Birth of a Goddess [Comprehensive English and American]

The influence of "Time" in the United States and the world is beyond doubt.At the end of each year, "Time" will select "Person of the Year" as the cover of the current magazine, but "Person of the Year" is just a reference term, and the selected objects can include men, women, groups of people, places and even machines. The sole purpose of Time's "Person of the Year" selection is "to identify the people who have had the greatest impact on news and people's lives, for better or worse."

And what Elisa is about to shoot this time is the group cover of "Time" "Person of the Year". This time, "Time" has selected six women as this year's Person of the Year, and Eliza is one of them.

This time, the "Person of the Year" selected by "Time" is called "TheSilenceBreakers" by them. Those who bravely break the silence and stand up for those who have experienced or noticed women being sexually harassed and sexually assaulted A group of people were commended.At the same time, it also tries to inspire women to make their own voices through this choice, stop being a passive and silent victim, and push everyone to stop accepting unacceptable things.

At the magazine cover shoot, Eliza met five other women, including Taylor.But she didn't greet them too much. After lip-syncing with Taylor, Elisa calmly stood at the back.While waiting for the shooting to start, I even saw a flash of dissatisfaction in the eyes of one of them, but Elisa just calmly looked away and didn't pay that person any more attention.

In fact, before coming to the scene, Elisa had already mentally prepared for the possible rejection.In this shooting, only Elisa is not because of the sexual harassment or assault she has received, but only for the one who stood up for her friends. On such occasions, this "different" point in her appears Especially abrupt.

After the magazine shooting, several people were quickly taken to different places for one-person interviews.

The person in charge of interviewing Elisa was a female reporter wearing glasses. She had a serious expression on her face, and the moment she sat down firmly on the seat with her back straight, she felt more like a strict high school teacher.She brought a book, densely covered with English letters.She stretched out her hand to raise her glasses, and said hello to Eliza in a business-like manner, "It's our first meeting, I'm the reporter in charge of interviewing you today, from Time Magazine, my name is Sansi Nelson .”

"Hello, Nelson."

Nelson nodded, and then turned on the recording pen in her hand. The first question after the interview did not leave any room for Elisa to maneuver, "Why do you think you were selected, as a One of Time's Person of the Year?"

"There are many big events happening this year, but the feminist movement must be an inescapable link, especially the #MeToo# movement that began to rise in October and quickly swept the world. And I was invited, largely because of #MeToo #impactinmovement." Eliza articulated her guess.

Hearing Eliza's answer, Nelson didn't agree or disagree, but his cold face softened a little.In fact, Eliza's conjecture is correct. If it is only the theme of "Silence Breakers", obviously among the six people invited, whether it is Taylor Swift who has fought a vigorous sexual harassment lawsuit this year, Or the ex-Uber employee Susan Fowler, who exposed some hidden terms of discrimination against women in Silicon Valley companies with a well-founded article, they will participate in the movement more deeply than Eliza.

But there are three main reasons why "Time" made the decision to invite Eliza as one of the cover characters:

First of all, on the two major platforms of Twitter and Facebook, Elisa’s remarks about the #MeToo# movement were still the most commented and retweeted until nearly a month after the movement started;

The second is her upcoming FemaleForce themed concert, as well as the astonishing sales of the album of the same name, which are also important factors for the editor-in-chief of "Time" to make a decision.A theme album that has been prepared since the end of last year when the feminist movement was not yet in development is enough to show that in this year's vigorous feminist movement, Eliza is not a "speculator" in the eyes of outsiders, but a A "speaker" who already had such a concept before the outbreak.Rather than conforming to the times, what Eliza showed in the process was more of a tendency to change the times.

After a few questions, Elisa also got a general understanding of the reporter's questioning style today. Simply put, it is a straight ball without so many twists and turns, but it will also be a little harsh because it loses the packaging of euphemisms.

"So what do you think about the #MeToo movement?" After asking the question, Nelson looked Eliza straight in the eye, waiting for her answer.

"The #MeToo# movement didn't happen overnight, and there is no chance. When such similar cases accumulate to a certain extent and break the psychological bottom line of most people, such a movement will definitely break out." While thinking, Eliza spoke out her thoughts after carefully wording her words.

In the process of answering, she kept looking into Nelson's eyes, with a serious expression in her blue eyes, "I know that the #MeToo# movement will have uncontrollable phenomena in the process of development, including the gradual The excessive accusations that come up, and the people who try to muddy the waters in the process and use the movement for their own gain. These are inevitable. But it's never a perfect solution, it's a thought Liberation, as long as this movement can make those who have been violated realize that we can stand up, we don't need to be silent; at the same time, let some bystanders who were silent before not be silent. This is the #MeToo# movement in my eyes the greatest significance.”

Nelson listened intently to Eliza's answer, nodded slightly, and did not open her mouth to make any judgments on her answer, "For the single "WHY" on your second album called #MeToo# What do you think of the campaign song?"

Elisa was not surprised that Nelson would ask this question, but in fact, both Elisa and her manager Carlos were a little surprised when they discovered this trend.

But it really did happen.

This is also one of the important reasons why Eliza's voice on the #MeToo# movement is far ahead in terms of click-through rate of related entries.

Elisa considered the words, "I was a little surprised, but I didn't think it was that surprising. A large part of the reason is related to the time when I released this single and the theme of this song."

"One more thing, I was a little surprised," Nelson saw that Elisa had lightly brought up this question, and then raised a topic that had not been touched in all the previous interviews, "Since your debut, You will donate a sum of money to charities in different regions every once in a while, and specify that this amount will be invested in education in poor areas, and part of the donations are specifically marked as subsidies for poor female students. This is Is there any particular reason for it?"

When she received this material, Nelson was surprised, but after reading the dense data sheet that Elisa had donated in the past two years since her debut, she was shocked.

The money Eliza gave was very detailed, and each amount was different in size. From the beginning of her debut, she only gave several hundred sums of money to a few charities every month, and then gradually increased to several thousand, Tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands... If fans who are familiar with Eliza's career development track see this data sheet, they will find that every increase in the amount is closely related to Eliza's development.

The first tens of thousands of donations, that month, Elisa released the first hit single "Mistletoe"; the first tens of thousands of donations, after Eliza endorsed DKNY; One month after the release of Elisa's first album, she gave many donations of more than [-] yuan.

But Elisa has never publicized all these behaviors.And the only charity dinner she attended was a semi-social dinner like MetGala.

Elisa raised her eyebrows slightly, thinking that this was an interview with Time Magazine, and it was not so surprising that they were able to investigate their charitable donations, "The reason for donating to education is that I think the only way to give them a chance to change their minds , so that they have the opportunity to break through the solidification of class and get upward circulation. As for the special subsidies for poor female students..." Speaking of this, Eliza paused for the first time in today's interview before slowly opening her mouth. , "Before every donation, I will find someone to investigate the local operation of the charity. I specifically note that those donations can only be given to female students because..."

She raised her eyes, without any intention of evading, "If there is no such note, this donation may never be allocated to the female students."

It wasn't until the end of the interview that Nelson returned to his office to sort out the interview recordings, only to find that almost all of Elisa's answers were leak-free.As for the role of propaganda in this movement, he is not half complacent.

The recorder happened to put Eliza's comments on the "#MeToo# movement". Nelson was typing on the keyboard quickly to record this paragraph, and at the same time, Eliza couldn't help but say this paragraph in his mind. The expression when speaking.

Those blue eyes were as clear as sea water, and there was no anger in the woman's eyes, only calmness remained.

When the "#MeToo# movement" seemed to be in its heyday, Eliza almost pointed out the vicious consequences of being too emotional in the movement.In fact, Nelson, who works in the media industry, has already smelled a slight movement in the communication during this time, but...

As a person who has nothing to do with this industry at all, he can perceive these problems. Nelson tapped his fingers on the table lightly, staring at the finished interview draft, and suddenly smiled.

Since Elisa can express these thoughts in the interview, as a reporter, why should she think about it and look forward and backward?

With a tap of his finger, Nelson emailed the interview draft to the responsible editor.

After completing this simple movement, Nelson leaned back on the chair as if unloading a heavy package, looked at the ceiling and exhaled softly.

After this issue of the magazine is released, what kind of reaction will it be...

On the cusp of such a storm, what kind of response will their interviews receive?