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Joseph Gordon-Levitt on Why He’s Exploring the Word ‘Feminism’ and Online Misogyny

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The actor-entrepreneur opens up about his upcoming episode of “hitRECord on TV” that centers on the ‘feminist’ label and why self-identifying as a feminist is important to him.

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Last month, I asked Joseph Gordon-Levitt, the gregarious and charming star of films like (500) Days of Summer, Looper, and The Dark Knight Rises, about why he considers himself a feminist.

“What that means to me is that you don’t let your gender define who you are—you can be who you...

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