"Feminist: the person who believes in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes." Everyone needs feminism, and celebrities have been influential to the awareness of this cause over the past few years. For example, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter expresses her feminist beliefs directly through her music, and Miley Cyrus shows her feminism in a more indirect way. Being exposed to various celebrities’ views on feminism can help people express their own views.
The first way celebrities can show their beliefs is in a direct way. Beyoncé Knowles-Carter often writes lyrics that empower women. For example, when she was in the group Destiny’s Child, she wrote a song called “Independent Women,” which is about how women can provide for themselves
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Her songs are mostly about partying, drugs, and breaking the rules. Some of her most well known lyrics are, “It’s our party we can do what we want,” from her song “We Can’t Stop.” Another famous song, “Wrecking Ball,” gained a lot of publicity not for the lyrics, but for the music video. Cyrus appears swinging naked on a wrecking ball and licking a sledgehammer. Many were quick to call her provocative and offensive. While her music typically does not reflect her feminism, this is just her indirect way of showing it. In fact, many think this display of sexuality only empowers women …show more content…
She has personally accepted being alone, as opposed to Beyoncé’s beliefs that people are meant to depend on one another. To illustrate this is her statement, “It has a lot to do with being a feminist, but I’m finally okay with being alone.” Cyrus is also not opposed to using the term “feminist;” Beyoncé prefers to use the term “humanist,” saying that “feminist” is too extreme. One of Miley’s self-proclamations is when she said, "I feel like I'm one of the biggest feminists in the world because I tell women to not be scared of