In the days following the women’s marches, there have been several social media posts about the empowering speeches heard from all over the nation. The women’s marches were a very successful and inspiring display of people coming together to voice their disapproval of Trump’s hateful rhetoric. Our favorite celebrity feminists weren’t going to miss this historic movement. Here are five of the best celebrity speeches.
5. Scarlett Johansson
Scarlett Johansson took the stage at the Washington, D.C. women’s march to voice her support for Planned Parenthood. She spoke of her own experience at fifteen going to a Planned Parenthood to see someone about changes she was experiencing with her body. “No judgement, no questions asked, Planned Parenthood provided a safe place where I could be treated with gentle guidance,” she said. She goes on in her speech to challenge Donald Trump by supporting women’s reproductive rights. See her full speech here.
4. America Ferrera
America Ferrera, a daughter of immigrants, slayed us all in her speech on the importance of togetherness for the next next four years. “The president is not America, his cabinet is not America, Congress isn’t America. We are America,” she said. She brings attention to the immigration issue and pushes us to support one another and fight together. See her full speech here.
3. Alicia Keys
Not only did Alicia Keys give us a killer performance of “Girl on Fire,” but she also recited a poem and speech about rising above. “We will rise…until our dollar is the same as a dollar of a man’s,” she said. She reminds us of how amazing it is being a women and how we are capable of achieving anything a man can. See her full performance and speech here.
2. Gloria Steinem
Gloria Steinem has been a trailblazer for the feminist movement her entire life, and her speech was no disappointment. Steinem begins by applauding marchers and says, “we must put our bodies where our beliefs are.” She speaks of the amazing leaders women still have on their side, like the Obamas, Bernie and Hillary. She expresses that the unity of movements like the women’s march is what is going to give us power. See her full speech here.
1. Ashley Judd
Ashley Judd recites a poem written by 19-year-old Nina Donovan that gives us #NastyWoman chills. “I am not as nasty as racism, fraud, conflict of interest, homophobia, sexual assault, transphobia, white supremacy, misogyny, ignorance, (or) white privilege,” she read. Her speech represents everything that the women’s march is about. “So we are not here to be debunked,” she said. We are here to be respected. We are here to be nasty.” See her full speech here.