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Amal Clooney, a human rights lawyer who also happens to be pregnant and married to George Clooney, addressed the United Nations on Thursday over ISIS genocide - but it was her baby bump that made headlines, and people are pissed.
Amal was accompanied by her client, Nadia Murad, a woman who escaped ISIS slavery to become a Goodwill Ambassador and Nobel Peace Prize nominee, yet the company growing inside her belly is what celebrity gossip sites Hollywood Life and Daily Express focused on. But it was a tweet from TIME -- a respected news outlet -- that really disappointed Twitter.
Amal Clooney shows off her baby bump at the United Nations https://t.co/EvO1cIvKDu
@TIME
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The problem here: Amal was not "showing off" her baby bump. She wasn't on a red carpet with her husband, (which she did last month), or doing a planned photoshoot. She was simply heading to work to make a very important speech.
It's worth noting that the story TIME's Twitter account shared was headlined "Amal Clooney Addresses United Nations on ISIS." Still, the tweet generated plenty of backlash, anyway.
Actually, Amal Cooney went to the UN to encourage it to investigate genocide by ISIS. (For shame @TIME.) https://t.co/BcGEcYqVPC https://t.co/BcGEcYqVPC
@jenontheedge
Let me rewrite that for you, @Time:
@eldahshan
"Amal Clooney shows off her plans to investigate genocide by ISIS at the United Nations"#WhyWeNeedIWD https://t.co/n1wEpP9U34
It's frustrating to see a lot of magazines focusing only on Amal Clooney's baby bump and not on her important message. https://t.co/Zirb9UEsxK
@KatieZeppieri
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Absurd sexism aside, "shows off her baby bump?" What? Also breaking: Amal Clooney shows off that she does, in fact, have a nose! https://t.co/mVsHXwyzOW
@DiFabulous13
Yesterday, Amal Clooney called on the UN to open a probe into ISIS rapes and killings in Iraq@TIME chose to focus on her baby bump instead pic.twitter.com/hNdtyl9teP
@DeemaAlpha
@TIMEMagUSA Tabloid comment about Amal Clooney "showing her baby bump at UN". That is your headline? No substance! #fakenews
@lynnbailie
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A HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER ON INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY BIG NEWS BABY BUMP. I give up. Seriously if Amal can't get respect how can I? https://t.co/pHZPoyHTJZ
@LisaD787
and sexist tweet of the day goes to @time for this attempt at showing off the brilliant speech given by Amal Clooney https://t.co/Mld6f1Fb18 pic.twitter.com/8NJNnHudPx
@_Merlyn
And right next to the baby bump, you'll see the ISIS survivor whom Ms. Clooney is representing. https://t.co/n9zXDBx2QY
@JamilSmith
@Time I think you mean Human Rights lawyer/activist Amal Cloony gave a speech about Genocide, sex trafficking/slavery & ISIS at the UN https://t.co/ZCeBkJ0URw
@UDJules23
@TIME your tweet is absolutely blind to the importance of Amal's reason for being at the UN and an insult to women. I expect more from Time
@Jumpforjoy95
Dear @TIME,
@LavishTantrums
Amal Clooney was at United Nations to speak about genocide and ISIS. She did not "show off" the baby bump she happens to have. https://t.co/jRqcDt6ms9
Alternate headline: Amal Clooney shows off her brain at the @UN.
@luisaconlon
Fix this headline @TIME. https://t.co/MsMliyYlIg
@KaylaTanenbaum the oh-so-funny writers @TIME can not the difference between a Kardashian and Amal Clooney
@Chemi_Faeger
I expected better from you @TIME. https://t.co/0868i39Fqx
@mcAng77
@TIME seriously?She is a world renowned #humanrights lawyer,delivering a powerful speech at #UN & you a NEWS magazine, talks about #babybump
@GreatLakesHello
