[siriuslynowwtf]

Ugh. More of this 'no one is allowed to say anything about Emma that's not positive'? It's annoying.

A bunch of us think she's being a hypocrite. Not because she did the line when she said she wouldn't, unless it was a good cause (which it is), but because she's been yapping about wanting to be a normal teenager and have a normal life and university experience.

YES. Students do charitable things.

NO. Most normal students do not design collections for companies.

NO. She does not wear Fair Trade clothing out in public when she's on and about fashion...all she does is promote and talk about high fashion designers.

YES. We all wear clothing that isn't exactly ethical and most of us don't have access to Fair Trade clothes.

BUT. She has the money and the resources to donate money to the cause and wear and promote the kind of clothes she is now 'supporting.'

And someone said they didn't see how this affected her university life or normal experience? If she wants to be know as 'Emma Watson the student from the UK' and not 'Emma Watson the girl that stars in the Harry Potter films' then she needs to not do things that will land her in the news or the public eye. Designing a collection of clothing puts her out there in the spotlight and in the news, which is just not your average 19 year old college student. If they're ever going to get past who she is and she's ever going to fit in and have a normal experience just like the rest of the kids, then she's going to have to stop doing things that most other normal kids in college don't do. Fact. If she wants them to treat her just like anyone else, she's going to have to stop appearing in the news (for things like designing collections, which she has control over, obviously the paparazzi is different). If they don't always see her face and name being thrown about for things like this, they will move on and she will have a semi-normal college experience.

BUT YES. It is an overall very admirable and good thing she is doing for a charitable cause. It's awesome and if she's going to do something like this at all, at least it's for a good cause. Regardless, she is still being hypocritical and anyone who so pleases is perfectly entitled to point that out. It doesn't take away from the good she's doing and everyone who has criticised her hypocrisy has acknowledged that this move she's made will do a lot of good.