Emma Stone calls Teen Vogue "sexist"

Hollywood actress Emma Stone apparently got tired of facing sexism in the media. Sexist questions seem to appear in interviews all the time, yet no one reacts to them. Last year, in an interview for Teen Vogue, Stone finally decided to speak up after hearing yet another question about her hair, the way she stays in shape and the lipstick she is using. Making a very important claim about how none of her male colleagues face the same type of questions, Stone openly said to the interviewer that it is, as simple as that, SEXISM (Emma Stone Covers Teen Vogue With Andrew Garfield, Reaches New Levels of Awesome, 2012). It is unfortunate that these reactions are rare among actresses, and that this was the first time someone so famous reacted ever since Helen Mirren was offended  because an interviewer asked her if her body helped her in career back in 1975 (Helen Mirren still mad over 35 year-old television interview with Michael Parkinson, 2010) . Not much has changed since. Actresses are still asked about their bodies before they are actually asked about their talents, work and opinion on important issues. No wonder young girls get distorted images of how they should feel about and value themselves after reading Teen Vogue or any other women's magazine, when their role models talk about diets and hairstyles at most times. Hopefully, more actresses (and actors) like Stone will speak up in the future, become new role models and influence young girls to think differently about themselves, as well as change the way young boys think about girls. All I can say is - go Emma!


'Emma Stone Covers Teen Vogue With Andrew Garfield, Reaches New Levels of Awesome', 2012, The Huffington Post, viewed November 22,  
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/21/emma-stone-teen-vogue-andrew-garfield_n_1615278.html
'Helen Mirren still mad over 35 year-old television interview with Michael Parkinson', 2010, Daily Mail, viewed November 22, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1313762/Helen-Mirren-mad-35-year-old-television-interview-Michael-Parkinson.html