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Emma Watson is kind of confused about why her recent Vanity Fair photo shoot makes her a "bad" feminist.
"Feminism is about giving women choice," the actress told BBC News during an interview about her "Beauty and the Beast" role. "It's about equality. It's not ... I really don't know what my tits have to do with it. It's very confusing."
"Feminism is not a stick with which to beat other women with. It's about freedom, it's about liberation," she added.
See more: Critics Blast Emma Watson's Feminist 'Hypocrisy' Over Underboob in Vanity Fair (Photo)
As TooFab reported on Thursday, Watson was under fire for posing with exposed underboob for the magazine's cover spread and was called a bad feminist for showing off her body instead of keeping it covered up.
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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
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In actress' "Vanity Fair" cover story, she discussed the "metamorphosis" she underwent that ranged from playing "Harry Potter's" Hermione Granger to becoming a U.N. Women Goodwill Ambassador, touting feminism the entire way.
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Watch her response to the anti-feminist sentiments in the video in which she says left her "quietly stunned."
