A “bare” reality check for Hollywood
With searing honesty and simmering anger, Kristen Stewart decries backsliding in women’s progress Kristen Stewart. Photo: file Kristen Stewart delivered a scathing and emotionally charged speech at the Academy and Chanel Women’s Luncheon, condemning Hollywood for what she described as a “catastrophic” retreat of opportunities for female filmmakers after the momentum of the “Me Too” era. Addressing an audience of actors, directors and industry figures at the Academy’s Motion Picture Museum, Stewart said the promises of change once made to women in Hollywood have largely evaporated, replaced by token gestures that fail to create an authentic space for women’s voices.
