Iman Ali has never shied away from speaking what’s on her mind, with years of experience under her wing, the veteran model and actress appeared on Iffat Omar’s show a while back and gave a rather explosive interview:
Classiest actor of Pakistani film industry for you. pic.twitter.com/S0vBw7iwR5
— الکاظمی (@abdur_rehman26) November 1, 2020
The old clip has been resurfacing on Twitter, and people find themselves divided over it!
Gender pay gap isnt actorism it's inequality. Feminism isn't dictating women in their affairs it is about leaving the matters in her own hand. Please know what feminism is before making a clown outta yourself on public TV. https://t.co/NyJLPkU5rr
— SING OF MEDUSA (@singofmedusa) November 2, 2020
People were calling the discussion useless:
What kind of useless 'english' discussion is this, Actorism?
— Umema A. Siddiqi (@UmemaSiddiqi) November 1, 2020
Peak clownery 🤦🏻♀️ https://t.co/oq0Xzd5ome
— Noor 🐥 (@denialhaha) November 1, 2020
People wanted her to step out of her bubble:
darling my dearest shonu sweetu paru step out of your bubble of privilege and witness the world in its true form for two seconds let’s see if you can handle it ❤️ https://t.co/K91BSWUeXp
— zeen (@zs1402) November 1, 2020
People were just not okay with her take:
She started off so well and ended so bad. YES celebrate being a woman. NO women do not make themselves zaleel for feminism. Feminism has no standard manual to follow. Everyone has their own battle. For me, I want my husband to help me at home cuz I financially help him at his 1/2 https://t.co/GvKlvJKfMl
— Blundo ℹ (@BlunderWoman_) November 2, 2020
at his par. I totally support EQUAL workload between men and women. If a women stays home, she should take care of the house while the man earns. but if the woman wants to work cuz she is equally educated, she shouldn't be stopped cuz she is a woman. That is my view
— Blundo ℹ (@BlunderWoman_) November 2, 2020
😂
I love the subtle public service Iffat Omar is providing by exposing all these shitbags one by one 🔥 https://t.co/G65cRklkMY
— Madeeha Maqbool (@mademaq) November 2, 2020
People were guessing their reasons:
😂😂😂 me everytime they ask me to unmute my mic and i throw a bunch of incoherent words at them hoping to God some of it will make sense. https://t.co/9EUPO2uEHS
— A girl has no name. (@makraniunicorn) November 1, 2020
Her term actor-ism had people dumbfounded:
one of these days human stupidity will fail to astound me, but today is not that day. she came up with a new term, actorism 😂 https://t.co/g7HtkmaV50
— 666 (@plathists) November 2, 2020
We don’t know 🤷♀️
ya Allah who is going to tell these paki celebs that bringing up their own definition of feminism and thinking they r smarter than the ppl who invented it is not quirky😭 https://t.co/urPXvD1wi6
— :* (@mankindsangel_) November 1, 2020
People explained what feminism is:
Unfortunately, all over the world the word #Feminism is not conveying the accurate sentiments of all women. Feminism is a way to get equality as a human being. It's not a battle between genders based on superiority. https://t.co/PS5c0syqxe
— Oh, Lady Mania! (@OhLadyMania) November 1, 2020
Many thought her privilege was showing:
"Enjoy your womanhood" she says, in a state where to even be born a woman is considered a disgrace. Such blind, nonsensical privilege from an "actor" who's probably had it embarrassingly easy all her life. https://t.co/qCLLu7Rtbx
— ahmed. (@ahwritesstories) November 1, 2020
Kyun yaar why do they have to speak and show us NO matter how gorgeous they are they are UNAWARE and live in their privileged bubble blinded by their internalized misogyny ughhhh I hate it here https://t.co/nbsjGejUrF
— bano? (@BanoYaarBasKar) November 1, 2020
Haha, nope!
Is there any episode of this program which isn`t problematic? https://t.co/jjA9QXrGWC
— Hammad Anwar (@manihammad) November 2, 2020
Shots were fired:
I agree with Imaan if I were rich and pretty and so fucking privileged like her I wont use my brain cells either https://t.co/Wydne1d2XQ
— m*r*y* (@alexdesmol) November 1, 2020
Women wanted to know how they can celebrate themselves:
"enjoy karayn aurat honay ko"
okay bb teach me how to "enjoy" it when random Pakistani men harass me on the streets and the Pakistani society decides to blame me for it. https://t.co/sAqd0yuBdc
— cupcake (@booksaurlooks) November 1, 2020
And while many disagreed with her stance, there were many who shared her beliefs:
I don't know who she is but she makes good points.
— Harsimran Singh #NeverForget1984 (@ProudPunjaabi) November 1, 2020
People found her take to be beautifully put:
Beautifully put in ! ✨
P.S 1:06 the reaction says it all !! That really hit her hard 😂 https://t.co/OpmhbZDLH0
— 🇵🇰 (@Ha_ph_ca) November 2, 2020
People were calling Iman ‘beauty with brains’:
Beauty with the brain… https://t.co/4Rp846Wbpq
— Omer Hanjra (@omerhanjra) November 2, 2020
People were lauding her for coining the term ‘actorism:’
At 0:44 we get to witness the historic moment the term ACTOR-ism was coined by Iman Ali https://t.co/rKhThkI5sj
— Taha Tariq (@TahaTariq) November 1, 2020
People were loving her take:
Whoever this lady is … I salute her… I couldn't have agreed more … she's the ideal celebrity one can look upto. I have become fan of her intellect.
First time I have heard someone talk of feminism, the right way. I have been called chauvinist for the same reason. https://t.co/30sgM1rkB5— #KashmirBleeds (@omi569) November 2, 2020
Her take made sense to many:
I think she’s talking a lot of sense https://t.co/9D0TXfWocJ
— Badar M. Khan (@Beamkay) November 2, 2020
People loved her words:
Last ball par jo chakka maara hai … Straight out of the ground 😄 https://t.co/kLxt9MKJiR
— Fahad Aziz (@mefahad) November 1, 2020
People found her take to be spot on!
Spot on, Iman. https://t.co/6LO2afHiiD
— Tee (@Tanny_K8) November 1, 2020
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