Moments That Make Us: Reese Witherspoon Sees Women as the Heroes of Their Own Stories
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Published 2024-07-24
Check out all of the conversations in this series:
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Reese Witherspoon: • Moments That Make Us: Reese Witherspo...
Ava DuVernay: • Moments That Make Us: Ava DuVernay’s ...
Michelle Obama: • Moments That Make Us: Michelle Obama ...
Oprah Winfrey & Gayle King: • Moments That Make Us: How Friendship ...
Billie Jean King: • Moments That Make Us: Billie Jean Kin...
& don’t miss the Trailer! : • Introducing "Moments That Make Us" wi...
In this episode:
• 0:40 – Reflecting on Reese’s 40s and making peace with change and uncertainty
• 1:19 – How Reese’s mother’s career as a pediatric nurse shaped her idea of working as a mother from a young age and her experience as a mom in Hollywood
• 4:13 – Advocating for women’s representation in film to every film studio in Hollywood
• 6:09 – Why books are meaningful to Reese and becoming a continuous learner
• 7:05 – Starting a business without a business background, thinking beyond constraints, and raising money for Hello Sunshine
o See more: hello-sunshine.com/
• 8:42 – Reese’s decision to take the role as Elle Woods in Legally Blonde after watching an interview of Gloria Steinem on Goldie Hawn’s role in Private Benjamin
o See more: • Legally Blonde (2001) | Official Trai...
o See more: www.glamour.com/story/reese-witherspoon
• 11:17 – Pushing back on the constant messages of perfectionism from society
• 13:07 – Finding deep connections and Charlie Munger’s ‘Web of Deserved Trust’
o See more: www.cnbc.com/2024/06/30/melinda-french-gates-the-b…
• 13:53 – The formative experience of an all-girls school and Melinda’s own experience with her teachers at an all-girls school
o See more: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:71625…
• 16:00 – The joyful experience of raising kids
• 17:22 – Starting Reese’s Book Club and the criteria for picking books to share with others
o See more: reesesbookclub.com/
• 18:58 – Telling strong female stories and the importance of asking others their story
Produced by Feee Films
Directed by Felicia Manning
Photography c/o Pivotal Ventures
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All Comments (21)
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What a terrific way to celebrate 60 years of life! I appreciated this wonderful conversation between two incredible women. Happy birthday, Melinda! ❤
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Reese's face lights up when books and her book club are mentioned. How cute!
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"web of deserved trust" ..so profound and spot on ..thank you to both of you❤❤
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Wow! What a great interview. Your experience and advice was heartwarming. ♥Thank you Melinda and Reese!
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Finally! Thank you Melinda for saying all of this! Being seen and heard is so incredibly important especially for women! It's so common for people to sit up and say work harder or try harder but most women go to bed at the end of the already exhausted, so working harder is not the answer, it makes us harder on ourselves when that is the last thing we need. You gave me a wave of relief today and whether the world wants to accept it or not most of the time having money makes a woman stronger and capable to reach further or just feel safe. I am not saying it right but you have impressed me again! You are an amazing woman. Thank you And Happy Birthday
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Thank you for these wonderful conversations and a very happy birthday to you melinda
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Happy birthday Melinda. Thanks for sharing these wonderful women’s stories.
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These are so timely and beautiful and important! Thank you for ALL your efforts. Happy 🎉60th Birthday 🥳 🎈🎶👏🏻
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The best women!!! 💚
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Wonderful conversation! Congratulations Melinda on this very special day! Hope you have found such happiness and peace. Know that you are absolutely admired from my corner in Johannesburg. xxxx
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Congratulations Mrs. Melinda, you are amazing!
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Great interview. Melinda you are a natural at this. Good luck
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Happy 60th Birthday!!! To a life well lived 🥂 🍾
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Thank you for gifting all of us again and again 💕
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Love RW-she’s definitely - legendary “ legally blonde“😂💜
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Very interesting!!! Two amazing women!!!
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Melinda I just came across your channel by accident and a happy one I should say . I would just like to say I’ve always admired you and your commitment to causes and women. Your voice matters especially now in the world we live in. I’m an American woman of South Asian descent who recently left the US. As a brown skin woman I did not feel welcome there anymore and most of all my voice or vote did not matter anymore. I digress sorry lol. I’ve watched a few episodes with a lot of your celebrity friends and I like it. But if I may I would love to see more episodes with everyday women ie teachers, women struggling, young women the women who help shape the Country. I will continue to watch from afar and I hope you’re not angry with me for giving my opinion. Have a Fabulous Day. Thank you kindly for all that you do 🤗
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I love you two woman !!!
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I don't get depressed or sad when I get rejected. I feel relieved! But I do get angry sometimes and feel like in general, that anger is criticized.
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