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Considering all of the (manufactured) drama going down around Kim Kardashian, a lot of people think Pink made some very pointed comments yesterday, for International Women’s Day. In between posting famous quotes from famous feminist thinkers (Audre Lorde, Angelina Jolie, Janis Joplin), she posted this statement:

“Shout out to all of the women, across the world, using their brains, their strength, their work ethic, their talent, their ‘magic’ that they were born with, that only they possess. It may not ever bring you as much ‘attention’ or bank notes as using your body, your sex, your t-ts and asses, but women like you don’t need that kind of ‘attention.’ In the quiet moments, you will feel something deeper than the fleeting excitement resulting from attention, you will feel something called pride and self respect. Keep on resisting the urge to cave. You’ll never have to make silly excuses for yourself.”

[From Pink’s Twitter]

I’m all for a message of empowerment through intelligence, hard work, strength and talent. But I’m also against body-policing, you know? As I said in the Kim Kardashian post, let Kim do Kim. If she – or any woman – wants to feel empowered through showing off their body and owning their sexuality, so be it. That’s their body and their business. While I’ll never stop side-eyeing Beyonce’s “FEMINIST” screen behind her stripper pole, if that’s what feminism means to her, sure, why not? Strippers can be feminists. Hookers can be feminists. P0rn stars can be feminists. Feminism is not antithetical to using one’s body or one’s sexuality to make money or get ahead in this world.

After some comments about whether or not she was throwing shade at Kim, Pink tweeted this:

Last one for the evening: you are all entitled to your opinions and feelings and I am open to hear all of it. But it won’t change my mind

— P!nk (@Pink) March 9, 2016

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