Today i want to talk to you about the media and manners specifically about women in the
media and what happens when one woman chooses to share her truth this is unlike a lot of my usual
videos i usually post marketing publicity faith stuff encouragement stuff but today i'm actually
choosing to talk about something that is very much in the news now this is not a political post by
any means i'm not supporting or really criticizing but i am observing as a human all right i'm
observing as a human because when you watch a story that kind of takes on a life for itself i
get fascinated from the media perspective but also as a person i have an opinion i'm affected by it
and i think it's really a wonderful example of how important the media is in creating a narrative
and also how you can use the media no matter what position that you're in at any time to get your
message across now i'm talking specifically today about grace tame she was recently the australian
of the year last year in 2021 and she recently had a photo all with the australian prime minister
scott morrison and she showed up she shook his hand and was incredibly frosty to him didn't say
anything didn't smile she said nothing it was a very quick exchange for about three seconds
and then she walked away and it was interesting because actually usually at this time the person
who gets the most publicity is the incoming australian of the year a gentleman that deserves
it so much is a very worthy recipient well this story has been overshadowed by a couple of things
it was by that there was a huge media outcry the fact that a woman would be so rude to the prime
minister how disrespectful keep in mind she never actually said anything to him she shook his hand
and she stood for a photo she wasn't welcoming she didn't look like she wanted to be there but
she didn't actually say anything that was rude but a few things have fed into this and this is where
it becomes really important what the context is there were people saying that she should have been
rude she should have even stayed home because that would have been kinder than what she did and it's
interesting because i wrote a book about kindness it's called "Grit Grace and Hustle" and i'm all
about kindness and how important it is in your career and in your business but i also believe
in authenticity and i actually believe that as a woman she made a protest in a very powerful way
she didn't say a word but her language and her actions her body said it all that she
was unimpressed that she wasn't impressed with leadership and actually if you look back a bit
of the last year she has communicated that but that was her one final shot to make us to you
know make a statement that was her moment and she used it did she use it well well i'm talking
to you about it aren't i she has certainly uh made that made it a national conversation again
she talks about sexual um sexual abuse she is a huge advocate for for women and if you want to
read more of her story i would highly encourage you to but the point that i actually want to
talk about here and the point i'm really trying to make is a was she unkind by what she did no
she wasn't she was a woman who stood up and you know she stood next to a leader but had her own
personal agency and and to herself said i don't need to you know i don't need to cross the line
and pretend like i'm happy with you when i'm not she had her own personal agency in that moment now
she could have had a rant to him she could have been overly disrespectful she could have verbally
said something angry and showed her feelings that would have labeled her as the angry woman
we all know what happens when you do that so she used the media to get her message across without
even saying a word i call that a silent but very powerful protest it reminds me of i think it was
in the 1970s jane fonda won an academy award and she was currently at that time she was protesting
heavily i think the american government um about about some issues some very powerful issues and
people said to her when she won that oscar that she should refuse to that she should refuse it
she should refuse it because of everything that's been happening and you know and she should use it
as a massive message what she did was she got up she accepted it but her language she basically
used her language to protest and her language was there's a lot of things to say here but this
is not the right time to say it she understood the context of the media and the context of the moment
and what would be the most powerful protest and sometimes it's less words sometimes it's no words
sometimes it's choosing your moment and so i would a encourage you to have a look at it gather your
own opinion and be it's a woman who frankly she's sharing her authentic truth i support that was it
the best way i'm sure there are other ways but she had one shot she had one moment and she used it
the best that she know how and for that i support her for that i say well done lady and i'm so glad
that the media covered it so that we can have the conversation we're having now i'm a big fan
of women i don't consider myself a feminist by any by any means but i do think it's time to have that
conversation and more than anything it's time that if you have any position that you're allowed to
have access to a media platform there are so many ways to get your message out there that will help
change the conversation it's a powerful tool it's a powerful vehicle and you don't have to yell you
don't have to be angry you don't have to be overly disrespectful but you can do some very powerful
things to make it clear what your message is and media is a powerful tool to do that i hope you use
it i hope you you know look at all of our videos and i hope you subscribe to our our newsletter
list so that you can see how can i use the media to get my message across in the world how can i
use it to be authentic how could i be kind but also fierce you know there's a way to do that
and i think she demonstrated very powerfully there are a number of different ways that you can change
the conversation nationally and even globally so i hope you check it out thanks so much for watching