Billie Eilish’s message is clear: « suddenly you’re a hypocrite if you want to show your skin, and you’re easy and you’re a slut and you’re a whore. If I am, then I’m proud. Me and all the girls are hoes, and f**k it, y’know? Let’s turn it around and be empowered in that. Showing your body and showing your skin – or not – should not take any respect away from you. »
[Traduction libre : Tout d’un coup vous êtes hypocrite si vous souhaitez montrer votre peau, vous devenez une femme facile, une salope et une pute. Si c’est ça que je suis, et bien j’en suis fière. Moi et mes amies sommes toutes des salopes, et on s’en torche, vous voyez? Réapproprions-nous cela et sentons-nous puissantes. Dévoiler son corps et sa peau – ou pas – ne devrait pas empêcher le respect.]
Leave to women what is theirs
So, famous or unknown women, whether we are talking about mental health, sexuality or weight, the opinion of others should never come to question a woman’s reality. Capice?
Oh how I dream of the day when women will be able to do what they want, what they like and what excites them without being sanctioned, censored, oppressed or objectified!
On a different note, the MNBAQ has just presented a new exhibition on Picasso. Although the creator of cubism has been dead and buried a long time ago, the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec has decided to reveal your misogyny, in addition to its violence against women. I salute the will and the transparency of the initiative. I know it’s a debate that arouses passions, but in my opinion, we can never separate art from the artist. Certainly, this exhibition is a grain of sand among all that remains aberrant, my thirst for truth is satisfied, for this situation precisely.
In the meantime, on an individual scale, we can all question our sexist biases and try to stop for a second when you’re about to ridicule, mock or challenge a woman’s sanity and body. Respect the reality and the limits of others.
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