Emma Watson has responded to the online outrage directed at her recent provocative Vanity Fair shoot.
“It just always reveals to me how many misconceptions and what a misunderstanding there is of what feminism is,” she said to Reuters while promoting her upcoming film “Beauty and the Beast.” “Feminism is about giving women a choice; feminism is not a stick with which to beat other women with. It’s about freedom, it’s about liberation, it’s about equality. I really don’t know what my tits have to do with it. It’s very confusing!”
She added, “I’m always quietly stunned.”
“Harry Potter” alum Watson, a vocal proponent of feminism, came under fire earlier this week in some corners of social media after a photo from her Vanity Fair photo shoot made the rounds.