If Emma Watson actually wanted to help women she wouldn’t have agreed to be a Disney princess 
 
 opinion If Emma Watson actually wanted to help women she wouldn’t have agreed to be a Disney princess 
 
 Emma Watson’s latest Vanity Fair shoot has the world aghast at the idea that the Beauty And The Beast star has breasts. 
 
 Whether or not she should show them off when she counts herself a feminist and a UN ambassador for women is a long discussion by itself. 
 
 But Emma’s magazine work is not the real issue I have with her being feted Western feminist icon for our age. 
 
 The simple fact is that Disney doesn’t do women justice. 
 
 Imagine. Emma is one of the most famous, sought-after actresses in the world, worth an estimated £57million, and an icon for so many kids and 20-somethings who grew up with Hermione Granger. 
 
 Notwithstanding Emma’s recent effort to spread the act of reading, her #HeForShe campaign and the speeches she’s made about feminism to various important people, working with Disney on their new live action remake was a serious mistake. 
 
 Walt Disney was famously conservative and actually pretty archaic in his views of what women should do with their lives, which was reflected in all of the traditional fairytales his company made. 
 
 His own grandniece, when facing the question, wrote of the man: ‘Misogynist? OF COURSE!!’ 
 
 Maturing from Hermione to Belle in @beautyandthebeast is a true coming-of-age story for @EmmaWatson: "I couldn't care less if I won an Oscar or not if the movie didn’t say something that I felt was important for people to hear." Read the full cover story at the link in bio. Photograph by Tim Walker. A post shared by Vanity Fair (@vanityfair) on Feb 28, 2017 at 10:02am PST 
 
 Her unparalleled level of influence on Hollywood means she could have picked a role in a whole crop of movies that weren’t made by Disney. 
 
 So what made her cave? 
 
 Well, I’m scratching my head. 
 
 And not just because the BATB remake seems like another painfully obvious attempt to reinforce the legacy of the Disney brand rather than risk doing something more interesting. 
 
 The Disney story always is girl (usually princess) meets bloke (usually prince), falls in love, someone tries to get in their way, bloke sorts it out, they get married. The end. 
 
 And that’s Beauty And The Beast in a nutshell, too — a story that’s being pushed in our face again, with the caveat that Belle is now supposedly an ‘inventor’ who doesn’t wear a corset. What a revolutionary step forward in the 21st century. 
 
 Emma would argue, and has argued, that Disney’s becoming more progressive. 
 
 Watson said of the ‘new’ princess she plays: 
 
 In the animated movie, it’s her father who is the inventor, and we actually co-opted that for Belle…. We created a backstory for her, which was that she had invented a kind of washing machine, so that, instead of doing laundry, she could sit and use that time to read instead. 
 
 
 
 Again, Belle is clearly light years ahead. Cue derisive snort. 
 
 Disney is clearly trying to rebrand itself with movies like Tangled, Brave and Frozen, neatly editing the word ‘princess’ out of the titles while placing a female character in the main role. 
 
 But nothing has actually changed. The princesses are still rakishly thin, with pixie-like faces that stretch wider than their waists. 
 
 Call that a normal-sized waist, Moana? (Picture: Disney) 
 
 The women still play second fiddle to their more active, assertive male counterparts (particularly the hero Flynn Rider in Tangled). 
 
 They speak far, far less than them, too (the two female protagonists and other women characters in Frozen spoke less than half the dialogue). 
 
 Women actually speak LESS now in Disney cartoons than they did between 1930 and 1960 — plus there’s also the fact that the three blockbusters with the least female dialogue from 2016 were made by Disney. 
 
 Percentage of female dialogue in female-led Disney movies Brave (2012) 74 Sleeping Beauty (1959) 71 Cinderella (1950) 60 Tangled (2010) 52 Snow White (1937) 50 Frozen (2013) 41 The Little Mermaid (1989) 32 Beauty And The Beast (1991) 29 Princess And The Frog (2009) 25 Pochahontas (1995) 24 Mulan (1998) 23 Share 
 
 Frozen is Disney’s most popular princess-led movie of late, boasting two sister lead characters, but if that’s a pro-women film then I’m the bloomin’ Pope. 
 
 Putting on heels and a sparkly dress (or a gold one *cough, Emma*) and sashaying through a glass palace as Frozen’s Elsa does doesn’t make you a powerful woman, nor does falling in love with a beast as Belle does. 
 
 Anyone who buys this rubbish about Emma Watson influencing Disney to make a more feminist movie needs their head examining. 
 
 She’ll still be sharing a True Love’s Kiss™ with the Beast who’s been lusting after her for an hour and a half, as has Gaston, because she’s so hot. 
 
 No, it’s not the actress’s fault she’s the perfect casting for a princess. 
 
 But if Emma wanted little girls to stop buying dolls and start taking control of their lives, she wouldn’t have signed up for a Disney movie. Full stop. 
 
 Ms Watson, if anyone can make an original movie where you play a badass who helps smash the patriarchy, it’s you. 
 
 So why don’t you? 
 
 We think this is a dazzling story and so do you! Like Metro Entertainment on Facebook for more of this on your news feed. ||||| Emma Watson is facing an online backlash after appearing "topless" in a photo shoot for Vanity Fair magazine. 
 
 The Harry Potter star posed in a white open top for photographer Tim Walker, partly exposing her chest, prompting some Twitter users to question Watson's feminist stance. 
 
 The 26-year-old has been a vocal advocate for women's rights and helped launch the UN Women campaign HeForShe, calling on men to advocate gender equality. 
 
 Feminist: Page 3 girls? Topless? Ban them! Emma Watson topless? Brave and Stunning! #doublethink #hypocrisy — brett caton (@bcaton2) March 1, 2017 
 
 One Twitter user wrote: "Feminist: Page 3 girls? Topless? Ban them! Emma Watson topless? Brave and Stunning! #hypocrisy". 
 
 Daily Mail columnist Julia Hartley-Brewer wrote: "Feminism, feminism... gender wage gap... why oh why am I not taken seriously... feminism... oh, and here are my t***." 
 
 Maturing from Hermione to Belle in @beautyandthebeast is a true coming-of-age story for @EmmaWatson: "I couldn't care less if I won an Oscar or not if the movie didn’t say something that I felt was important for people to hear." Read the full cover story at the link in bio. Photograph by Tim Walker. Uma publicação partilhada por Vanity Fair (@vanityfair) a Fev 28, 2017 às 10:02 PST 
 
 Others defended the actress, with one tweeter arguing "feminism is about giving women free choice" and another saying "being sexual does not distract from the amazing work that (Watson) does". 
 
 In her interview with Vanity Fair, Watson talks about privacy and refuses to reveal details of her private life in order to be "consistent". 
 
 @JuliaHB1 I don't always agree with her, but does exposing a body part really contradict feminist points? — Ryan Brown (@Toadsanime) March 1, 2017 
 
 "I can't talk about my boyfriend in an interview and then expect people not to take paparazzi pictures of me walking around outside my home. You can't have it both ways," she said. 
 
 She added: "I used to be scared of words like 'feminism,' 'patriarchy,' 'imperialist.' But I'm not anymore." 
 
 Watson's new film, The Beauty And The Beast, is a live-action remake of the Disney classic with a twist. 
 
 "Belle is absolutely a Disney princess," Watson said. 
 
 "But she's not a passive character - she's in charge of her own destiny." ||||| Yes, it’s Incident #9486538476538 in the “BUT FEMINISTS CAN’T LOOK NICE?!” (ie. Women Are Not Allowed To Make Decisions About Their Own Bodies) log. 
 
 The actor Emma Watson has done an interview with Vanity Fair, illustrated with a photoshoot of her in designer versions of theatrical costumes: a Shakespearean ruff, various floor-length gowns, a baggy checked double-breasted jacket, a fencing uniform. 
 
 The Sun being The Sun picked out the shot where she is the least covered-up (a kind of white thick netted bolero thingy) for a puff piece about the interview. A photo that is not really representative of the rather classical shoot, which features a far-less-dressed male model in pictures alongside Watson. 
 
 But that didn’t stop the broadcaster and titfinder-general Julia Hartley-Brewer taking issue with the Vanity Fair shoot. Well, two parts of it: 
 
 Emma Watson: "Feminism, feminism... gender wage gap... why oh why am I not taken seriously... feminism... oh, and here are my tits!" pic.twitter.com/gb7OvxzRH9 — Julia Hartley-Brewer (@JuliaHB1) March 1, 2017 
 
 “Emma Watson: ‘Feminism, feminism... gender wage gap... why oh why am I not taken seriously... feminism... oh, and here are my tits!’” tweeted Hartley-Brewer, ever vocally offended by people she accuses of being oversensitive. 
 
 Enter Times journalist and Britain’s most enraged attender of restaurants Giles Coren, who retweeted the comment and replied: “That dim-witted, attention-seeking hoyden doesn't just give feminists a bad name, she gives THE HUMAN RACE a bad name.” 
 
 This descended into a bizarre public rating of the actor’s breasts: 
 
 Your mole would like to point out the irony in attempting to undermine the actor’s feminist credentials by OBJECTIFYING HER BODY AND CRITICISING HER CHOICES. As if we needed any further proof of the need for feminism. 
 
 Read more: It's great that Emma Watson is standing up for feminism - but #HeforShe is the wrong approach ||||| You're walking down the street and unexpectedly see Emma Watson. What do you do? Well, apparently, the very last thing you should do is ask her for a picture. 
 
 While most people are still drooling over the 26-year-old star's sexy Vanity Fair photos (the underboob is REAL), some fans are stuck on one little detail from her interview with the magazine. 
 
 It turns out the "Beauty and the Beast" star isn't big on taking selfies with her fans. I know that seems like a pretty rude stance to have when it comes to showing your loyal supporters some love. 
 
 When Justin Bieber voiced a similar message to his fans, they weren't happy at all. 
 
 Unlike JB, Emma Watson actually has a pretty good reason for why she doesn't enjoy granting the many fan photo requests that come her way. 
 
 In the new interview, Watson reveals, 
 
 For me, it's the difference between being able to have a life and not. If someone takes a photograph of me and posts it, within two seconds they've created a marker of exactly where I am within 10 meters. They can see what I'm wearing and who I'm with. I just can't give that tracking data. 
 
 Can you even blame her? People are crazy AF these days. Just ask Kendall Jenner's stalker. 
 
 But don't worry, Emma doesn't brush passed her fans and disappear into thin air. She's not mean, she's just protective of herself. The star says she tries to please her fans in other ways despite not giving them the photo they wanted. 
 
 Watson continued, 
 
 I'll say, 'I will sit here and answer every single Harry Potter fandom question you have, but I just can't do a picture.' I have to carefully pick and choose my moment to interact. 
 
 She does make one exception, though, and it's for the little people. 
 
 When am I a celebrity sighting versus when am I going to make someone's freakin' week? Children I don't say no to, for example. 
 
 Ah, I see. So, it's just big losers like you and me whot aren't allowed to ask Ms. Watson for a selfie to spice up our own Instagram feeds (insert crying emoji here). 
 
 You can catch Emma Watson in the live-action remake of "Beauty and the Beast," which hits theaters March 17. 
 
 Citations: Emma Watson Refuses To Take Selfies With Fans And Her Reason Why Actually Makes A Lot Of Sense (BroBible)
– Emma Watson didn't even take her top all the way off, and people are freaking out. The Beauty and the Beast star posed for Vanity Fair wearing a sheer top that bared part of her breasts, and as Sky News reports, the backlash was swift. "Emma Watson: 'Feminism, feminism... gender wage gap... why oh why am I not taken seriously... feminism... oh, and here are my t--s!'" tweeted Daily Mail columnist Julia Hartley-Brewer in a typical example of the criticism that arose. In response to Hartley-Brewer's tweet, Times editor Giles Coren wrote (but has apparently since deleted), "That dim-witted, attention-seeking hoyden doesn't just give feminists a bad name, she gives THE HUMAN RACE a bad name." But others were quick to defend Watson. "Your mole would like to point out the irony in attempting to undermine the actor’s feminist credentials by OBJECTIFYING HER BODY AND CRITICISING HER CHOICES," the New Statesman's Media Mole blog states. "As if we needed any further proof of the need for feminism." Over at Metro, Olivia Waring does have a problem with Watson, but it has nothing to do with her choice of attire: "Walt Disney was famously conservative and actually pretty archaic in his views of what women should do with their lives, which was reflected in all of the traditional fairytales his company made." Not much has changed recently, she writes, so if we're going to criticize Watson about anything related to her feminist credentials, it should be her choice to work with Disney. (Here's why Watson won't take selfies with fans.)