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Warning: may contain minor explicit content.

In 1960’s Mississippi, aspiring writer Eugenia “Skeeter” Phelan kick-starts her career by working for the Jackson Journal, the local newspaper, filling in for a cleaning advice columnist “Miss Myrna”. Unfortunately, Skeeter didn’t have a single clue about cleaning so she turns to Aibileen Clark, her friend Elizabeth’s black maid, for help.

Skeeter had always been the odd one out in her group of southern privileged, prejudiced girlfriends. She was the only one unmarried, the only one with a job, and unlike them, she had an utmost respect for the colored help. She treated them as equals; didn’t discriminate or look down on them at all as she was raised by one herself - Constantine, their elderly black help who she loved dearly.

By helping her with the Miss Myrna column, Skeeter forms a friendship with Aibileen. While she was over at Elizabeth Leefolt’s asking cleaning advice from Aibileen, they overheard the couple arguing about Elizabeth installing a separate colored’s bathroom outside for their maid, her husband angrily commented “Mae Mobley can go to college in that damn bathroom.” To which Elizabeth defends herself by stating that her best friend, Hilly Holbrook, said that it’d add value to their home and that every penny he spends on a colored’s bathroom he’ll get back in spades when they sell. Hilly is so against the idea of them sharing bathrooms with the help, she claims: “It’s just plain dangerous. They carry different diseases than we do.”

She even goes as far as to draft an initiative named the Home Health Sanitation Initiative, “a disease preventative bill that requires every white home to have a separate bathroom for the colored help.”

Because of this, Skeeter had the idea to write about what it was like to be a colored help in the highly bigoted town of Jackson, Mississippi. Elaine Stein, a literary agent in New York, gives her the green light and and off our little heroine goes.

Aibileen was unsurprisingly hesitant when she was first asked about it since it would put everyone she loved at risk, however, she gives in eventually and helps skeeter with her writing. Skeeter knew what she was getting herself and Aibileen into; she was fully aware that by going through with it she would be going against the law, her family, and her friends but she was ready to shine a light on the racism, discrimination, and mistreatment that’s been going on for ages in their small town.

In the beginning it was only her and Aibileen, until they talked Minny Jackson, Hilly’s headstong maid, into helping them. Soon enough they had at least a dozen colored maids helping them with the book. Sharing stories about the families they were serving, secrets they’ve kept, things they’ve done, things done to them, some were unspeakably gross *cough* Minny *cough* and some were just plain rude.

They weren’t all that bad though, there’s Dr. Dixon, a man who bought 2 acres of land for twice its worth from a racist farmer who threatened to shoot his maid if she stepped foot on his land again, Miss Walters, Hilly’s eccentric mother, and Miss Celia Rae Foote, who is just a “rae” of sunshine. See what I did there? I’m sorry I’ll stop.

The Characters

I thought the characters in this movie were so well thought out. Their names, backstories, the clothes that they wear, their hair, the way they speak, every single one of them had their own distinct personality that made the movie realistic, compelling, and overall work.

It’s funny because Emma stone (Skeeter) and Bryce Dallas Howard (Hilly) both starred in this film as rivals and as you may or may not know, they both starred in the Spider-man films as Gwen Stacy

It is literally the battle of the Gwen Stacys

I gotta say, I applaud Bryce Dallas Howard in this film. It takes a really good actor, or in this case actress, to play a role so well and so convincing that you actually want to kick them in the shin. Her role as Hilly Holbrook is the perfect villain; evil and controlling, she’s especially rude to the maids, even to her own poor mother. I mean, I never thought I’d hate any character as much as Ramsay Bolton from Game of Thrones up until now. She’s one of those villains you love to hate, you know, the kind that have absolutely no redeeming qualities and you feel no remorse towards when they get what they deserve. and little Miss Hilly? Oh, she gets the pie.

Speaking of Hilly Holbrook, can we just take a minute to appreciate her mother, Miss Walters? Miss Walters (played by Sissy Spacek), was one of my favorite characters in the movie. She was sarcastic and funny. Boy, does she know how to have a good laugh. Whenever she brings up the pie prank and rubs it all up on her daughter’s face, the whole room goes completely nuts. We like anybody who socks it to Hilly.

Now Minny Jackson (played by Octavia Spencer), she was a force to be reckoned with. She was a strong woman and she knew it; didn’t take crap from anybody. Not even Hilly Holbrook. I absolutely loved Octavia Spencer as Minny, she nailed every punchline and she had the most iconic line and scene from the entire movie in my opinion, if you’ve seen the movie, then you know exactly what I’m talking about, but if you haven’t, you’ll just have to go see for yourself and find out. *hint: it’s the pie scene*

Another character that I absolutely adored is Celia Foote (played by Jessica Chastain), the delightful woman from sugar ditch. She’s a breath of fresh air. With the whole movie feeling so heavy and disheartening, watching her was like watching the sunrise, seeing the first rays of sunlight rise up slowly from the darkness to shine and give light to everything and everyone. It was so refreshing to see a white woman like herself treat Minny, a colored help, like a friend. Makes you think that all is not lost, it surely restores your faith in humanity. A big round of applause for her husband too, Johnny Foote, for being such a stand up guy.

Of course Viola Davis’ (Aibileen Clark) performance was nothing short of outstanding. Her relationship with little Mae Mobley Leefolt will surely make you go “awww” it’s the cutest yet most tragic thing. It’ll play with your heartstrings and it will most likely put even the strongest grown man named Bob shed a tear. Emma Stone absolutely nailed her role as Skeeter, I love how her accent sounds so natural, it really goes with her voice and her personality as a whole.

Its Importance

I cannot stress enough the importance of movies like The Help, as it shines a light on a very serious subject. People tend to forget that this is not just a work of fiction, slavery was very much real and rampant back in the 1950s, even way back in the 1870s and unfortunately, in some places in world, it still is to this day. Just because it’s 2018 doesn’t mean we just forget about what happened. Yes it’s good to let bygones be bygones, but it’s still better to learn and educate ourselves with what actually happened in the past because that’s what some of our ancestors lived through, that was our reality.

No person should require any white female to nurse in wards or rooms in which negro men are placed.

Books shall not be interchangeable between white and colored schools or shall continue to be used by the race first using it.

No colored barber should serve as a barber to white women or girls.

Any person printing, publishing, or circulating written matter urging for public acceptance of social equality between whites and negros is subject to imprisontment.

Those were the Jim Crow Laws, can you imagine how life must’ve been like during those times? It gives me the shivers just thinking about it. The only thing that scares me even more than Jim Crow, is it happening again. That is why we need movies like these to remind us of how awful slavery was and to be appreciative of the way we live now.

Overall Thoughts

I thought this movie was absolutely fantastic. It had all the elements that would make up a great movie: its was realistic; not at all exaggerated, it was honest; showed the whole truth, and it was engaging. Not once in those 2 hrs and 26 mins. did I get bored or uninterested. I was always on the edge of my seat, watching in anticipation for what’s next to come, my eyes were practically glued to the screen for the entirety of the movie. I was instantly gripped by the riveting story line and the diversity of the characters. I’d rate it a 4.5/5 stars, yes it’s not perfect, it does have its fair share of flaws but then again what movie doesn’t? If you haven’t seen The Help, I highly recommend that you do, it’s 2 and a half hrs of your life you won’t be able to take back, but they’re surely hours you wont regret.

And remember:

You is kind.

You is smart.

You is important.

- s o u l e n e o u t

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Back to black: Why women are using clothing to protest at the Golden Globes

Award shows are, traditionally speaking, a stage — a stage upon which a moment of fashion fantasy plays out, where talent is celebrated, and where stars can make a statement and have their voices heard. At the Golden Globe Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday — the first major Hollywood awards ceremony of the year — a number of high-profile women are planning to make a powerful statement against sexual harassment in the entertainment industry. And they’re doing it via the colour of their clothes.

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In a show of solidarity following the allegations of rape and sexual assault made against the American film producer Harvey Weinstein late last year, 300 actresses, agents, writers, directors and producers – including Emma Stone, Natalie Portman, Reese Witherspoon and Shonda Rhimes – have called on women attending the awards on Sunday to don black. They also published an open letter in the New York Times announcing the launch of Time’s Up, which includes a $13 million legal fund to support survivors of sexual assault and harassment in the workplace.

“This is a moment of solidarity,” Eva Longoria told the Times of the protest. “This time the industry can’t expect us to go up and twirl around.”

The resulting images — showing dozens of the world’s most famous celebrities clothed uniformly in black, splashed on the front pages of newspapers across the globe — will be striking. “Think how important actresses wearing elaborate, bright dresses is to so many forms of media now,” says Rebecca Arnold, senior lecturer in History of Dress & Textiles at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London. “Subtracting that, and refusing that, is a really strong protest. It will force all those magazines who cover what was worn at the Golden Globes—who looks good and who doesn’t look good—to engage.”

The blackout has sparked something of a dress race, with stylists like Karla Welch, Jessica Paster, Law Roach and Tanya Gill rushing to secure a handful of dresses. Designers are also quickly remaking dresses in black — Prabal Gurung, Christian Siriano and Naeem Khan included — while battling a major storm New York.

Using colour as protest

Sunday’s initiative builds on a growing movement of (sartorial) dissent on the red carpet. Lola Kirke and Transparent creator Jill Soloway sported “Fuck Paul Ryan” badges to the 2017 Golden Globes; Kerry Washington wore a safety pin at the 2017 SAG awards in support of refugees denied entry to the U.S.; and several attendees of to the 2017 Oscars ceremony, including Ruth Negga and Karlie Kloss, pinned blue American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) ribbons to their dresses to draw awareness to the non-profit’s work. But this year’s Globes protest marks a watershed moment in the unification and organisation of a red-carpet resistance.

The Golden Globes protest undoubtedly takes its biggest steer from the Suffragette movement of the early 20th century, when women donned white, green and purple to advocate for the vote. White has since evolved into a symbol of feminist resistance all its own. It was worn by former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to President Donald Trump’s inauguration, by female Democrats to his first joint address to Congress, and by those protesting his return to New York after his swearing in.

In January of last year, another item of clothing — the pink pussyhat — became a feminist symbol after women around the world marched in protest of Trump. (The pussyhat referenced a recorded comment he had made about grabbing women by the genitals.) Other recent political initiatives in the U.S. have likewise utilised colour to great effect, like the Wear Orange movement to spotlight gun violence.

The power of black

So why have this year’s Golden Globe nominees chosen black over white or pink? “Black is a really powerful colour to use: it’s a non-colour,” says Arnold. “It matches with menswear, making an equivalence and flatting out some of the differences.” It is also the colour of power, mourning, and ultimately darkness, as Margaret Atwood highlights in her dystopian novel The Handmaid’s Tale.

Sunday’s all-black dress code hasn’t gone without criticism. Actress Rose McGowan, one of the first to go public with claims against Weinstein, was quick to point out that wearing black is a “silent” protest, tweeting at the time: “You’ll accept a face award breathlessly and affect no real change… Your silence is the problem.”

When all is said and done, the stand taken at the Golden Globes will be remembered long after the stars have shed their black ensembles, sparking — as intended — ever-larger conversations about women’s rights around the world.

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People, June 1

Cover: Queen Elizabeth Keeping Calm & Carrying On at 94

Page 3: Chatter: Raven Symone on saving the money she earned while appearing on The Cosby Show as a child, Kelly Ripa to viewers criticizing her self-done makeup on Live with Kelly and Ryan, Lisa Kudrow on what her Friends character Phoebe and husband Mike would be up to today, Justin Bieber on what he would change if could go back in time, Jessica Alba after cutting her daughters’ hair, Sterling K. Brown on homeschooling his children

Page 4: 5 Things We’re Talking About This Week -- Everyone can finally see Hamilton, Jonah Hill tops Samuel L. Jackson for cursing the most in movies, Vera Wang stuns at 70, Jennifer Lopez’s daughter writes a book, find your Elon Musk baby name

Page 6: Contents

Page 9: Editor’s Letter -- Mental Health: Let’s Talk About It

Page 10: StarTracks -- Fun in the Sun -- Chris Hemsworth surfing on an isolated beach in Byron Bay

Page 11: Patrick Schwarzenegger went for a swim in Laguna Beach, Gabrielle Union and daughter Kaavia, Ciara shows off her baby bump in a bikini, Britney Spears sunbathing in her pool

Page 12: Gwyneth Paltrow and Brad Falchuk rocked matching exercise gear and masks while going for a walk in L.A., Pierce Brosnan celebrated his son Dylan’s graduation from the USC School of Cinematic Arts, Wedding Exclusive -- Selling Sunset’s Mary Fitzgerald and Romain Bonnet wed with costars Amanza Smith and Chrishell Stause in attendance

Page 13: Quarantine Makeovers -- Pauly D has new facial hair, Jamie-Lynn Sigler cut off her long locks and donated them to charity, Jim Parsons went blonde, a clean-shaven James Middleton gets a kiss from fiancee Alizee Thevenet, Antonio Banderas showed off his quarantine beard

Page 14: Chris Pine takes his rescue dog Wednesday for a walk, Shia LaBeouf went for a bicycle ride carting around a canine pal in a trailer behind him, Reese Witherspoon and son Tennessee

Page 15: Married at First Sight’s Jamie Otis and Doug Hehner and new son Hendrix Douglas

Page 17: Mary-Kate Olsen’s divorce turns dramatic

Page 21: Heart Monitor -- Jaime King and Kyle Newman divorcing, Liam Hemsworth and Gabriella Brooks going strong, Robert Pattinson and Suki Waterhouse getting serious, Ashley Benson and G-Eazy new couple

Page 22: Ryan Seacrest on his new normal, American Idol winner Samantha “Just Sam” Diaz

Page 24: Neve Campbell keeping the party going, inside Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green’s sad separation

Page 27: Brad Paisley on love and giving back, Nicole Richie on her Quibi series Nikki Fre$h

Page 28: Passages, Why I Care -- Debra Messing reuniting with her former Smash costars to help raise money for the Actors Fund

Page 29: Melissa Etheridge loses her beloved son Beckett to opioid addiction

Page 30: Stories to Make You Smile -- a couple in quarantine make their own art gallery for their gerbils, this kindergartner supplies snacks to hardworking delivery drivers

Page 33: People Picks -- Love Life

Page 34: Hightown, AKA Jane Roe

Page 35: Quiz, One to Watch -- I Know This Much Is True’s Philip Ettinger

Page 36: Homecoming, Florida Georgia Line -- 6-Pack, Q&A Stephan James

Page 37: The Lovebirds, Lucky Grandma

Page 39: Books, Q&A Curtis Sittenfeld

Page 40: Cover Story -- Queen Elizabeth carries on -- at age 94 the monarch stays strong as she weathers one of the toughest years of her record-breaking reign

Page 46: Fred Willard 1933-2020

Page 49: Kumail Nanjiani -- Hollywood’s New Leading Man -- once an IT consultant, the actor and writer and comedian has gone from sidekick to star and gotten in superheroic shape

Page 52: A Young Mom Vanishes -- what happened to Monica Moynan? -- for months her family thought they were texting with the 22-year-old single mother of two but now police say her ex faked the communications to cover up her murder

Page 54: Tuesdays With Morrie author Mitch Albom -- his new quarantine family -- an 8-year-old house guest from Haiti helped inspire the author’s new novel and helps fund a COVID-19 testing site in Detroit

Page 56: Coronavirus in America -- since March 3 more than 15,888 people have died from the COVID-19 virus in New York City -- it’s Caroline Schrank’s job to help their families say goodbye

Page 60: What Not to Wear’s Stacy London surviving loss and finding new love -- after facing chronic health issues, depression and the death of her father, the stylist has a fresh perspective on life

Page 65: Tracee Ellis Ross -- what I know now -- as the actress adds singer to her resume she opens up about the joy in taking big risks

Page 68: Russell Simmons’ sexual-assault accusers speak out -- a new documentary shares the stories of women who claim the music mogul preyed on them, changing their lives forever

Page 72: Bargain Mansions’ Tamara Day -- stay-at-home mom turned HGTV star -- how the self-taught designer turned her talent for renovations into TV fame

Page 74: Students Giving Back -- Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020 showcased seniors committed to improving their communities and the world

Page 79: Beauty -- 7 ways to get summer-ready -- Jennifer Lopez, Alessandra Ambrosio, Elizabeth Hurley

Page 80: Jessica Alba

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