Sometimes it seems like it never ends, blow after blow to our rights and our dignity. From the end of Roe v. Wade to ICE snatching people off the streets to the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And while we are tired of it, we don\u2019t have a ready response. I wrote earlier this year about the silence among women leaders<\/a> during Trump 2.0. I tried to get to the bottom of why we are not hearing much from the top women\u2019s voices, either in Washington or here in Hollywood. <\/p>\n\n\n Women told me that they are overwhelmed by the barrage of injustice. One day it\u2019s health care being threatened, the next day it\u2019s a defenseless woman wrestled to the ground by agents outside a school. One day it\u2019s a Great Gatsby-style party at Mar-a-Lago while SNAP benefits are withheld from needy families. The next day it\u2019s the East Wing suddenly demolished. It\u2019s distraction and disarray and meanwhile \u2014 what\u2019s in those mysterious Epstein files? <\/p>\n\n\n\n At the same time, the economics of our business in Hollywood get more difficult. You need your full focus just to get through. <\/p>\n\n\n\n You may feel overwhelmed. You may feel \u2013 what\u2019s the point? You may feel no one is listening. <\/p>\n\n\n\n So let\u2019s get a couple of things straight \u2013 distraction and disarray is a strategy. But we need to pay attention, because we must. Do not doubt that your voice and your actions matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Today at our annual Power Women Summit<\/a> we gather to remind one another of our value, and our values. We have heroic voices, like Amanda Zurawski bravely challenging a Texas law that endangers pregnant women; or Laurene Powell Jobs, the owner of The Atlantic magazine, and CNN\u2019s Kaitlan Collins who are on our Changemakers list<\/a> for standing up to Trump\u2019s intimidation of the press. <\/p>\n\n\n\n We will hear from the inspirational writer Jenny Han, from powerhouse producers like Mimi Leder of “The Morning Show” and Lynette Howell-Taylor who now leads the Motion Picture Academy; from actresses who create role models on our screens like Uzo Aduba, Judith Light and Chase Infiniti. Academic leaders like Dr. Stacy Smith, who tirelessly researches equality and inclusion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n One other thing was pointed out to me. Silence is not complicity \u2013 it\u2019s a pause. So many of us are waiting, watching and keeping our powder dry. Things do not stay the same. Beneath the surface, there is movement. As Georgia politician Stacey Abrams told us at this event last year, a page will be turned. We need to be ready. To marshal our inner forces. And tend to our joy. So to all of you: find your joy. And jazz class is next Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n![\"081425](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/081425-The-silence-of-Hollywood-women.jpg?fit=300%2C169&quality=89&ssl=1\")
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