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00:00 It is literally impossible to be a woman.
00:05 You are so beautiful and so smart,
00:09 and it kills me that you don't think you're good enough.
00:12 Like, we have to always be extraordinary.
00:17 But somehow, we're always doing it wrong.
00:23 Like, you have to be thin, but not too thin.
00:26 And you can never say you want to be thin.
00:28 You have to say you want to be healthy,
00:31 but also you have to be thin.
00:34 You have to have money, but you can't ask for money,
00:37 because that's crass.
00:40 You have to be a boss, but you can't be mean.
00:43 You have to lead, but you can't squash other people's ideas.
00:46 You're supposed to love being a mother,
00:48 but don't talk about your kids all the damn time.
00:50 You have to be a career woman,
00:52 but also always be looking out for other people.
00:55 You have to answer for men's bad behavior, which is insane,
00:58 but if you point that out, you're accused of complaining.
01:01 You're supposed to stay pretty for men, but not so pretty
01:04 that you tempt them too much or that you threaten other women
01:07 because you're supposed to be a part of the sisterhood.
01:09 But always stand out and always be grateful.
01:13 But never forget that the system is rigged,
01:15 so find a way to acknowledge that, but also always be grateful.
01:18 You have to never get old, never be rude,
01:22 never show off, never be selfish,
01:25 never fall down, never fail, never show fear,
01:28 never get out of line.
01:30 It's too hard, it's too contradictory,
01:33 and nobody gives you a medal or says, "Thank you."
01:35 And it turns out, in fact,
01:37 that not only are you doing everything wrong,
01:39 but also everything is your fault.
01:42 [sighs]
01:45 I'm just so tired
01:48 of watching myself and every single other woman
01:53 tie herself into knots so that people will like us.
01:58 And if all of that is also true for a doll
02:08 just representing a woman...
02:15 then I don't even know.
02:19 [silence]
02:22 [silence]
02:25 [silence]
02:28 [BLANK_AUDIO]