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It feels like Amber Rose is all over the place these days. She went to the VMAs, she’s going to compete on Dancing with the Stars, she’s got her VH1 talk show, and now she’s got a beauty collaboration with Estee Lauder. For real! Amber chatted with NY Mag about the collaboration called Flirt, and even Amber seems surprised to find herself working with such a big-time beauty company. Amber also chats about beauty in general, politics, feminism and more. You can read the full piece here. Some highlights:

How she paired up with Estee Lauder: “[Estée Lauder] came to my house to have a meeting, and I’ve always looked at them as a conservative company. But they came for a full meeting and were like, Amber, we love you, we love your SlutWalk, your tattoos, and your bald head. I was like, What? Are you sure? They just loved my look and my feminism, my Amber Rose foundation, and my tattoos. I’ve been waiting for a company to get me, and they got me. We came out with the last applicator and hopefully a few more things.”

The beauty myth: “People have to realize that the supermodels we see represent 5 percent or 3 percent of women in the world. It’s not realistic. It’s very realistic to have cellulite and saggy boobs — it’s part of just being a human. It’s something I try to put out with my SlutWalk. There’s no body-shaming. And it really is very difficult. When you see these images, you think I don’t look like that. Embrace the skin that you are in. If you really do want to change, put your mind to it. Try to work out and eat better. I love cheeseburgers and tacos. Those are my two favorite things. I’ll probably never have the perfect body and I’m okay with that. As a celebrity now, I embrace it and I embrace my curves. I have a platform to help other women embrace it as well.

Feminism & her thoughts on the quote “There’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women”: “Well, I think that’s a bit extreme. Everything comes with education. As a society, we’ve been programmed not to be feminist and put the man first — stay at home, cook, clean, and be the girl that society told us to be. You have to talk to women and they have to do whatever makes them happy. If it is that, then that’s fine as well. I mean, there are so many girls and celebrity women that won’t help me with SlutWalk. It’s a simple google to figure out what it is, but they don’t want to take the time to do it. I think it’s because their husbands or boyfriends will think they’re crazy. How could you not want to help me? But I know that inevitably, hopefully, they’ll come around and understand what they are doing. It’s not the end. It’s all about learning.

On Trump saying only ‘non-hot celebrities’ support Hillary Clinton: “He’s a f–king idiot. He’s just such an idiot. He’s so weird. I really hope he’s not president.”

Whether she would really move to Canada if Trump won: “I doubt it. I’m just stuck here. I got my baby here. Canada is way too cold. I love living in L.A.”

[From NY Mag]

Yep. I find myself in the strange position of cosigning almost everything Amber Rose says these days. Strange because… I never thought that Amber Rose would be so vital and relevant these days, I guess. But she is. And she’s saying all of the right things. She’s right about feminism and education and choices. She’s right about body-acceptance and realistic body goals. She’s right about Donald Trump being a f—king idiot. I’ll say it: we need more Amber Roses in the world.

Photos courtesy of WENN.
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