Ariana Grande & Big Sean Split; Singer ‘Empowering’ Essay, Says She is Not a Property of Ex-Boyfriend
Ariana Grande stunned her social media followers when she shared an empowering essay, which she wrote herself, about male and female double standards.
Through her Twitter page, she started by explaining that what she had stated recently, about "not being Sean’s ex," was actually her way of telling the world that she was not someone’s possession.
Grande and Big Sean dated each other for eight months and broke up just two months ago and the rumored reason for the split was their hectic work schedules. According to the statement that their representatives gave to Us Weekly, both artists still care “deeply” for one another and will “remain close friends.”
A lot of questions about her dating life after the split have been hounding the pop star. More recently, she was linked to One Direction's Niall Horan and she told The Sun that "I'm tired of needing to be linked to a guy, I'm not Big Sean's ex, I'm not Niall's new possible girl. I'm Ariana Grande."
That's when she decided that enough is enough.
“I am tired of living in a world where women are mostly referred to as a man’s past, present, or future property/possession,” the “Problem” singer continued in her Twitter post. “I do not belong to anyone but myself, and neither do you."
She admitted that she has been purposely dodging “boy questions” during her interviews since she has “so much more to talk about.”
“I am currently making the best music I have ever made in my life, having the best time of my life on tour with some of the greatest people I have ever known, working my ass off every single day, performing / creating for my babes and getting the chance to meet and hug my babes all over the world everyday,” Grande’s statement read.
She then stated examples of double standard and misogyny and asked the help of the media to put an end to these lingering issues.
"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 value as an individual. I want the people reading this that they're more than enough on their own."
— Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) June 7, 2015
Grande stepping up for her rights as a woman was largely applauded by, not only her fans, but by her fellow celebrities, such as Rita Ora and Taylor Swift, among others, according to TIME.
“I could not agree with you more,” Ora responded on her Twitter account.
Her older brother, Frankie James Grande, has also praised his little sister for her outspokenness. “Actually could not be more proud of you than I am right now,” he wrote. “Wow. Beautifully said. Completely accurate. Let us change the world.”
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