Twenty-Something Year Old Journalist

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 Handsmaid’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 the short dresses, the high heels, and her makeup and hair are always enviously perfected. 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 personal favorite go-to songs to remind myself of who the fuck I am prior to a date. 

We learn 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 ya. 

Not only is Sabrina Carpenter a record breaking talented artist, she’s a necessary feminist popstar that 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! 

*Written for Songbird Magazine