I saw
everyone on twitter tearing Emma Watson apart for saying she’s self
- partnered instead of
single and decided to watch her interview for British Vogue to know what the
hell was she trying to say with that. I was very surprised to find a 30 minute video
in which amongst other things she talks about the following:
She felt undeserving when she was appointed
as UN Women goodwill ambassador and sought out Gloria Steinem to learn about
feminist activism.
She thinks the criticism
she received for being a white feminist was useful because it made her educate
herself.
She says there’s a
desperate need to reform the education system in the UK to change the way they
are taught the history of how Britain has been involved in foreign affairs and how
they profited from slavery.
She felt anxious about approaching
30 because there’s a lot of pressure to have a husband and a baby by then and
she’s still figuring her life out.
She was so young when
she was casted in Harry Potter that she doesn’t remember much of her life
before it and she went to therapy to deal with her issues with fame. She used
to feel very guilty for being unhappy because she thought she should enjoy fame
more.
The interviewer is a
transgender woman and they discuss transgender issues for a while. Emma is in
regular contact with a trans child which makes the topic of trans rights emotional for her because she’s very anxious for this kid’s safety.
She talks about her role
as Meg March in the new Little Women movie and defends that unlike what many
people say choosing to be a wife and a mother doesn’t make Meg a less feminist
character and quotes a line from the movie, “Just because my dreams are
different than yours it doesn’t mean they are unimportant.”
She wishes more people would
realize she’s not Hermione Granger but also understands why they want to see
that in her because Hermione is a symbol for her too.
She used to think she
could never be happy without a partner and now that she has learnt to navigate
that better and is genuinely happy single she’s started to think of herself as
self - partnered in contrast to the time when she thought of herself as single
= lonely.
Every media outlet decided
to focus in an out of context quote from the three minutes she talked about her
dating life when the actual interview had a lot of depth and way more important
things were discussed. I’m sad and angry but not surprised.
so I got into grad school today with my shitty 2.8 gpa and the moral of the story is reblog those good luck posts for the love of god
okay so i just got my dream job??? a week after applying to it?? and now i’m thinking….maybe this is the good luck post
…..not even six hours later i got an offer of a well paying full time long-term job with free room and board in queens in nyc, allowing me independence and a way to escape an abusive situation and an unhealthy environment
likes charge reblogs cast, folks, this is the good luck post
As I get older I’m finding that a lot of the “intellectuals” I used to admire are actually just condescending and pretentious. And also realizing how much more important it is to be present, considerate, and empathetic because nobody really knows what they’re talking about and anyone who claims to know everything about anything is feeding you bs.
“When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.”
- Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
I am also realizing that actual intellectuals make their subjects easy to understand, and faux intelectuals will attempt to baffle.
“If you can’t explain it to a six year old, you don’t understand it yourself.”
If anyone is curious what she says directly after this quote:
When one or the other of these thought patterns makes it hard to throw things away, we can’t see what we really need now, at this moment. We aren’t sure what would satisfy us or what we are looking for. As a result, we increase the number of unnecessary possessions, burying ourselves both physically and mentally in superfluous things.
The best way to find out what we really need is to get rid of what we don’t. Quests to faraway places or shopping sprees are no longer necessary. All you have to do is eliminate what you don’t need by confronting each of your possessions properly. The process of facing and selecting our possessions can be quite painful. It forces us to confront our imperfections and inadequacies and the foolish choices we made in the past.
Many times when confronting my past during the tidying process I have been so ashamed. My collection of scented erasers from primary school, the animation-related goods that I collected in junior high school, clothes I bought in high school when I was trying to act grown up but which didn’t suit me at all, handbags I bought even though I didn’t need them just because I liked the look of them in the shop.
The things we own are real. They exist here and now as a result of choices made in the past by no one other than ourselves. It is wrong to ignore them or to discard them indiscriminately as if denying the choices we made. This is why I am against both letting things pile up and dumping things without proper consideration. It is only when we face the things we own one by one and experience the emotions they evoke that we can truly appreciate our relationship with them.
There are three approaches we can take towards our possessions. Face them now, face them sometime, or avoid them until the day we die. The choice is ours. But I personally believe it is far better to face them now. If we acknowledge our attachment to the past and our fears for the future by honestly looking at our possessions, we will be able to see what is really important to us.
This process in turn helps us to identify our values and reduces doubt and confusion when making life decisions. If we can have confidence in our decisions and launch enthusiastically into action without any doubts holding us back, we will be able to achieve much more. In other words, the sooner we confront our possessions the better. If you are going to put your house in order, do it now.
Marie Kondo is fucking amazing. She’s kind and thoughtful and intelligent and she’s enthusiastic about helping others.
Am I wet? Am I on my period? Did I pee my pants?- next on wtf is going on down there.
I’m so glad this is a universal wondering among vagina-owners, haha.
‘Vagina-owners’
Tune in next time for: Are these menstrual cramps? Am I pregnant? Is it just gas? I wouldn’t have to ask these questions if I didn’t have a damn uterus
Next week: Is it a bladder infection? An ovarian cyst? Do I have endometriosis? Oh God please do not let it be cervical cancer! A 20/20 special
Y'all are forgetting the all-time classic: Is it just my period or is my appendix about to burst? Some nice tea and a heatpack or 911 and emergency surgery?
There is actually a test for that last one!
Place your hand over the pain, press down slightly and release. If the pain doesn’t change by any great margin, you’re fine. If it suddenly becomes some painful you can barely stand, Get thee to an Emergency Room
reblog for the safety of vaginas and their owners
The appendix test works with or without a vagina so reblogging for everyone.
so i’m currently working at a law firm and the other day one of the attorneys was talking to me and he mentioned that he’s “not very confrontational” and i was like you are?? a lawyer???
and he said “yeah but in court there are rules. i can argue with some shmuck in a suit in front of a judge no problem, but when i leave the courthouse and go home i’m not gonna argue with my wife about dinner. there are no rules in our kitchen. i would die.”
