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Meryl Streep’s Reaction to Patricia Arquette’s Empowering Speech Says it All

So, Patricia Arquette is… everything. Not only was she able to let loose, have a little fun and celebrate the night with a couple (read: many?) drinks, she also gave an incredibly empowering acceptance speech when picking up her Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her role in Boyhood.

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

We weren’t the only ones who rejoiced—Meryl Streep kind of lost it, demonstrating exactly how we were feeling. Oh, and Jennifer Lopez’s reaction is not to be forgotten, either.

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.