Sabrina Carpenter says she was ‘shocked’ over album cover controversy: ‘Y’all need to get out more’

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50 comments

  1. I really fail to see how a woman on her hands and knees, dressed pretty, and being held by her hair by a man while smiling and appearing sexy on an album literally called “Man’s Best Friend” (aka, she’s a dog) is empowering. I strongly dislike choice feminism.

  4. I think it was hugely misinterpreted as glorifying abuse or something. It was always clear to me she was in a CONSENSUAL submissive situation.

  6. Isn’t this almost verbatim the issue Spinal Tap dealt with for their album in their self-titled movie?

  8. We’re 40 years out from Madonna’s ode to blowjobs and people are still getting outraged over a mildly suggestive album cover.

  9. I don’t know what’s going on but there’s too many y’alls getting thrown around so.. I’m out. 

  10. She’s right.

    Pearl clutching is a recession indicator.

  12. It’s just possible, just maybe, that folks are a little more sensitive to sexism in the United States since women in that country no longer have medical control of their bodies and are kinda waiting to be told they can’t vote anymore either…

    It hit easier I think when women still had rights.

  14. The issue is people think album covers are the battleground 

    Nobody cares about oppression that is actually happening outside US – Guatemala, West Africa, Middle East. Women actually get killed, raped, take your pick

    A millionaire Betty Boop cosplayer is hardly the hill to die on

  16. I’m surprised this album cover generated this kind of controversy. It’s turned into a grossly misunderstood kink shame. She’s not being abused or degraded. To her this was fun and sexy.

  17. Women lose abortion rights then women pose as dogs for smiling men who control them. It’s not art it’s fact.

  19. I just didn’t care for it because I grew up in a DV situation (he’s dead 🎉) so I was triggered by it!

  21. While I do think the backlash Sabrina received was extreme, I hate that she keeps brushing the negativity off as people being prudes and not her flippant attitude to people being uncomfortable with the cover in a political climate where her president is literally trying to take away women’s rights.

    Her whole performative ally “I’m the coolest bitch and every guy is obsessed with me and every girl who doesn’t like me is jealous” vibe is just so off-putting. I don’t believe every female pop star should be forced to be political when society never holds male celebrities to the same standard, but I do think her male-centered, completely not a girl’s girl personality is more than enough to make me wrinkle my nose whenever I hear her music.

    She’s not some villain or the worst person in the world like some comments seem to imply, but she’s not someone I could ever see myself supporting.

  22. She knew what she was doing with that album cover, of course a woman posing as a dog on all fours was gonna be controversial. I don’t think she’s shocked at all, and this kinda stuff has been done before by many a pop star.

    My main issue with her and most new stars is that everything is a direct reference to something or a rehash of something, album covers, personal style, disco revival revival…

  23. The album cover was DESIGNED to garner attention and do exactly that. 

  24. Wow reddits such an echochamber for shit like this. Ask a real woman in your life how they feel about this, instead of asking the neckbeards who linger in comments.

    Some women want this kind of attention but a lot want to get away from this kind of imagery and leave this in the past. If you think this controversy is fake than you obviously just read comments instead of looking for real information.

    Edit

    No, no one’s coming for Sabrina because she’s pretty and people are angry she’s popular. This isn’t high school anymore.

    People are upset because this imagery is some 1950s bs like the Blue jeans ad in circulation. If you can’t see the normalization of this shit behavior on your own than I can’t help you see it.

  26. You’re all over the place and using a lot strawmen that I’m not going to engage with. There was plenty of outrage over Cher and Madonna in the 70s and 80s, geezer lol

  27. The only thing I might dislike more than people complaining about dumb stuff is people pretending later on that no one was actually complaining (after everyone realizes it was dumb). Most of the time I think these people *know* that they’re being disingenuous, so why do it? What’s the benefit?

  29. not everything a woman does is inherently feminist or anti-feminist. sometimes women just do things

  31. Literally this is the most I’ve heard about it.

  32. Why would she be shocked for something her and her team intentionally did?

  33. I kinda like it now after the controversy and her choosing not to address it lol, seriously genius.

    I don’t believe for a second she doesn’t know what she’s doing here lol, American media is completely ridiculous and she’s mocking it.

  34. She can do whatever she wants, if she wants to make herself a dog for a man she’s allowed, despite it being something that Spinal Tap rightfully parodied almost a half century ago.

    But don’t pretend that you’re “shocked at the controversy”. You made a provocative image, you can’t feign surprise that some people were provoked.

  35. I completely agree with her. Outrage culture is out of control.

  36. Maybe I’m just old and desensitized to the internet, but that doesn’t even really seem all that bad. Like I was expecting a full nude or some fetish shit.

    People need to put their phone down more often, I’d say.

  38. Everyone who had a problem with that album cover would have melted if they were around when Britney and Christina were in their prime.

  39. We need to get out more but every single thing she does is a remake or derivative? Ok

  40. Oh, yes, Sabrina, you’re just so much more cultured and sophisticated than those of us who find your insatiable thirst for attention pathetic. You sure told us.

  41. Yeah idk we’re getting our rights as women taken away Sabrina, maybe we don’t need to get out more and you just need to read the room

  42. The woman literally living in a bubble telling us to get out? L M A O

  43. It’s so tiring that celebrities constantly do/say things they know will draw attention for one reason or another, then turn around and go “good heavens! I can’t believe you’re all talking about me, you’re so silly!” (Usually timing said statement to dredge up the controversy for a second round of discourse after the first dies down, like here).

  44. No – An expensive marketing team created and approved this. The album cover (and her entire persona) was designed to be like this. She is not an indie artist who created that cover in her apartment. Why are we pretending she is?

  45. Get out where? There are no third places anymore. All anyone has is a screen and a grievance.

  47. She and Sydney are tied as the most boring wannabe provocateurs ever to live 🥱

  48. It was dumb and lame and regressive. We’ve seen that before believe me and you don;t need to go out to see it either… That`s like 80% of the Internet.

  49. I could care less. Who gives a shit about this distraction right now

  50. Why is it offensive if she’s the one doing it on her own?

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