Earlier this year, Robbie addressed the decades-long history of sexual harassment and abuse accusations against producer Harvey Weinstein in a powerful open letter to Hollywood that she had been compelled to write after watching The Breakfast Club ahead of the event, elle.com reports.

Inspired by the fictional students’ assignment to write a 1,000-word essay on “who you think you are”, Robbie questioned the way that women are perceived in Hollywood and how that holds them back, claiming that despite women spending the previous week sharing stories and standing up for their rights, those in power “still see us as you want to see us: in the simplest terms and the most convenient definitions.”

“Even those of us lucky enough to have established a career in the hallowed grounds of show business are still in the shadows of the big trees, constantly reminded that we only grow in the sunshine they allow us,” she said.

Thanking Weinstein’s accusers for sparking a “real change”, Robbie went on to say that it has given herself and others the opportunity to “not only highlight the painful inequities, but […] to speak out as long as they exist”.

Robbie finished with an empowering call to action and reminded us that we, as women, are always stronger when we stand alongside one another.

“So thinking about being a woman in Hollywood reminded me that when you take away Hollywood, we are all just women, all facing the inequalities that being a women brings with it,” she said. “And, what I’ve come to understand is that, though we are unique and powerful as individuals, we are invincible when we come together.”

Read the full letter here.

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