Patricia Arquette, who won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar on Sunday night for her performance in “Boyhood,” used her acceptance speech to demand equal rights and pay for all women in the United States. Below, listen to Arquette deliver the powerful speech, and watch as Meryl Streep and Jennifer Lopez cheer her on gleefully.

—Posted by Natasha Hakimi Zapata

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