Ariana Grande Turns 27! Look Back at Her Most Badass Feminist Statements

Defending Herself After Piers Morgan Said She Used Nudity to ‘Sell Records’

“I use my talent AND my sexuality all the time because I choose to. Women can be sexual AND talented. Naked and dignified. It’s OUR choice. 🖤 & we will keep fighting til people understand. I say this [with] all due respect but thank u, next.

“Also @piersmorgan, I look forward to the day you realize there are other ways to go about making yourself relevant than to criticize young, beautiful, successful women for everything they do. I think that’ll be a beautiful thing for you and your career or what’s left of it.”

– on Twitter

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Firing Back at People Who Blamed Her for Late Ex Mac Miller’s DUI Arrest

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“How absurd that you minimize female self-respect and self-worth by saying someone should stay in a toxic relationship because he wrote an album about them, which btw isn’t the case (just Cinderella is ab me). I am not a babysitter or a mother and no woman should feel that they need to be. I have cared for him and tried to support his sobriety & prayed for his balance for years (and always will of course) but shaming / blaming women for a man’s inability to keep his s— together is a very major problem. Let’s please stop doing that. Of course I didn’t share about how hard or scary it was while it was happening but it was. I will continue to pray from the bottom of my heart that he figures it all out and that any other woman in this position does as well.”

– on Twitter

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Confirming That She’ll Always Wear Whatever She Wants

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“If you’re going to rave about how sexy a male artist looks with his shirt off, and a woman decides to get in her panties or show her boobies for a photo shoot, she needs to be treated with the same awe and admiration. I will say it until I’m an old-ass lady with my tits out at Whole Foods. I’ll be in the produce aisle, naked at 95, with a sensible ponytail, one strand of hair left on my head and a Chanel bow. Mark my words. See you there with my 95 dogs.”

– to Billboard

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Getting Pumped for the 2017 Women’s March

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“I’m so excited to march with these two incredible ladies tomorrow! I can’t wait to share this #womensmarch with the strongest women in my life and with all of the other strong, beautiful, unique, empowered, brilliant, amazing women out there who are marching as well!”

– captioning a photo of her mother and grandmother, on Instagram

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Defending Her Sexuality

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“When will people stop being offended by women showing skin / expressing sexuality? Men take their shirts off / express their sexuality onstage, in videos, on Instagram, anywhere they want to… All. The. Time. The double standard is so boring and exhausting. With all due respect, i think it’s time you get your head out of your ass. [sic] Women can love their bodies too!!”

– responding to a commenter who said she was “like a whore” in her “Dangerous Woman” video, on Facebook

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Standing Up for Kesha Amid Her Legal Battle With Dr. Luke

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“The incredible double standard that we [women] face on a daily basis, in the industry and just in the world, it’s shocking. I would be so amused, and pardon me if this comes across as sexist, but I don’t think a male artist would be in this position right now. Sorry. If i’m speaking about something that I’m passionate about, I’m willing to take the brunt for fighting in what I believe in and my fellow women are definitely something that I will always be one of the first to speak up about.”

– on The Daly Download

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Calling Out Sexist Interview Questions

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“Is this what you think girls have trouble choosing between? … Is this men assuming that that’s what girls would have to choose between? … You need a little brushing up on equality over here.”

“I have a long list of things I’d like to change … I think, judgement in general. Intolerance, meanness, double standards, misogyny, racism, sexism. You know, all that shit. There’s lots we’ve got to get started on. That’s what we need to focus on. We’ve got work to do.”

– responding to the question “If you could use makeup or your phone one last time, what would you pick?” on California’s Power 106 FM

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Shutting Down Body-shamers Who Compared Her to Ariel Winter

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“Sigh … tweets, comments, statement like this are not okay. About anyone!!! We live in a day and age where people make it IMPOSSIBLE for women, men, anyone to embrace themselves exactly how they are. Diversity is sexy! Loving yourself is sexy! You know what is NOT sexy? Misogyny, objectifying, labeling, comparing and body shaming!!! Talking about people’s body’s as if they’re on display ASKING for your approval / opinion. THEY ARE NOT!!!! CELEBRATE YOURSELF. CELEBRATE OTHERS. The things that make us different from one another make us BEAUTIFUL. BODY BOUNDARIES. LOVE LOVE LOVE ONLY.”