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00:09Are you like a bossy person?
00:11No, I would just say like I'm a boss.
00:15I didn't grow up seeing a lot of examples of short, brown, chubby, poor daughters of
00:21immigrant parents grow up to be successful actresses and loud activists.
00:26I had to use my imagination most of the time.
00:29Why is a woman's virginity the only thing that matters?
00:32A woman has thoughts, ideas, a mind of her own.
00:36We know that it makes all the difference to see ourselves reflected by culture with dignity,
00:45with humor, with compassion.
00:47All I really want is a chance of any position or publication.
00:50I can tell you.
00:50What is the difference between being bossy and being a boss?
00:54Being a woman.
00:55Being a woman.
01:00I'm just so grateful for my body and how healthy it is and how strong it is.
01:05I am who I am in spite of myself.
01:08If I wanted to be someone who would just kind of keep their mouth shut and stay quiet, I
01:13couldn't even make myself be that person.
01:15I just am who I am.
01:17But hey, if there's one thing I've learned this summer, it's that no one can diminish you
01:21but yourself and you taught me that.
01:27We can leave the next generation with a better reflection of their innate worth and their
01:35inherent power simply by claiming and living in our own power.
01:42You've really got away with words.
01:53You've really got away with words.
01:53We Shar bear with organic VSenerativity.