Things we ❤️: Natalie Portman’s awesome speech at Harvard on impostor syndrome. “I felt like there had been some mistake, that I wasn’t smart enough to be in this company, and that every time I opened my mouth I would have to prove that I wasn’t just a dumb actress. Sometimes, your inexperience may lead you to embrace other people’s expectations. But you can harness that inexperience to carve out your own path.” #LoveThis #LeanIn
#Grad tip from Lean In for Graduates: Shift from a “what do I get” to a “what can I offer?” mindset.
#Grad tip: Proceed and be bold. More tips from #LeanIn for Graduates http://bit.ly/1nLd1MJ
A true gladiator: Kerry Washington brought the crowd to its feet during a stirring speech at the GLAAD media awards on the importance of working towards equality together – and how representation onscreen can make a huge difference.
Actor and comedian Terry Crews recently shared his thoughts on the importance of being a male feminist. As the father of four daughters and grandfather of a 5-year-old baby girl, Crews stresses the importance of being an ally of the women’s equality movement.
“The truth is, everyone is equal and valuable, and everyone is necessary, but there tends to be a dismissal of certain groups. I’m not here to tell guys that it’s their responsibility to come to a woman’s rescue. Women are more than capable of handling themselves, and have been doing so wonderfully for years. What I am saying is, as one man to another man, examine your own mind-set.”
Well said, Terry! #LeanInTogether
Read on at DAME.
Television showrunning extraordinaire Shonda Rhimes delivered an amazing speech at The Human Rights Campaign Gala: “I get asked a lot by reporters and tweeters why I am so invested in ‘diversity’ on television,” she said. “I am making TV look like the world looks. Women, people of color, LGBTQ people equal way more than 50% of the population. Which means it ain’t out of the ordinary. I am making the world of television look normal."
Read the full speech at Medium.
In Dad’s Footsteps: Daughter of Firefighter Killed on 9/11 Joins FDNY
Josephine Smith told her father, a firefighter, she would work with him one day but it wasn’t meant to be: He died while responding to the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center.
But Smith carried on with her dream, even stronger after the death of her dad, Kevin. Now, 13 years later, she has become the first daughter of a 9/11 responder to join the ranks of New York City’s fire department.
“I’ve made it a mission to make sure that I fulfilled my dream of becoming a city firefighter and following in my father’s footsteps,” she said Tuesday, when she graduated from the FDNY academy.
Her mom, Angelina Clay, said Kevin would be proud of his daughter, “but most important, she’s made herself proud about what she’s accomplished today. And that’s our goal with her.” She noted that if he were still alive, Kevin would have told Josephine: “Do a good job. Keep your head straight. Your heart in it. And love your job.”
Read more at NBC.
(Photo Credit: Ken Goldfield)
Congratulations Malala, one of our heroes, for winning the Nobel Peace Prize.
“They thought that the bullets would silence us. But they failed.The terrorists thought that they would change our aims and stop our ambitions but nothing changed in my life except this: Weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage was born."
"I am the same Malala. My ambitions are the same. My hopes are the same. My dreams are the same.” -Malala Yousafazai
For more on the prize, read 8 Ways Malala Has Made The World Better For Women
(Photo Credit: TIME)
Shirley Chisholm on how she wants to be remembered.
(Source: shirleychisholmproject, via blackwomenworldhistory)
Learn more about Maryam Mirzakhani at wired.
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"I consider myself to be a feminist."- JK Rowling
How do you #RepictureWomen? Lean In is at Cannes Lions this week talking women, advertising, imagery, ugly selfies — and closing the visual gender gap.
