Jennifer Lawrence Isn’t Waiting For Equality In Hollywood, Wants Her Fair Pay Now

Fire is catching.

Having wrapped production on both the X-Men and Hunger Games franchises, Jennifer Lawrence suddenly has enough free time to realise that, actually, she should be paid way more money for her work.

Newly emboldened by her clear schedule, Lawrence penned an essay on the gender pay gap for Lenny, the feminist newsletter published by Lena Dunham and Girls' co-showrunner Jenni Konner.

(She also continues to hang with Amy Schumer, Aziz Ansari and Chris Pratt, so this is proving to be a really entertaining break for those of us just following along.)

In the essay, Lawrence discusses the disparity between her pay and that of her male co-stars (famously leaked during the Sony hack, in which it was revealed that the dudes of American Hustle were receiving larger paydays).

“I didn’t get mad at Sony,” she said on the subject.

“I got mad at myself. I failed as a negotiator because I gave up early. I didn’t want to keep fighting over millions of dollars that, frankly, due to two franchises, I don’t need."

Lawrence admitted that her hesitation to negotiate harder was partly because she didn't want to appear "'difficult' or 'spoiled'" (the latter criticism having been lobbed against Angelina Jolie in other leaked Sony emails).

“I don’t think I’m the only woman with this issue. Are we socially conditioned to behave this way? ... Could there still be a lingering habit of trying to express our opinions in a certain way that doesn’t 'offend' or 'scare' men?”

If you were worried that she was going to put all the blame on herself, well, don’t.

"I’m over trying to find the 'adorable' way to state my opinion and still be likable! F--- that," she says, punctuating her point with the candidness we’ve come to expect from the Oscar winning actress.

"I don’t think I’ve ever worked for a man in charge who spent time contemplating what angle he should use to have his voice heard. It’s just heard.”

Hollywood: you’ve been put on blast by the one actress you don’t want to mess with.