Feminism online

Emma Watson

Emma Watson made her speech at a special event called her for she campaign in which she has now become an ambassador for, in the speech she spoke about things such as her life as a female growing up where she was judged for being a female and went on to speak about other things such as her dad being a mother and father figure to her. Following on from this she spoke about how males also have problems when trying to come out as they always want to feel masculine and this too can be a problem. She then goes on to finish about joining this campaign and makes a plea to the audiences.

I believe this is a valid campaign as for one it is a famous celebrity who is the ambassador for this campaign, showing that she has taken time out of her busy schedule in order to make a change about the inequality of genders throughout the whole world. By having Emma Watson on board it would also give them a lot of publicity and also she is respected and is seen in the media for positives and not negatives.

Ched Evans

This article from The Telegraph spoke about how a feminist made an online petition against convicted rapist Ched Evans who is a professional footballer who was sent to prison for doing so. This online petition gained many signings with 160,000 in total and 21,000 in 24 hours. This then stopped a deal for Evans signing for Oldham football club as they no longer wanted to sign him after everything that has happened in the media whereas at first they had offered him a long term contract. Similarly the club Evans used to play for Sheffield United had him training at their club but they stopped him from training with them due to them also getting negative media coverage where the local people and fans were going against them. 

This campaign is seen as valid and also a witch hunt. Valid is because people would not want to see Evans back playing football because what he had done is unforgivable and disgraceful especially as footballers are seen as role models, also the fact that as I have already stated local people and fans would not want him at their clubs so would sign the petition also. It may be seen as a witch hunt as it could be said would Evans get the same treatment if he had done the same thing but in a different job not a footballer where they are talked about everyday in the media.