Why Ariana Grande is your latest feminist heroine

Ariana Grande has revealed she is a proud feminist, posting an open letter on Twitter about how she's tired of "living in a world where women are mostly referred to as a man’s past, present or future."

The 21-year-old singer addressed the "double standards" and "misogyny" in the media following what she described as intrusion into her private life after her recent split from rapper Big Sean.

"I... do not. belong. to anyone. but myself. and neither do you," she wrote.

“If a woman TALKS about sex openly... she is shamed! But if a man talks or RAPS freely about all the women (or more commonly used “bitches” / hoes” ... how lovely) he’s had... he is regaled.”

Grande quoted from Gloria Steinem's famous 1969 essay "After Black Power," which suggested the struggle for female emancipation had a long way to go, and said that she comes from a "long bloodline of female activists", such as her aunt, who was the first Italian-American woman president of the National Press Club in D.C.

I know y'all already know this but the double standard and misogyny are still ever present... "I can't wait to live in a world where people are not valued by who they're dating / married to / attached to, having sex with (or not) / seen with...but by their value as an individual.

She went on:

Being "empowered"..... is not the same as being a "bitch"...
HAVING SOMETHING TO SAY..... is not the same as HAVING A BAD ATTITUDE....

The post was met with an outpouring of support from fans and famous friends, including self-described fellow feminist pop star Taylor Swift:

Read Grande's post in its entirety below:

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