Patty Arquette Can Win Another Award Just for That Speech

"To every woman who gave birth, to every taxpayer and citizen of this nation, we have fought for everybody else’s equal rights, it’s our time to have wage equality once and for all, and equal rights for women in the United States of America.”

Her words reverberated across the venue, across the ranks of the glitterati of the entertainments world- and through the luminescence of that evening, across the globe.

“Patty Arquette can have another award for that speech,” says everybody ever- and we hope that the world is lauding her not just because it’s fashionable to hoist the feminism flag nowadays; I’d like to believe that the speech, somewhere deep down, did attain its destiny of being a stimulus.

It’s important when patrons of Hollywood and Bollywood- the two most powerful, most scrutinized and most influential batons of present-day propaganda- take a stand. Mortals worldwide get the validation they seek, for the fears they suspected that only the class of them was a victim of.

And women in the industry have been setting their best foot forward in getting as candid as possible, about problems that their predecessors wouldn’t dare make a squeak about, under the strain upholding that picture perfect glamorous mirage.

Not so long ago, Deepika Padukone called out Times Of India, and just gimmicky practices in journalism overall, when they circulated a picture of her cleavage in a gorgeous dress she was wearing. She just wouldn’t have that.

Scarlett Johansson, in a moment of sheer indignation, exploded at the shortsighted approach of a journalist, when at an Avengers press conference with Robert Downey Jr.  “Why do you get the really interesting, existential questions and I get the, like, rabbit food question?” Summed up the moldy style of journalism that has persisted since the beginning of journalism and the beginning of time. Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Zoey Deschanel- all of them women of substance- chose not to be reduced to the sum of their curves and wardrobes.

And adding whipped cream to only fluff this thought up further, was Amy Poehler, with her Ask Her More campaign. “The #RedCarpet is open and we want the media to #AskHerMore! Let's go beyond 'who are you wearing?' and ask better questions! #GoldenGlobes”

In fact, Emma Watson, a little girl we saw grow up, struggling to be known for the new phase she was entering in her career, as opposed to her puberty- championed the cause in real life too, by being appointed the Goodwill Ambassador for UN Women.

“All I know- is that I care. I was privileged, but most of us aren’t so lucky,” she admitted in a truly heartbroken, shaking voice, in a memorable speech to a global set of ears.  Isn’t that really the only little bit we need from our more privileged sisters in Solidarity?