Boys on Twitter are stupid.

Sorry, didn't mean to generalize - I'm sure there are plenty of civil young men on Twitter. But the trolls who have been making Emma Watson's name trend on the site for two days are not among them.

Is the brilliant actress and activist trending because of another lovely speech she made on women's rights? Did she land another awesome role? Did she get into another ivy league school?

Oh, no, she just took a slightly bad photo. Of course.

The ire aimed at the actress online by internet trolls with nothing better to do right now is ridiculous. You'd think, by now, we'd be past disparaging women for what they look like, but I guess these sad incels still think it's her job to stay quiet and look pretty for them.

I won't do them the service of putting their tweets in this article - they don't deserve the exposure - but here is the picture in question:

 

She looks...normal. Like I don't even understand the uproar: This is a bad angle, for sure, and the lighting isn't the best, but nobody looks good when you capture them midsentence.

Hey, here's an idea: Let's look at all the other photos there are of her from this night, and from other recent events like the BAFTAs. You know, the ones where she's actually prepared to be photographed and not trying to talk to the person holding the camera. Then all these trolls can post pictures of themselves, and we can compare.

(What? That sounds mean and unnecessary? Oh, you don't say...)