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Celebrities were out in full force Saturday for the Respect Rally at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, one of numerous Women’s March events happening across the country on the anniversary of President Donald Trump’s inauguration.
Actresses Jane Fonda, Tessa Thompson, Lena Waithe, and Chloe Grace Moretz were joined at the event by rapper Common, attorney Gloria Allred, actor Nick Offerman, and Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski.
In her address to the hundreds in attendance, Fonda called for pay equality, slammed Fox News, and urged women to get out and vote so Democrats could re-take Congress and state governorships.
“Get Congress back,” the Grace & Frankie star, 80, said, according to Variety. “Everything is at stake…we can do it. Time is up!”
Thor: Ragnarok star Thompson urged activists to continue to work “until we see legislation and policy and a president who respect our humanity.”
“We are here to say, Mr. Trump…your time and power may not yet be up, but our time to stay silent is,” she said.
This year’s event —held at an athletic field amid frigid temperatures and snow — reportedly drew a considerably smaller crowd than last year’s Women’s March on Main, which was led in part by by Netflix talk show host Chelsea Handler.
Numerous stars used their speeches Saturday to call for gender equality, with many urging attendees and live-stream viewers to donate to Time’s Up, the legal fund recently created as a resource for victims of sexual abuse amid the ongoing sex misconduct scandal in Hollywood.
Allred — who recently represented several women accusing disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault — reportedly led attendees in Sundance in a chant of “Resist. Persist. Insist. Elect.”
“We demand our rights! We demand the right to be free of sexual assault, rape and abuse,” Allred said, according to Variety. “We demand the right to control our bodies and our rights…we demand the right to afford legal, safe and free abortions…we demand the right to get contraceptives while men are getting Viagra!”
Lena Dunham was whining that he made her lose weight while Streisand groused that he made her gain weight. Everyone knows that he triggers Rosie O’Donnell‘s mental illness.
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