Remarkable Women

Part I

Welcome to the Remarkable Women series where you can read posts on inspirational women who have shared their story with the world and no doubt changed the lives of other women for the better.

Casandra Fine

In November 2023, Casandra Fine, more commonly known as Cassie, shared her story of being trapped in a cycle of abuse and violence by her ex-partner, Sean "Diddy" Combs, for a decade. After courageously sharing her truth, some people chose not to believe her, and Mr Combs himself denied it until CCTV footage showed him attacking her.

In May 2024, Cassie released a statement thanking people for their support and she went on to write,

"𝘐 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳. 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘤𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘰𝘧𝘧. 𝘕𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦."

📸: Jorden Keith

Glennon Doyle

In her no.1 New York Times bestseller, 𝙐𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙙, Glennon shares her story of self-discovery as she navigates divorce, creates a blended family, and takes charge of her life. In her must-read book, she writes,

"...𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦. 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦, 𝘯𝘦𝘸."

📸: Amy Paulson

Michaela Coel

In her keynote MacTaggart lecture in 2018, the Bafta Award winning actress, writer, director and producer, revealed that she was sexually assaulted by strangers.

She went on to say, "𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘶𝘮𝘢, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘺’𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵...𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦, 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺...𝘓𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤, 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘳."

In 2020, I May Destroy You, her 12-part drama on sexual consent, was released to rave reviews.

📸: Johan Sandberg

Chrissy Teigen

Chrissy has spoken openly about going through IVF to get pregnant with her husband John Legend. In a post written during National Infertility Awareness Week, she wrote,

"𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦. 𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦."

📸: Yu Tsai

Jameela Jamil

Jameela is the founder of the community I Weigh 'celebrating radical inclusivity & authentic conversations around mental health.' In a post written in April 2024, Jameela compared and contrasted the narratives of 2 photos of herself, taken by paparazzi, 4 years apart when she was curvy and when she was thin. She went on to write, "𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘖𝘍𝘛𝘌𝘕 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘰𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘓𝘖𝘕𝘎 𝘛𝘌𝘙𝘔 𝘏𝘌𝘈𝘓𝘛𝘏 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘴."
📸: Nicolas in Paris

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