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Okay, you basically validated my original quote then.. I didn't paint her as a villain, I see her as a disturbed individual who isn't in the right state of mind to wield the influence of a popstar, like most people…

Just to be clear - please confirm if you think this music video went through multiple stages of approval from Ariana Grande herself, production, A&R reps, management, etc. without a thought as to how the state of her body might draw attention? And that the choice to airbrush her face but not her sternum in post-production wasn't intentional? The point that I made very clearly above was that she is a brand and there is an entire multimillion dollar apparatus behind her which bears some responsibility.

You recognize how macabre her thinness was in the music video, which is why you cropped her body out for your avatar. Her record label saw that as well and decided to keep it in to court controversy. You are asking us to suspend our visceral shock and concern so that you can continue to enjoy your fav's music in peace while she slowly dies. Not gonna happen, sorry.

Ariana Grande is a team of 50+ people. A&R reps, UMG executives, CAA agents, marketers, publicists, stylists, directors, producers, and Ariana Grande herself. The Ariana Grande Brand has immense cultural capital and influence, especially amongst young women and girls. Baring her sunken sternum in low-cut tops in the Petal mv, or accentuating her hollow clavicles with glitter in Wicked are deliberate choices that went through multiple levels of oversight and approval from the apparatus behind her. The former reads as pro-ana content in particular because anyone who understands marketing would know that it was done to taunt the general public and drum up controversy, which it did successfully. We weren't born yesterday and we know that nothing exists in a vacuum, so your infantilization of her as some meek, misunderstood woman doesn't hold up. We're talking about a public figure here.

Are you being intentionally obtuse or did you actually believe what you just wrote? I think homophobia is bad, so I want more gay representation in media to humanize gay people and combat ignorance. I think anorexia is bad, so I don't want pro-ana content reaching children and women via pop idols. Children aren't able to rationalize the content they're shown.

We are not going to normalize bodies like this especially when they belong to a popstar who is idolized by millions of little girls. Like, she wouldn't be baring her skeleton if she didn't want the conversation. Get ******.

I know they're siblings but the similarity is uncanny. She looks like James in a wig.

I need him to win by a 7 point lead just to solidify the message.

No ******* way

Ummm he had a psychotic break, it's not like he sat down and made the conscious choice to go slit his wrists on live...

not them finding 30k ballots, are we ever going to escape from their chokehold...

It is LiveLeak worthy, he's dragging a serrated knife across his body, covered in blood. He murmured something about his children right before the live ended, which sparked concerns of a hostage situation.

This just came across my timeline. Not posting any links as it is extremely graphic.

Double the votes. Jfc this is a total rebuke of the Israeli lobby.

Respectfully, could you fathom Eugenia Cooney releasing a hit album, going on a world tour, and then demanding that people don't comment on her body or disorder? At this stage in her disease, it's hard to ignore. Ariana is knocking on death's door. The visuals from this era are stomach churning and macabre.