Sabrina Carpenter Doesn’t Gentle-Parent Her “Manchild”
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Sabrina Carpenter Doesn’t Gentle-Parent Her “Manchild”
Female swagger, to XCX, comes with insecurity, because no matter how much bravado she displays, she must navigate overwhelming societal standards and expectations for her behavior. Brat , then, is about how hard it is to be a brat—to project untouchability and ambition in a world that relentlessly questions successful women.
Notes on Girlhood, Boyhood, and Expiration Dates
“You haven’t looked at me the same since I turned 27.”
— CMAT, Take a Sexy Picture of Me
That line won’t leave me alone. It’s funny and devastating at the same time. Because it names something real: the moment when women stop being read as “girls” and start being treated as “past it.”
It makes me think a
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