Emma Watson
British actor, Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films; gave the UN Women HeForShe speech in 2014.
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Being a feminist is more than a single choice; it is an ongoing interrogation of self
I have since learned that being a feminist is more than a single choice or decision. It’s an interrogation of self. Every time I think I’ve peeled all the layers, there’s another layer to peel.
goodreads.comSaid 31 Dec 2017This on korrents
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Feminism is not a stick with which to beat other women
Feminism is not a stick with which to beat other women.
cbsnews.comSaid 6 Mar 2017This on korrents
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Being a feminist is more than a single choice; it is an ongoing interrogation of self
I have since learned that being a feminist is more than a single choice or decision. It’s an interrogation of self. Every time I think I’ve peeled all the layers, there’s another layer to peel.
First Book of 2018! Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge (her letter to Our Shared Shelf, Goodreads, 31 December 2017) Said 31 Dec 2017
A white feminist does better to ask how she has benefited from being white than to resent the label
It would have been more useful to spend the time asking myself questions like: What are the ways I have benefited from being white? In what ways do I support and uphold a system that is structurally racist? How do my race, class and gender affect my perspective?
First Book of 2018! Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge (her letter to Our Shared Shelf, Goodreads, 31 December 2017) Said 31 Dec 2017
Feminism is not a stick with which to beat other women
Feminism is not a stick with which to beat other women.
'Feminism Is About Equality:' Emma Watson Fires Back At Critics Over Vanity Fair Photoshoot (CBS New York / Associated Press, 6 March 2017) Said 6 Mar 2017
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A university should be a place of refuge that takes action against all forms of violence
A university should be a place of refuge that takes action against all forms of violence.
Emma Watson Delivers Powerful Speech On Campus Sexual Assault (Grazia, 21 September 2016; her UN speech at the HeForShe University Parity Report launch) Said 21 Sept 2016
University should tell women their brain power is valued and that they belong in the university's own leadership
The university experience must tell women that their brain power is valued. And not just that, but that they belong within the leadership of the university itself
Emma Watson Delivers Powerful Speech On Campus Sexual Assault (Grazia, 21 September 2016; her UN speech at the HeForShe University Parity Report launch) Said 21 Sept 2016
A good university is a miniature model of how the whole of society could look
A good university is like a tiny utopia – it’s a miniature model of how the whole of society could look.
New HeForShe report puts spotlight on gender equality in global universities (United Nations Sustainable Development, 20 September 2016) Said 20 Sept 2016
Sustainable fashion is a feminist issue
This is absolutely a feminist issue
Emma Watson: Changing the world one dress at a time (Derek Blasberg, CNN Style, 3 May 2016) Said 3 May 2016
Fighting for women's rights has too often been equated with man-hating, and that has to stop
the more I have spoken about feminism the more I have realized that fighting for women’s rights has too often become synonymous with man-hating. If there is one thing I know for certain, it is that this has to stop.
Emma Watson: Gender equality is your issue too (speech launching HeForShe, United Nations Headquarters, New York; UN Women, 20 September 2014) Said 20 Sept 2014
What matters about feminism is the idea and ambition behind it, not the word
And if you still hate the word—it is not the word that is important but the idea and the ambition behind it.
Emma Watson: Gender equality is your issue too (speech launching HeForShe, United Nations Headquarters, New York; UN Women, 20 September 2014) Said 20 Sept 2014
Men are imprisoned by gender stereotypes too, and freeing them would change things for women as a natural consequence
We don’t often talk about men being imprisoned by gender stereotypes but I can see that that they are and that when they are free, things will change for women as a natural consequence.
Emma Watson: Gender equality is your issue too (speech launching HeForShe, United Nations Headquarters, New York; UN Women, 20 September 2014) Said 20 Sept 2014
Gender should be perceived on a spectrum, not as two opposing sets of ideals
Both men and women should feel free to be sensitive. Both men and women should feel free to be strong… It is time that we all perceive gender on a spectrum not as two opposing sets of ideals.
Emma Watson: Gender equality is your issue too (speech launching HeForShe, United Nations Headquarters, New York; UN Women, 20 September 2014) Said 20 Sept 2014
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