This is rad, but do you know what’s not? That people are using this to put women against each other. They’re acting as if Maise was attacking or going at Emma, when that’s not at all the case. They’re acting as if she “slammed” her, when Maise was actually much more tactful and mild in her comments than that. It’s amazing and insightful of Maise to point out that Emma’s feminism was a very basic, simplified, and first-world approach. Maise points out that while the issues and stigma that women face in the US and the UK need addressing and repair, feminism ought to be more wide-reaching, especially for women in circumstances- countries, classes, etc- that are far less privileged than woman who easily identify with Emma and Maise in terms of gender identity, ethnicity, class, and so on.
Emma Watson has used her fame in a positive way: she’s acknowledged her platform as a public figure and is using it to talk about something extremely, extremely important. Like Maise and many of us have pointed out, however, her presentation on what feminism is and what it should concern itself with was too watered down to be a potent and life-changing as we need it to be.
But please, please, please refrain from falling into the trap of the media. Go google this and you’ll immediately see articles that are pitting them against one another. And that’s of no shock, the media loves to see women tearing each other down. Don’t let that be the story you’re accepting or perpetuating. Maise was respectful, let’s do the same. I’m sick of allowing the press to tear women down. Let’s emphasize that whats happening her is healthy criticism meant to build one another- and all those affected by gender inequality, bias, and bigotry- up.
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