--- title: Ashley Judd on Gender Violence, Bullying, Hillary Clinton description: Star opens up about bullying, Hollywood ageism and the kind of rape scenes she wishes she saw on TV canonical: https://time.com/4063304/ashley-judd-big-stone-gap-interview/ author: Charlotte Alter article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-07T15:05:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:45:12.186Z og:title: Ashley Judd: 'It's OK for Me to Stand Up for Myself' og:description: Star opens up about bullying, Hollywood ageism and the kind of rape scenes she wishes she saw on TV og:url: https://time.com/4063304/ashley-judd-big-stone-gap-interview/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltac0630d87e1c99ac/6988671e428a9e8312ccf81d/gettyimages-490355286.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: 2015 Social Good Summit - Day 1 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ashley Judd: 'It's OK for Me to Stand Up for Myself' twitter:description: Star opens up about bullying, Hollywood ageism and the kind of rape scenes she wishes she saw on TV twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltac0630d87e1c99ac/6988671e428a9e8312ccf81d/gettyimages-490355286.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ashley Judd: 'It's OK for Me to Stand Up for Myself' > Sponsored content. 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Big Stone Gap Official Trailer #1_  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Oct 7, 2015 3:05 PM UTC  Actress Ashley Judd attends the 2015 Social Good Summit at 92Y on September 27, 2015 in New York City. ( Mireya Acierto--Getty Images) Actress Ashley Judd attends the 2015 Social Good Summit at 92Y on September 27, 2015 in New York City. ( Mireya Acierto--Getty Images) Mireya Acierto—Getty Images  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Oct 7, 2015 3:05 PM UTC Ashley Judd has lost her patience. She’s done taking the kind of abuse that is routinely thrown at well-known actresses, and she’s added “gender activist” onto her already very long resume. Judd came to TIME’s offices recently to talk about her new movie [_Big Stone Gap_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3254796/)_,_ out Oct. 9\. It’s a romantic comedy about a 40-year-old “spinster” in a rural West Virginia town who grapples with grief and finds love, written and directed by Adriana Trigiani and co-starring Patrick Wilson. While Judd had a lot to say about the joys of making a movie in a town the resembled the rural community in which she grew up, we quickly moved onto other topics. Check out our video interview above, and read on for more about what Judd had to say on cyber-bullying, Hollywood ageism and why Hillary Clinton is having such a hard time. **On experiencing extreme cyber-harassment after she tweeted about a sports event (read her essay about it** [**here**](http://mic.com/articles/113226/forget-your-team-your-online-violence-toward-girls-and-women-is-what-can-kiss-my-ass)**):** There’s absolutely no distinction between the effect on the brain \[between\] cyber violence and physical touch, because it is a brain event. It imprints on our neurochemistry and it goes into the very biology of our bodies. **On why actresses are subject to so much ageism:** I think that ageism in Hollywood, like ageism in all aspects of our global life, is simply a reflection of what’s going on everywhere. So we can talk about it in Hollywood or we can talk about it in literature. We can talk about it in the newsroom…I think that movies reflect back to us… that harder work of facing my own mortality, right? Because it’s our own mortality that’s ultimately being mirrored back. And women go through that decades earlier than men. **On rape scenes on TV:** You know what rapes I would prefer to see on television? I’d prefer to see the second rape that happens when the forensic team shows up and there are no women on it. Or the girl or woman is debriefed multiple times because there’s a shift change….What I would prefer to see is the emotional aftermath \[for the woman\], you know, or the dysfunctional behaviors that arise, the lasting effect on generations of a family. Because that I think is what motivates people to address it more so than constantly re-witnessing acts of sexual violation. **On Hillary Clinton and women’s issues in 2016.** You know, you have a strong, empowered, really well-educated woman with an incredible amount of experience who is trivialized and it’s astonishing…There’s really no such thing as women’s issues or dare I say \[Laughs\] — women’s health — that they’re American issues, that they’re family issues, that they are social issues. The greatest stimulus package, the greatest way to lift up the American economy would be to give equal pay to women. ## Transcript [ BLANK_AUDIO ] [ MUSIC ] I was born and raised in Big Stone Gap. [ NOISE ] Morning, beautiful. I don't know why you're honking the horn, I'm standing out here black as night. I know you can see me. Before I knew it, it was 1978. And I turned 40. I was the Old Maid. At this point you've just got to take whatever you can get. He was out last night with Sue Tinsley. Come on she's a catch. Gary Cooper of Big Stone Gap. Are you Haddie Sharon Sooners. Jack Mack Black sang Ave Maria. You know less about Men then you do about cosmetics. Ooh! [ MUSIC ] This is my favorite book on Chinese face reading. No, no! I've read the face of every man I've ever known. It's never been wrong. You don't need a book to learn what to do with a man. This is an old toaster, but when he plugs it in. Mm! Your mama came in to see me about doing her will. When people die, that's when old secrets come out. This is my father. This sure explains your nose. [ LAUGH ] Bob asked me to marry him! Can you be my maid of honor? Darling let's get you married. Groom's drunk. And the two shall be one. Aah! Lord have mercy. Is anybody at this wedding sober? Woo. [ MUSIC ] I saw my father in a dream and I have to go find him. I'm leaving. I'm going to Italy. I got a Good job, got some money saved. I think we should get married. I don't wanna just get married. [ MUSIC ] [ APPLAUSE ] Given everything I have to this place. I wanna see and do so much that it changes me. [ MUSIC ] I like being the town spinster. It has cachet. Well you can't hug cachet. 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