Amy Schumer Goes Off on Men Calling #MeToo Movement a 'Witch Hunt'

This week during the 2018 SheKnows #BlogHer Summit, speakers Amy Schumer, Gabrielle Union and Uzo Aduba took a powerful position uplifting all women and encouraging them to use their voice. 

The two-day conference which took place in New York featured a surprise appearance by Schumer. The comedian took the time to beg the predominantly female audience to “promote the ever-loving sh-t” out of fellow female creators. 

There was no time to sugar coat words, Schumer wanted to deliver her words straight and to the point. She commented on the diversity of women and asked the crowd to recognize that women of color do indeed have it a little bit harder than others. 

“Things are bad for women, but there’s no one that it’s worse for than women of color,” Schumer said. “Once you see that and your eyes are open to that, if you don’t do everything in your power to lift them up, then you’re a piece of sh-t.”  

She then went on to scold the men who shame the #MeToo movement and label it as a "witch hunt." 

"You mean when you burned us at the stake for no reason? You don’t have to support us, but come up with a better f--king example," she stated. 

Orange Is the New Black star Uzo Aduba added on to Schumer's statements during her own discussion with Time’s Up CMO Rachel Terrace. Aduba asked for women around the world to continue to lift each other up regardless of background. In order to effect real cultural change, women will need to act as their "sister's keeper," she says. 

“We are all in everyone’s fight. Everyone is suffering,” Uzo said. “Just because your issue is on the front burner does not mean there are no [other] issues. Until we understand what that means, there will not be real change.”

Women in politics advocate, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, also joined the summit to discuss the financial burden that woman face. Gillibrand stated that paid family leave could economically elevate women, Billboard reports. 

“If we had a national paid leave plan that worked for all jobs and all states, you would allow more people, particularly women, to reach their full economic potential, to earn more money for their families and to continue to move up the ladder,” said the senator.  

Jessica Alba joined the closing panel to discuss her thriving natural beauty business, The Honest Company. As she previously faced the issues that Senator Kirsten Gillibrand looks to fight through government law, Alba went on to offer 16 weeks of paid leave for women and 8 weeks of paid leave for men through her company. 

“Every time I went back to work after having one of my children, I cried,” said Alba. “I know what a fragile time it is for parents.”



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