{"id":2258,"date":"2020-01-06T23:25:12","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T12:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=165884"},"modified":"2021-01-21T17:46:30","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T17:46:30","slug":"michelle-williams-golden-globes","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/michelle-williams-golden-globes\/","title":{"rendered":"Once Again, Michelle Williams Used Her Acceptance Speech To Stand Up For Women&#8217;s Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_165886\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-165886\" style=\"width: 683px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-165886 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/GettyImages-1197739130.jpg?w=683\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-165886\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA &#8211; JANUARY 05: Michelle Williams attends the 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 05, 2020 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Jon Kopaloff\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Following host Ricky Gervais&#8217; joke about celebrities using the <a href=\"https:\/\/icon.ink\/articles\/golden-globes-2020-winners-nominations-list\/\" target=\"_blank\">Golden Globes<\/a> stage to deliver political messages, Michelle Williams did just that. After speaking out about pay inequality at the 2019 Emmys, <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/michelle-williams-acceptance-speech-2019-emmy-awards\/\">in a speech which quickly went viral<\/a>, Williams this time used her platform<em>\u00a0<\/em>to address women&#8217;s rights, abortion, and voting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text\">&#8220;I\u2019ve tried my very best to live a life of my own making and not just a series of events that happened to me, but one that I could stand back and look at and recognize,&#8221; Williams said after picking up the award for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film for her role in <em>Fosse\/Verdon<\/em>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;When it is time to vote, please do so in your own self-interest. It\u2019s what men have been doing for years, which is why the world looks so much like them.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We are the largest voting body in this country. Let\u2019s make it look more like us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2013Michelle Williams<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GoldenGlobes?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">#GoldenGlobes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9M9fN1rjrF\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/9M9fN1rjrF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Vanita Gupta (@vanitaguptaCR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vanitaguptaCR\/status\/1214025445173288960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">January 6, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text\">&#8220;I wouldn\u2019t have been able to do this without employing a woman\u2019s right to choose. To choose when to have my children and with whom\u2026. Now, I know my choices might look different than yours, but thank God or whomever you pray to, that we live in a country founded on the principle that I am free to live by my fate and you are free to live by yours.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text\">As Williams said this, the camera panned to her best friend, actress Busy Philipps, who was brought to tears by the subject after testifying before Congress in June 2019 about getting an abortion at age 15. Shortly after, when Alabama enacted a near-total ban on abortion in the state, Philipps started the viral hashtag #YouKnowMe to encourage other women to talk about their abortions.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Busy Philipps is me watching Michelle Williams every time she delivers incredibly feminist speeches <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GoldenGlobes?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">#GoldenGlobes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vhFMrSvrKg\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/vhFMrSvrKg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jenna Guillaume (@JennaGuillaume) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JennaGuillaume\/status\/1214022572414656514?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">January 6, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text\">&#8220;So women, 18 to 118,&#8221; Williams finished. &#8220;When it is time to vote, please do so in your own self-interest. It\u2019s what men have been doing for years, which is why the world looks so much like them. But don\u2019t forget we are the largest voting body in this country. Let\u2019s make it look more like us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Prior to winning her award, Williams used the occasion to make her red carpet debut with her fianc\u00e9, Tony Award-winning director Thomas Kail, just one week after<em> People<\/em> broke the news that the <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/michelle-williams-pregnant-engaged\/\">couple is not only engaged but also is expecting their first child together<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_165890\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-165890\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-165890 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/GettyImages-1197822068.jpg?w=800\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1024\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-165890\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA &#8211; JANUARY 05: Michelle Williams and Thomas Kail arrives at the 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 05, 2020 in Beverly Hills, California. 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