Chelsea Handler 8 p.m. Saturday The Criterion 500 E. Sheridan Ave. criterionokc.com 405-840-5500 $48-$113 When we spoke to Chelsea Handler on Oct. 28, her Chow-Chow Bert was in the process of “peeing all over” her cousin’s house after a wildfire forced Handler to evacuate from her California home. Just before she stopped mid-thought to briefly […]
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Butterfly pattern
Regina J. Banks admitted she “didn’t think that through.” Banks, a business owner and mother of three teenage girls, founded The Vanguart theater company earlier this year — something the 2002 University of Oklahoma musical theater graduate said she had been planning for years — but she did not originally intend to also star in […]
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Valentine’s Day: #MeToo continued
In late 2017, after the allegations of sexual abuse surrounding entertainment mogul Harvey Weinstein came to light, actress Alyssa Milano encouraged women on social media to use the hashtag #MeToo to start a conversation about sexual harassment in their own lives. Social activist Tarana Burke actually coined the phrase much earlier, in 2006, but the […]
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Rude calls
Imagine being alone somewhere. Perhaps you’re walking down the street, taking public transit or just getting gas. You hear a voice come from behind you or maybe from a passing car. Someone is yelling at you. Maybe the shout is a provocative statement about your appearance, or maybe it’s a question about what you’re doing. […]
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‘Hypersexualized’ environment
The alleged sexual misconduct of University of Oklahoma (OU) emeritus professor and former donor John Scamehorn has garnered a lot of attention recently, but some former students are saying the university’s school of drama fostered an environment that might have been conducive for such harassment. Scamehorn’s donor status with OU’s Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine […]
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No Pax
John Scamehorn dreamed of a world where “insolent women causing trouble are given their just reward.” Now a group of outspoken women might lead him to his own comeuppance. In the first weekend of June, several Facebook and social media posts popped up with allegations of sexual harassment against Scamehorn, an emeritus professor at University […]
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Women’s issues are surging in Oklahoma amid a national conversation around equality
“The #MeToo movement shows that women are not alone in this,” Waggoner said. “And when we rise together and unite, things can change.”