S E6: Make Yourself Seen, with Maysoon Zayid

And Especially You

Hello Sunshine

Inspirational, Together Live, Society & Culture, Women, Hello Sunshine, Reese Witherspoon, 450895, Sophia Bush

4.9 • 643 Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2019

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

The importance in visibility and being seen goes beyond simple imagery. It’s about bridging the gap between communities and building empathy. Comedian, actress and writer Maysoon Zayid talks about how she fought to be seen and heard as a disabled, Muslim woman in the entertainment business.

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0:00.0	Hello Sunshine.
0:01.0	Hello Sunshine.
0:02.0	Hello Sunshine.
0:03.0	Gotta make hay while the sun shines.
0:05.0	What's this?
0:06.0	This is Hello Sunshine.
0:08.0	What if by sharing our stories, we could change the world.
0:12.0	Welcome to Hello Sunshine.
0:15.0	Hello, friends.
0:17.0	Sophia Bush here, and this is and especially you.
0:21.7	Stories for all of us.
0:23.7	Today we're talking about making yourself seen.
0:26.9	Because friends, you deserve to shine.
0:32.3	Listen, I feel like we all know each other pretty well at this point.
0:36.4	You don't need me to tell you how important representation is.
0:39.8	You know we need sight lines.
0:41.7	We need to see incredible women of all backgrounds doing their incredible work on big stages each and every day.
0:49.8	Because if you can't see it, you can't be it.
0:53.7	The more we see people who look like us, the more possible it feels to do the hard things we want to do.
1:00.1	And the more we see people who don't look like us, the more connection we feel to those people whose experiences are outside of our own.
1:09.3	That's how we learn to love each other
1:11.7	and advocate for each other and show up for each other.
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