When I saw this popping up in the news, I didn't watch the video for a couple of reasons (after reading through this thread, I still haven't watched the video, but I read the transcript). I didn't watch it because, as others here have suggested, too often the only reason the only reason the media (and general populace) pays attention to a celebrity's political speech is because of who said it, not what was said, basically in agreement of:
I'm blaming our media-obsessed culture that places too much weight upon the words of entertainers.
However, after reading her speech, I also have to agree with:
Waton's comments were intelligent and if a college professor had said them, no one would have batted an eye.
The other reason I didn't read it was because of what she acknowledged in her opening:
Reading her speech, I find she's talking about feminism in its true sense, about the equal treatment of individuals, and that's the feminism in which I completely believe.
