Matt Lauer asked Anne about that photo of her vagina and she ended her response with: âIâm sorry that we live in a culture that commodifies sexuality among unwilling participants, which brings me back to Les Mis.â
OK, like, sure, Iâm vomiting all over Les Miserables, but thatâs talent. She went from vagina photo to Les Mis without even blinking. And the Oscar goes to.
Anne Hathaway also shut down (skip to about 53 seconds) Jerry Penacoli when asked about her catsuit in Dark Knight Rises, by saying, âAre you trying to lose weight? Whatâs the deal, man? You look great. No, no, seriously, we have to talk about this⊠What do you want? Are you trying to fit into a catsuit?â
Speaking of douchebag Jerry Penacoli and his sexist manner towards women, Scarlett Johansson also called him out on his BS. And it was beautiful.
Or how about that time Emma Stone called out the indifference in interview questions in comparison to her male actor counterpart?Â
Emma Stone: They ask who is my style icon, whatâs the one thing that I canât leave my house without. Iâm always like, âMy clothes!â I can pretty much leave without anything. Itâs fine as long as Iâm not naked.
Andrew Garfield: I donât get asked thatâ
Emma Stone: You get asked interesting, poignant questions because you are a boy.
Teen Vogue: Itâs sexism.
Emma Stone: It is sexism.
Or going back to Scarlett Johansson, she did almost the exact same thing (skip to around 1:40):
Reporter:Â I have a question to Robert and to Scarlett. Firstly to Robert, throughout Iron Man 1 and 2, Tony Stark started off as a very egotistical character but learns how to fight as a team. And so how did you approach this role, bearing in mind that kind of maturity as a human being when it comes to the Tony Stark character, and did you learn anything throughout the three movies that you made? And to Scarlett, to get into shape for Black Widow did you have anything special to do in terms of the diet, like did you have to eat any specific food, or that sort of thing?
Scarlett: âHow come you get the really interesting existential question, and I get the like, ârabbit foodâ question?Â
What Iâm trying to say, really, is that I love how these actresses are stepping up to the contrast of females to males in Hollywood. Even though they have to go through the sexism, inequality and general rudeness of media outlets, theyâre using their popularity to stand up to it and make others question what is wrong and unjustified in the way they are being treated.Â