On Monday evening, three of our favorite zeitgeist goddesses—Hillary Clinton, Amy Poehler, and Kerry Washington—aligned for 10 glorious minutes thanks to cyberspace. The scene: a Q&A with Clinton in honor of the former secretary of state’s new book, Hard Choices, which took place at Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters. During the course of the Q&A, which was live-streamed on YouTube, Clinton took questions from fans, critics, and, eventually, both of the primetime actresses. The latter two questions were related to female empowerment, and Clinton responded to both with wisdom, intelligence, and the kind of valuable insight only a survivor of endless public-arena criticisms and political scandals could provide.

Washington, who currently stars on Scandal, asked the former First Lady: “What advice would you give to young women who are considering a career in politics or public service?” Clinton responded with the advice she offers any person, male or female, who asks her that question: “If you are at all interested, find a way to become involved to see whether or not you like it. . . volunteer on a campaign, get to know people who are working on campaigns . . . and see what you think about it.” But afterward, she gave an additional piece of advice, to the women in her audience, that seems to be relevant to every professional field.