“When you reside within your own skin, you can feel it. You’re holding all of you.”
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When Jane Fonda was absolutely fed up with Megyn Kelly after she asked her ridiculous interview questions about plastic surgery instead of the movie she was promoting.
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When she moved to Washington, D.C. in 2019 to protest climate change and was arrested for it almost every Friday.
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Name a more iconic woman. I’ll wait.
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And when she couldn’t accept her BAFTA Award in person, so she did it while she was being arrested.
Folks, @Janefonda accepted the Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award WHILE BEING ARRESTED. #Britannias
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When she accepted her Oscar for Coming Home in sign language to acknowledge and honor people with disabilities.
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Fonda asked the Academy for closed captioning during her acceptance speech so people with disabilities could understand her. When the Academy refused, she decided to sign it instead.
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When Jane Fonda was asked if queer people were being wrongly discriminated against in the 1970s, and she responded with the most mindful answer.
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When she sold a bunch of merchandise with her legendary 1970 mugshot on it and donated 100% of the proceeds to the Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Power & Potential.
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And when she told Jimmy Fallon the story behind her legendary mugshot, which involved slipping out of her handcuffs so she could raise her fist.
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When she was completely candid about how she viewed her self-worth within her romantic relationships in her HBO documentary, Jane Fonda in Five Acts.
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When Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin were promoting Season 5 of Grace and Frankie, and she didn’t hold anything back about the season’s theme of getting older.
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When she naturally flipped off the paparazzi at a nail salon once she realized she was being photographed.
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When she was interviewed back in June during the peak of the Black Lives Matter protests and acknowledged her privilege, and encouraged other white people to do the same.
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When she appeared on The Dick Cavett Show with her family in the ’70s and wasn’t afraid to question the integrity of talk shows and celebrity culture.
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When she released the groundbreaking Jane Fonda Workout tape in 1982 (which became the best-selling home video of all time) and helped revolutionize women’s physical and mental health.
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She recently re-created her classic workout routines with famous people like Katy Perry and Kerry Washington to encourage everyone to vote in the 2020 presidential election.
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When she totally embraced turning 80 years old and wasn’t afraid to talk about aging as a woman in Hollywood on The Graham Norton Show.
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And when she joined Dolly Parton on tour after filming 9 to 5 in the ’80s, and they got drunk on moonshine for 10 days without realizing it.