'A Seat at the Table' Isn't the Solution for Gender Equity | Lilly Singh | TED

Women and girls are conditioned to believe success is "a seat at the table." Creator, actress and author @LillySingh thinks we need to build a better table. In this hilarious, incisive talk, Singh traces the arc of her career from up-and-coming YouTuber to history-making late-night talk show host, offering four ways to build a more inclusive society where girls are encouraged and empowered to do great things.

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[danialali]

"All my achievements are mine alone but all my failures are others' faults"
Makes sense.

[ricardoallende]

You went a lot further than your talent should have taken you. Be grateful.

[paulfiore]

My God, has any human being ever been more in love with herself?

[surreshguhan]

This is what happens when you don't have good friends around. You inflate your ego and get a false self image. Don't be a victim like Lilly Singh. Be a normal human being. Embrace your strengths and weaknesses and deal with the world like a matured adult.

[BoyGeorgiaX]

This is the most insane tour de force of narcissism that I have ever seen.

[smithcourtney]

Love how she blames everyone for her mistakes, her late night tv show was terrible and she wasn’t funny and the pay gap in YouTube is a stupid theory considering we the people choose what to watch! She likes to brag about how successful she is, yet complained about every opportunity.

[svvyvhc]

Thank you comments section! This restores my faith that we may remain sane throughout this nonsense time. This is amazing how everybody realizes how out of touch she is and this talk truly is . I love good people

[John-doe]

Someone who has sat down with a former US President and A list Hollywood celebrities is telling us how oppressed she is.

[GegiZ]

So let me get this straight. She experienced sexism in her country(India) and then moved to western country where she was treated equally and you could argue even disproportionally well to the point where she is worth millions (not exaggeration), had a late night show, got doors open to places where only very very few can reach but cries about being oppressed and is mainly mad at western, white dominated countries? Some one make it make sense...

[PassportGaming]

Eric Andre made his show successful with a $0 budget, hours of recording a day, no writing staff, and on a network with barely any viewers. Now he's a classic on so many memes

[dannypqliar]

Lily Singh is one of the most INSUFFERABLE people on the planet. Her comedy is torture. Her fake victimhood is so contrived, I blush while watching it. How can somebody be that deluded? 😔

[boboloko]

0:15 “look how perfect I was”
2:34 “I started a channel under the name Superwoman “
3:54 “He decorated me with a flower garland. A gesture fit for people of importance.”

4:30 “in my video I’ve amassed 15 million subscribers and 3 billion views.”
6:38 “in 2019 I made history with my late night television show”

That’s all the evidence of NPD I need.

[Grandmas_Favorite]

This is what taking accountability doesn’t look like…

[elena]

As an indian i can say she is more prevelaged than anybody and her parents are more supportive and encouraging than most of our parents. She needs to stop bringing her sexual orientation and skin colour into everything.

[sole__doubt]

I love how this is really a clinic on narcissism and the speaker is such a narc. they dont even realize it. She thinks the topic is her failed show, lol. This is some real meta content here. :)

[slo-poke]

What a luxury it must be to always have someone else to blame for your failure.

[robr.]

Bottom line, you have to work hard to be successful, whichever gender you are. There are no shortcuts.

[donaldkelly]

Yea she the last person who needs a Ted talk

[nicolasandresmartinez-cond]

The fact that this is supposed to be a TED talk is funnier than any of Lilly's jokes ever.

[Cyber_Nomad]

So all of her failures are others fault, and not hers. Got it.