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Happy International Women's Day to all my fellow ladies out there! Celebrated on March 8th annually, it's a great day for us to remember how far the women's rights movement has come - and how far we still have to go. ICYMI: White women are, on average, paid about 80% of what their male counterparts are making in America - and if you're a woman of color - the statistics bring it down to .58 on the dollar for Latina women and .60 for Black women. And while sexual assault and abuse is grotesquely prevalent for all women, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that LGBTQ+ people face that abuse at possibly even higher rates. So, if you're a white lady - especially a white, straight, cis-lady - don't get it twisted, today is not all about you. Another white, straight, cis-lady we all know and love is here to remind you of that, too: Ariana Grande.

The most-followed Instagrammer in the world, pop icon, and general crush of the world hopped onto Twitter this morning to wish her followers a happy International Women's Day and give her two cents (or like, two dollars, really, because she's Ariana MF'ing Grande) about intersectional feminism.

we made this for the dwt and you've been asking for it since 🖤 happy international women's day every day to women of every color, shape, size, sexuality, age, religion, trans, cis, and all who identify ! u are everything and i'm proud of u everyday. female by @HANNAHLUXDAVIS 🌫 pic.twitter.com/pQkNiPSU3d

- Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) March 8, 2019

just a reminder u aren't celebrating women today or ever unless u including all kindsa women but wbk 🌫

- Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) March 8, 2019

it ain't feminism if it ain't intersectional

- Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) March 8, 2019

(FYI: "wbk" means "we been knew" which I had to Google for this post.)

Ariana Grande's taken heat this year for cultural appropriation - or basically stealing aesthetics from Black, Latina, and Asian culture for her profit - but it's nice to see her reflecting on how other groups of women suffer in our society. And, sure, it's a little weird that their International Women's Day video features a white, skinny, blonde paired with a tweet "to women of every color, shape, size, sexuality, age, religion, trans, cis, and all who identify," but the message behind the vid is legit (that we're. not. asking. for it. NMW.). That's something we can all get behind, right?

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Ariana Grande International Women's Day Wisdom

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Happy International Women's Day to all my fellow ladies out there! Celebrated on March 8th annually, it's a great day for us to remember how far the women's rights movement has come - and how far we still have to go.

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Women are able to flaunt themselves without being an "Open Invitation". Nothing defines a woman by clothing, music, personality, bodies based on whether they "want it" or not. As she says, its a women choice.

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On the same day, International Womens Day, She tweeted about celebrating all kinds of women, hence why she used the word "Intersectional" as it covers all aspects of a woman.

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An Image from her Sweetner Era. This Era was whilst she was with Pete Davidson, she had written a song called No Tears Left To Cry, meaning that she as a strong female, who was happy to be where she was. This also contained the release of God Is A Woman.

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I have based my essay around this tweet as she has taken it from 2 authors, Flavia Dzodan and Kimberle Crenshaw. Using her celebrity voice, she was able to use her social media platform to present this quote yet not credit the original writers.

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This image is from her One Love Manchester benefit concert. This was to help remember the 22 people that had died two weeks earlier at the Manchester bombings that took place after her Dangerous Woman Tour concert. She's known to be a strong female, who has been through a lot.

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In this Interview, Ariana explains how Women of all types should be able to be who they really are and do what they want when it comes to expressing yourself without being stereotyped, not only for feminists but for everyone. You should be able to take pride in what you do and feel good doing what you want and dressing how you want.

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In this Ariana X Mac Cosmetics interview, she explains how it people today misinterpret equality for "Boy Bashing". "Its not about being ABOVE men, it's about being EQUAL to men" and thats one thing that people can't quite comprehend. I love that she is also wearing her Alter-ego super bunny ears, really brings the women empowerment message to a stand.

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Dangerous Woman Tour Meet and Greet Photos.

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She decided to drop the Female video for her fans online on International Women's day.

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I included this photo as it shows Ariana hugging some of her young fans. She is a role model/idol, especially for the "Arianators", her fandom. Everything she says, when it comes to powerful topics such as women empowerment, the media and audience tend to listen, especially her younger fans, which will hopefully carve them into beautiful women when they are grow older.

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Here are some of the signs that were made by the public and taken to the recent women's day march. The public have use popular Ariana Grande references to stand top for their own rights, such as, "God is a Woman",  "You like me rights, gee thanks, I want them", "I'm so fucking grateful for my sex!"

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Ariana made a video called Female to feature in the Interlude at her Dangerous Woman tour shows. The video was to empower women and featured words on the screen such as Ladylike, Playful, Soulful, Wilful, Empowered, Grounded, Centred, Connected, Irreverent, Wild, Free, Raw, Gentle, Ferocious, Sexual, Sensual, Soft, Hard, Devine, Strong, Human and ending on the word Female. Throughout the video the phrase "Not asking for it" was mentioned several times to remind men and women that unless there is consent, a woman is never "asking for it".

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This is an image from Behind The Scenes of the God is A Woman music video, in the video she had her whole body painted as she was naked.

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This Vanity Fair article helps point out how Ariana speaks out about gender discrimination and double standards.

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Her alter-ego is being a super bunny, To be a dangerous woman is to be powerful and strong.

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How Ariana Became a Feminist Hero.

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Ariana Grande has acquired quite a few titles throughout her rise to fame: talented actress, exceptional singer, amazing impersonator, dog-lover, ponytail perfectionist and so on and so forth.

But there's one title we'd like to add to that list: Feminist hero.

The 22-year-old has made it a point to be a voice for empowering women, encouraging gender equality and standing up for what she believes in. Just earlier this week, Billboard released a profile about her in which she made sure to take a moment to express some of the sexism we see in the industry, pointing out why it's an issue and why she refuses to accept it.

And she's done this time and time again. Here are just a few of the ways in which she's earned the title of a feminist hero:

She Demands to Be Recognized For Her Values: During an interview, Ariana was asked about her love life, and she made sure to stand up for herself and remind the world who she is.

"I'm tired of needing to be linked to a guy," she explained. "I'm not Big Sean's ex, I'm not Niall [ Horan]'s new possible girl. I'm Ariana Grande."

She further explained her stance, taking to Twitter to write, "What I meant when I said what I said about not being Sean's ex is that I am tired of living in world where women are mostly referred to as a man's past, present or future PROPERTY / POSSESSION," she wrote on Twitter. "I have clearly not been having the boy questions in my interviews lately because I have come to the realization that I have SO. MUCH. MORE. to talk about. I can't wait to live in a world where people are not valued by who they're dating / married to / attached to, having sex with (or not) / seen with...but by their values as an individual...I come from a long bloodline of female activists."

She Refuses to Be Judged by Her Appearance: When a troll criticized Ariana's booty in the video above, she reminded everyone that commenting on someone's appearance is simply not acceptable.

"Ppl are so ignorant sometimes," she wrote. "Stop trying to make people feel badly about their bodies. It's okay to be different ... to be curvy or to be thin. When did it become socially acceptable to comment on what you think is 'wrong' with other people's bodies? We were having fun! Dancing on stage. 'What's she shaking tho???' I'm shaking my pretty, cute, petite ass next to Nicki's pretty big booty. Both are f---ing awesome. How about we respect people's body boundaries and encourage each other to feel like a babe no matter how they are? That [would] be nice. So tired of watching everyone try to tear each other down."

When another Twitter user said he would take Ariel Winter over Ariana Grande because she's a "stick" and he prefers "curvy" women, she reciprocated her opinion yet again: "We live in a day and age where people make it IMPOSSIBLE for women, men, anyone to embrace themselves exactly how they are. Diversity is sexy! Loving yourself is sexy! You know what is NOT sexy? Misogyny, objectifying, labeling, comparing and body shaming!!! Talking about people's body's as if they're on display ASKING for your approval / opinion. THEY ARE NOT!!!! CELEBRATE YOURSELF. CELEBRATE OTHERS. The things that make us different from one another make us BEAUTIFUL. BODY BOUNDARIES. LOVE LOVE LOVE ONLY."

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She Encourages Women to Embrace Their Sexuality: In discussing the public's skewed perception of a woman and a man's ability to express their sexuality, she took to Facebook to write, "When will people stop being offended by women showing skin / expressing sexuality? men take their shirts off / express their sexuality on stage, in videos, on instagram, anywhere they want to... all. the. Time. The double standard is so boring and exhausting. with all due respect, i think it's time you get your head out of your ass. women can love their bodies too!!"

Chatting with Billboard, she also said, "If you're going to rave about how sexy a male artist looks with his shirt off, and a woman decides to get in her panties or show her boobies for a photo shoot, she needs to be treated with the same awe and admiration. I will say it until I'm an old-ass lady with my tits out at Whole Foods. I'll be in the produce aisle, naked at 95, with a sensible ponytail, one strand of hair left on my head and a Chanel bow. Mark my words. See you there with my 95 dogs."

She Does Not Have Time for Ignorant Assumptions: During a radio interview, Ariana was asked to choose between her cell phone or makeup, and you can visibly watch her astonishment over such an ignorant question.

"Is this what you think girls have trouble choosing between? Is this men assuming that that's what girls would have to choose between? You need a little brushing up on equality over here," she retorted. "I have a long list of things I'd like to change...I think, judgment in general. Intolerance, meanness, double standards, misogyny, racism, sexism. You know, all that s--t. There's lots we've got to get started on. That's what we need to focus on. We've got work to do."

She'll Never Be Afraid to Stand Up for Women's Rights: While chatting with Carson Daly on Amp Radio, she was asked her opinion on Kesha and Dr. Luke, and she did not back down in her support of the singer.

"The incredible double standard that we [women] face on a daily basis, in the industry and just in the world, it's shocking. I would be so amused, and pardon me if this comes across as sexist, but I don't think a male artist would be in this position right now," she admitted. "Sorry. If i'm speaking about something that I'm passionate about, I'm willing to take the brunt for fighting in what I believe in and my fellow women are definitely something that I will always be one of the first to speak up about."

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She's Also Not Afraid to Call Out Other Women for Encouraging Sexism: Bette Midler criticized Ariana for a racy photoshoot with The Guardian, saying, "You don't have to make a whore out of yourself to get ahead."

Ariana responded like a genius, "Bette was always a feminist who stood for women being able to do whatever the F they wanted without judgement! Not sure where that Bette went but I want that sexy mermaid back!!! Always a fan no matter what my love."

She Knows How to Handle the Topic With Grace...And Some Humor: What makes Ariana a great feminist is that she knows the seriousness of the subject, but she also knows how add some lightness when appropriate (because nobody can take themselves too seriously). During her recent appearance on Saturday Night Live!, she joined up with a few comediennes for "This Is Not a Feminist Song," giving us quite the giggle while still managing to promote the feminist movement.

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How Ariana Grande Became a Feminist Hero

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Neilson Barnard/Getty Images Ariana Grande has acquired quite a few titles throughout her rise to fame: talented actress, exceptional singer, amazing impersonator, dog-lover, ponytail perfectionist and so on and so forth. But there's one title we'd like to add to that list: Feminist hero.

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She demands to be recognised for her values.

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A quote taken from her Tweet that she posted online about Big Sean.

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An Image from her Dangerous Woman era, to emphasise the headline that was found about her super bunny alter ego.

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This is a performance that Ariana did at the MTV VMAs of God is a Woman, she reenacted The Last Supper and had her Mother and Grandmother come out at the end to join her as the crowd applauded, as she seems them two woman as important role models in her life.

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I used this image as it was from one of her recent music videos called "God is a Woman". I wanted to show emphasis on the song due to it being about God being a woman and not a man as it is known to be.

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Ariana Grande was Billboard's Woman of the Year in 2018. She is seen as a strong, independent woman who is able to conquer an obstacles thrown her way, this is proven due to real life events recently.

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I love this quote from this picture and wanted to include it in the dossier, she says that women can be friends with people with dicks and not hop on them. - I feel that in today's world if you are a woman and you're friends with a person of the opposite sex you are seen to be more than friends, when that isn't the case at all. By using her celebrity voice it enables us as an audience to hear it from someone other than a normal person.

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This is a screenshot of what Ariana posted when addressing the headlines put out about her to do with her ex, Big Sean. She explains how she is tired of women including herself being referred to as a man's past, present or future, or property/ possession. In my research report, I refer back to this tweet as she encourages women to stand up for themselves and not take themselves for granted. “I want the media to please help me with this!!!!” Shows that she is aware of the social platform that she has posted on and wants people to interact with her over this topic.

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"Never underestimate the power of a woman" - I Chose this photo purely based on the pose she makes in the image on the right, showing muscle and that she is strong as a woman, is empowering.

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"A woman does not have to be modest in order to be respected" - She's wearing this top to represent the fact that no woman should be told what to wear and be stereotyped based on what they are wearing. Ariana has always been looked down on due to her "Skimpy" outfits when performing, she is suggesting she should still be respected despite the lack of clothes that are not intentional.