The Lerner Shops | Leslie Wexner | Meshulam Riklis | Timeline

The Lerner Shops | Leslie Wexner | Meshulam Riklis | Timeline

The Lerner Shops owned by Meshulam Riklis and purchased by Leslie Wexner (formerly The Limited, now L Brands) in 1985. A timeline of The Lerner Shops. Wexner’s association with child rapist and trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, has us looking into the details. When Wexner purchased Lerner Shops from Riklis (known as the first ‘Junk-Bond-King | infamous for the leveraged buyout and said to have taught Michael Milken “the ropes”) in 1985 was Epstein involved or was it something else entirely?

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Excerpt: The pedophiles in our lives, by Kirby Sommers

Excerpt: The pedophiles in our lives, by Kirby Sommers

At 22 I was far too old for him to be interested in me. When 16-year-old Julie told me, as we girls sat on the beach in front of his house, that her parents had sent her to spend the summer here on this tropical island for the summer, in his care because after all they were friends and they trusted him.

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The Origins of Misogyny: How History Held Women Back

The Origins of Misogyny: How History Held Women Back

The one, two, three, four waves of feminism are often considered “new,” “progressive,” or “deviant from history.” But when you look at history, women have been ruling from the start.The one, two, three, four waves of feminism are often considered “new,” “progressive,” or “deviant from history.” But when you look at history, women have been ruling from the start.

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This is not my secret, it's yours

This is not my secret, it's yours

Yesterday, when I told my story on Twitter, the responses were heartwarming and heartbreaking. Other victims of sexual abuse shared their stories. Other people who had been trying to unravel the mystery of Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump and Alan Dershowitz applauded my “bravery” they called it …

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