艾玛·沃特森：现代人的现代女权主义

2016-09-12fromEsquire翻译秋斯

疯狂英语·初中天地 2016年7期

from Esquire翻译：秋斯

艾玛·沃特森：现代人的现代女权主义

from Esquire
翻译：秋斯

年少成名，从电影、模特事业和学业三不误的常春藤名校毕业生，到出任联合国妇女署亲善大使和“他为她”（HeForShe）性别平等运动的形象大使，再到成为牛津大学的访问学者……现年26岁的学霸女神艾玛·沃特森（Emma Watson）在人生的高峰上稳步攀登，始终不骄不躁。在完成了新片《美女与野兽》（Beauty and the Beast）和《圆圈》（The Circle）的拍摄之后，2016年，艾玛创办了女权主义读书会，并宣布息影一年专注于女权运动和个人发展。本文节选自今年的英国《时尚先生》（Esquire）杂志就女权主义对话艾玛的专访。

Esquire （Hereinafter， ESQ）： A lot of men may have issues with describing themselves as “a1）feminist.” Why is it important this should change？

Emma Watson： There are2）misconceptions about the word. The way it is3）constructed—it's obviously got “feminine” in the word—immediately pushes men away from it， because they think， “Oh， it's got nothing to do with me.” Also， they have this idea that it is about women competing with men， or being against men， or wanting to be men， which is a huge misconception. Women want to be women. We just want to be treated4）equally. It's not about man hating. Bell Hooks注1says， “5）Patriarchy has no gender.” It's true.

ESQ： So， you get that it's tricky？

Emma： It's really easy to trip up. I do it all the time and I'm engaged with it every day. Even the way that our language is constructed is difcult. I say “guys” to a room of girls all the time. I've even come out with “6）Man up！” And I consider myself to be someone who is engaged with this topic. The language is so7）ingrained and8）unconscious it's easy to make a mistake. Gloria Steinem注2says feminism isn't about being perfect. Rebecca Solnit注3says it's not about being9）puritanical. We aren't expecting men to be gender experts， just engaged and10）conscientious. ESQ： It's one thing for Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg or another CEO to change their company's policy on11）parental leave or gender equality. But what can the average non-billionaire guy do？

Emma： Oh， it can be really basic. You just need to be an active12）bystander. Most men I've spoken to have come across a moment where they were in a group of guys and something was happening that made them feel uncomfortable. And when that moment comes， don't think it's not worth it to speak up or not your place to ruffle feathers. We need you to do that.

语法小知识

have issues with sth. 对某事持有异议，不同意某事

trip up 犯错误

engage with 与……建立密切关系

speak up 大胆地说，自由发表意见，辩护

rufe （one's） feathers 发怒

注1：贝尔·胡克斯（Bell Hooks，1952—），本名格洛丽亚·吉恩·沃特金斯（Gloria Jean Watkins），美国女权主义理论家、作家和社会激进主义分子。

注2：格洛丽亚·斯泰纳姆（Gloria Steinem，1934—），美国女权主义者、作家、记者、社会和政治活动家，是20世纪60年代后期和70年代妇女解放运动的代表人物。

注3：丽贝卡·索尔尼特（Rebecca Solnit，1961—），美国作家。

1） feminist ［'femInIst］ n. 女权主义者feminine ［'femInIn］ n. 女性

2） misconception ［,mIskən'sepʃən］ n. 误解

3） construct ［kən'strʌkt］ v. 构造

4） equally ［'iːkwəlI］ adv. 公平地，平等地equality ［iː'kwɒlətI］ n. 平等

5） patriarchy ［'peItrI,aːkI］ n. 父权制，族长政治

6） man ［mæn］ v. 使具有男子气概，使振作精神

7） ingrained ［In'greInd］ adj. 根深蒂固的

8） unconscious ［ʌn'kɒnʃəs］ adj. 未发觉的，无意识的

10） conscientious ［,kɒnʃI'enʃəs］adj. 凭良心办事的

11） parental leave 育婴假

12） bystander ［'baIstændə］ n. 旁观者

ESQ： What would you like to come of it？

Emma： There's no point in me going， “You all have to go away from having read this article and decide that you are a feminist.” That's useless. The only thing that is going to make a diference is if men go away and speak to the women in their lives about what they are experiencing. Whether you identify or use the word or whatever is not the important thing. It's how you choose to act.

ESQ： The comedian Amy Schumer注4said recently， “Even the most beautiful girls think they are disgusting.” Would you agree？

Emma： Oh， they do， yeah. I know a few of them. I， as a 21-year-old， was riddled with insecurity and self-13）critiquing. Some of my friends still are. I realised that I didn't like friends taking photos of me when I wasn't working and I actually got in a fight about this issue. And I wondered， why is this bothering me？ Why does this make me so insecure？ And I realised it's because I can't even14）reconcile myself with my own image on the front of these magazines. Comparing myself to how I look， when I've gone through all of that makeup and styling， in my normal life is…just…I can't live up to it. I was like， “If that's how I feel—and I get to be the person who's on the cover of those magazines—how's anyone else meant to15）cope？”

ESQ： That must be weird for someone whose new haircut breaks the Internet.

Emma： Yeah， it's weird， but it's been a very16）empowering switch to go from me feeling as a young woman： “There's something wrong with me， I need to change this about me.” And then you start having a go at yourself for not liking yourself and you add another layer of17）hatred to the circle. And，18）ironically， it's probably made me more beautiful and more confdent as a result because I'm not carrying that anxiety any more. I don't think it's weird any more that I don't look like myself on the cover of a magazine.

ESQ： You're taking time off from acting now to focus on HeForShe full-time. Was that a hard decision？

Emma： This is the most fun I've ever had.

It's so awesome to be at the19）forefront of that

wave and that energy and just being able to

20）channel that which I found mildly horrifying—

all of the crazy attention on me—and doing

something good with it. It just feels like I'm really

doing what I'm meant to be doing.

语法小知识

come of 产生于，来自

There's no point in doing sth. 做某事没有意义be riddled with 充满，充斥

live up to 达到，符合，不辜负（他人的期望）be meant to 必须做……，要做……