Monday, October 5, 2015

People Are Upset About Meryl Streep's "I'd Rather Be A Rebel Than A Slave" T-Shirt

Streep and her Suffragette co-stars appeared in the shirts on the cover of Time Out London. They reference a quote from Emmeline Pankhurst, a leader of the U.K. suffragette movement.

Suffragette, a film about women fighting for the right to vote in the U.K. that stars Meryl Streep, Carey Mulligan, and Helena Bonham Carter, will be released in the U.S. on Oct. 23.

Suffragette, a film about women fighting for the right to vote in the U.K. that stars Meryl Streep, Carey Mulligan, and Helena Bonham Carter, will be released in the U.S. on Oct. 23.

Courtesy of Focus Features

Streep and Mulligan were recently on the cover of Time Out London wearing T-shirts that say, "I'd rather be a rebel than a slave."

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The T-shirt is in reference to the famous quote originally said by Emmeline Pankhurst, a leader of the U.K. suffragette movement who's played by Streep in the upcoming movie.

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Streep [as Pankhurst] reportedly says the quote in a scene where she's rallying a crowd of women from her balcony.

Streep [as Pankhurst] reportedly says the quote in a scene where she's rallying a crowd of women from her balcony.

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