‘Feminism is nothing more than freedom,’ says Caitlin Stasey. These days, Stasey treats Twitter as part-philosophical salon, part -soapbox from which to rail against the evils of the world – climate change, homophobia, child abuse, animal abuse, gluten, religion, racism and (she says) Nickelback. Her style is mutinous and militant you can sense the pugilistic percussion of her thumbs on her smartphone screen as she bashes out her rallying cries to her nearly 100,000 followers.įor a long time after joining Twitter in 2009, Stasey used the social media platform in the same way most of us do: to post selfies, cat pictures and YouTube clips. In the clamorous Twittersphere, where the more moderate voices get drowned out, Stasey’s online presence is regularly pitched at the rabble-rousing volume of revolution. ‘People don’t rally in the streets for happiness’ It’s also a fitting appetiser for a version of the original interview, published now for the first time. ![]() The Good Weekend episode highlighted everything that made Stasey an attractive magazine subject in the first place: her social media celebrity, the fierceness of her feminist crusade, her tussles with the media and her general badassery. It sounds incredibly hypocritical for me to continue to be an actor and to have this feeling but I see it an opportunity to talk about things that I care about. We all sit around patting ourselves on the back, and for what? Spending millions of dollars while people are dying. “ The Oscars, the Golden Globes, even the IF awards … I think it’s really self-aggrandising. ![]() But I don’t feel what I do, what we do, is important,” Stasey told me. “I’ve done some incredible projects I’m really proud of that I really love. In an industry more associated with ego, vapidity and self-investment, the 25-year-old former Neighbours actor, who broke out at the age of 20 with the Tomorrow, When the War Began movie, increasingly views her career as a distant sideline to her commitment to activism and raising awareness. Her restless social conscience and level of engagement is less remarkable for her age than for her profession. “My intention was nothing more than to shed light on an issue that I know young women have faced.” I don't feel what I do is important … we all sit around patting ourselves on the back, and for what? Caitlin Stasey “These kinds of acts perpetuated by men in positions of power against women so often go unanswered,” Stasey said of the episode recently. ![]() Good Weekend was widely walloped in the hailstorm of ensuing coverage, both in Australia and abroad. Good stuff from on - Gabrielle Jackson July 21, 2015 When a magazine only wants you if you're nude.
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