READING | Whether it was holding her own against Denzel Washington in Remember the Titans, playing the ultimate cheerleader in Heroes (and Bring It On: All or Nothing), or belting out country music in Nashville, Hayden Panettiere was a force to be reckoned with. Following her death this month, we're reading her memoir This Is Me: A Reckoning, released earlier this year, for a chance to hear from her in her own words.

WATCHING | We'll be celebrating America's 250th anniversary all year, and what better way to celebrate than to watch Young Washington, a film about the early life of America's first president, George Washington?

LISTENING TO | Since the news that the world lost the truly incomparable legend Dolly Parton, we've been playing her song "I Will Always Love You" on repeat (and haven't been able to make it through a listen yet without crying).

EXCITED FOR | The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified and certified in August 1920, and the anniversaries this month give us a chance to celebrate America's women leaders and all their efforts to guarantee women's equal rights.

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