Emma Watson Vogue Interview

In the last few days, I have not been able to open up a social media app without seeing comments about Emma Watson’s November 4th interview with British Vogue.

It’s the one where she talks about being comfortable as a single woman about to turn 30 and coins the lovely phrase ‘self-partnered’.

I’m 27 years old and I enjoy being single. I enjoy being alone without the pressure of having to share my life with anyone else if I don’t want to. So, of course, I identified with what Emma Watson was saying.

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It was a very, very small amount of the 30-minute interview. Less than a minutes worth of it and at the very end. The rest of it was filled with much more important dialogue about the state of our world, being a learning and growing individual, and spreading kindness and understanding.

Instead, they decided that the most interesting and newsworthy comment that came from this interview was one short quote that centered on a woman’s relationship status.

They decided to strongly point out (by effectively brushing off the much more interesting and important conversations that had been — and continue to need to be — had) how obvious it is that we still live in a world where it’s mindboggling that a woman of prime child-bearing years can have choices that don’t involve children or marriage. Where that is more shocking than the lack of discussion around slavery and human acceptance.

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