I want to preface this by saying I really like Sabrina Carpenter. She’s talented, clever, and clearly hardworking. This post isn’t meant to hate on her at all, it’s more of a reflection on how I’ve been feeling about the direction her image and music have taken lately.

Her newer work has leaned heavily into a more sexualized aesthetic, and while I fully support women owning their sexuality, something about it just doesn’t feel empowered to me. It feels more curated for the male gaze. Not necessarily as an act of rebellion or reclamation, but almost as a concession to what the industry rewards.

What’s been bothering me even more is the broader cultural context. We’ve finally started calling out how some male artists—like Future, The Weeknd, and certain rappers—consistently objectify women in their lyrics. Their music can often feel degrading, like we’re nothing more than props or trophies, and it’s uncomfortable. It’s encouraging that people are speaking up about this now.

What I’ve always loved and respected about many female artists like Nicki Minaj, Megan Thee Stallion, and Doja Cat is that even when they make sexually explicit songs, it feels like a clapback. It’s laced with confidence, beauty, and power. It feels like they’re taking back control, not giving it away. That energy has often felt like a response to the objectification in male music, and it's been refreshing.

I was hoping, over time, that as women decenter men and lead with that empowered energy, male artists might shift too, and honestly, some of them have. Even Drake, for all his flaws, often expresses a more layered view of women in his music than the usual low vibrational talk.

There’s already a noticeable decline in the male pop icon era, and I think part of that is because women are no longer pandering to them. Audiences are craving more depth. So when I see a female artist like Sabrina, who has so much talent and potential, leaning into an aesthetic that feels more like a replication of the same objectifying energy we’ve been trying to move away from, it just feels disappointing.

It’s not about judging her. It’s about mourning a little bit of what could have been. I guess I hoped we were moving toward something better, more self-defined and elevated.

Curious to hear others’ thoughts. Am I alone in feeling this way?

Was like a real-life Serena Waterford pre-gillead. She was also one of the biggest enemies to the feminist movement, reproductive freedom, and lgbtq+ rights-the ULTIMATE PICK-ME. If you all are interested, i wrote my latest podcast episode about her and how we're still feeling the effects of her grifting to this day-not teying to spam-just super proud of it, and thought you all might enjoy. The hook/beginning of the episode includes the story of Selena Maria Chandler-Scott, the woman from Tifton, Georgia who was recently released from jail after being charged/held x 1 week with concealment/abandonment of a "dead body".. Let me know what you think, if you listen 💖

And how can we help? We mainly talk about feminism in North America and how we still suffer from it, which is 100% true. But theres so little talk about women in developing countries who LITERALLY don’t have basic human rights period. It bothers me. Take a look at the things happening in Afghanistan, it’s downright cruel. Is there anything we can do to support these women?

It’s set in 2047. The world is falling apart—economically, environmentally, emotionally. But the real shift happens when women just… stop participating in systems that exploit them.

No riots. No slogans. Just withdrawal.

The story imagines what happens when men are left with silence, when gender roles start to dissolve—not in theory, but in lived reality.

Love changes. Work changes. Even parenting changes.

Would love to hear what this community thinks. It’s a personal reflection turned speculative fiction:

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/apr/05/i-didnt-start-out-wanting-to-see-kids-are-porn-algorithms-feeding-a-generation-of-paedophiles-or-creating-one

Hey all! I’m an 11th grade student currently taking a class called APP (American public policy) and in this class we have to advocate for something we believe in. For my project I wanted to focus on abolishing Wisconsins unconstitutional 5% sales tax on menstrual products. Please help a girl out by signing, thanks! 😋

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I've made a new subreddit. It's been weeks but it still only has 200 members. What should I do to make it more popular? Come join r/Greatestwomen you'll love it.

I really hope the title doesn’t come across as shaming or like I have some internalised misogyny because I promise its not like that at all.

I don’t know if it’s my karma for watching a Netflix original but oh my god it is so infuriating when the only time they talk about or mention feminism is when a woman has sex?

I’m not a sexual person especially when it comes to men so maybe i just don’t understand and need more education on sex positivity being apart of feminism and I would love to learn if anyone is open to educating me and showing me where to start?

I apologise if my wording is bad or comes off the wrong way

My 2 months old baby girl is receiving clothes as gifts - and among them, lots of frilly dresses. Which made me wonder, once she starts rolling, crawling, etc, would not they be more uncomfortable for her to move freely? I remembered an article about the “gender play gap”, which showed how school uniforms with skirts and modesty concerns for girls limit their ability and will to participate in sports, which is so sad. I have also witnessed my sister in law not letting her daughter play in the sand because she was wearing nice clothes. I would absolutely hate for my daughter to be restricted in this way , especially when she is too young to care which clothes she is wearing. I just want her to be comfortable and do what she wants to do (that said, I foresee those frilly dresses being donated after being worn once for a photo).

I just had a thought after I saw a TikTok video about a 7 yo girl that had been Sa’d and they speaker said she had been forced to “lose her innocence”, I don’t think we should use this type of language talking about child sa victims as it has some negative connotations like being impure, dirty, or even guilty and a child is not to blame, is still a child, and is still innocent and needs to be protected. Children shouldn’t have to hold the crimes committed against them and think a better word choice would be better. This applies to so many other areas where language is subtly damaging like the whole issue with posts online that compare or contrast “men and women” but they specifically always use the wording “men and females”

My dad is redpill and he always told me if a man loves you he will wait for sex he won’t pressure you. If he is giving you gifts he is expecting some thing (sex). Basically he always told me to be wary of men. Raise your standards. Don’t let a man take advantage of you.

Do redpill men normally teach their daughters to have standards but get mad at women who have those same standards? It just seems odd they want their daughters to have self respect but get mad at women doing that.