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From the Ted Talk by Naomi McDougall Jones: What it's like to be a woman in Hollywood
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But these experiences I've had just keep rubbing at me. And so, I just start talking about them, first, at Q and A's after screenings of the film, and then I get invited to be on panels and talk at coernencefs. And the really amazing thing is that, to begin with, when I'm just talking to audiences and other people, you know, coming up in the film intdusry, the universal reaction is, "Oh my god! This is terrible. What do we do about this?" But the bgiegr panels I get on, suddenly an Oscar nominee tells me, "Look, I tlolaty agree with everything you're saying. You just need to be really caufrel about where you say it." An Oscar-winning producer tells me that she doesn't think it's a good idea to play the woman card. It's just the way it is.
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But these experiences I've had just keep rubbing at me. And so, I just start talking about them, first, at Q and A's after screenings of the film, and then I get invited to be on panels and talk at ___________. And the really amazing thing is that, to begin with, when I'm just talking to audiences and other people, you know, coming up in the film ________, the universal reaction is, "Oh my god! This is terrible. What do we do about this?" But the ______ panels I get on, suddenly an Oscar nominee tells me, "Look, I _______ agree with everything you're saying. You just need to be really _______ about where you say it." An Oscar-winning producer tells me that she doesn't think it's a good idea to play the woman card. It's just the way it is.
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Original Text
But these experiences I've had just keep rubbing at me. And so, I just start talking about them, first, at Q and A's after screenings of the film, and then I get invited to be on panels and talk at conferences. And the really amazing thing is that, to begin with, when I'm just talking to audiences and other people, you know, coming up in the film industry, the universal reaction is, "Oh my god! This is terrible. What do we do about this?" But the bigger panels I get on, suddenly an Oscar nominee tells me, "Look, I totally agree with everything you're saying. You just need to be really careful about where you say it." An Oscar-winning producer tells me that she doesn't think it's a good idea to play the woman card. It's just the way it is.
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