Scarlett Johansson Calls out James Franco in Women’s March Speech
Scarlett Johansson calls out James Franco in #WomensMarch2018 speech https://t.co/YKCylbIFr2 pic.twitter.com/F7nNbBMT5W
— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) January 21, 2018
About James Franco : (she didn’t name him directly during her speech but a rep for Johansson later confirmed it)
“How could a person publicly stand by an organization that helps to provide support for victims of sexual assault while privately preying on people who have no power? I want my pin back, by the way.”
About her own personal experience:
“Suddenly I was 19 again and I began to remember all the men who had taken advantage of the fact that I was a young woman who didn’t yet have the tools to say no, or understand the value of my own self-worth. I had many relationships both personal and professional where the power dynamic was so off that I had to create a narrative that I was the cool girl who could hang in and hang out, and that sometimes meant compromising what felt right for me.”
“No more pandering. No more feeling guilty about hurting someone’s feelings when something doesn’t feel right for me. I have made a promise to myself to be responsible to my self, that in order to trust my instincts I must first respect them.”
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I think that’s what’s on tonight
Edited at 2018-01-21 03:40 pm (UTC)
I don't understand why he has such teflon coating.
As for the cool girl aesthetic to fit into misogyny and not be a victim, or to pretend to not be a victim. I can relate that. Not everyone has the strength of self worth to fight this type of treatment. A lot of women have to play this soul crushing role to fit in with guys. i see it in roles dominated by men or where men run the show.
that's true, but while it explains a lot it doesn't justify everything. it's one thing to personally opt for that type of defensive behavior, but a v different one when those choices start undermining other women & their own fights - the french letter against #metoo comes to mind, for instance. that's an obvious & quite radical example, but there's other far more subtle ones that also hurt other women & minimize their pain; i can't condone that.
I haven’t felt the need to socialize with dumb dicks for a few years now. I wish I had the knowledge that males are terrible when I was a kid.
It's obviously good to hear people calling out Franco, but the fact that she's somehow being given the opportunity to represent women at a Women's March when she's not only worked and defended a known predator, but also has build up a good part of her career with racist choices (even when she was younger and not powerful with Lost in Translation)... It's ironic, to say the least.