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The Junto Influencer Edition 2021 I had form’d most of my ingenious acquaintances into a club of mutual improvement, which we called The Junto. -Benjamin Franklin 1 People The Junto January 2021 Greta Gerwig Colette Potter // Copy Editor I remember watching Lady Bird one winter York City to pursue the arts. Gerwig was night a couple of years ago. Though I did originally an actress, and was even nominat- not especially love the movie, I could appre- ed for a Golden Globe for her role in ciate the artistry and thought that went into Frances Ha, which she also co-wrote. She it. Fast forward two later shifted to directing. years, I was watching It is absolutely wonder- Little Women for the ful when there are fe- second time in the male directors and oth- movie theaters. As the er women in leadership pandemic continues on, positions for these films. I have been watching The movies Gerwig di- more movies and TV rected also had strong shows. I have started to female protagonists. appreciate the movies I got to see on the “big Greta Gerwig is a great screen” much more, example of the triple and often think of Lady threat. She has written, Bird and Little Women. acted, and directed no- Both are critically ac- table works, including claimed and were mas- both indie and main- terly pieced together. stream films. Greta Gerwig was the fifth Greta Gerwig directed woman in motion pic- both of the movies, and ture history to receive also wrote Lady Bird. an Academy Award Lady Bird was even nomination for Best Di- roughly based on her rector. She is an influ- childhood in Sacramento, CA, and had encer in a world, as shown by the lack of some strong elements of the reality of grow- female director nominations, dominated by ing up, as well as making hard decisions. men. Her work is thoughtful. It seems like The Lady Bird protagonist struggles with the every movie that Gerwig writes or directs is decision of going to a cheaper, in-state with intent for every line. Gerwig’s movies school, or a New York City school for the are likely to keep improving, and I would not arts, which she was more interested in. The be surprised if the next time Gerwig is dom- same storyline is present in Gerwig’s own inated for Best Director she wins. life, as she moved from Sacramento to New 2 People The Junto January 2021 Sarah Hyland Kellie Painter // Off Leash Editor As a child and even now I have always been As she got sicker, people started to realize that skinny. People praise me all the time for hav- she was losing weight. Many fans started ing a body type like a model and wishing that commenting things, saying that she looks pho- they were small like me. While on the flip toshopped or that she is promoting anorexia. side, I have people telling Those things could not me that I am too small be further from the and that I look like a truth. She proceeded to twig. Being called skinny write out a message to is just as offensive as call- her fans explaining her ing someone fat. One situation which she defi- person that has really nitely did not have to do. helped me feel confident In the message she ex- through all the criticism plained that she was sick is Sarah Hyland. and did not want to ex- plain further on it at that I first heard about Sarah given time. Sarah Hy- Hyland through the land also wrote out that ABC show “Modern she does in fact eat say- Family.” Hyland played ing, “And you’re right! I the role of Haley Dun- should eat a burger! phry, the rebellious teen Cause they’re f***ing de- in her average American licious!” I can relate to Family. I did not watch this so much because I the show, but whenever I always have people was bored I would go telling me to eat more back and watch it. As I and that I need to “put grew older, I began to follow Sarah Hyland more meat on my bones” it becomes insulting more closely. In 2012, Hyland spoke out over time. about having her first kidney transplant given to her by her dad. What most people did not Sarah Hyland cannot help being skinny and know is that she rejected the kidney four years neither can I, it’s just the way our bodies are later. When Hyland’s body rejected the kid- built. I have learned to embrace it over time ney she went through a stage of depression and become more confident in myself. I can because she felt guilty that her body did not now ignore the negative comments because I take it. Her brother ended up being a match know that there are people out there that and Sarah was nervous because she did not struggle with the same things as me, such as want to fail him. Hyland dealt with dialysis, Sarah Hyland. endometriosis, and abdominal hernias all while working on Modern Family. 3 People The Junto January 2021 Alexandria 0casio-Cortez Alania Mariano // Editor-in-Chief The first time I heard about New York’s 14th in her own car to speak to citizens that were af- congressional district U.S. representative, fected by the Flint water crisis and the Dakota Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, or better known as Access Pipeline. AOC, I was watching a video of her calling out a It was not until AOC visited fellow male representative. standing rock when she real- She called out this repre- ized she could make some- sentative for his poor be- thing of herself in the polit- havior toward women and ical world. In a past inter- for specifically calling AOC view, AOC stated that she names I cannot write in believed the only way to run this article. Her fierce con- for office effectively was to frontation, that never fails have access to wealth, social to bring me chills, inspired influence, and power. How- me as a young woman. The ever, when she visited North more I learned about Dakota, she saw people AOC, the more inspired I “putting their whole lives became. and everything that they had on the line for the pro- AOC was born into a Puer- tection of their community.” to Rican family in the Since then, she has wanted Bronx and went to school to do the same for her at Boston University. After community. college, she returned home and worked as a bartender, AOC not only became the as well as a waitress. AOC worked countless youngest woman to be elect- hours to provide her widowed mother, who ed into congress at age 29, but she has also worked as a school bus driver and house clean- made an impact on young women like me. er, help to fight the threatened foreclosure on Holding a position like hers brings me joy to their home. know that I can be anything if I work hard enough, even with the barrier of being a fe- AOC began her work in politics by joining a male. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the defini- firm and the nonprofit National Hispanic Insti- tion of an idol to me and hope to become a tute. She later worked as an organizer for hardworking, driven, strong woman like her Bernie Sanders’s presidential campaign in someday. 2016. AOC traveled hours across the country 4 People The Junto January 2021 Miley Cyrus Nailah Lockhart // Photography Editor Miley Ray Cyrus is a singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer. She was born on November 23, 1992 in Franklin, Tennessee. Her parents are actress and producer, Tish Cryus, and country legend, Billy Ray Cyrus. Many found Miley Cyrus from her lead role in Disney Channels’ TV show “Hannah Montana” from 2006 to 2011. The American Sitcom is about a teenager named Miley Stewart who lives a double life, transforming into a famous pop singer that goes by Hannah Montana. Her friends and family are the only people who know about her secret identity. After the show ended, Cyrus changed her image from a child entertainer to an adult pop star im- age. She chopped off her long brown hair got a platinum pixie haircut. In 2013, Miley Cyrus re- leased a song called “Wrecking Ball” which is in her fourth studio album, Bangerz. When the mu- sic video came out it caused a lot of attention because of how different it was from her other music videos when she was younger. Miley Cyrus changed her image again with a more tone down than it was during her “Bangerz” era. She felt that phase of her life has come to the end. Cyrus found a balance between maintain- ing a seductive appeal but keeps things more natural like her makeup for her photo shoots. In an interview with ‘Insider’ she stated that “You should be able to change and be who you are at any time. Like, you should not be glued to gender, to age, to race; those things should not define you.” In 2015, Cyrus launched Happy Hippie Foundation, which supports LGBTQ+ and home- less youth. Miley Cyrus clarifies that she does not label herself as gay, bisexual or straight in a con- versation with ‘TIME’. Miley Cyrus is the epitome of a carefree person. She promotes the idea to not care what others think and to do what you want to make yourself happy.