The serial Oscar winner won’t label herself with the the F-word – and it seems to be a growing trend in Hollywood. What’s going on?
If there’s one woman you can count on to fight the good feminist fight in Hollywood, it’s surely Meryl Streep. So the internet did a collective double take when the Oscar-winner chose not to label herself with the F-word in an interview this week.
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“The reason why it’s called feminism while advocating for gender equality is because females are the gender that are the underprivileged, underserved gender. You attain gender equality by advocating for the rights of the underprivileged gender.”
“I’m always a little bit puzzled when any woman, of whatever age but particularly a young woman, says something like, ‘Well, I believe in equal rights, but I’m not a feminist.’ Well, a feminist is by definition someone who believes in equal rights!”
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