--- title: Benedict Cumberbatch Wears Feminist T Shirt for Elle Magazine: Photo description: All the Cumberbitches are pretty excited canonical: https://time.com/3546712/benedict-cumberbatch-feminist-tshirt/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-29T21:54:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:14:11.276Z og:title: Here's Benedict Cumberbatch in a Feminist T-Shirt og:description: ELLE UK called on the Sherlock actor to pose in a t-shirt featuring the slogan og:url: https://time.com/3546712/benedict-cumberbatch-feminist-tshirt/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's Benedict Cumberbatch in a Feminist T-Shirt twitter:description: ELLE UK called on the Sherlock actor to pose in a t-shirt featuring the slogan twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Here's Benedict Cumberbatch in a Feminist T-Shirt by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Oct 29, 2014 9:54 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Oct 29, 2014 9:54 PM UTC Well, looks like Mr. Benedict Cumberbatch is the latest male [celebrity](http://time.com/3426757/watch-joseph-gordon-levitt-explain-why-hes-a-feminist-in-a-truly-thoughtful-way/) to proudly [embrace](http://time.com/3478159/aziz-ansari-feminism-jay-z-beyonce/) the f-word. Behold: > [](https://twitter.com/ELLEUK/status/526716463164698624) _ELLE UK_ called on the S_herlock_ actor to pose in a t-shirt featuring the slogan “This is what a feminist looks like,” created by equality campaigning organization the Fawcett Society. As part of its upcoming[ feminism issue](http://www.elleuk.com/now-trending/feminism-magazine-issue-special-december-2014), the magazine recruited Cumberbatch — along with other actors like Tom Hiddleston and Joseph Gordon-Levitt — to show their support. Naturally, Cumberbatch’s many fans (also known as Cumberbitches) are _pretty_ excited. Here are Gordon-Levitt and Hiddleston: > [](https://twitter.com/ELLEUK/status/526719841970167808) > [](https://twitter.com/UKLoki/status/527513078016253952) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3546712/benedict-cumberbatch-feminist-tshirt/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3546712/benedict-cumberbatch-feminist-tshirt/"},"headline":"Here's Benedict Cumberbatch in a Feminist T-Shirt","datePublished":"2014-10-29T21:54:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:14:11.276Z","description":"All the Cumberbitches are pretty excited","url":"https://time.com/3546712/benedict-cumberbatch-feminist-tshirt/","keywords":["Newsfeed","feminism","Benedict Cumberbatch","celebrity","Feminist"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3546712/benedict-cumberbatch-feminist-tshirt/","name":"Here's Benedict Cumberbatch in a Feminist T-Shirt"}}]}] ```