Emma Watson has always been an activist for female empowerment and is never one to shy
away about speaking her truth, but now she’s taken on a new interest as she explains her
fascination with ‘kink culture’ in a new tell-all interview.
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There’s nothing like a little ‘kink talk’ to get you going on this Wednesday AKA Hump
Day, and that’s exactly what we’re here to talk about today, but in a tasteful manner,
of course.
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And now back to Emma -- is it just me, or are you even more intrigued by her point of
view every time she speaks out on a certain topic?
This next one is no exception as Emma recently sat down with author of the book Sex And World
Peace, Valerie Hudson, where the two talked about relationships, consent and the #MeToo
movement.
The interview was published in Teen Vogue and reveals some interesting and thought-provoking
responses by Emma.
For starters, although Emma received massive amounts of praise by her fanbase after coining
the term “self-partnered” as a fancier and healthier term for her ‘single’ relationship
status during an interview with British Vogue, she also opened up about the dark side of
the movement she created.
She told Valerie that she never intended it to become an entire movement, and said that
it was “...really interesting because it really riled some people up”.
Emma added, “It was less for me about the word but more about what it meant — just
this idea that we need to reclaim language and space in order to express ourselves because
sometimes it’s really not there.”
What’s more interesting was the conversation Emma and Valerie had about the importance
of being in open relationships, and how Emma believes that, “relationships that don’t
necessarily follow traditional models require more communication and consent.”
Specifically speaking, kink culture.
Now before you question or make assumptions on kink culture, I wanted to completely lay
this out on the line for you.
Kink culture is a form of non-conventional sexual taste or behavior that includes different
practices and preferences.
I won’t go into much more detail on that, but I’m pretty sure you guys get where I’m
going…
Anyway, Emma’s fascination in kink culture stems from the fact that this type of behavior
requires strong communication and consent because of its non-traditional practices.
Emma touched more on kink culture, adding, “It requires an actual conversation and
agreement about the delegation of tasks and labour and responsibilities that maybe you
don’t feel that you need to have or should have if you follow those traditional stereotypes.”
That said, Emma added that some of the healthiest relationships she’s seen have been between
same-sex couples because QUOTE, “I think they have to sit down and agree on things
between them as opposed to accepting certain sets of assumptions and expectations that
are made.”
And according to Emma, people who engage in kink culture are “the best communicators
ever.
They know all about consent.
They smash that stuff because they really have to get it — but we could all use those
models; they’re actually really helpful models.”
Are you surprised By Emma’s admission about kink culture?
I’m curious to hear your take on the matter so get the conversation going right down here,
but speaking of healthy relationship practices, Emma stressed that just because she believes
these types of relationship practices are healthy doesn’t mean that she views relationships
as ‘easy’ by any means.
She then touched on the wildly popular, yet unrealistic, viewpoint, saying, “The idea
that relationships are supposed to be easy and it’s all supposed to be implicitly understood,
and you’re just meant to get each other, it’s bulls***!
It’s impossible!”
Also, don’t think for ONE second that Emma believes that men are the underlying issue
within relationships, because of the topics she tends to speak on, sometimes her comments
can become misconstrued, as she pointed out just earlier this week.
She also reminded fans who ask her why she doesn’t have titles or photos changed before
they go public, “The reality is it's very unusual for me to see things before they are
run or for me to get a say from publications on how pictures of me or my speech is edited.
Usually you see things for the first time before I do.”
All in all, Emma just wants fans to know that she uses her voice with nothing but love,
and that’s the only way it should ever be perceived.
Thankfully, many fans who’ve always loved Emma praised her for always speaking up and
being such an inspiration, which is clearly all she meant to convey.
If you have thoughts on what Emma revealed, chime in below and then click right over here
to see which TV host had the audacity to call Taylor Swift ‘an idiot’.
I’m Emile Ennis Jr. and I’ll see you next time.