We’re confused. You may ask about what so we will tell you. We’re confused why people are giving Sabrina Carpenter a hard time about her performances. You may have heard about this – people believe that Carpenter uses sex to sell her music.
Where to even begin with this…
If what you are taking from Carpenters performance is something sexual, we feel like you are missing the point of her performances. You are missing the point of her music. The actress, in our opinion, is scrutinized because she is a child star and some miss the point that she is a grown woman.
So what is the point of her music and her performances? In our opinion, it is empowerment and strength. Her performances are showing women (and others) that they can own their feelings, bodies, and not be defined by their significant others. Carpenters music is about standing up for ones self and being proud of it.
Nothing stops people from having opinions – what we’re saying is an opinion. But we think it is important that people back off of Carpenter. That’s not saying that she can’t handle it. She can.
Twitter, in all its savageness and rudeness, is where we didn’t expect Carpenter to respond, but she did. A Twitter user asked, “Does she have a personality outside of sex?”
Carpenter responded to the post, saying, “girl yes and it is goooooood.”
We love that Carpenter replied and did it so simply, but so amazingly. She’s spoken openly about the criticism over her music before.
Recently the singer was interviewed by Rolling Stone and spoke about her career and the comments about her using sex to sell music. She said, “It’s always so funny to me when people complain. They’re like, ‘All she does is sing about this.’ But those are the songs that you’ve made popular. Clearly you love sex. You’re obsessed with it. It’s in my show.”
And then added, “There’s so many more moments than the ‘Juno’ positions, but those are the ones you post every night and comment on. I can’t control that. If you come to the show, you’ll [also] hear the ballads, you’ll hear the more introspective numbers. I find irony and humor in all of that, because it seems to be a recurring theme. I’m not upset about it, other than I feel mad pressure to be funny sometimes.”
A few weeks later she spoke openly about the subject again with the outlet, “I don’t want to be pessimistic, but I truly feel like I’ve never lived in a time where women have been picked apart more, and scrutinized in every capacity. I’m not just talking about me. I’m talking about every female artist that is making art right now.”
She’s not far off. She’s actually speaking truths. Maybe people should all stop criticizing and start listening.
