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In the spirit of Amy Poehler's Yes Please and Lena Dunham's Not That Kind of Girl, a powerful collection of essays about gender, sexuality, race, beauty, Hollywood, and what it means to be a modern womanOne month before the release of the highly anticipated film The Birth of a Nation, actress Gabrielle Union shook the world with a vulnerable and impassioned editorial in which she urged our society to have compassion for victims of sexual violence. In the wake of rape allegations made against director and actor Nate Parker, Union -- a forty-four-year-old actress who launched her career with roles in iconic '90s movies -- instantly became the insightful, outspoken actress that Hollywood has been desperately awaiting. With honesty and heartbreaking wisdom she revealed her own trauma as a victim of sexual assault: ''It is for you that I am speaking.



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Gabrielle Union

Gabrielle Union is the author of We're Going to Need More Wine, a New York Times bestseller, and Welcome to the Party, her first book for children. She's also an actress, activist, producer, and New York and Company fashion designer. She currently stars and produces the Spectrum Original "L.A.'s Finest" alongside Jessica Alba. Union is an executive producer through her production shingle "I'll Have Another." Season two of the show will be out on Spectrum on June 8th. Union played the titular character in the critically acclaimed BET drama "Being Mary Jane" and starred in various movies such as THINK LIKE A MAN; THINK LIKE A MAN TOO; and BRING IT ON. Union's passion for acting is rivaled by her championing of causes near and dear to her heart such as breast health, combating sexual violence, and LGBTQ issues.



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