Busy Philipps’s Best Quotes at Glamour ’ s Women of the Year Awards

Actor Busy Philipps lives up to her name and has been, well, busy. In addition to her releasing a memoir This Will Only Hurt a Little, launching a late-night talk show in 2018, and becoming one of Aerie’s new role models earlier this year, Glamour tapped her to host the 2019 Women of the Year Awards, which took place on November 11 at Alice Tully Hall in New York City.

If you follow Philipps on Instagram, you know she’s a natural at making you feel like she’s your best friend. She brought the same warm, inspirational, and hilarious energy to Glamour’s Women of the Year events. First, at the Women of the Year Summit, she had a heartfelt conversation with her friend, Ban.do founder Jen Gotch. “I’ve long believed in internet friendships becoming real-life friendships,” Philipps said. “I do think one of the wonderful things about social media is it can help you reach out to people: commenting on people’s photos, finding like-minded people through friends of friends.”

Busy Philipps exuded her signature energy hosting the Glamour Women of the Year Awards. Introducing this year’s honorees, including Charlize Theron, Yara Shahidi, and Megan Rapinoe, Philipps encouraged the crowd to embrace discomfort and continue pushing for the changes they want to see in the world, all with her winning sense of humor.

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2019 Glamour Women Of The Year Awards - Show

Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Glamour

See her best quotes from the night, below.

“Make some noise if you’re an empowered lady! Make some noise if you love to empower ladies! Now make some noise if you’re so tired of making noise in order to fight for gender equality—but that’s how things are, so we’re just going to keep making noise!”

“Charlize Theron is here! Hi. Actress. Activist extraordinaire, Oscar-winner, and radical risk-taker. I’ve been in Spin class with her—she can ride a bike. This year she’s shining a spotlight on sexual harassment by appearing in the upcoming film Bombshell as Megyn Kelly. I mean obviously, your movie about Roger Ailes had to be called Bombshell since you already made a movie called Monster."”

“Because of women like you, I stand here in front of you tonight with more hope than I’ve ever had in my life. Because we are no longer observers in the great work of other great women. We are the great women doing the great work to make change.”

“Change sucks! It’s uncomfortable, for some! But you know who’s really fucking used to being uncomfortable? Women. I mean physically, personally, I’ve been uncomfortable since I was 11. Do you even remember how bad nipple buds hurt?… And then cramps and the mood swings and the bleeding that ruins all your underwear ’cause period trackers didn’t exist and most of them sell your information to the government anyway. Do you know the discomfort boys have to deal with in puberty? It’s wet dreams. They literally get to come in their sleep. Look, I bet 90% of you are uncomfortable right now, I’m a little bit uncomfortable, because just today you got extra-strength mascara in your eye or had hot wax ripped from your labia or you’re currently wearing a bra or shoes that feel like medieval torture devices! But we know the discomfort of being the only woman in the room. Or of being condescended to. Of walking to our car or the train at night. Are we as women afraid of a little discomfort? Fuck no. And since discomfort is where change happens, trust me, women will change this world.”

“A year ago I launched a late-night talk show called Busy Tonight. Don’t feel bad if you didn’t see it, it was on E!.”

“Yes, I interviewed celebrities and talked about pop culture news, but I also wanted to use the opportunity to subversively talk to my audience about things like sexual harassment, systemic racism, and internalized misogyny (you know but in a fun way!). I also talked about my period a lot. And then, in the face of terrifying reproductive rights legislation last spring, I decided to share my own abortion story on air. I then encouraged other women to join me on social media using the hashtag #YouKnowMe, which resulted in empowering millions of women to not only join in the fight for a women’s right to choose but also to rid themselves of a stigma that we don’t need to hold onto any longer. I even testified before Congress. I don’t share this story to pat myself on the back—although, Jesus, like that is allowed, ladies! Do we have to get Rapinoe out here for a symposium on confidence?”

“Holy shit guys, look around. Look at the momentum we’ve built and the incredible, incredible people in this room…. When the future looks hopeless, I would ask that you think about how far we’ve come. And how far we will go together. There may be times we’re scared, there may be times we’re uncomfortable, like right now I’m pretty sure I have boob sweat and I hope you can’t see it, but I have hope in us. And I refuse to go back.”

Find out more about Glamour’s 2019 Women of the Year here.

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