Ariana slams ‘double standards’ and ‘misogyny’ in women empowerment essay

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Lately, pop music’s female stars have been doing an excellent job standing up to the media’s questions and/or comments about their relationships with men and/or body image. See, for example, Taylor Swift telling a reporter she’s going home to her cats, not “lots of men”; Selena Gomez professing self-love in the face of body critics; and Kelly Clarkson’s uplifting response to fat-shamers.

Ariana Grande has been something of a leader in this area. In May she wore a sweatshirt proudly proclaiming “I have no tits!” and late last year politely told Bette Midler to stop judging her for projecting a “s-xy” image. Her latest move, however, is by far the most empowering.

In response to being referred to as “Big Sean’s ex” and the possible love interest of One Direction’s Niall Horan, Grande penned an essay that she posted to Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. “I am tired of living in a world where women are referred to as a man’s past, present, and future PROPERTY/POSSESSION,” she wrote. “I… do not. belong. to anyone. but myself. and neither do you.”

Later, she quotes Gloria Steinem (“Any woman who chooses to behave like a full human being should be warned that the armies of the status quo will treat her as something of a dirty joke… She will need her sisterhood”), calls out s-xual double standards between men and women, and does lots of other awesome things. Read the whole piece below.

 

 

 

 

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Ariana is such a nice person

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Oh thought you were gonna post this:

 

 

[LePetitGAGABLover 21,234]

Who taught her those fancy and eloquent words?

OT: SLAY them b---hes

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Good for ha!  Ariana always seemed to me like a very intelligent and down-to-earth person.  

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Oh thought you were gonna post this:

 

 

​i never saw this

Thanks, i'll be watching this now

 

OT: she posted this from twitter too

 

 

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I knew I was right to stan  

She's on the right path  

 

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Did she lie? I think not. 

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One thing I love about Jamie Dornan (the Fifty Shades actor) is that he's one of the very few male artists who openly supports feminism and is a feminist himself. Straight men don't have to look feminine to support feminism though, in fact it can magnify your masculinity by showing how matured you are through supporting these activism without being affected by society's entrenched views.

This essay made me love Ariana even more.

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I love her for this.  

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She said the truth tbh, I agree.