Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin: A hilarious celebration of lifelong female friendship
珍‧芳達與莉莉‧湯姆琳: 詼諧地向長久的女性友誼乾杯
Jane Fonda has had three extraordinary careers (so far): Oscar-winning actor, fitness guru, impassioned activist. Full bioLily Tomlin - Comedian and actor
Lily Tomlin has been honored by the Kennedy Center and awarded the Mark Twain Prize -- and she's still making vital, hilarious comedy. Full bio
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about female friendship a lot,
我最近一直在思索女性友誼
for a very long time, too.
that I read about female friendship
有關女性友誼的話
a lot about someone,"
sucks the life out of me.
就快榨光我的命了
look for in a friend?
who has a sense of fun,
of passion for the planet,
has a sense of justice
沒有我的女性朋友會怎樣
without my women friends.
therefore I am."
my women friends. They --
they make me smarter,
be in need of course-correcting.
她們會來拍拍我肩膀
a good deal younger than me, too.
LT: Thank you.
LT:真是謝囉
because listen, you know --
我把妳歸在那類是因為
to play with and learn from
我會比妳早抵達的
I'll be there sooner than you.
parallel aging alongside me.
different kinds of life's journeys,
your friendships vital and alive?
I'll tell you that.
I look through my texts
as quickly as possible,
are writers, or activists, or actors,
作家、社運領導人或演員
of other descriptive phrases,
as soon as possible,
JF:沒有嗎
JF: No?
JF:我超愛表情符號的
JF: I'm really into emojis.
and congratulations,
the importance of friendships,
not let too much time go by.
不讓太多時間白白流逝
I send to my friends.
女人跟女性友誼的書
about women, female friendships,
to see how many books,
has been done recently --
LT:有喔
LT: I was grateful.
because this is another example
擱在一邊、邊緣化的例子
put aside, marginalized.
research done on us,
你們都會對這感興趣的
and you all will be interested in this.
close female friendships
to be living much more vital, exciting --
part is they found --
and so conclusive --
is detrimental to your health,
because there's an additional thing.
for years, decades --
were trying to understand stress,
女生面對壓力時的狀況
what happens to women when we're stressed,
that when we're stressed -- women,
平靜、舒壓的賀爾蒙
stress-reducing hormone.
它的濃度也會上升
when we're with our women friends.
讓我們活得比較久的理由
why we live longer.
因為他們沒有
because they don't have that.
diminishes the effects of oxytocin.
會降低催產素的效果
一起拍攝喜劇《朝九晚五》時
and Dolly made "9 to 5" ...
we laughed so much,
但我們也是如此不同
and we're so different.
貧窮小鎮的南方小孩
from a poor town in Tennessee,
我們在一起是多麼和諧
至少幫自己延長十年的壽命
at least a decade onto our lifespans.
crossed our legs a lot.
to our lives right now.
眾多有關女性友誼的書中
sent us both to read on female friendship
Sister Joan Chittister
Sister Joan Chittister,
are not just a social act,
spiritual to your lives?
you've known a long time,
essence inside them,
an element of love in the relationship.
LT:但我有超能力
and party friends,
friendships have ...
因為讓人敞開心房,對吧?
because it's a heart opening, right?
with my intimate friends.
I'm so touched and inspired by them.
而是因為我被他們感動和啟發
is going to go soon.
Lily, which one are you talking about?
talk about their friendships,
and women friendships?
a lot of empathy for men --
are full disclosure, we go deep.
而這是男人不會做的
this is something men don't do.
妳覺得我怎樣
have I asked you, "Am I doing OK?"
我們會問女性朋友這種問題
relationships as face-to-face,
are more side-by-side.
men don't want to reveal their emotions,
conventional thought.
and watch a game or hit golf balls,
看場比賽打打高爾夫球
or hunting, or cars or have sex.
it's a more manly behavior.
LT:他們談論性吧
LT: They talk about sex.
in their man cave to --
that I find very interesting --
until relatively recently --
是有相同的情感取向的
as relational as women are.
of newborn baby boys and girls,
just like the girls,
exchange of energy.
they could see the dismay on the child,
as they grow older, does that change?
為什麼長大後這個取向變了
to be emotional with someone is girly.
詢問方向或表示需求
directions or express a need,
會使他的「我」消失
will erase his 'I'."
has always been kind of porous.
是我們保有的精神力量
證明自己的陽剛罷了
our masculinity to prove.
LT:我知道 Gloris Steinem 是誰
LT: I know who Gloria Steinem is.
but I think it's a --
don't have our masculinity to prove.
證明自己的陽剛罷了
so inculcated in the culture
something different happen.
永不止歇的力量來源
are like a renewable source of power.
about this subject.
are just a hop to our sisterhood,
a very powerful force,
demographic in the world,
we can change the world.
that we need to do --
the consumer standards.
need to consume less
buy things that are made locally,
必須買當地生產的食物
that's grown locally.
that need to get off the grid.
independent from fossil fuels.
and those bad guys --
我們根本辦不到這些
without going back to the Stone Age.
just aren't quite there yet,
而且過得不錯
energy and doing just fine.
wean ourselves from fossil fuel
back in the Stone Age,
to use renewable energy,
and not drill --
in the Alberta tar sands --
and more jobs and more well-being,
going to lead the way.
來推行第三波女性主義運動
to start a third-wave feminist movement
women we may never meet,
should be between equals
we had souls even, the Greeks.
亞里士多德是多麼視野狹窄
just how limited Aristotle was.
men do need women now.
the Equal Rights Amendment.
since the end of World War II
citizens of equal stature,
on how to do that.
in different ways,
women can be friends --
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Jane Fonda - Actor and activistJane Fonda has had three extraordinary careers (so far): Oscar-winning actor, fitness guru, impassioned activist.
Why you should listen
Jane Fonda is an actor, author, producer and activist supporting environmental issues, peace and female empowerment. She founded the Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention, and established the Jane Fonda Center for Adolescent Reproductive Health at Emory. She cofounded the Women’s Media Center, and sits on the board of V-Day, a global effort to stop violence against women and girls.
Fonda's remarkable screen and stage career includes two Best Actress Oscars, an Emmy, a Tony Award nomination and an Honorary Palme d’Or from the Cannes Film Festival. Offstage, she revolutionized the fitness industry in the 1980s with Jane Fonda’s Workout — the all-time top-grossing home video. She has written a best-selling memoir, My Life So Far, and Prime Time, a comprehensive guide to living life to the fullest.
Jane Fonda | Speaker | TED.com
Lily Tomlin - Comedian and actor
Lily Tomlin has been honored by the Kennedy Center and awarded the Mark Twain Prize -- and she's still making vital, hilarious comedy.
Why you should listen
Throughout her extraordinary career, Lily Tomlin has won seven Emmys; a Tony for her one-woman Broadway show, Appearing Nitely; a second Tony for Best Actress; a Drama Desk Award and an Outer Critics' Circle Award for her one-woman performance in Jane Wagner’s The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe; a Grammy for her comedy album, This Is a Recording; and two Peabody Awards, the first for the ABC television special, Edith Ann’s Christmas: Just Say Noël, and the second for narrating and executive producing the HBO film, The Celluloid Closet. In 2003, she received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, and in December 2014 she was the recipient of the prestigious Kennedy Center Honors in Washington DC.
She made her film debut in Robert Altman's Nashville, and gave a generation-defining performance alongside Dolly Parton and Jane Fonda in the workplace revenge comedy 9 to 5.
Lily Tomlin | Speaker | TED.com