--- title: Emma Watson Will be Elle's Feminism Covergirl description: She'll be on the cover of Elle's feminism issue in December canonical: https://time.com/3545832/emma-watson-feminism-elle-magazine/ author: Charlotte Alter article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-29T14:58:18.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:56:13.771Z og:title: Emma Watson Will be Elle's Feminism Covergirl og:description: She'll be on the cover of Elle's feminism issue in December og:url: https://time.com/3545832/emma-watson-feminism-elle-magazine/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb37160622149360e/69876321cd1bba21276f2de8/455851444.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: HeForShe Campaign Launch og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Emma Watson Will be Elle's Feminism Covergirl twitter:description: She'll be on the cover of Elle's feminism issue in December twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb37160622149360e/69876321cd1bba21276f2de8/455851444.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Emma Watson: Feminism Is 'Not Dogmatic,' It's About Having Choices  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Oct 29, 2014 2:58 PM UTC  Emma Watson, Ban Ki-Moon attends the launch of the HeForShe Campaign at the United Nations on September 20, 2014 in New York City. (Steve Sands--WireImage) Emma Watson, Ban Ki-Moon attends the launch of the HeForShe Campaign at the United Nations on September 20, 2014 in New York City. (Steve Sands--WireImage)Steve Sands—WireImage  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Oct 29, 2014 2:58 PM UTC The Harry Potter star and new UN Women Goodwill ambassador will grace the cover of[ _ELLE_‘](http://www.elleuk.com/now-trending/december-feminism-issue-cover-emma-watson-ELLE)s feminism-themed December issue. In a sneak-peak at the full interview from _ELLE’s_ U.K. website, here’s what she has to say about feminism: --- > “” --- Watson also said her upbringing helped influence her ideas about feminism: --- > “” --- The British star made waves last month when [she spoke at the UN He for She](http://time.com/3415901/emma-watson-womens-rights-u-n/) event about the importance of feminism for both women and men. \[[ELLE](http://www.elleuk.com/now-trending/december-feminism-issue-cover-emma-watson-ELLE)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3545832/emma-watson-feminism-elle-magazine/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3545832/emma-watson-feminism-elle-magazine/"},"headline":"Emma Watson: Feminism Is 'Not Dogmatic,' It's About Having Choices","datePublished":"2014-10-29T14:58:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:56:13.771Z","description":"She'll be on the cover of Elle's feminism issue in December","url":"https://time.com/3545832/emma-watson-feminism-elle-magazine/","keywords":["Living","feminism","Media","UN","Cover","Emma Watson","Magazine"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb37160622149360e/69876321cd1bba21276f2de8/455851444.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb37160622149360e/69876321cd1bba21276f2de8/455851444.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"HeForShe Campaign Launch","caption":"HeForShe Campaign Launch","creditText":"Steve Sands—WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"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-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3545832/emma-watson-feminism-elle-magazine/","name":"Emma Watson: Feminism Is 'Not Dogmatic,' It's About Having Choices"}}]}] ```