Tag: nora ephron
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“Break the rules and make a little trouble out there.”
Nora Ephron gave this speech to her alma mater; Wellesley College class of 1996, on their commencement day. Seventeen years later, everything about this speech remains just as poignant. We still face the same struggles; feminism, sexism, women’s rights, rape, the push up bra…amongst many others. In 1996 Ms Ephron thought society had come a…
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A Legend has passed. RIP Nora Ephron.
It started circulating yesterday on twitter, some reported that Nora Ephron had passed away and others that she was near death suffering complications from leukaemia, either way, it wasn’t a pretty picture. It was later confirmed that the legendary writer was indeed close to passing and there were worries that she wouldn’t make it through…