AIBU to think Emma Watson is blinking marvellous?

[HomeHelpMeGawd]

Not only does she give a second great speech at the UN, she then goes on to post fantastic responses in a Twitter Q&A about HeForShe.

www.buzzfeed.com/rossalynwarren/become-an-engineer#.qmoOB5e27

Am feeling v inspired by her.

[NormHonal]

YANBU.

My (young!) DD has just switched on to Harry Potter, and has been asking lots of questions about Emma. I think she's a fantastic role model for my DD and am encouraging her questions and interest.

[SaucyJack]

She's a great role model for eleven year olds.

[HomeHelpMeGawd]

Did you intend to be snide, SaucyJack? If so, why?

[YouTheCat]

My 20 year old admires her a lot.

She could have taken the money she made making the HP films and done bugger all for the rest of her life but she hasn't. She's chosen to stand up for what she believes in.

[CrystalHaze]

Great role model.

Bloody awful actor though.

[invisiblecrown]

Yanbu. She is lovely.

[Keenoonvino]

She's apparantly really lovely in real life as well. Truly down to earth, unaffected and a lovely, interesting woman. My brother has spent a bit of time with her. It's nice when you hear this I think! I agree - great role
Model.

[Sallystyle]

She is fantastic!

[SaucyJack]

Well..... y'know..... it's all a bit GCSE isn't it.

I'd be very happy for any of the DDs to read her Twitter feed, but there's nothing in it that any grown woman who's ever read a book couldn't think for themselves in twenty seconds.

"My dad says I can't be an engineer because I'm a girl. What should I do?" "Become an engineer."

Not especially groundbreaking stuff.

[WhereIsMYJonathanSmith]

What she is doing is great and incredibly important!

[HomeHelpMeGawd]

Setting up HeForShe was "GCSE", was it? What have you done to equal that?

Given the choice between her saying something groundbreaking or something supportive, I'm glad she's saying something supportive. Those asking for her advice were not looking for intellectual disquisitions.

Incidentally, the content of your critique is at least as hackneyed as anything she has written, and the sarcasm of "a great role model for eleven year olds" is teenage in tone, but with one important difference: your writing undermines another woman, rather than supporting her.

[HomeHelpMeGawd]

Keenoonvino: isn't it great when people are as nice privately as they appear to be publicly?

[itsnotmeitsyou1]

Never saw the big deal about her to be honest. She seems to be a hero for stating the blooming obvious most of the time. I'm sure she's a lovely girl, but she seems very dull to me. And the least said about her 'acting' the better. Only my opinion of course, and the majority seem to think otherwise, there we go.

[CaffeLatteIceCream]

I agree with SaucyJack.

And OP....EW is able to do what she's doing because of the platform she has been given thanks to her (absolutely terrible) acting in the HP films. Great that she's using that in ways that she considers positive, but a bit childish of you to suggest SaucyJack should be doing the same thing!!

I don't find her that amazing, to be honest - inspiring for youngsters, yes, but not me.

[shovetheholly]

If this is GCSE, then sadly there are many, many grown up people (men and women) in this country who are still at key stage 1 when it comes to feminism.

I thought the 'Become an engineer' line was great.

I also loved Amal Clooney's answer yesterday. She was asked about the fashion speculation around her. She replied 'I'm wearing Ede and Ravenscroft'. Brilliant putdown.

[Feminine]

I totally agree with itsnot
Can't see anything unusual or remarkable about her.
Sure she is lovely, and why not!?
No excuse for bring otherwise. :)

[ThinkIveBeenHacked]

Quite jealous she is going to play Belle in a live action Beauty and the Beast

[HomeHelpMeGawd]

cafe latte: I'm not suggesting SaucyJack should do the same, where the same is: be a driving force in setting up HeForShe. I'm suggesting it's not a small thing to do, and that those saying it is ought to have done something of comparable magnitude themselves first.

Shovetheholly: exactly so re gcse

[CaffeLatteIceCream]

Erm, well...yes, you sort of did. And you've just done it again.

And anyway...so what? Do I have to write a Booker Prize winning novel in order to criticise a Booker Prize winning novel?

In any event, you are entitled to elect EW Woman of the Year if you want, but you asked for opinions and got them.

[SaucyJack]

I fight against social injustice everyday through my careful and considered sharing of cat videos on FB.

[ouryve]

I think the whole point is, though, that young people and children do need a good role model. That person doesn't need to be someone who comes up with earth shattering new ideas, but someone who can relate what older people have been saying for a long time, in one way or another, to a younger audience. There is a dearth of truly inspiring young women with a positive message in the public eye. Face it - that woman isn't Mylie Cyrus.

[reallyneedmoresleep]

In a world where Katie Price is often heralded as a great role model for her "wonderful business skills", I am very happy that there are people like Emma Watson doing her thing. Yes, some of her responses are a bit obvious, but they still need saying!

[CaffeLatteIceCream]

Well, I think that's fair enough. As role models for girls and young women - who might otherwise have Miley Cyrus - yes, EW fits the bill. And maybe, to be fair to her, she knows her audience. And that's not the likes of me and SaucyJack, necessarily.