People Are Dragging Sarah Jessica Parker For Claiming She Isn't A Feminist

    Sex and the shitty understanding of feminism.

    Mat Whitehead
    by Mat Whitehead

    BuzzFeed Staff, Australia

    In a recent feature in Marie Claire, Sarah Jessica Parker was asked her opinions on being a feminist and, well, it was interesting.

    Michelangelo di Battista / Via marieclaire.com

    The magazine's website released highlights of the interview, including the following:

    "On being a feminist: 'I am not a feminist. I don't think I qualify. I believe in women and I believe in equality, but I think there is so much that needs to be done that I don't even want to separate it anymore. I'm so tired of separation. I just want people to be treated equally.'"

    Needless to say, Twitter lit right up.

    + @jossshau

    "I am not a feminist. I don't think I qualify. I believe in women and I believe in equality." .....sis....that's....feminism.....

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    Maggy @maggyvaneijk

    Marie Claire: yo SJP lots of women look up to u. U a feminist? SJP:

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    Anna Swartz @Anna_Snackz

    TFW Sarah Jessica Parker says "I am not a feminist ... I just want people to be treated equally."

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    Many were confused, as SJP's comments basically alluded to a fundamental principle of feminism.

    Timmy Turnup @HOTLINEKREAM

    "I am not a feminist because I believe in equality." - Sarah Jessica Parker..........BUT THE GAG IS

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    Katya Zamolodchikova @katya_zamo

    Bummer the sentences are just kinda dumb (she's a feminist btw, just not a good one)

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    In the highlight, Parker goes on to comment about the gender pay gap, saying she would "like all that nonsense to end".

    HBO

    "I would like women to get paid for the value of their contributions, not by old-fashioned ideas about gender.

    Jennifer Lawrence deserves every bit as much as her male counterpart. It's indisputable. Emma Watson is an amazing young woman, and it's important for her to talk about women's issues. She isn't concerned about herself. Women are paying the bills, getting it done, getting the kids here and there. The more we address that, we are all going to be better."

    HBO

    IDK it sounds like feminism.

    This isn't the first time SJP has voiced these opinions. Speaking to Cosmopolitan in 2015, Parker identified as a "humanist".

    "As [playwright] Wendy Wasserstein would say, I'm a humanist. I'm enormously appreciative of the work that my mother's generation did. I see a lot of people trying to sort out their roles. People of color, gays, lesbians, and transgenders who are carving out this space. I'm not spitting in the face or being lazy about what still needs to be done — but I don't think it's just women anymore. We would be so enormously powerful if it were a humanist movement."

    HBO

    So there you have it. SJP: still not a feminist.

    side-eye spice @goldengateblond

    "I am not a feminist ... I just want people to be treated equally." — Sarah Jessica Parker

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    The full Marie Claire interview hits shelves on 16 August.