Many say that fame corrupts people and that those who achieve success lose their ideals. But that’s not what happens with some celebrities who use the attention they receive to raise awareness about important issues.
We can remember Leonardo DiCaprio’s speeches on climate change and endangered animals, or Ashton Kutcher’s work to end child exploitation. Emma Watson, the actress who became famous from a very young age for playing the role of Hermione in the Harry Potter saga, is another celebrity who deals with making visible environmental and social problems that affect the planet and the people who live on it.
On many occasions, she made headlines for the sustainable suits that she usually chooses for the most important galas, such as the dress made with plastic bottles that she wore at the MET Gala 2016, or for the dress made only by women with organic materials that she chose for the presentation of Beauty and Beast, his latest film.
In addition to setting an example, Emma raises awareness with her speeches on topics such as the right to equality between men and women, beauty stereotypes, and environmental issues. ANDThese are some of his most inspiring phrases.
1. “Both men and women should feel entitled to be strong. It’s time we see gender as a whole instead of a set of polar opposites.”
2. “If men didn’t have to be aggressive to be accepted, women wouldn’t feel compelled to be submissive. If men didn’t have to control, women wouldn’t have to be controlled.”
3. “No matter what people tell you, you have to go out there and make your own mistakes in order to learn.”
4. “They may not know it, but teachers are the ambassadors of equality who help change the world. My teachers didn’t assume that I would get any less far because of the possibility that I would eventually become a mother. We need more.” people like them.”
5. “When I was 15, I saw how my friends stopped playing their favorite sports because they didn’t want their bodies to be too muscular. A few years later, when I was 18, I realized that my male friends were unable to express their feelings. For these reasons I decided to be a feminist.”
6. “Many women choose not to identify as feminists because they believe that it is synonymous with aggressiveness, anti-men and unattractive. And it’s not like that at all.”
7. “All I can do is follow my instincts, because I will never please anyone.”
8. “There is nothing wrong with being scared; it is not about the absence of fear, but about facing it.”
9. “Sounds like a cliché, but I also learned that you’re not going to fall in love with the right person until you really love yourself and feel good about yourself.”
10. “I don’t want the fear of failure to keep me from doing what really matters to me.”
11. “Men don’t have the benefits of equality either. We get used to talking about them pressured by gender stereotypes. When they are free, things will also change for women as a natural consequence.”
12. “I think it is very important to know what you want to do, understand where you are going, and do your best to achieve it. Only when we use our hearts to do it, and fall in love with what we are doing, can we achieve real determination.”
13. “There’s nothing interesting about looking perfect… You lose the point. I don’t want to look like everyone else. I don’t have perfect teeth, I’m not skinny as a stick.”
14. “Feminism has been confused as the hatred of men. But, by definition, it is the belief that men and women have the same rights and opportunities.”
15. “When it is accepted that men are the ones who stay at home taking care of the children, things will change for women as a natural consequence.”
16. “If we stop defining ourselves by what we are not and start defining ourselves by what we are, we can all be freer.”
17. “I think it’s right that I get paid the same as my male peers. I think it’s right that I can make decisions about my own body. I think it’s right that women are involved in the policies and decisions that affect their lives. I think it’s right that socially I have the same respect that men have.”
18. “In my moments of doubt, I firmly tell myself, ‘If not me, then who? If not now, then when?'”
19. “If you are a man and you are in favor of equality, I am sorry to tell you that you are a feminist.”
20. “If you’re a woman and you’ve heard a voice in your head saying ‘who are you to say anything?’, remember that you are a human being who can change the world.”
21. “If I had a daughter, I would like to show her that she is a force to be reckoned with, and never underestimated.”
22. “The worst problem that women face today is that some believe that we live in a post-feminist society, and we don’t. When it is said that we no longer need feminism, that we are fine and have rights, women are they blame themselves when they’re treated differently. And that’s terrible.”