Emma Watson
English actor, Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films from 2001 to 2011, and UN Women Goodwill Ambassador who launched the HeForShe campaign at the United Nations in 2014.
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Their wordsI 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)goodreads.com 1st of 2 in this piece
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A white feminist does better to ask how she has benefited from being white than to resent the label
Their wordsIt 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)goodreads.com 2nd of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsFeminism is not a stick with which to beat other women.
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Their wordsThe 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)graziadaily.co.uk 1st of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsA 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)graziadaily.co.uk 2nd of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsA good university is like a tiny utopia – it’s a miniature model of how the whole of society could look.
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Their wordsThis is absolutely a feminist issue
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Fighting for women's rights has too often been equated with man-hating, and that has to stop
Their wordsthe 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)unwomen.org 1st of 4 in this piece
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Their wordsAnd 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)unwomen.org 2nd of 4 in this piece
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Their wordsWe 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)unwomen.org 3rd of 4 in this piece
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Their wordsBoth 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)unwomen.org 4th of 4 in this piece