. She and Joel even have a "fun couple thing": He performs stand-up comedy at a small bar in the East Village.

But cracks in their seemingly perfect connection start forming when Midge learns Joel is using a stolen ("borrowed," he insists) act instead of writing his own material. Her suggestion that he come up with some original stuff, even suggesting a joke to add, leads to Joel embarrassing himself, admitting to an affair and leaving his wife in anger.

Wine-drunk and spiraling after her appearance-obsessed parents blame her for Joel leaving — "What did you do?" her mom asks immediately — Midge winds up back at the nightclub, accidentally stumbling into her own act about her failing marriage. She, to put it bluntly, kills.

"The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" pilot bookends itself with Midge's comedy: a toast at her own wedding opens the episode, and her drunken stand-up at the bar concludes it. Both times, she's a master of her domain, understanding comedic timing better than her husband could ever hope to. Her natural talent inspires one of the bar employees, Suzie (played by longtime Sherman-Palladino collaborator Alex Borstein), to take an interest in her.

Like in both "Gilmore Girls" and "Bunheads," Sherman-Palladino shows vested interest in relationships between women. Yes, Midge is married, but the most interesting connections are those with fellow housewives Imogene and Suzie. The latter relationship is particularly compelling, not unlike that of Michelle and Fanny on "Bunheads," but a shade darker and more pensive.

"I don't mind being alone," Suzie tells Midge after her stand-up set, trying to rally the housewife to invest in comedy. "I just do not wanna be insignificant."

This kind of warmth stands in direct contrast with Midge's mother, Rose, who obsesses over looks and has clearly instilled much of that neurosis into her daughter. Rose bemoans Midge's baby's long forehead by saying, "It's easier to be happy when you're pretty," and Midge hardly disagrees.

These kinds of varied relationships, each influencing the protagonist differently, is nothing new for Sherman-Palladino. Hell, it was practically the thesis of "Gilmore Girls." But for the first time since her magnum opus WB series, it feels like she has created something that's not just special, but is also exceedingly well-done.

There are all sorts of callbacks to Sherman-Palladino's previous work in this pilot, like Midge measuring herself in a leotard in front of Imogene, played by former "Bunheads" ballet dancer Bailey De Young. In a flashback scene, Midge bleaches herself, then has to run outside in pain — much like Lane Kim did in the third season of "Gilmore Girls." But these mostly serve as fun Easter eggs for fans of Sherman-Palladino's oeuvre.

For the most part, "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" serves as independent product; a maturation for the showrunner. Gone are the numerous pop culture references, though the fast-talking delivery of Sherman-Palladino's dialogue remains. (At one funny point, Midge chastises Joel for delivering his jokes too slowly.) Even without the references, however, this show is easily the creator's funniest — with tons of pathos and drama to boot.

"Bunheads" and "Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life" both had their charms and much that is worthy of recommendation, but "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" is a more self-assured show. It may only be a pilot now, but one can easily imagine what's in store for Midge. Her marriage may be over, but her future is bright.

The "Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" pilot, part of Amazon Prime's spring 2017 pilot season, is available on Amazon now.

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• Target's new swimwear campaign includes women of different heights, shapes, and sizes.
• The brand didn't Photoshop the women for the campaign.
• Though it's not a revolutionary move, it certainly is a welcome one.

Target has done it once again. Following its uber-inclusive swimwear campaign last year and a denim campaign, which featured women of various different heights, shapes, and sizes, Target is back with a #TargetSwim campaign that again embraces the kinds of women you don't often see selling swimsuits to the masses. 

The campaign, which is not retouched, features plus-size model and body-positive activist Denise Bidot, who proudly flaunts the stretch marks on her stomach. 

Notably, just earlier this month, Bidot flaunted her stretch marks in a Lane Bryant ad that appeared in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, too. 

The ad also features dancer Megan Batoon:

... as well as pro skateboarder Lizzie Armanto:

... and TV host Kamie Crawford, who shows off her cellulite in the campaign as well:

"Target is committed to empowering women to feel confident in what they wear by offering a variety of style choices," Target spokesperson Jessica Carlson told Mic. "We loved working with these women because they embody confidence and inspire women to embrace and be proud of who they are, regardless of their size or shape. It was important to us to use photography that represented their true beauty without filters."

Although a campaign like this one may seem incredibly progressive today, it actually comes more than one year after Target Australia had perhaps the most inclusive swimwear campaign of our time, which starred not only women of different shapes and sizes but different ages as well. 

Still though, a company as massive as Target taking diversity this seriously feels like a win. 

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Beauty and the Beast is an unqualified, runaway success. It made $350 million across the globe this weekend, $170 million of that in the United States alone. That draw helps it beat Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice as the biggest March opening for a movie ever. That, coupled with a decent-if-unspectacular 70% Rotten Tomatoes score, means Beauty and the Beast is, pardon the pun, the belle of the ball.

Put all that aside for a moment. On the film itself: That brouhaha about LeFou being Disney's first out queer character feels overblown in retrospect, right?

[Editor's note: Spoilers for Beauty and the Beast, a remake of a movie that first hit theaters in 1991, are below.]

Before the film even premiered, Vulture published a breakdown of exactly what was involved in the "exclusively gay moment" that director Bill Condon hyped up in an Attitude magazine interview. In short, writer Jackson McHenry noted, the "moment" with LeFou — played by Josh Gad — wasn't much more than that:

As the characters get together for a big celebration at the end of the film, the real "exclusively gay moment" arrives. During a group dance, LeFou starts off dancing with a woman, and then strikes up with the dress-loving henchman. It's certainly a moment, because it lasts for two seconds at the most.

By his own admission, Condon overhyped the scene. He told ScreenCrush's Erin Whitney that the whole thing was "overblown."

Oh God. Can I just tell you? It's all been overblown. Because it's just this, it's part of just what we had fun with. You saw the movie, yeah? You know what I mean. I feel like the kind of thing has been, I wish it were — I love the way it plays pure when people don't know and it comes as a nice surprise.

(Of course, if Condon wanted it to be a surprise, one might question the wisdom of leaking news of it ahead of time in an interview with a major LGBTQ magazine, but we digress.)

In fairness, Beauty and the Beast could have made every single character besides Belle and the Beast queer and it still would have riled up fans. That's the danger of writing LGBTQ characters in 2017: Stories about gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer people are held to incredibly (if not unfairly) high standards. Truthfully, the "moment" is what it is, and it will likely be forgotten to history soon enough.

But before we turn the page and focus on one of the approximately two zillion remakes Disney has in the pipeline, it's worth questioning why this happened at all a bit more. What was the upside for Disney or Condon here? Was the director just excited about a flourish he decided to add — which, for all its briefness, is still pretty historic for Disney — and let it slip?

Or, and this is purely speculation: Was this a purposeful news release, one that gave Disney a chance to make a statement against prejudice by standing up to markets like Malaysia and refusing to edit the "exclusively gay moment" out? Whether it was intentional or not, it turned into a major PR win for Disney — one that will remain in memory far longer than two seconds of LeFou dancing.

Whatever the reason, it's safe to say in retrospect that this "moment" was merely that: a moment. We'll save any further breath for when Disney finally gives LGBTQ fans true representation on-screen.

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The INSIDER Summary:

• Kylie Jenner has a new blush line as a part of her cosmetics empire.
• She named the blushes sexually charged things like "Virginity" and "Barely Legal."
• Some fans are defending her after the backlash, saying other brands do that without criticism.
• Others are saying Jenner should be careful since her fan base skews young.

It was just yesterday that Kylie Jenner announced that she'd be launching her own line of blushes to join her Kylie Cosmetics empire. 

"I'm obsessed with blush and it's a dream that I can finally have MY OWN!" she wrote on Instagram. 

But of course there's already a controversy. 

It's not that the shades are in any way bizarre or off-putting; they look just like your standard pretty array of blushes, going from coral to deep red.

It's the names. 

One shade, the light pink one, is named "Barely Legal." The middle shade, a dark pink, is named "Virginity." While plenty of makeup companies use sexy names for its products, like Nars' blushes called "Orgasm" and "Deep Throat," these two names cross a line. 

As users on Twitter pointed out, by naming something of hers "Barely Legal" and "Virginity," Jenner may very well be trying to recall her own romance with her current boyfriend Tyga, whom she started being seen with when she was just 16 years old. 

She's also simultaneously, and rather subliminally, according to fans, sexualizing young women while also glorifying the idea of being barely legal and being a virgin. 

Makeup companies have been accused of inappropriately sexualizing underage women with their product names before. Kat Von D had a lipstick that was named "Underage Red," and Jeffree Starr also used the name "Virginity" for a lipstick. 

But because Jenner, who's 19 years old now, has such a massive fan base, and plenty of young fans of her own, her own followers are finding offense.

With one in five girls in the United States being victims of sexual assault, being barely legal and being a virgin shouldn't be something that's blatantly hyper-sexualized and seen as universally appealing at all. 

Mic has reached out to Kylie Cosmetics for comment. 

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The INSIDER Summary: 

• The cast of "Love Actually" is reuniting for Red Nose Day. 
• They're filming a special to air on BBC and the first trailer just dropped. 
• In this trailer, they hint that you'll find out what has happened to all the characters since the end of the original movie.

The first trailer for the "Love Actually" reunion, "Red Nose Day Actually," has been released. It's been 13 years since the festive romantic comedy, directed by Richard Curtis, hit theaters, and some of the actors look quite different than they did while first navigating love in London at Christmas. 

The trailer begins with a decided throwback, as someone begins playing music on an iPod (remember those?). The cast then holds up signs, familiar to the now infamous, and spoofed, scene in "Love Actually" when Andrew Lincoln's Mark confesses his love for Keira Knightley's Juliet on cue cards.

"On Red Nose Day, unexpected things happen,"reads one card, before the trailer takes a silly turn as they discuss who has aged the best. (Liam Neeson voted for himself.) 

The film's plot has not been officially discussed, but one of the questions asked by fans of the original is if the major couples are still together. At least one of the stars has offered an answer. 

Some, but not all of the original film's cast is reuniting to make the film for Red Nose Day, a celebration to raise money to help fight poverty and injustice in the U.K. and Africa. Comedy and documentary films are shown on BBC One in honor of the day. 

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• Fashion brands are now taking style inspiration from the 2000s. 
• Everything from capris to rhinestones are popping back up again. 
• Trendcasters also think the dress-worn-over-pants look and the revealing boho-chic style will make comebacks. 

Trendcasters are always talking about certain looks being fashion forward, but anyone who truly pays attention knows that fashion is really all about looking backward. Designers love to pull from decades gone by, recycling trends or pulling looks directly from another time, whether they're sampling poodle skirts, corsets, bellbottoms, acid wash or pantaloons. The fact that fashion, which is always about what's new and hot, is so obsessed with recreating yesterday's looks, is a special sort of irony.

For the past few years, fashion has been ruled by a fast-moving wave of '90s nostalgia: tattoo choker necklaces, glamor grunge, normcore sportswear, and platform shoes can be seen everywhere from major fashion runways to your teenage niece's favorite CW show.

But fashion moves quickly, as does our cultural need to revisit the past, no matter how recent. Fashion is vicious for the way it doesn't even give us time to miss something before it's back on the runway or in the pages of our favorite magazines. The most fashion forward among us are moving on to the early 2000s as a means for sartorial inspiration. The zeros, a time remembered mostly for Uggs and reality TV, are quickly becoming the style inspiration for fashion bloggers and club kids alike.

"We grew up in this 90s haze, but the aughts were so undefined," model and fashion blogger Apneet Kaur said in an interview. The zeros were a cultural wasteland, "no real music, no boundaries, the internet was still new. You could do whatever the f--- you wanted!" Now, thanks to the randomness of meme culture, that "whatever goes" approach to fashion is in vogue once more.

Revealing boho "chic" 

Boho chic was all the rage in the early aughts, but in a much more skin-baring direction than when it had last emerged in the free-loving 60s. Every time you turned on "The OC," Mischa Barton was wearing a peasant top that barely covered her chest.

Now, the same floaty printed scraps of fabric can be found everywhere from Nordstrom to Rainbow. Revealing boho is perfect for when you want the world to know that you love Florence and the Machine and sexual liberation.

Puka/cowry shell necklaces

If you were in middle school in the early 2000s, you probably owned a puka or cowry shell necklace, and if you were a boy you probably got teased because of it. This pre-Fire Island look is a sure sign that you shop at Claire's.

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According to the Disney Channel circa 2001, teens were rabidly bedazzling everything they owned, from jewelry to denim to hair accessories. These days, you can step into any hot club in New York and find some glamorous club kid covered, sometimes literally, in knock-off diamonds. They're already filtering down into chokers at H&M, so any day we'll be seeing them on T-shirts spelling out "PRINCESS" once again.

Dresses worn over jeans

For some reason, stylish women in the aughts couldn't make the choice between wearing a dress or a pair of jeans and decided they needed to wear both in one outfit.

Buffy Summers was really into this circa season seven of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," and according to research recently conducted at a Forever 21 in Florida — by which I mean that yesterday I went to the mall in Boca Raton — this look is back with a vengeance.

Capris 

Capris were huge in the 2000s, and why wouldn't they be? Who doesn't love a sexy ankle moment? Capris evoke a Victorian sensibility where a woman's ankle could be shockingly erotic — either that, or people just like knowing that no matter how rainy it is, their cuffs are not getting wet.

"I've been rocking capris so hard," fashion blogger Apneet Kaur said. "Culottes really transitioned into Capri cuts. Who has had bare ankles all winter? This girl!"

Everything worn in "Coyote Ugly"

Deliberately shredded concert tees, cowboy boots, shredded denim: they were right when Tyra Banks wore them in her most iconic film role that wasn't "Life Size" and they are right again. Now we just need a Piper Perabo comeback.

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The INSIDER Summary:

• Aliss Bonython is a blogger with over 71,000 Instagram followers.
• She posts about self love and body positivity.
• She recently had a post go viral for showing what pluz-sized women go through when swimsuit shopping.
• She wants brands that design for curvy bodies to be celebrated.

There are plenty of miserable, traumatizing experiences we still think are better than having to go out and find a swimsuit that fits.

Sitting on an airport runway for two hours? Finding a bug in your bathroom — and then having it disappear? Thanksgiving with your extended family? Bring it on. We'd take all of these before having to step into a poorly lit dressing room with like 25 swimsuits and coming out with neither a swimsuit nor an intact self-esteem. 

As per usual with any shopping experience though, plus-size women have it even harder. 

That's the message that blogger Aliss Bonython, who has more than 71,000 Instagram followers, wanted to get across with one of her most recent posts. 

"The reality of bikini shopping as a plus-size woman," she wrote, posting three pictures of herself in a dressing room trying on a bikini that barely covers her breasts and bottoms that barely cover anything at all. 

(Make sure to go to Instagram to scroll through all of her pictures.)

"I used to get so disheartened when I would go shopping for swimwear with my friends who had no issue finding them," Bonython continued. "I've always had too much boobs/ass/hips to wear straight-sized bikinis and instead of punishing myself and my body for not fitting into this narrow ideal of sexy, I just look elsewhere." 

This was what she experienced for years, Bonython wrote, before plus-size women like Gabi Gregg stood up and tried to improve things themselves. When she tried on one of Gregg's Swimsuits For All suits, it was the first time she felt like she didn't have to change her body for a bikini. 

"I remember getting a bikini from @GabiFresh @SwimsuitsForAll collection and not feeling like I had to change myself to look OK, because it came fitting every curve on my body," Bonython wrote. "Massive thank you to all the brands who don't forget about us curvy girls." 

Plenty of women feel the same way. Bonython's post, which has been liked more than 15,000 times, there are more than 600 comments that wholeheartedly agree. 

"Story of my life," one commenter wrote. "When bikini tops are only big enough to cover your nipples and then dig into your shoulders trying to support your chest. I've been there girl," another wrote. And another: "The struggle is so real."

Goes to show you just how important it is for designers to understand that plus-size women want just what everyone else wants: cute, fun fashion that actually fits. Mic has reached out to Bonython for comment. 

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The INSIDER Summary: 

• Norman Reedus, a beloved actor from "The Walking Dead," has recently been photographed with Diane Kruger. 
• The photos are PDA-heavy which leads many to think the pair is a new item.
• They first met on the set of their move "Sky" back in 2015. 

Finding love in the zombie apocalypse is hard. Just ask Daryl Dixon, who has yet to develop a love interest on "The Walking Dead." Fortunately, actor Norman Reedus is doing better in real life.

Reedus is currently linked to "The Bridge" actress Diane Kruger. While the two have yet to confirm that they're in a relationship, photos surfaced of a very PDA-heavy night out Friday morning. You can check out the pictures on Entertainment Tonight here.

While this is be touted as a new relationship, the two have actually known each other for a couple years. Reedus and Kruger met in 2015 on the set of their movie "Sky." The two played love interests Diego and Romy. 

"I didn't know [Reedus] before the film," Kruger told People at the April 2016 premiere of the movie. "We share a lot of intimate scenes. I was really nervous about meeting him and not being able to have a drink with him, or talk with him."

Kruger elaborated to WWD that it was "a little nerve-wracking" because their first day meeting was also the day of their "big love scene."

"You never know what you're going to get. I was very pleasantly surprised."

But it doesn't sound like Reedus was nervous about that. In fact during a BuzzFeed interview, where the two co-stars interviewed each other, Reedus confessed that he hadn't even read the script of "Sky" before signing on for the role of Diego. The actor recalled talking to director Fabienne Berthaud, a good friend of Kruger's, on a Skype call. While he hadn't read the script, he knew that Kruger was already cast.

"I just kind of fell in love with her, and she was like, 'would you do it?' And I'm like, 'yeah, I'll do it.' And I knew who was involved [you], so I said yes before I even read it."

But Kruger wasn't Reedus' only co-star in "Sky." The cast also included Kruger's then long-time boyfriend, Joshua Jackson. Jackson and Kruger began dating in 2006 and split in July 2016. 

Rumors of a romantic relationship developing between Kruger and Reedus sparked while the two were filming the movie, before Kruger's split from Jackson. TMZ published photographs of the two together this past February, but a rep for the "Walking Dead" star told the outlet that the two are just friends. If the photos from Friday are any indication, it seems like they may have taken that friendship to the next level.

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