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“If I wear what is comfortable, I am not a woman,” she says in her signature breathy voice. “If I shed the layers, I’m a slut. Though you’ve never seen my body, you still judge it and judge me for it. Why? We make assumptions about people based on their size. We decide who they are, we decide what they’re worth. If I wear more, if I wear less, who decides what that makes me? What that means? Is my value based only on your perception? Or is your opinion of me not my responsibility?”
In April, Eilish found herself in controversy over her body again, after sharing a rare photo of herself in a bikini via Instagram. The backlash, according to Eilish, was swift.
“I saw comments like, ‘How dare she talk about not wanting to be sexualized and wear this?!’ ” she told Dazed magazine in April. “It was trending. There were comments like, ‘I don’t like her anymore because as soon as she turns 18 she’s a whore.’ Like, dude. I can’t win.”
What do you guys think is she trying to have it both ways?
In April, Eilish found herself in controversy over her body again, after sharing a rare photo of herself in a bikini via Instagram. The backlash, according to Eilish, was swift.
“I saw comments like, ‘How dare she talk about not wanting to be sexualized and wear this?!’ ” she told Dazed magazine in April. “It was trending. There were comments like, ‘I don’t like her anymore because as soon as she turns 18 she’s a whore.’ Like, dude. I can’t win.”
What do you guys think is she trying to have it both ways?