#EmmaWatson Sets Up #Feminist #BookClub on #Twitter
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In her latest power play, Watson has stated that she's setting up a feminist book club on Twitter called 'Our Shared Shelf'. She picked the name through a general call out for suggestions on the platform, with other potential names including 'Wats Up Fems' and 'Hermoine's Army'. Frankly I think those are both better, but that's just me.
It's official - 'Our Shared Shelf' is up and running. First book - My life on the road. https://t.co/nVWNPy21za
— Emma Watson (@EmWatson) January 7, 2016
The response has been overwhelmingly positive, with a sizable contingent of her fans stating that they will join up once it launches, as a well as a few more notable figures, the most prominent of them being One Tree Hill star and member of the 'I killed Sean Bean' club Sophia Bush. In response to popular demand, Watson has said that she will try and get both J.K. Rowling and Taylor Swift on board as well.Presumably it will work like any other book club, only using Twitter. Members will take turns assigning books, everyone reads them and then they all reconvene a month later and talk about it. As well as Twitter, Goodreads is playing a fairly promient role in the process, housing the member forum and a database for all the assigned books. The books involved will all be feminist or equality relevant, and Watson has said that she wants to get the actual authors involved as much as she can. The first book has already been chosen - My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinem, who herself has been taking part in the discussion.
— Gloria Steinem (@GloriaSteinem) January 7, 2016
Watson isn't the first person to use her celebrity status to form a book club, Gwyneth Paltrow and Reese Witherspoon have both done it, with the latter actually running it using Instagram. It's a no brainer, really, social media is exceptionally well suited to the book club format, and Goodreads remains one of the best platforms there is, and it's only getting more popular with time.
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