JK Rowling And Emma Watson Had An International Women's Day Love-In

International Women's Day saw a worldwide celebration of incredible achievements, an acknowledgment of much work yet to be done and... cool emojis.

News-Twitter has created a Heforshe emoji 😮 whaatttttt???!!! Type hashtag HeForShe and our logo will automatically appear! #Heforshe #IWD16
— Emma Watson (@EmWatson) March 8, 2016

Emma Watson, #HeForShe advocate and feminist du jour, was clearly excited at Twitter's initiative and her enthusiasm was shared by none other than J.K Rowling.

.@EmWatson @HeforShe #HeForShe
Nice emoji! You're an inspirational woman x
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) March 8, 2016

And it went on...

@jk_rowling @HeforShe RIGHT back at you. ❤️ thank you for everything xx
— Emma Watson (@EmWatson) March 8, 2016

And then Taylor Swift got involved and we very nearly couldn't handle it until we realised it wasn't the real Taylor Swift.

@jk_rowling @EmWatson can you guys believe these two women are real because I cannot
— Taylor Swift (@TSwiftNeedsYou) March 8, 2016

Oh well.

The collective feedback from the exchange was almost as good.

@jk_rowling @EmWatson @HeforShe You both are the best inspiration we could have
— rainha dementadora (@hogwartsmylife) March 8, 2016

@jk_rowling @EmWatson you both are inspirational for a whole generation that looks up to you. #WomensDay
— Manuel (@chaomanu_) March 8, 2016

@jk_rowling @EmWatson @HeforShe y'all gonna make me cry pls interact more
— maryam misses bell (@elliotfintry) March 8, 2016

By all accounts International Women's Day was a resounding success, not least because many men learned a valuable lesson courtesy of Richard Herring and Ricky Gervais.

It's #InternationalWomensDay. Don't embarrass yourself by asking why there's no international men's day. There is. Nov 19th. You're welcome.
— Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais) March 8, 2016

You are wrong. Nov 19 RT @lmaohobbie: Correct me if I'm wrong but we have int women's days but I don't remember international men's day 😬
— Richard K Herring (@Herring1967) March 8, 2016

Working on this with my own international woman (she wants little baby bum back on) pic.twitter.com/GmpLjrxh2n
— Richard K Herring (@Herring1967) March 8, 2016

Maybe use a 21st C search engine. Nov 19 RT @greencalx: searched Alta-vista for International Mens day+got nothing. How's that 4 equality?!!
— Richard K Herring (@Herring1967) March 8, 2016

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