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Breaking new ground with award-winning scripted dramas for the digital age. IG: watchwigs

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Presenting @LivesWomen, an intimate new portrait series from the creators of #WIGS and @rodonblue. Subscribe: bit.ly/LOWsubs

Introducing Lives of Women

Real women,real stories. Introducing #LivesofWomen, a new series showcasing the voices, thoughts, & deeply personal experiences of women, shaped by their present, past choices, & hopes for the future.

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At 27, she was managing $1.3 billion. #WealthToMe For more wealth: bit.ly/60SDWealth @blackrock @SmartMoneyMamas #sponsored

Retired By 30 // 60 Second Docs

At 27, Chelsea Brennan was managing $1.3 billion. After her second child, she quit her job from her hospital bed and started a blog coaching mothers on finance. To Chelsea, time with family is wealth.

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Meeting the baby he helped deliver. #BeSafeOutThere @OnStar

(Emergency) Baby Driver (Pt. 2) // 60 Second Docs

What happened before? Watch Part 1.

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The baby was born where?! #BeSafeOutThere @OnStar

(Emergency) Baby Driver (Pt. 1) // 60 Second Docs

Watch Part 2.

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Tag along w/ @elainewelteroth & Nobel Laureate @malala on their journey to Brazil’s favelas. Join the conversation on IGTV: bit.ly/IGTVMalala @malalafund

Brazil’s Favela Ballerinas (ft. Malala) w/ Elaine Welteroth

Malala’s fight to give all girls a chance to learn.

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Project:Her introduces the new stories of 6 emerging female directors in partnership w/ @CNE. Watch their debut short films now! facebook.com/Project-Her-619…

Project Her

Project Her elevates a new generation of women starting out in the field of filmmaking, aligning them with powerful mentors and tracking their journey as they create their own short films.

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Free prom dresses for all. xitter.cf/60SecDocs/status/97574…
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Playing for change: teen refugee @ZaynabAbdi1 captains a soccer team.. @RedBull @neymarjr Join the team! WWW.REDBULL.COM/NEYMAR5X5

Refugee Soccer // 60 Second Docs

Landing in the US after fleeing conflicts in Somalia, Yemen and Egypt, Zaynab Abdi founded a soccer team within her international high school -- made up entirely of teen refugees like herself.

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Playing for change: Female ref Christina Unkel scores for justice. @RedBull @neymarjr Join the team! WWW.REDBULL.COM/NEYMAR5X5

Female Referee // 60 Second Docs

Female ref scores for justice.

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1/10 adults can't read. Wanda now can. For every download of her book, @pearson will donate $1 to @rewritinglives: projectliteracy.com/rewritin…

Adult Literacy // 60 Second Docs

She went from not knowing how to read to writing her own children's book, "The Little Chicken Named Pong-Pong."

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.@MintMilana’s childhood immigration story still matters. Proud to share her story @LivesWomen via @instyle instyle.com/celebrity/us-sta…
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“My refugee experience was very different than a lot of people coming to this country now.” -Milana Vayntrub, #LivesofWomen @mintmilana

Milana Vayntrub // Lives of Women

Best known as “Lily Adams” from the AT&T commercials, Milana Vayntrub came to the U.S. as a refugee when she was just 3 years old. Aid groups helped her family afford health care, education, and more.

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“It’s about women not being afraid. That’s the beauty of getting older. You don’t give a damn.” --Tara K., #LivesofWomen

Tara K. // Lives of Women

"Fear is a huge killer so I set a goal not to be afraid. What is the worst that can happen? My best friend likes to say, ‘What if I faint?’ I go, ‘Then you faint. Go on, faint! So be it.’"

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I am so proud to be a part of the the @LivesOfWomen_ series. Thanks to my beloved Rodrigo Garcia for including me! @ASCpas @revsusanrussell xitter.cf/LivesWomen/status/8754…
Lives of Women@LivesWomen15 Jun 2017
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@maddow “I think a woman’s moral agency means she has autonomy over herself to decide what's right for her body.” —@TheAmyBrenneman
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“I think a woman’s moral agency means that she has autonomy over herself to decide what is right for her body.” --@TheAmyBrenneman

Amy B. // Lives of Women

“In my church, we are prayerfully pro-choice, which means that we believe in the moral agency of women.”

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After a chance encounter with a family refugees, Miry was encouraged to start @miryslist to help other families in need. #LivesofoWomen

Miry W. // Lives of Women

“We went to visit this family. I saw this mom struggling too with things completely different than the things that I was struggling with.”

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"Growing up I always imagined I'd have a child, I think because that was the only possibility modeled for me." -- Kathy Z., #LivesofWomen

Kathy Z. // Lives of Women

“I was raised by my grandmother who was very old world Palestinian. When I was 2-and-a-half, my brother was born, so she was really happy to have a son, and it made me feel like I was less important."

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“I think it would be awesome to do something so big that it just sort of blew me out of the water too.” --Bunnie R., #LivesofWomen

Bunnie R. // Lives of Women

"When you paint on the street, you never know. You never know if you’re gonna have a bunch of kids crawling over you or someone who lives on the street ends up having his last meal with you."

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“I had to serve a 24-hour mandatory minimum. It costs money to go to jail. It’s the shittiest hotel ever.” -Mouse E., #LivesofWomen

Mouse E. // Lives of Women

“The jail time that I had to serve was a 24-hour mandatory minimum. It costs money to go to jail. It’s like the shittiest hotel ever."

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"I came in with nothing, and if I left, I would leave with nothing. So I could take that risk, and I finished." - Johanna L., #LivesofWomen

Johana L. // Lives of Women

The school I went to was Grinnell College. From the day that I landed in Grinnell, Iowa, I was the first Hispanic everyone had talked to in their life.

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"I was born in the middle of the drug war. When crack came into our community, it was like a bomb went off." -- Nekia W., #LivesofWomen

Nekia W. // Lives of Women

"I was born in the middle of the drug war. When crack came into our community, it was like a bomb went off."

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