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3 Reasons Meryl Streep Is Not Overrated

Trump owes her an apology.

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3 Reasons Meryl Streep Is Not Overrated
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Almost everybody by now has seen Meryl Streep's inspiring and emotional acceptance speech of the Cecil B. DeMille Award at this years Golden Globes. While a lot of people found her speech unnecessary and crude, the majority of people were proud of her for such a bold move.

In her speech, Streep seriously talked about President-Elect Donald Trump, though she technically never mentioned him by name. In her speech she brought up how Trump mocked a disabled reporter, how we must protect the press, and she even took a dig at Trump wanting to 'kick out' foreigners after naming off all of the actors at the award show who weren't from America.

After her incredibly moving speech, Trump took to, of all outlets, Twitter, to voice his outrage about her speech. Trump even went as far to say that Meryl Streep is overrated. Do I think our future president should be throwing a tantrum on Twitter? No, but hey, he can do what he likes I guess. What baffles me about his outburst is that he called Meryl Streep overrated, even though he has commended her as a person in the past.

1. Streep has started two scholarship funds

In 2014 she started the Meryl Streep Endowed Scholarship for English majors, and the Joan Hertzberg Endowed Scholarship for math majors at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Another completely overrated thing she did was in 2015 when she funded a screenwriters lab for women over 40, called the Writers Lab.

2. She is a huge advocate for equal rights

In 2015, Streep wrote every member of the U.S. Congress a letter supporting the Equal Rights Amendment. A copy of Equal Means Equal: Why the Time for the ERA is Now, a book by ERA Coalition President Jessica Neuwirth, was sent with each letter. Streep also helped the ONE Campaign by signing their petition asking for gender equality.

3. She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom

Come on! She is a movie star, activist, mother, and the recipient of 157 awards, INCLUDING the nations highest civilian honor. How can someone call this woman overrated??


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