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Here’s What Happens When Red Carpet Reporters #AskHerMore

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Ever since Reese Witherspoon demanded that interviewers #AskHerMore on the red carpet by focusing less on details like what she’s wearing and more on her accomplishments, there’s been a massive push to have meaningful discussion with women on the red carpet. Amy Poehler’s Smart Girls took to the Emmys red carpet to keep the effort going. Armed with questions sourced from Twitter users, interviewers asked questions like, “How do you think we can better represent all cast types of women in the media, especially television?” and “What’s the bravest thing you’ve ever done? What’s the bravest thing you’ve ever seen someone else do?”

Here are the best, most inspiring questions and answers—below:











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Alice is the Senior Associate Editor at Her Campus. She graduated from Emory University in 2012 as an English major and a Dance minor. Before joining Her Campus, she was an associate editor at Lucky Magazine. She is currently located in Salt Lake City, UT, where she spends her free time rescuing orphaned kittens, whose lives are documented on Instagram at @thekittensquad! You can find her on Twitter and Instagram at @alicefchen.