Anita Hill

Work in Progress with Sophia Bush

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🗓️ 21 September 2021

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Summary

Anita Hill is an activist, professor, and author most well-known for her incredibly brave testimony during the 1991 Supreme Court confirmation hearings. Anita joins Sophia on the podcast today to talk about how we can’t deal with the gender-based violence problem without dealing with racism, what we must do to reach equality, her personal evolution, her book Believing, and so much more.

Executive Producers: Sophia Bush & Rabbit Grin Productions

Associate Producers: Samantha Skelton & Mica Sangiacomo

Editor: Josh Windisch

Artwork by the Hoodzpah Sisters

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0:00.0	Hi everyone, it's Sophia, welcome back to work in progress.
0:06.0	Today's incredible guest is a familiar name to anyone who follows politics or law.
0:20.0	I am thrilled to get to talk with Anita Hill, activist, professor and author.
0:26.0	Anita is probably most well known for her incredibly brave testimony during the 1991 Supreme Court confirmation hearings of Justice Clarence Thomas, who she accused of sexual harassment.
0:38.0	But her presence in the fight against gender violence and sexual harassment has only strengthened since.
0:45.0	She is a leader of the movement and a fierce ally to women everywhere.
0:50.0	Anita has written two books on the issue of gender violence and discrimination, speaking truth to power and reimagining equality.
0:59.0	Her third book, Believing, our 30-year journey to end gender violence is coming out this year.
1:06.0	I am so looking forward to speaking to Anita about writing the book, her 30 years of learning, which she's offering to us through the lens of her expertise,
1:16.0	and about where her fight has taken her for the past three decades.
1:21.0	But most of all, I'm looking forward to learning more about Anita Hill, the person behind the icon.
1:27.0	So without further ado, let's get to it with the brilliant Anita Hill.
1:46.0	Anita, thank you so much for joining me on the show today. I'm so thrilled to have you here. And I have a million questions.
1:56.0	But I'm trying to call my activist social change worker, Fangirl Heart, looking at you on Zoom right now.
2:05.0	And remember that I have a formula. And there's a way I ask questions of people.
2:12.0	Well, we will have a great conversation. I'm sure. And I'm really happy to be here and engaging with you.
2:19.0	Thank you.
2:20.0	And I hope that puts you a little bit more of these.
2:23.0	It does, honestly. It does.
2:25.0	I mean, there's so much going on in your life currently. And obviously these sort of famous moments in our national history that you have advocated through.
2:36.0	But I want to go back even farther if I may, because so many of us know Anita Hill, this incredible attorney, this change worker, this activist.
2:47.0	And I wonder who you were when you were a little girl.
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