"A seat at the table" isn't the solution for gender equity | Lilly Singh
TED Business
TED
4.0 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 20 June 2022
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Women and girls are conditioned to believe success is "a seat at the table." Creator, actress and author Lilly Singh thinks we need to build a better table. In this hilarious, incisive talk, Singh traces the arc of her career from up-and-coming YouTuber to history-making late-night talk show host, offering four ways to build a more inclusive society where girls are encouraged and empowered to do great things. After the talk, our host Modupe shares telltale signs a workspace isn’t built with everyone in mind – and how small changes can make a big impact on making all people feel welcome. We love making TED Business, and we want to make it better. So if you have a few minutes, share your thoughts at surveynerds.com/ted
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| 0:40.3 | Not sure if you know, but I lived in Massachusetts for 17 years, mostly in Cambridge and Boston. |
| 0:47.6 | And one thing about these cities, there's cobblestone everywhere. |
| 0:52.8 | Cobblestone streets, cobblestone alleyways, cobblestone sidewalks. |
| 0:56.9 | And it was beautiful. |
| 0:58.9 | But it also meant I spent a lot of money repairing broken heels, or just pulling my heel out |
| 1:05.6 | of the little crevice between the cobblestones or bricks. |
| 1:08.6 | If you've ever walked down a cobblestone street in a pair of heels, |
| 1:12.4 | you know what I mean. It's so annoying. I recently read the memoir of Indra Nui, the former CEO of |
| 1:20.0 | PepsiCo, and she mentioned that many women ran into similar and even worse problems, injuries, |
| 1:26.5 | from walking the cobblestone pathways on their campus. |
| 1:30.1 | She talked about how for years women were expected to have heels as part of their professional |
| 1:34.6 | wardrobes, and they would get those heels caught in the gaps between the stones like I did, |
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