Patricia Arquette just won the Academy Award for best supporting actress for her role in “Boyhood” and used her acceptance speech to lobby for “equal rights for women in the United States of America.”
"It’s our time to have wage equality — once and for all." -Patricia Arquette #Oscars pic.twitter.com/y5umVEiJcs
— Good Morning America (@GMA) February 23, 2015
Here’s video of her speech…
https://twitter.com/feminiZAYN/status/569695551349919745
#MerylStreep & @JLo feel the same way we do! #Oscars2015
Thank you @PattyArquette!https://t.co/9ozpUJFaHc— HelloGiggles (@hellogiggles) February 23, 2015
…a speech that was incredibly well received by liberal Tweeters:
Everyone when @PattyArquette finished! pic.twitter.com/yD4SE9XIrV
— Jaime Primak (@JaimePrimak) February 23, 2015
What you said, Patricia Arquette! "Equal rights for women!" YES! #Oscars2015 cc @womensmediacntr
— CODEPINK (@codepink) February 23, 2015
https://twitter.com/Lizzs_Lockeroom/status/569692546278019072
Patricia Arquette speaks the truth! "It's time to have wage equality once and for all and equal rights for women…" #Oscars
— Rosa DeLauro (@rosadelauro) February 23, 2015
.@PattyArquette's acceptance speech was HANDS DOWN the best moment of the #Oscars so far: http://t.co/X3InTvuUD6 pic.twitter.com/ZCXmW6qu5A
— Cosmopolitan (@Cosmopolitan) February 23, 2015
And now for a little snark:
RT @MarkEnnis: It was then that I carried you. pic.twitter.com/mEcZQkiYgQ
— Mary Katharine Ham (@mkhammer) February 23, 2015
Last time I checked I can drive, leave my house w/out a male, show my face & ankles. WE ARE EQUAL. Lecture Saudi Arabia, @PattyArquette
— ?Merry Ginger ?? (@mchastain81) February 23, 2015
Patricia Arquette campaigning for "equal pay" right after accepting her $160K gift bag. She's the tops. #Oscars2015
— Jake Oakman (@jakeoakman) February 23, 2015
If wage equality for JLo & Meryl merits a shoutout, too much to hope we hear of religious persecution, assaults on free speech? #Oscars2015
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) February 23, 2015
Patricia Arquette, when you compare men and women in the same job with similar qualifications– the gender wage gap basically disappears.
— Julie Borowski (@JulieBorowski) February 23, 2015
Don’t let facts get in the way of a good speech!
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