As a human who self- identifies as a woman I’ve struggled to understand what the word ‘woman’ means to me.

I knew I held secret powers, regardless of how I defined it, but some of my experiences growing up showed me differently. For example, in the entertainment industry, women are still fighting for equal pay, or to be equally heard creatively with our male peers. And that’s not even getting into the racial, disability, non-binary, sexual orientation and other stigmas that add more unnecessary suppression.

Through powerful conversations with my women-of-colour peers, I’ve learned more about racial segregation on set and within our press days. I’ve learned how people with disabilities feel left out of the conversation. Or just left out, period.

How Brie Larson is using her Stylist guest edit to fight for representation