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History of Feminism

angrychair

(9,685 posts)

26. talking about it is great

Reply to cui bono (Reply #23)

Mon Feb 23, 2015, 07:46 PM

Feb 2015

That it was said on a world stage, great. My point is that a millionaire, in a room full of millionaires, talking about pay inequality is a little obtuse at best.

The paycheck I care about is the walmart, target, McDonald's, state and federal employees barely making it or not making it at all. If you are the 1%, your paycheck inequality is very low on my priority list.
So the term got some airtime, so what now? As I have already said, one voice is a nice place to start. 10,000 voices is great. One million voices is a foundation for real change.

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One Perfect Tweet Shows Just How Ridiculous Everything Is [View all] BainsBane Feb 2015 OP

Exactly ismnotwasm Feb 2015 #1

not sure I want to know. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2015 #3

really? and the same ole telling us the reason why the male gets so much more money? seabeyond Feb 2015 #5

Seems like we are ALWAYS starting at Ground Zero. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2015 #2

people are flipping out? because women want same pay as their counter male playing a role? seabeyond Feb 2015 #4

^^^ this^^^ BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2015 #35

The people freaking out are fake news, i.e., so called Christians aka GOP party and their Iliyah Feb 2015 #6

People are losing their shit over this? sheshe2 Feb 2015 #7

When Patricia said that, I knew the gop squawking heads would be popping like geysers. Dont call me Shirley Feb 2015 #8

They hate Women so what they think is irrelevant. randys1 Feb 2015 #27

Like another McCarthyist celebrity round-up, that could be coming again. Dont call me Shirley Feb 2015 #32

You know... malthaussen Feb 2015 #9

Yeah, what a radical notion. riqster Feb 2015 #10

Thanks to Patricia Arquette. We are women. We matter, and it's our turn. JDPriestly Feb 2015 #11

don't get me wrong angrychair Feb 2015 #12

The thing about Hollywood celebs BainsBane Feb 2015 #13

Don't shoot the messenger, listen to the message. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #14

all due respect angrychair Feb 2015 #15

There is a huge difference BainsBane Feb 2015 #16

Not to mention, Arquette didn't claim the the "room full of millionaires" Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 2015 #18

we have a failure to communicate angrychair Feb 2015 #21

Again, the issue was not income equality BainsBane Feb 2015 #31

again, really? angrychair Feb 2015 #36

I did not call you a misogynist BainsBane Feb 2015 #38

That would be mercuryblues Feb 2015 #28

her opinion isn't at issue angrychair Feb 2015 #29

So anything said by a wealthy person can be dismissed? That makes no sense. Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 2015 #17

not what I said angrychair Feb 2015 #25

By that reasoning, white people should not have spoken out or participated in the Civil Rights Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 2015 #30

she didn't ask you to feel sorry for her. She was initiating a discussion on pay equity magical thyme Feb 2015 #33

millionaires dont run shit. mopinko Feb 2015 #22

Bitterness isn't going to change anything. Speaking out does. n/t cui bono Feb 2015 #24

one of the differences would be that the hollywood room full of millionaires actually DID something, niyad Feb 2015 #34

she was speaking to the millions watching as well... Phentex Feb 2015 #19

the sony hack mopinko Feb 2015 #20

So what is the appropriate salary amount where it would be okay to demand equality? cui bono Feb 2015 #23

talking about it is great angrychair Feb 2015 #26

How precisely, is her dialog regarding equal pay insensitive at best? LanternWaste Feb 2015 #37