On Sunday, Boyhood star Patricia Arquette delivered a kickass, feminist acceptance speech at the Oscars.
"To every woman who gave birth, to every taxpayer and citizen of this nation, we have fought for everybody else’s equal rights," she said. "It’s our time to have wage equality once and for all and equal rights for women in the United States of America."
While her words caused Twitter to dub 2015 the year of the #FeministOscars, one actress and Fox News contributor was not so impressed.
Speaking on Fox News show Fox And Friends, Stacey Dash said she was "appalled" by Arquette's feminist outburst.
"Patricia Arquette needs to do her history," she said. "In 1963, Kennedy passed the equal pay law, it's still in effect. I didn’t get the memo I didn’t have any rights."
Dash may think Arquette needs to check her history, but we think she needs to seriously check her privilege.
There may be laws in place designed to give men and women equal pay, but that doesn't mean they are effective.
Women around the world earn less than men. Fact.
Figures from 2014 show that in the UK, the gender pay gap means that for every pound a man makes, a woman will only earn 80p.
Currently, the average British woman earns £2.53 less than the average British man per hour.
And as if her gender pay gap denial didn't prove how out of touch she is, Dash then went on to name-drop one of the richest men in the world, Donald Trump.
"I agree with Mr Trump. I miss the glamour, the elegance, the class and the majesty of the Oscars," she said.
"I'm an actress, I've dreamed of it all my life and it just seems to be going away."
Before she became an official contributor for Fox News, most of us knew Dash from her time starring in film and TV spinoff Clueless.
11 Celebrity Quotes For Equal Pay Day
Beyoncé(01 of11)
Open Image Modal"We need to stop buying into the myth about gender equality. It isn’t a reality yet. Today, women make up half of the U.S. workforce, but the average working woman earns only 77 percent of what the average working man makes. But unless women and men both say this is unacceptable, things will not change."Men have to demand that their wives, daughters, mothers, and sisters earn more—commensurate with their qualifications and not their gender. Equality will be achieved when men and women are granted equal pay and equal respect." (credit:James Devaney via Getty Images)
Sheryl Sandberg(02 of11)
Open Image Modal"It's time to cheer on girls and women who want to sit at the table." (credit:Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Caitlin Moran(03 of11)
Open Image Modal"I want a zero tolerance policy on all the patriarchal bullshit." (credit:Stuart C. Wilson via Getty Images)
Hillary Clinton(04 of11)
Open Image Modal"Equal pay is not yet equal. A woman makes 77 cents on a dollar and women of color make 67 cents... We feel so passionately about this because we are not only running for office, but we each, in our own way, have lived it. We have seen it. We have understood the pain and the injustice that has come because of race, because of gender. And it's imperative that... we make it very clear that each of us will address these issues." (credit:Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Barack Obama(05 of11)
Open Image Modal"Women should earn equal pay for equal work." (credit:SAUL LOEB via Getty Images)
Gloria Steinem(06 of11)
Open Image Modal"If you say, I'm for equal pay, that's a reform. But if you say. I'm a feminist, that's a transformation of society." (credit:Jemal Countess via Getty Images)
Lena Dunham(07 of11)
Open Image Modal"So many women have come to this idea of feminism being anti-male and not able to connect with the opposite sex – but what feminism is about is equality and human rights." (credit:Stuart C. Wilson via Getty Images)
Janet Street-Porter(08 of11)
Open Image Modal"Far too many women are hesitant, and remain trapped in jobs for which they are over-qualified or paid beneath their worth." (credit:Ben Pruchnie via Getty Images)
Kerry Washington(09 of11)
Open Image Modal"Today there are people trying to take away rights that our mothers, grandmothers and great-grandmothers fought for: our right to vote, our right to choose, affordable quality education, equal pay, access to health care. We, the people, can't let that happen." (credit:Frazer Harrison via Getty Images)
Emma Watson(10 of11)
Open Image Modal"The reality is that if we do nothing it will take 75 years, or for me to be nearly a hundred before women can expect to be paid the same as men for the same work." (credit:Frazer Harrison/BAFTA LA via Getty Images)
Daniel Craig(11 of11)
Open Image Modal"A man is still likely to earn more money than a woman, even one doing the same job. You have a far better chance of entering political office or becoming a company director… Women are responsible for two thirds of the work done worldwide, yet earn only 10% of the total income and own 1% of the property… So, are we equals? Until the answer is yes, we must never stop asking.” (credit:Stephen Lovekin via Getty Images)