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09 April 2019 - Queerbaiting: Ariana Grande’s lyric accused of manipulating the gay community
Queerbaiting - exploitation or a subscribe of progress?
Holly Honderich (BBC News, 08/04/2019)
Grande's new lyric, a collaboration with companion Victoria Monét dubbed Monopoly, claimed the number one spot on the iTunes chart 24 hours after its release.
But a particular lyric, in which Grande sings of liking "women and men" has added scrutiny to the customary buzz that now follows the American singer.
Some fans have celebrated it as an expression of bisexuality. Others, however, have levelled charges of queerbaiting, which is the practice of using hints of sexual ambiguity to tease an audience.
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Ariana Grande’s ‘MONOPOLY’: Queer-baiting or Self-affirming?
Tadhg Larabee (The Crimson, 09/04/2019)
Ariana Grande and Victoria Monét’s unused single “MONOPOLY” is the kind of song you can play over and over again and never get sick of. This infectiousness is the power of Grande’s sparkling and swaggering pop-rap anthem — the latest iteration of the formula that produced smash hits “7 rings” and “thank u, next.”
“MONOPOLY” is a piece
Ariana Grande didn’t own to come out as queer, but I’m joyful she (kind of) did
Ariana Grande and her best friend Victoria Monét just released “Monopoly,” a fiery pop-rap anthem about success and strong friendships. It echoes the sentiments of “7 rings” — which was released earlier this year and is currently in its ninth week on the Billboard Hot 100 chart — but holds a key difference.
One simple line in the song’s post-chorus alludes to identifying as queer: “I like women and men (yeah).”
It seems silly when I type it out, but the lyric feels iconic for me as a longtime Ariana stan. It’s simple and light — much like I believe the coming out process should be — and it doesn’t glue a label to the immature, evolving artists who are still clearly coming into their own.
Ariana has never publicly called herself bisexual — but in the hours after the song’s release, she tweeted and deleted that she doesn’t feel a require to “label herself.” Victoria, on the other hand, tweeted “i also favor girls” in November 2018. In the music video for her single “break up with your girlfriend, i’m bored,” Ariana comes extremely close to kissing a woman in the very last second, whi
Ariana Grande Had the Matchless Response When Her Brother Came Out
Ariana Grande is 10 years younger than her half brother Frankie, but the two hold an extremely close-knit partnership. They're like "yin and yang," the elder Grande told Attitude Magazine. "She's my best friend and probably the person who makes me proudest on this planet," he added.
But just as Frankie supports his little sister through her music career, she supports him in openly expressing his sexuality. Ariana was only a preteen when her brother told her he was gay, but she had the perfect reaction to the news, even at a young age.
He told Attitude: "There's a 10-year age gap and I came out to her when she was just 11 years elderly — and she said: 'Great, when do I get to meet your boyfriend?'"
Grande explained that his sister's quick acceptance was rooted from the fact that they were raised by an open-minded family.
"She was raised in a family where same-sex attracted was not only recognized, it was celebrated," he added. "The fact that some people are in families who throw them out because they're male lover or they're being told they're wrong because of who they are, it's
'Is Ariana Grande bisexual?' Here's why that question is problematic
"Here we go again," I sighed, staring at yet another headline offering commentary on a star's supposed LGBTQ status. Key word: "Supposed."
Ariana Grande's latest free "Monopoly" prompted a flurry of renewed speculation about her sexual orientation, thanks to some cheeky lyrics and a gossip-hungry world: "I enjoy women and men." The singer was quick to address the speculation via Twitter after a fan wrote, "ariana ain't gotta label herself, but she said what she said."
The pop star responded, "i haven't before and still don't feel the demand to now which is okay."
Grande is (objectively!) correct: We don't need to deposit LGBTQ labels on celebrities — or any people, for that matter — who don't feel the desire to label themselves. And even if Grande never addressed the lyric, it still isn't information we need to know to go about our lives. But why perform we try and produce it our business?
The reality is that it doesn't matter why. We shouldn't. It's damaging to the LGBTQ community at massive. It paints sexual orientation and gender identity as something that's right or wrong; assumes people have an obligation to share t
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