Content Creators Say Allyship Is ‘Actively Choosing’ to Learn About What You May Not Understand

Power Women Summit: “It’s making the effort to educate yourself, learning when to pass the mic and when you can amplify the voice with your mic,” content creator, model and author Molly Burke says

(L-R) Gigi Gorgeous, Liza Koshy, Molly Burke, Radhi Devlukia and Kristen Lopez at The Wrap's Power Women Summit, Maybourne Hotel, Beverly Hills, California on Dec 5, 2023.

Lucas Manfredi

December 7, 2023 @ 4:04 PM

Despite the strides made in recent years to increase diversity both inside and outside Hollywood, representation remains a work in progress that can sometimes require the help of allies.

For Molly Burke, a content creator, model and author, the key to being a good ally is “actively choosing to learn about things that you might not understand.”

“With social media nowadays, there’s really no excuse,” Burke said during TheWrap Power Women Summit’s “Breaking Barriers: Redefining the Status Quo” panel. “When I started 10 years ago, disability as a community did not exist online, there was no such thing as disabled content creators.

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