Lizzo Defended Her 'Feminist' Stage Leotards, and She's Got a Point

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(oh, and ) is thriving, and no amount of negativity can bring her down. In particular, she's completely embraced her body, and she knows exactly why : sexism, racism, fatphobia.“I saw a tweet, ‘Say what you want about Lizzo,’ and I was like, what are people saying?

I saw a picture of me laughing and someone said she seems to have a lot of fun with her fans. Yeah, I do have fun, because if I’m not having fun right now, when am I going to be able to enjoy having a hot, rockin’ bod, being young, beautiful, and rich?” she told in a wide-ranging new profile.

This content can also be viewed on the site it from.The 34-year-old also takes on criticism of her body and the revealing outfits she wears on stage. "Black women are hypersexualized all the time, and masculinized simultaneously.

Because of the structure of racism, if you’re thinner and lighter, or your features are narrow, you’re closer to being a woman,” she says, pointing out the dance leotards are at this point the industry standard for pop stars. “I wanted to be like a dancer and also, it was kind of political and feminist in my eyes to have me, a full-figured dancer, wearing leotards, showing and celebrating curves and being Olympian in strength, endurance, and flexibility.”Owning her body is a right she knows all women deserve, and she takes the opportunity to reiterate her support for reproductive freedom. "I know plenty of people who would have died if they hadn’t had [an abortion],” she says, adding, “it shouldn’t matter what my opinion is.