Constance Wu is not taking your shit. At Saturday's Women's March in Los Angeles, the Fresh Off The Boat star took to the stage and shared about the first time she refused a man's sexual advances.
"He called me a bitch," she recalled.
She went on to call out the men who have expressed discomfort and paranoia with the rise of #MeToo, #TimesUp and other movements fighting back against systemic sexism, misogyny and harassment.
"This movement is not about catering our voices to accommodate your comfort," Wu proclaimed to cheers. "We are not here to suppress our perspectives for your relief. We are here because we deserve our voices and perspectives too."
Wu's speech begins at around the 14:00 mark:
"I know we all have different reasons for marching today, but we are all marching in the same direction," Wu continued. "I march today for Asian-American women who have been ignored, or judged or fetishized or expected to be a certain way to fulfill a certain idea of what a sweet girl should be. To that, I say you can be anyone you want to be."
She closed her remarks with a special message to the abusers who have called her a "bitch":
"If you didn't try to do bitch-ass things to us, then we wouldn't have to be bitches back to you. So stop and listen."
