Salma Hayek
"My feeling is that we are about to go to war. But be careful that we don’t fall into victimization. I don’t want to be hired because I’m a girl. I want them to see I’m fabulous. Don’t give me a job because I’m a girl. It’s condescending.”
Shirley Maclaine
"Trump presented a challenge to each of our inner democracy and everyone needs to explore their core identity.”
Jessica Williams
“I have a question for you. My question is: What if you are a person of color, or a transgendered person who — just from how you look — you already are in a conflict?”
Maclaine
“Right, but change your point of view. Change your point of view of being victimized. I’m saying: Find the democracy inside.”
Hayek
"I’m sorry. Can I ask you a question?”
Williams
“Yes, ma’am,”
Hayek
“Who are you when you’re not black and you’re not a woman? Who are you and what have you got to give?”
Williams
“A lot. But some days, I’m just black, and I’m just a woman. Like, it’s not my choice. I know who I am. I know I’m Jessica, and I’m the hottest bitch on the planet I know.”
Hayek
“No, no, no. Take the time to investigate. That’s the trap! ...There is so much more.”
MacLaine
“Right. The more is inside.”
Williams
“I think what you’re saying is valid, but I also think that what you’re saying doesn’t apply to all women. I think that’s impossible.”
Hayek
“What part of it is impossible? You’re giving attention to how the other one feels.”
Williams
“Because I have to,”
Hayek
"If you have to do that, then do that. Then that’s your journey. But I want to inspire other people to know it’s a choice.”
Dee Rees
“I don’t see myself a victim. Jessica doesn’t see herself as a victim. But it’s how you're read.”
Williams
“I also feel like the word ‘victim’ — I feel like it has bothered me. When I talk about feminism, sometimes I feel like being a black woman is cast aside. I always feel like I’m warring with my womanhood and wanting the world to be better, and with my blackness — which is the opposite of whiteness.”
Jill Soloway (Transparent creator)
“With intersectional feminism, it’s our responsibility as white women to recognize that when there are people of color or people who are queer — we need to prioritize your voices and let you speak the loudest and learn from your experience, because we haven’t been listening. So please, Jessica, finish your thoughts.”
Williams
“I think we need to not speak over black women, not assign them labels.”
Hayek
“What does this mean, ‘speak over?"
Williams
“To project your ideas on me. I think there is a fear that if we present an idea that, ‘Hey, maybe [black women] have it a little bit harder in this country’ — because we do; black women and trans women do — if we’re having it a little bit harder, it doesn’t invalidate your experience. I really am begging you to not take it personally.”
"Four out of five women who use their services (Planned Parenthood) are women of color."
Hayek
“So when you say women of color. Jessica, do you mind if I look at your eyes?”
Cora (celebrity chef)
“Wouldn’t it solve it if women just all had each other’s backs in general?”
Pierce
“Sure. The thing is this, yes, all women can work together, but we have to acknowledge that black women have a different experience. She’s here struggling and we keep shutting her down.”
Cora
“I don’t think anybody here shut her down,”
Hayek
“Can I interrupt, because I feel misunderstood. It’s not shutting you up. I feel misunderstood on one point: We should be also curious about our brain. By being the best that you can be. That’s what I was trying to say to you. Let’s not just spend all the time in the anger, but in the investigation.”
“Baby, I’m Mexican and Arab. I’m from another generation, baby, when this was not even a possibility. My generation, they said, ‘Go back to Mexico. You’ll never be anything other than a maid in this country.’ By the heads of studios! There was no movement. Latino women were not even anywhere near where you guys are. I was the first one. I’m 50 years old. So I understand.”
Wiliams
“You don't understand,”
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