Shailene Woodley Explains Why She Doesn't Call Herself a Feminist

Shailene Woodley Explains Why She Doesn't Call Herself a Feminist

Shailene Woodley shows off her flat tummy on the cover of Nylon magazine’s April 2015 issue, out on newsstands on March 31!

Here’s what the 23-year-old actress had to share:

On her career path: “Two years ago it was very easy for me to understand and also emotionally tell the story of a 16-year-old, and now, I feel like I could not tell that story as truthfully because I just can’t empathize with it. I’m not there on an emotional level anymore.”

On her character Tris in the Divergent series: “When fear comes knocking on her door, she doesn’t run away�she stands up to it… And I thought that was a really beautiful message to be sending out to young women. Tris was not born a superhero, but what I love about her is that you can watch her progression into a strong young woman. Whenever I go back to playing Tris, I feel like, yes, I’m going back to Tris, but I am also going back to Shai and who Shai was in 2012, and who she was in 2014. If I hadn’t changed, it would be easier…but the last two years have been very powerful for me. I’m starting to empower myself.”

On feminism: “The reason why I don’t like to say that I am a feminist or I am not a feminist is because to me it’s still a label. I do not want to be defined by one thing. Why do we have to have that label to divide us? We should all be able to embrace one another regardless of our belief system and regardless of the labels that we have put upon ourselves.”

For more on Shailene, visit Nylon.com!

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Photos: Hilary Walsh
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