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Viva la Vida! In our latest Fashion Test Drive, our Accessories Director @juliasgall tries out the @ferragamo Viva Bow bag. Link in bio.

It’s a tale as old as, well, 'Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge.' On October 20, 1995, 'DDLJ' premiered in theaters and...never left. Directed and written by then-24-year-old first-time filmmaker Aditya Chopra, the Bollywood rom-com went on to become the longest-running Hindi film of all time. The film catapulted stars Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol to meteoric levels of fame, cemented the careers of music composers Jatin-Lalit and designer Manish Malhotra, and became a launching pad for future Bollywood mainstays like Karan Johar, who cut his teeth on 'DDLJ' as one of the film’s assistant directors and supporting cast members. What started as a passion project for Chopra and a group of up-and-comers with a fresh perspective on what it meant to fall in love, went on to become a revered classic, a box-office heavyweight, the winner of a record-breaking (at the time) 10 Filmfare Awards—India’s Academy Award equivalent—and the film that changed the face of an industry. Link in bio for an oral history of the film that rewrote the modern Hindi rom-com. Photos: Yash Raj Productions

In a new feature, we asked 'What if women never won the right to vote?' One recent election that would have had a different outcome is 2012, with Mitt Romney snatching nine additional states away from Barack Obama and scoring a 322–216 Electoral College win. Here are a few things that happened in Obama’s second term that might thus have vanished into the alternative-history mists: the Iran Nuclear Deal, the Clean Power Plan, the Paris climate accord. On the flip side, what if ONLY women had the right to vote? A few highlights: Bill Clinton beats George H.W. Bush by a lot more in 1992 and absolutely demolishes Bob Dole in ’96; Al Gore wins with a comfortable 368 electoral votes (and no need for a Supreme Court intercession) in 2000; John Kerry claims a victory in 2004; Obama cruises to two terms; and Hillary Clinton actually does become the first woman president in U.S. history, beating Donald Trump 412–126. Link in bio for more alternate realities that highlight the huge impact that women can make by voting.

28 days until the election. Here @taranajaneen, @amyklobuchar, and @gabunion share why they’re voting in the 2020 election. Request your absentee/mail-in ballot today and share why you're voting in the comments below. Then click the link in bio to learn why 97 other inspiring women are voting on November 3.

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There’s a tendency, when looking back on the history of women’s suffrage in the United States, to assume that it was inevitable that women would get the right to vote. How long could such an electoral-rights imbalance reasonably be expected to survive? Then again, was it really inevitable? The amendment’s passage was the culmination of probably the longest sustained sociopolitical movement in American history, and even so it came down to a single state legislator’s vote. And even then, the 19th Amendment hardly put an end to systematic disenfranchisement (and not only of women) in this country. On a practical basis, Black women in the South, and to some extent Black women anywhere, still didn’t get to exercise their right to vote (as Black men hadn’t and didn’t)—not until the Voting Rights Act of 1965 swept away many of the tactics vote suppressors had used for decades to thwart them. Native American women (along with Native American men) didn’t get the vote until 1924, when their citizenship was recognized (they weren’t guaranteed the right to vote in every state until 1962); all Asian-American citizens didn’t get the vote until 1952, when the McCarran-Walter Act granted all people of Asian ancestry the right to become citizens. Picture how different this country might be—socially, culturally, politically—if women's suffrage never happened. Hard to imagine? Well, we did it for you. Link in bio. And if you haven't yet, register to vote!

“I should be able to exist however the f*** I want to exist, because if you’re hiring Gabrielle Union for my talent, then my talent is going to come out of my body in every way, shape, and incarnation that I can imagine. You’re getting more bang for your buck the more you allow me to exist as I see fit.” @gabunion talks work, family, and being Black in 2020 at the link in bio.

After turning 40, “I emptied out my basket of f***s,” Gabrielle Union says. “I cannot center fear in my life. I can’t center functioning from a fear of scarcity. They say silence is violence, and I refuse to be complicit in my silence. I have to be fully present in my body and fully free.” Read our full profile on @gabunion at the link in bio. Photographer: @djenebaaduayom Writer: @lolaogunnaike Stylist: @thomaschristos Hair: @larryjarahsims Makeup: @sirjohn Nails: @thuybnguyen

Welcome to October! This month's digital issue is all about making a statement. At the link in bio you'll find: ✨The incredible Gabrielle Union speaking up and speaking out about her career, being Black in 2020, and why she won't stay silent. ✨A deep dive into the question 'What if women's suffrage never happened?' that highlights how vital it is that women vote. ✨A celebration of baby hair, plus some history and inspo of artful loops, swoops, and swirls. ✨An ode to Pumpkin Spice, the ultimate fall (fashion) palette. ✨And a profile on the man who just could be America's first second gentleman (or whatever he's going to be called).

For more than a year, Jaél endured abuse at the hands of her fiancé: He threw things at her. He hid her keys so she couldn’t leave the house. And then she got pregnant. Knowing it was an unsafe environment to raise a child, she escaped while her abuser was out of the house. She was living in secret—that is, until he tracked her through her email. Link in bio to read Jaél’s harrowing story—and learn how to protect yourself.

As our lives move increasingly online, so does the amount of personal information that can be found (and shared, sold, and stolen) there, by companies and hackers alike. This unregulated and often unchecked invasion of privacy affects everyone but poses the greatest risk—sometimes, life threatening—to women and those in minority groups. That is why we’ve spent the last six months investigating, uncovering, and exposing data privacy’s biggest secrets. Link in bio for our story. Art: @susannahayward + @mental_canvas

If you’re still reeling from last night’s presidential debate, you’re not alone. The next step? Turning our anger into action. There’s still a lot of work to be done up and down the ballot, so we created a guide to all of the Democratic women running for federal office in November. Learn more about them at the link in bio, register to vote, and make a plan to vote early and safely to ensure your voice is heard.