Ilana Wilesのインスタグラム(mommyshorts) - 1月9日 12時54分

Mazzy walked into the living room while we were watching the Golden Globes (she was supposed to be sleeping) and asked, "Why is everyone wearing black?" My daughter is eight so I told her the reason I felt was most age appropriate. “It’s because they are taking a stand against women being paid less than men for doing the same jobs.” She nodded. She knows about how women often have to work harder than men to get to the same place. She wanted to stay up and watch. “Mommy! I’m interested!” She kept saying. But it was late and I insisted she go back to bed. This year, Mazzy told me she wants to be an actress. When I was little, I wanted to be an actress too. I dreamed of being one of those beautiful women in the fancy gowns claiming the Best Actress statuettes. In 7th grade, I remember meeting with an agent that had been arranged through my acting teacher. My mom and I sat across from him. He said, “Well, she’s not the prettiest girl in the world but she's not the ugliest either. It helps to be one or the other.” This was before I had said one word, let alone read the monologue I had been told to prepare. I'm not sure what effect that meeting had on me, but I know in the years that followed, puberty hit and my self esteem plummeted and I was left with a massive case of stage fright. I quit acting and became an art major in college. It wasn’t until I was in my 30s, working as a creative on a commercial shoot, directed by the first woman we had ever hired, that I realized I would have loved to work behind the camera rather than in front of it. Writing television or directing movies were not options that ever occurred to me when I was young. By then, I thought it was too late. I’m not going to discourage Mazzy from acting, but I’m also going to make sure she knows about all the power players she can be in the TV and movie industry. In the future, when I let her stay up to watch awards shows, I hope there are many more examples of successful women in Hollywood— not just actresses, but directors, cinematographers, producers and screenwriters too. I don’t care what they wear. And judging by Mazzy’s interest in the all-black Golden Globes last night, she doesn’t either.

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