Lizzo is getting criticized by disability activists after using a word that is being termed ableist and offensive in her new song GRRRLS.
But to her credit, she’s making a major change to be more inclusive! On Monday, the 34-year-old superstar singer was called out on Twitter and elsewhere online for using the word “s**z” — a slang derivation of the term “spastic” — in a new lyric in the intro verse of her newly-released, much-anticipated song. Related: Lizzo Stuns In Thom Browne On The 2022 Met Gala Red Carpet!
DAMN! In the opening verse, the Michigan-born Grammy winner sings: On Twitter, the lyric was almost immediately panned by disability activists and others within that space as they reacted to the term (often used as a derogatory slang reference to someone losing physical or emotional control).
It was far from hypothetical problems cited or cynical concern-trolling, either. Some fans explained to Lizzo via Twitter that the word has a specific definition that is demeaning and ableist, as one person powerfully called out (below): Other fans called Lizzo out for “not being inclusive,” with some explaining how the word has come to be used as a “slur” that is “really offensive” to the disabled community both on the internet and offline.
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