I’m really sad to have to tell you that you didn’t read that headline wrong. Emma Watson is an intelligent woman. She’s the UN Women Goodwill Ambassador, she went to Brown, and she seems to have it together. Except it seems as though that’s not quite the case, at least if her interview on BBC’s Radio 1 yesterday is anything to go by. You see, Emma loves fashion, but she’s not into animal cruelty. Will she wear leather? Sure, so long as no animals are seriously hurt in the process of getting it.
If you think I’m joking that this came out of a grown, seemingly educated woman’s mouth, here’s the exact quote:
“If it’s well-sourced, maybe? As long as no one’s in tons of awful, horrible pain. As long as no animals are seriously hurt in the process, then that’s fine with me.”
I find it hard to believe that Emma Watson is ignorant enough to not know where leather comes from or how it’s made. Does she think that you can skin an entire animal and then it continues to walk around in the world? I’m just not sure what was going through her head with this, to be honest.
Now, I should note that I’m not anti-leather. I don’t want to think about animals being tortured so in theory, I’m “against” it, but it’s not ever something I’ve campaigned about or felt really strongly about, and I’m also not a vegetarian, so I’m not going to be a hypocrite and act like it’s the worst thing ever when I eat meat. I don’t buy leather, but that’s mostly just because I’m cheap, so it’s always faux for me anyway. I just find it odd that Emma didn’t just say, “Sure, I love leather!” rather than trying to dish out concern that actually just made the whole thing a lot worse.
Other hilarious things said in the interview included Emma’s favourite food being baked beans, her desire to become a yoga instructor, etc. You can read more excerpts here.
I think she means that if an animal is being killed for meat, such as a cow is, then why not use make use of the leather. Whereas other animals are being killed solely for their leather or fur, like snake skin or mink fur, and that’s what she has a problem with.
Exactly. One would have to be extremely simple, or going far out of their way to try to shine a bad light on Emma, to try to make the lame connection the author of the article does.
I agree, I think its pretty obvious that’s what she’s saying and can’t really see how anyone could misinterpret this to the point where they think she’s being stupid.
Sure but that’s not what happens. It would make more sense that the cow’s hide is used for leather since his body is used for meat BUT leather doesn’t come from the meat industry cows, it comes from the cows mainly in India and other asian countries. If you want to know more about it, watch Earthlings. They basically talk about animal exploitation to every degree.
No animal wants to die! Who cares if the cow was slaughtered for meat. It’s wrong because it was our choice to kill it and not animals choice. No ethical reason to even eat meat these days.
Emma is a good example, whereby she has grown into the beautiful women that she is while still consuming animals. She has a mixed and healthy diet. Whether they do or not – she would not want animals to solely die to become leather but will except that animals will need to die to be on her plate and at the same time the rest of the animal might as well become leather etc…
Didn’t people mock her last year when she said she’s a feminist or was that somebody else?
I think her comment was poorly worded (and we all have days when the coffee just isn’t cutting it and being coherent just isn’t happening) but the gist of it was sensible. I’m guessing she was referring to factory farming practices where the animals have zero quality of life. Humane farming practices ensure the animals are not overcrowded, stressed, or force-fed growth hormones and antibiotics and that they have good access to real grass, fresh air & sunshine and room to roam about.
No animal wants to die! Who cares if the cow was grass fed or not. Doesn’t matter how great of a short life the animal had because it still doesn’t want to die. It’s wrong because it is our choice to kill it and not animals choice. No ethical reason to even eat meat these days. Why is ok to kill a cow, pig etc but not a dog or a cat. Besides all animals slaughtered for meat are babies. The average age of cows slaughtered for meat consumption is 18 months and a pig average age is only 6 months. Your basically eating baby’s. If they let them live any longer there will be no profit for sale.
Is no one going to comment about how this writer is completely contradicting themselves? Emma Watson stated she didn’t want the leather to come from an abusive process. Then the writer goes on to say that they are also not anti-leather and ALSO do not wish to see animals being tortured. This was a waste of a post.
or many she means fake leather……is this really that hard to understand? she means that shes fine with leather as long as its fake.
All these stupid people defending her are idiots and fans of her.
No animal wants to die! Who cares if the cow was grass fed or not. Doesn’t matter how great of a short life the animal had because it still doesn’t want to die. It’s wrong because it is our choice to kill it and not animals choice. No ethical reason to even eat meat these days. Why is ok to kill a cow, pig etc but not a dog or a cat. Besides all animals slaughtered for meat are babies. The average age of cows slaughtered for meat consumption is 18 months and a pig average age is only 6 months. Your basically eating baby’s. If they let them live any longer there will be no profit for sale.
She might have meant faux leather. She has some items from pineapple “leather”, or pinatex. No animals involved, but it looks just like leather
So…as long as no animals are seriously hurt! I’m pretty sure being kept captive for months then slaughtered is gonna hurt! Silly people live on this planet. Stop making excuses and just wear non animal clothing…no one gets hurt.