The media (read: men) have an issue with sexualising young girls in the general public eye. In her first speech as UN Women Goodwill Ambassador, Emma Watson detailed how she was sexualised by the press from the age of 14. When talking on the Women’s March last 12 months, Natalie Portman recounted how male critics would describe her “budding breasts” as a pre-teen actress and the local radio station that had a countdown to her 18th birthday. Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen would experience the identical countdown a couple of years later.
This aspect of our culture is a component of the reasoning that goes into Billie Eilish’s now-signature baggy style. “I never want the world to know every part about me. I...
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