ADVANCED THE MOVEMENT OF THE WOMEN'S MARCH.
SHE SAID, "IT WAS A DISPLAY OF THIS KIND OF PENT UP GOOD GIRL
BEHAVIOR THAT WE'VE ALL BEEN UP TWO FOR A LONG TIME, WHERE WE'VE
STRUGGLED TO GO ALONG AND GET ALONG" SHE SAYS, "I THINK
SOME OF US HAVE SUFFERED FROM THE IDEA THAT IF WE
NAVIGATE OUR WAY MORE SUBTLY THROUGH THE CHALLENGES WE FACE
AS WOMEN, THAT THAT WILL SOMEHOW SERVE OUR ULTIMATE GOAL."
SHE THEN GOES ON TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE RESPONSE FROM
TRUMP'S ELECTION.
SHE SAYS SHE THINKS IT'S LIKE A COLD SPLASH OF WATER IN ALL
OF OUR FACES, WHERE WE DECIDED, "NO MORE BEING NICE."
SHE GOES ON TO CLARIFY, "IT'S NOT THAT WE ARE BEING UGLY NOW,
BUT WE'RE BEING MORE ASSERTIVE, AND WE ARE NOT DEMURRING TO THE
IDEA THAT THIS IS A CONVERSATION THAT WE SHOULDN'T HAVE."
IF YOU WENT TO THE WOMEN'S MARCH, OR THE DAY WITHOUT WOMEN
STRIKES AROUND THE COUNTRY IN THIS MONTH, YOU WILL SEE THERE
IS DEFINITELY A CHANGE IN THE DIRECTION OF THE NARRATIVE, THE
WAY THAT WOMEN ARE APPROACHING ISSUES AND STANDING UP FOR
THEMSELVES; BY THE WAY THEY ARE JUST QUITE FRANKLY CLAIMING THAT
THEY ARE FEMINISTS IS NEW AND DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'VE
HAD IN OTHER SORT OF SITUATIONS PRIOR TO THIS ELECTION.
IT WAS A WAKE-UP CALL, AND I DO AGREE WITH HER THAT WE NEED
TO STOP BEING NICE, AND TO BE MORE ASSERTIVE IN WHAT WE
WANT AND WHAT WE ARE FIGHTING FOR.
THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS I AGREE WITH WITH WHAT SHE IS
SAYING, AND SOME THINGS THAT I DISAGREE WITH.
I'VE READ INTO WHAT SHE HAS TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, WITH
REGARD TO THE CAMPAIGN AND WHY DONALD TRUMP BEAT OUT
HILLARY CLINTON, AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S WHY HILLARY
CLINTON LOST THE ELECTION, BECAUSE SHE WAS A WOMAN.
SHE BASICALLY PLACED IT ON HILLARY CLINTON, SHE ñ
HER WORDS, LOST IN A MISOGYNISTIC CLIMATE.
HILLARY CLINTON LOST BECAUSE SHE RESTED ON BEING THE BETTER
OF TWO EVILS.
YOU CANNOT DENY THERE IS A MISOGYNISTIC CLIMATE.
I'M TALKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT HILLARY CLINTON, AND THE
IDEOLOGY THAT SHE ONLY LOST BECAUSE OF ñ
THAT'S NOT ñ
THIS IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO PUSH FORWARD, A LOT OF TIME PEOPLE,
SPECIFICALLY IN THE HILLARY CAMPAIGN, TRYING TO JUSTIFY HER
LOSING, IT WAS THIRD-PARTY VOTERS, BERNIE SANDERS,
SHE'S A WOMAN.
THERE WAS A LOT OF FACTORS.
SHE LOST BECAUSE SHE WAS A HORRENDOUS CANDIDATE.
I DISAGREE, I THINK IT WAS A COMBINATION OF A LOT OF THINGS.
YOU DON'T GET TO SAY THAT THE FACT THAT SHE WAS ñ
IS A WOMAN DID NOT PLAY INTO HER LOSING.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS STILL IS A CONVERSATION, IT'S BEEN PROVEN,
THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL PARTY IN GENERAL WAS CORRUPT IN
FAVOR OF HILLARY CLINTON.
I'M NOT DENYING ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE SAYING.
AND AFTER THE LOST, AND ñ AFTER THE LOSS, IN A WAY OF DEALING
WITH WHAT HAPPENED, I TAKE EVERYTHING LIKE A SPORTS GAME,
RATHER THAN BLAMING THE OPPONENT ñ IF YOU LOST AGAINST SOMEONE
WHO WAS AREA ñ WHO HAS ZERO EXPERIENCE, YOU DON'T BLAME THE
OPPOSITION STRAIGHTAWAY, YOU LOOK AT YOUR INTERNAL PARTY AND
TRIED TO FIGURE OUT.
GO AHEAD BRETT.
YOU BLAME THE REFS.
YOU BLAME THE FBI.
ALSO, IT WAS A HOME-FIELD ADVANTAGE.
NOW I'M JUST SAYING THINGS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH SPORTS.
THE POSSESSION ARROW MALFUNCTIONS.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT THERE WASN'T MISOGYNISTIC ABUSE TOWARDS
CLINTON, THERE ARE PROBABLY PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO VOTED FOR
TRUMP BECAUSE HE'S A MAN AND SHE WAS A WOMAN.
BUT IN THE QUOTE THAT I HAVE READ TO THE OTHER PROBLEMS
THAT WERE PROBLEMATIC TO HILLARY CLINTON'S CAMPAIGN, I THINK
SHE'S NOT PAYING ATTENTION.
HER EXACT WORDS WERE, SHE'S A FANTASTIC CANDIDATE SHE WAS
GOING TO DO THIS THIS AND THIS, AND THAT'S NOT TRUE.
THAT IS YOUR OPINION AND THAT IS A FAIR OPINION, BUT LET'S TALK
ABOUT THIS INTERVIEW WHERE THAT WAS A RESPONSE TO ONE
QUESTION, HER RESPONSE ABOUT HILLARY CLINTON.
BUT I REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON THIS CONCEPT OF TELLING WOMEN
THAT THEY HAVE TO KIND OF LET GO OF THE WHOLE NICE GIRL
PERSONA, THAT A LOT OF THE TIMES WOMEN UPHOLD.
I HAVE FOUND THIS PERSONALLY IN MY OWN CAREER, WHEN I FIRST
STARTED APPEARING ON CAMERA TWO YEARS AGO ñ I MEAN, YOU APPEAR
AS A WOMAN ON CAMERA AND YOU SAY ANYTHING ABOUT WOMEN OR WOMEN'S
RIGHTS, YOU ARE INSTANTLY, QUITE FRANKLY A FEMINAZI CUNT.
AND SO FOR A LONG TIME I DID NOT WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT WOMEN'S
RIGHTS, AND FIGHT EACH WAS A QUALITY, BECAUSE I WAS
NERVOUS ABOUT THE BACKLASH.
AND AT THIS POINT, WE ARE IN A CLIMATE WHERE A LOT OF THE
ISSUES WE ARE FIGHTING AGAINST AREN'T NEW ISSUES.
HEALTHCARE, MAKING LESS THAN MEN, NOT HAVING MORE WOMEN IN
CEO POSITIONS -
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NOT HAVING MORE WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT.
THESE ARE NOT NEW ISSUES THAT HAPPENED AFTER JANUARY 20 ñ
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ABOUT GENDER RELATIONS IN AMERICA, AND DURING THAT SHE IS
FOCUSING ON THINGS THAT WOMEN CAN DO IN ORDER TO PROGRESS
MORE IN THE FIGHT.
AND I THINK A GOOD RHETORICAL STANCE IS TO SAY, YES IT'S A
MISOGYNISTIC ENVIRONMENT, AND DEFINITELY NOT THE SOLE
CONTRIBUTOR TO WHAT HAPPENED EVERYONE CAN AGREE, BUT SHE IS
SAYING, LET'S LOOK AT THE MISOGYNISTIC ENVIRONMENT THAT
PREVAILS, AND WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS DIRECTLY REINFORCED BECAUSE
THE GUY WHO SAID THE WORST THING ANYONE HAS EVER SAID AS A MAJOR
CANDIDATE FOR A PARTY EVER, WON, AND WE HAVE TO DO SO ABOUT IT.
AND I THINK SOME REALLY GREAT TACTICAL ñ
IF WE ARE TALKING TACTICS ñ I THINK IT'S REALLY SMART TO
SAY, LET'S LOOK AT WHETHER WE ARE ON OFFENSE OR DEFENSE.
THE PLACES WHERE WE NEED TO HOLD, WE NEED TO HOLD THE
CONTROL OVER YOUR OWN BODY, BUT WHEN YOU DO TOO MUCH OF THAT YOU
FIND YOURSELF, YOU ARE PLAYING DEFENSE, YOU ARE TRYING TO PUT
OUT FIRES AS OPPOSED TO TRYING TO GET RID OF THE THING
CAUSING THE FIRE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
I THINK GOING ON THE OFFENSIVE IS GREAT AND I THINK SHE
OUTLINES THREE THINGS TO DO THAT AND IT WAS A GREAT INTERVIEW.
I DIDN'T GET TO THE THINGS I AGREE WITH, BECAUSE OF
COURSE I UNDERSTAND THAT THE POINTS I HAVE, PEOPLE MIGHT
NOT AGREE WITH, BUT THERE ARE IDEAS THAT I DID AGREE WITH.
I AGREE WITH WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, IS THAT THERE IS THIS
TARNISHING OF WOMEN STANDING UP FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVE, WITH
BOTH MEN AND WOMEN.
I SPENT HALF MY TIME RIPPING APART A WOMAN WHO IS THERE TO
SHAME OTHER WOMEN ON FACEBOOK FOR STANDING BY THEIR BELIEFS,
BECAUSE I SIMPLY BELIEVE THAT ABSOLUTELY, THE LAWS THAT ARE
PUT IN PLACE TO ROLLBACK VIEWS ON ABORTION, AND THE FUNDING TO
GIVE WOMEN THE RIGHT TO THE WRONG CHOICE, IS DESPICABLE AND
I'M AGAINST THAT.
WHAT I'M SAYING IN THIS SITUATION IS, OVERALL, YES
HER MESSAGE HOLDS TRUE AND IT IS AN IMPORTANT ONE, BUT WHAT I
FELT LIKE WHAT SHE WAS ALLUDING TO IN THAT MESSAGE CARRYING
FORTH WAS TO JUSTIFY HILLARY CLINTON LOSING THE ELECTION.
I'M COMING FROM A BACKGROUND, MAYBE I'M MORE NUMB TO IT,
BECAUSE MY COUNTRY IS STILL FEELING THE REPERCUSSIONS OF THE
FIRST WOMAN LEADER, WHO IS CELEBRATED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
MERYL STREEP PL.
HER IN A MOVIE, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN ANYBODY
THINKS MARGARET THATCHER IS A GREAT LEADER?
IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH HER BEING A WOMAN, SHE WAS
HORRENDOUS.
MY FAVORITE MARGARET THATCHER JOKE WAS, BACK AND FORTH,
WHAT AM I DOING?
I MARGARET THATCHER RIGHT NOW DOING ALL I CAN FOR
BRITAIN'S POOR.
THAT'S VERY TRUE.
I GET YOUR POINT AND I THINK THE MAJORITY OF THIS INTERVIEW SHE
DID WITH VOX IS TALKING ABOUT MOVING FORWARD, AND THE WAY SHE
THINKS THE WOMEN'S MOVEMENT NEEDS TO PROGRESS, SO IT IS
REALLY GETTING INTO THIS NO MORE NICE GIRL SORT OF THING, AND I
THINK JUST SORT OF STANDING UP FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN ñ AND
YOU DO A LOT OF THAT, NOT THE NO MORE NICE GIRL PART, BUT YOU DO
A LOT OF COMING ACROSS IN A MORE AGGRESSIVE AND OFFENSE OF
WAY, WHICH IS IMPORTANT.
YOU'VE JUST GOT TO TRY THINGS OUT.
YOU DON'T WANT TO LIKE, SAY, THIS IS UNFAIR AND THIS IS TOUGH
AND I BLAME THE SYSTEM, YOU WANT TO TRY STUFF OUT UNTIL IT WORKS.
I REMEMBER ONE TIME ñ AND I'M NOT A WOMAN IN THE BUSINESS
PLACE ñ BUT I REMEMBER COMING UP AS A VERY INTIMATE A PERSON
TRYING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH LEGAL AFFAIRS FOR THE
COMPANY I WORK FOR AT THE TIME, AND THE BEST THING I DID
WAS BE TOO NICE.
I DID NOT ASK FOR A RAISE, WE ENDED UP CHITCHATTING FOR
ABOUT AN HOUR AND IT WAS THE BEST THING.
THAT DOESN'T WORK FOR A LOT OF WOMEN, BEING NICE DOES NOT ALLOW
YOU TO ñ
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BUT FOR ME, WHEN SOMETHING ISN'T WORKING FOR ME AND I START
TO BLAME THE REFS, HAD I SPENT TOO MUCH TIME TALKING ABOUT
WHY IT IS NOT WORKING FOR ME, AS OPPOSED TO WHAT WENDY IS
DOING, WHICH IS, LET'S TRY THIS NEW APPROACH, I THINK THAT
IS THE MOST HEALTHY THING.
I THINK I GET CAUGHT UP IN WHAT'S GOING WRONG WITH THE
RULES, AND I THINK THIS HELPS, TO TRY SOMETHING NEW.
AND EVERYONE IS ANNOYING WHO IS LIKE, IT'S NOT FAIR HERE!
COMMUNICATION.
I AGREE WITH HAVING THAT HANNAH WAS ALLUDING TO AS WELL, IF YOU
ARE A WOMAN IS THIS IDEOLOGY THAT IF YOU ARE PUSHING WERE
BEING MORE AGGRESSIVE, YOU ARE CONSIDERED BOSSY.
YOU ARE CONSIDERED A BITCH.
AND YEAH, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN ASSERTIVE AND FORWARD WITH MY
OPINIONS AND I'M CONSIDERED CONFIDENT, SO I DON'T THINK IT'S
FAIR.
WHEN I'M LOOKING AT WENDY DAVIS, I STAND FOR THAT IDEOLOGY, I
WANT TO STAND FOR EMPOWERING WOMEN TO MOVE FORWARD, BUT WHAT
I'M SAYING HERE, I'VE HAD THE ARGUMENT ON MY MANY TIMES THAT
IF HILLARY CLINTON WON, IT WOULD BE A MASSIVE VICTORY FOR WOMEN,
BUT IN MY MIND I DO NOT THINK THAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WOULD
BE IN A BETTER POSITION IN COMPARISON TO WITH BERNIE ONE.
THAT IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT, YET.
LOOKING AT THE MESSAGES SHE IS PUTTING FORWARD, AS A
DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKER, THERE IS NOTHING OUTLINED THERE TO
UPHOLD THE PROGRESSIVE WING OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
THAT'S WHY I LIKE THIS STATEMENT BY WENDY, WHICH IS, IF YOU
DON'T SEE IT AND YOU DON'T HAVE A MODEL FOR YOU ON HOW
SUCCESSFUL WOMEN ARE IN THOSE ROLES, YOU DON'T YET TRUST
THAT WOMEN CAN DO IT.
IF THE SAME AS OBAMA, AND FOR ME I REMEMBER WHEN GEORGE
WASHINGTON BECAME PRESIDENT I WAS LIKE, A WHITE GUY CAN
BE PRESIDENTS, NOW I CAN MODEL MY LIFE AFTER THAT.