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Jane Fonda defines the word 'woke' at the SAG awards.
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/jane-fonda-sag-awards-speech-woke-empathy-1236312986
To her, it is:
"Woke Just Means You Give a Damn About Other People"

Skittles
(162,015 posts)repukes have made empathy and compassion dirty words, along with diversity, equity, inclusion
Silver Gaia
(5,004 posts)that an actor has to have empathy, because an actor has to be able to understand someone from the inside, their childhood experiences, their beliefs, their motivations, in order to portray another human being effectively and believably... and it all just grew organically from there. It was a long speech and no one tried to rush her. The attention of that audience was completely hers. She was one of their elders, and they listened. The love in that room reached right out of the screen and touched me.
nolabear
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calimary
(85,225 posts)Orrex
(64,729 posts)They're still mad about what she said 55 years ago, while they worship a draft-dodging coward who shits on military families and veterans and service personnel every chance he gets.
Silver Gaia
(5,004 posts)And I love her. Always have. I was in tears by the time she was done! (And she took her well-deserved time getting there!)
William Seger
(11,404 posts)... is really between people who have empathy and those who don't.
LisaM
(28,988 posts)I am still pushing back against the subscription model. Boo to SAG for choosing that platform.
Daleuhlmann
(290 posts)MAGA cultists have no idea what "woke" really means, any more than they know what critical race theory or DEI stands for. Like Fonda, i'll always say, "If 'woke' means 'giving a damn' about others, then I am prod to call myself 'woke'!"
AllaN01Bear
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AllaN01Bear
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Initech
(103,713 posts)Fuck Fox News!
SunSeeker
(54,692 posts)Silver Gaia
(5,004 posts)I don't think it was planned or rehearsed. It was straight from her heart to the audience, and to all of us.