--- title: Shonda Rhimes Dartmouth Commencement Speech: "Doing It All" Isn't Real description: Another golden nugget: "Hashtags aren't helping" canonical: https://time.com/2848787/shonda-rhimes-dartmouth-graduation-speech/ author: Charlotte Alter article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-09T18:18:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:55:26.289Z og:title: Shonda Rhimes: Anyone Who Says They Can 'Do It All' Is Lying og:description: Another golden nugget: "Hashtags aren't helping" og:url: https://time.com/2848787/shonda-rhimes-dartmouth-graduation-speech/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Shonda Rhimes: Anyone Who Says They Can 'Do It All' Is Lying twitter:description: Another golden nugget: "Hashtags aren't helping" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Shonda Rhimes: Anyone Who Says They Can 'Do It All' Is Lying  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Jun 9, 2014 6:18 PM UTC  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Jun 9, 2014 6:18 PM UTC Shonda Rhimes gave the commencement speech at Dartmouth Sunday, and it was just as excellent as you’d expect it to be. The creator of _Grey’s Anatomy_ and _Scandal_ told the graduating class she was seriously worried she would “poop her pants,” because as a TV writer, she’s more comfortable writing words for other people to say. But she kept it together and delivered an amazing speech about the fallacy of “doing it all.” --- > “” --- Rhimes also encouraged students to do something to help the world, and explained why she thinks hashtag activism isn’t really activism. --- > “” --- Start at 1:41 to see the speech in full. It’s worth it: You can also read a [transcript ](http://www.dartmouth.edu/~commence/news/speeches/2014/rhimes-address.html)here. Shonda Rhimes Dartmouth Commencement Speech: "Doing It All" Isn't Real ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2848787/shonda-rhimes-dartmouth-graduation-speech/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2848787/shonda-rhimes-dartmouth-graduation-speech/"},"headline":"Shonda Rhimes: Anyone Who Says They Can 'Do It All' Is Lying","datePublished":"2014-06-09T18:18:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:55:26.289Z","description":"Another golden nugget: \"Hashtags aren't helping\"","url":"https://time.com/2848787/shonda-rhimes-dartmouth-graduation-speech/","keywords":["Living","feminism","Education","Scandal","shonda rhimes","balance","dartmouth","graduation"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2848787/shonda-rhimes-dartmouth-graduation-speech/","name":"Shonda Rhimes: Anyone Who Says They Can 'Do It All' Is Lying"}}]}] ```