Women against: 7 celebrities who opposed the system and won

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

Society constantly imposes its stereotypes on us: beauty, morality, behavior, even labor relations. Despite the fact that some of them do not like someone, people prefer to remain silent. However, there are also those who are not afraid to oppose the system and break the established stereotypes. Famous women who did not hush up the problems and started talking about them undoubtedly deserve respect.

Bette Davis

Betty's path to fame was far from cloudless. On her account there were many failed castings and unsuccessful roles. After her successful work in The Man Who Played God, Betty Davis signed a five-year contract with Warner Bros. Studios. However, later the actress had to fight for her rights with the film studio itself.

Already being a famous actress, Bette Davis filed a lawsuit against the film studio, defending her right to choose the scripts of the films in which she would like to star, as well as the directors for cooperation. Despite the fact that she lost the case, it was this trial, which was widely covered in the press, that became an example for other American actors, who increasingly began to defend their rights. Bette Davis herself, if she did not completely leave the power of the film studio, then got the opportunity to at least choose the scenarios.

She has become one of the most influential women in American cinema. Bette Davis has been nominated for an Oscar 10 times, twice won the prestigious Best Actress Award. Today, the actress is ranked second (after Katharine Hepburn) in the American Film Institute's "100 Greatest Movie Stars in 100 Years."

Ashley Judd

The American actress was the first to openly declare harassment in cinema. Ashley Judd accused producer Harvey Weinstein of harassment during the production of Kissing Girls.

The statement of the actress played the role of a trigger: her colleagues in the shop began to speak openly about such cases, without fear of condemnation and misunderstanding from the public. Women stopped paying attention to the authority and power of those who persuaded them to intimacy. More than fifty famous women opposed Weinstein alone. Ashley Judd's courageous move has led to widespread public outcry, and even California has passed a bill that will ban the regulation of cases of harassment in secret.

Billie Jean King

The tennis player became famous not only for her numerous victories, but also for her fight for the equality of men and women in tennis. For several years, Billie Jean King was called the most powerful tennis player in the world, but at the same time she initiated the creation of the World Women's Tennis Organization, which had its own calendar of games and its own prize money, which were not inferior to cash prizes in men's tennis.

In 1973, Billie Jean King literally challenged Bobby Rigs, who once held the world number one title, to a tennis duel. The 55-year-old tennis player allowed himself to disparagingly describe the level of women's tennis. During a duel at the sports palace in Houston, Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Rigs. This match also served to popularize tennis in the United States.

Tarana Burke

The American activist was the first to talk about sexual assault. The hashtag #MeToo came into use in 2017, when women began posting real stories of violence on social media. However, the movement itself appeared ten years earlier. Tarana Burke, who worked with victims of violence, communicating with a girl who survived the violence, could not admit to the victim that she herself is exactly the same. Tarana Burke survived the abuse, but hid these memories even from herself. Later, Tarana began to use the phrase "Me Too" on her social media page, wanting to show that the fact of rape does not make a woman worse. And it is not her fault that she was treated this way.

In 2017, actress Alyssa Milano used the hashtag #MeToo on social media and encouraged women to speak openly about their experiences of violence.

Mikayla Holmgren

In 2017, a girl with Down syndrome was able not only to take part in the Miss Minnesota beauty pageant, but also to become the owner of the Miss USA Spirit title. Two years earlier, Mikayla won a beauty contest for girls with disabilities, but decided that she could and should move on.

To the surprise of Mikeyla's mother, the girl accepted the application without a single question, and her participation in the competition became a real sensation. Many parents brought their children to the competition with the same diagnosis, and the happy Mikeyla Holmgren was able to prove to everyone: every person, regardless of their problems, has the right to self-realization and fulfillment of their dreams.

Sinead O'Connor

The Irish singer learned to speak freely, albeit with pain, about her mental illness. Sinead O'Connor suffers from bipolar disorder, but the singer is even more tormented by the attitude of friends and relatives towards her. Sinead was faced with the fact that everyone chose to leave her alone with problems. She stood a thousand times on the edge of the abyss and was ready to say goodbye to life, however, only the realization of the fact that there are a lot of people with such problems helped her to go through a critical situation.

Sinead O'Connor came up with the hashtag #OneOfMillions (One of the Millions), under which thousands of people began to share their stories. They talked about the difficulties they faced after learning about their diagnosis or the diagnosis of a loved one. People also shared their experiences in the fight against depression and suicidal thoughts, constantly reminding them: depression is a very serious disease that requires the help of a specialist, and not friendly gatherings.

Emma Melissa Aronson

She became the first plus-size model in the 1990s, proving a woman's right to have a figure that she feels comfortable with. She was a puffy 12-year-old girl when her stepfather drew the silhouette of the "correct" figure right on her body and even marked with a marker those areas that most need intervention.

But even then, Amy was not going to mindlessly follow her stepfather's instructions. At first, she was a simple advertising manager, and then was surprised to find that girls with non-standard figures are not represented in the modeling business. This was the impetus for Emmy to start her modeling career. The very first photo session made her famous. Thanks to the Emmy, women with non-standard figures ceased to suffer from inferiority complexes.

The very first plus-size model was included in the list of the most beautiful people according to the magazine "People", and in 1999 was even recognized as "America's main woman."

At all times, there were women who, without a shadow of hesitation, could be called la femme fatale. They skillfully manipulated men, violated generally accepted moral and ethical standards, shocked. We invite you to recall the stories of famous women of the first half of the twentieth century, who ideally fit the definition of "fatal beauty".