Hillary Clinton is pushing politicians to take greater action on gun control.
“Gun violence in our country is out of control. It is killing our children,” she said. “It is disgraceful that we let this happen, that there are people who worship guns more than they worship life.”
From mass shootings to the dangers of social media, the former secretary of state and her daughter Chelsea spoke about a range of issues in a keynote conversation Saturday at the Toronto International Film Festival. The two arrived in Canada to promote their documentary series “Gutsy,” which premiered September 9 on Apple TV+.
The hour-long conversation, moderated by Sophie Gregoire Trudeau (wife of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau), was therapeutic and open as the mother and daughter were candid about motherhood (“the hardest thing I’ve ever done,” the elder Clinton admits), bullying (“people might say things”). Really nasty and scary to me,” recalls the younger Clinton), menopause and “the 2016 election disaster.”
At the start of the talk, Hillary Clinton paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth II, who died on September 8th. Clinton remembers the late Queen as “she was engaged and curious…she wanted to know about you”.
She rarely expressed her opinions. It was not part of the Queen’s duties. But he was too quick to ask what You are They were thinking. I found her an outstanding example of service, leadership and statesmanship.”
Clinton also discussed what it means to be bold, a question at the heart of their eight-part series featuring women from all walks of life, including Gloria Steinem, Megan Thee Stallion, Kim Kardashian and Jane Goodall.
“The most daring personal thing I’ve ever done was to stay in my marriage,” said the former first lady. “This is not the right choice for everyone.”
Another hot topic for the Clintons is the negative way social media and screen time affect young people.
“I don’t want to live in virtual reality. I don’t want to live based on other people’s expectations of me,” Chelsea said. “I don’t want to live in reaction to other people’s opinions.”
Her mother, who is no stranger to online scrutiny, says simply: “We are failing our children. Tech companies are failing our children. We must have a set of standards or beliefs about screen time.”
She continued, “It is important because we are what we consume.” And we are conducting a huge experiment on children with our technology. They are consuming technology in a way that has never happened in human history. We’re seeing some results where we’re seeing an increase in anxiety, depression, bullying, misogyny, sexism and other things people won’t say to your face, but feel free to say it to you or about you online.
On a lighter note, the Clintons talked about simple pleasures to help detox from technology, like nature walks and gardening.
“We’ve done really well with tomatoes,” Hillary Clinton said. “Last year was a disaster. This year has been really good; we have cherry tomatoes, heritage tomatoes, lots of lettuce, lots of peppers, green peppers, chilies, chives, and lots of herbs.”
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