{"id":38,"date":"2016-10-02T15:25:45","date_gmt":"2016-10-02T15:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/lizzymckibbin\/?p=38"},"modified":"2016-12-22T14:45:28","modified_gmt":"2016-12-22T14:45:28","slug":"sun-vs-feminism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/lizzymckibbin\/2016\/10\/02\/sun-vs-feminism\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sun vs Feminism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Emma Watson. Most of you will know her as Hermione Granger from Harry Potter, but she has been really busy since those films, and not just in the acting world. Over recent years she has used her platform that came with her fame as a way to promote gender equality and feminism.<\/p>\n<p>People often confuse Feminism with Misandry, or \u2018man-hating\u2019. I have found this to be one of the biggest obstacles that Feminism has faced, people refuse to take it seriously or recognise it as a positive movement out of fear of being accused of hating men. In 2014 Emma delivered a speech in the United Nations Headquarters in New York.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe more I spoke about feminism, the more I realized that fighting for women\u2019s rights has too often become synonymous with man hating. If there is one thing I know for certain is that this has to stop.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In the same year, Watson was appointed as a UN Ambassador and launched the UN\u2019s HeForShe campaign, which was created to try and involve men in Feminism, in the hope they would see it as an inclusive movement rather than exclusive.<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/609021214\" target=\"_blank\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0px; padding: 71.2121% 0px 0px; width: 100%; text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/609021214?et=QXCDPUBiQPhsvu8xVeIa_A&amp;viewMoreLink=on&amp;sig=Q83X9j4sdaC1B1SYIIZmSD_Q68AvVcKW8RNGpCYmAG4=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"423\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>In September 2016, Emma delivered another speech at the UN Headquarters in New York. In light of the recent Brock Turner case, Emma\u2019s speech was about equality in University, as well as sexual assault on campus. In this speech she questioned why we are told that sexual violence is not a form of violence. As well as this she stated that this will be many young people\u2019s first time living on their own and they need to be shown equality and that the safety of their students against sexual assault needs to be prioritised.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, The Sun had something to say about this. Columnist Rod Liddle took it upon himself to write a column slating Emma\u2019s speech, calling it \u201cwhining, leftie, PC crap\u201d. Not before introducing her as Hermione Granger. Not only did his article highlight the need we have for Feminism, (because how dare an actress speak up on sexual violence), but it also reduced Emma, who has worked hard to become a UN Ambassador, to a character in Harry Potter. The article ends with a swipe at Angelina Jolie, a fellow UN Ambassador, saying \u201cI suppose they got Emma in because Angelina Jolie is a bit tied up at the moment.\u201d As Jolie is currently going through a divorce.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_35\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-35\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/lizzymckibbin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/79\/2016\/09\/sub-buzz-21174-1474887398-2-300x248.png\" alt=\"The Sun\" width=\"300\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/lizzymckibbin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/79\/2016\/09\/sub-buzz-21174-1474887398-2-300x248.png 300w, https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/lizzymckibbin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/79\/2016\/09\/sub-buzz-21174-1474887398-2.png 625w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-35\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Sun<\/p><\/div>\n<p>People, naturally, were outraged by this article, calling it \u201cpoor and offensive journalism\u201d. Sophie Turner, who plays Sansa Stark in <em>Game of Thrones<\/em> also stood up and said that \u201cEmma has more class, intelligence &amp; eloquence in her little finger than you have in your whole body\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>I personally think that more celebrities should use their fame and platform to speak out on social issues such as Feminism without having to wake up the next morning and see tabloids write poorly written articles slating them. People need to stop associating feminism with man hating and see it for the positive movement it really is.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main image by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/unwomen\/15311442736\">UN Women Flickr<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emma Watson. 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