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Turns retired she's 100 percent that feminist.
Known for rockin' some seriously sexy costumes at her concerts, Lizzo said she proud to show immoderate tegument connected signifier as a powerful message of pistillate empowerment.
"When it's sexual, it's mine," she explained successful an interrogation with Vanity Fair published Oct. 11. "When it's sexualized, idiosyncratic is doing it to maine oregon taking it from me. Black women are hypersexualized each the time, and masculinized simultaneously. Because of the operation of racism, if you're thinner and lighter, oregon your features are narrow, you're person to being a woman."
Determined to alteration the standard, the "Truth Hurts" singer said she was inspired to beryllium much daring with wardrobe aft she saw Beyoncé rockin' that now famous achromatic leotard from the 2008 euphony video "Single Ladies."
"After that, it seemed similar it became the manufacture modular for everyone," she said. "I wanted to beryllium similar a dancer and also, it was benignant of governmental and feminist successful my eyes to person me, a full-figured dancer, wearing leotards, showing and celebrating curves and being Olympian successful strength, endurance, and flexibility."
She continued, "I can't adjacent enactment into words what Beyoncé did for truthful galore people. She was the opening of Black women celebrating their curves—although she was connected the smaller extremity of the spectrum—but she was our lone representation."
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During the interview, Lizzo, 28, besides gave a motion to iconic vocalist Josephine Baker, who successful the 1920s made jaws driblet with her signature banana skirts, paving the the mode for aboriginal feminists to shingle up the system.
"Movements person to germinate generationally," Lizzo told the outlet. "The civilization changes. You can't person a question successful 1920 beryllium the aforesaid happening arsenic it is successful the 2020s. We person to lucifer the rebellion. The rebellion isn't adjacent the same."
Lizzo has surely sparked a question of her own. At the 2022 Emmy Awards, her reality show Lizzo's Watch Out for the Big Grrrls took location the grant for Outstanding Competition Program.
"When I was a small girl, each I wanted to spot was maine successful the media," she said successful her tearful acceptance speech. "Someone abdominous similar me, Black similar me, beauteous similar me. If I could spell backmost and archer small Lizzo something, I would beryllium like, 'You're going to spot that idiosyncratic but bitch, it's going to person to beryllium you.'"
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While not everyone is onboard with Lizzo's message—perhaps including Kanye West, who recently called the vocalist "unhealthy" and her body positively platform "demonic"—the Give It Up For The Big Girls creator remains assured successful herself and her ngo of empowerment.
Lizzo addressed her haters astatine the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards, erstwhile she accepted the Video for Good grant for her opus "About Damn Time," proving occurrence is the champion revenge.
"And now, to the bitches that got something to accidental astir maine in the press," she said portion holding her moonpersonm successful August. "You cognize what? I'm not going to accidental nothing. They beryllium like, ‘Lizzo, wherefore don't you clap back? Why don't you clap back?' Cause bitch I'm winning, ho! THIS BITCH IS WINNING, HO!"
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