The Representation Project hopes to end gender stereotypes on the red carpet by encouraging interviewers to ask female celebrities more about their work and less about the designer they’re wearing or how they manage to stay thin.

The #AskHerMore trend went viral during the Academy Awards and has provoked viewers to question how these red carpet interviews are conducted. The problem is obvious in Hollywood; female celebrities are not asked about their inspirations or achievements but simply asked about their outfit for the night.

On their website, The Representation Project stated, “We’re using the hashtag on Twitter to send suggested questions to reporters, in real-time, whenever they risk devaluing the accomplishments of women in Hollywood, and to spark deeper conversations in front of a national television audience.”

Channels such as E! News have been called out for their emphasis on women’s wardrobe choices. Recently, the Mani Cam was taken down from the Oscars red carpet.

This was used to give viewers a closer look at celebrity’s perfectly manicured nails and expensive jewelry. The removal was done after scrutiny from not only fans but female celebrities who were tired of this being the only focus put on them.

Another celebrity response to the gender inequality in Hollywood is Amy Poehler’s online community, Smart Girl.

#AskHerMore campaign was able to skyrocket in the last few months. Celebrities such as Reese Witherspoon, Heather Morris and Maria Shriver all joined the campaign, demanding better red carpet questions. Even Hillary Clinton tweeted the famous hashtag before the Oscars.

Interviewers aren’t the only ones at fault here. Award show fashion often involves contracts and brands paying actresses to wear their designs.

Fashion critic Booth Moore tweeted, “If you demand that we “AskherMore, you should also demand that actresses turn down big bucks from fashion brands to wear their #Oscar gowns.”

This brings up the problem the desired press designers look for when paying celebrities to showcase their designs.

These award shows are the time to recognize the talents of not only actors, but also directors, costume designers, and musicians. We are awarding people for their own personal expressions of art and the questions being asked to them should be held to the same level of respect we are awarding them for.

“The only reason celebrities are at award shows is to be awarded for their talents not to talk about their wardrobe choices, so to only be interviewed based on that doesn’t make sense,” sophomore Tara Vaughn said.

To take wardrobe talk out of the red carpet is an unrealistic goal, but to find a happy medium and create more gender equal questions is realistic.

If we started focusing more on the achievements rather then looks, especially towards women, people could be empowered and inspired. This could maybe change those statistics and bring more women into movie production.