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  • Emma Watson is Right, Sort Of-Who, exactly, is keeping the Palestinians unfree?

    01/20/2022 6:11:07 AM PST · by SJackson · 16 replies
    Frontpagemagazine ^ | Jan 20, 2022 | Hugh Fitzgerald
    Emma Watson, the actress who played Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter movies, made news recently when she declared on Instagram “Free Palestine” and declared her “solidarity” with the oppressed Palestinians. Why her opinion should matter tells us something about the mental state of our giddy globe. What’s next? Should we consult Mick Jagger for his views on the expansion of NATO? Or ask Randy Quaid for his thoughts on the IMF? Watson’s sentiment isn’t wrong, writes Stephen Flatow: the Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank do indeed need to be free, but she’s sending her message to...
  • Emma Watson says she's 'self-partnered' not single

    11/05/2019 8:11:58 AM PST · by EdnaMode · 57 replies
    CNN ^ | November 5, 2019 | Rory Sullivan
    Emma Watson has said she prefers to call herself "self-partnered" rather than single as she approaches her 30th birthday. Watson, 29, who rose to fame as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films, coined the phrase in an interview with British Vogue in which she discussed the pressures of turning 30. [snip] Speaking of how she had never believed the "'I'm happy single' spiel," she added: "It took me a long time, but I'm very happy [being single]. I call it being self-partnered." The new phrase is reminiscent of actor Gwyneth Paltrow's use of the term "conscious uncoupling" to describe...