Sabrina Carpenter Knows Exactly What She’s Doing

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Tired of everyone having an opinion on what you wear? Starting to view Hinge as a form of self-harm? Feeling like you’re in the live-action reboot of The Handmaid’s Tale?

You’re in luck! The sweetest and shortest solution there is could be yours for the low price of 5’0 flat!

Your favorite Carpenter is here to remind us all that in a world that wants women to justify themselves, we must not adhere to these archaic societal expectations.

Sabrina Carpenter’s hyperfeminine, sex-positive persona is exactly what is necessary during a time where we have an elected rapist in office and a society trying to keep women complacent and quiet.

She wears short dresses, high heels, and her makeup and hair are always perfectly done. The most important part of all this? It’s that she knows she looks damn good. 

Contrary to the male-gaze accusations Ms. Carpenter faces on the regular, a woman dressing hot, sexy, and feeling good about themselves can be just that: a woman who simply wants to feel hot and sexy and good about themselves. 

She also teaches us that women can enjoy sex too! 

From her sexually playful, nonsensical “Nonsense” outros during her Emails I Can’t Send tour to her highly anticipated “Juno” sex positions during the Short n’ Sweet tour, these are the bits that helped shoot Carpenter into her mainstream success, clearly illustrating the want for a sex-positive superstar. 

With a fanbase and a sold-out arena tour made up of primarily women, Sabrina Carpenter reminds us that it’s okay for women to be sexual. A woman can be sexual on her own account without pandering to the male gaze. Her persona isn’t a male-attention-seeking tactic; it’s a reminder that a woman’s sexual agency exists, too. 

In a world where men like Diddy and Chris Brown keep platforms, it’s more important than ever to have women like Sabrina Carpenter to remind us that it’s okay to be sexual, to flaunt what you have, and to know you look good while doing it, while none of that being an invitation for anything other than exactly what you want. 

This sex-positive, female empowerment persona seeps into her music too, with “Manchild” and “Busy Woman” being my favorite go-to songs to remind myself of who the fuck I am before a date. 

We learn that you must first have respect for yourself, knowing how much of a “Busy Woman” you are, to know that you deserve, demand, and require that respect back from a potential dating prospect. And if they do respect that? You’ll be surprised to find out what “15 Minutes” could get you.

Not only is Sabrina Carpenter a record-breaking, talented artist, but she’s also a necessary feminist popstar who promotes a crucial mentality that all women should have, providing a beacon of light against what society thinks of women. 

And to think, all this and more for only 5’0! 

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