u/AgileLibrary3080

say what u want ab ariana love her hate her i do a bit of both personally, her perfumes fucking slap. they're so good, so affordable and genuinely some of the best smelling especially for celeb perfumes, like wdym i can get a Baccarat rouge 540 dupe for £30?? honestly they all smell modern too and js constantly gorgeous. one thing tho i feel like the plush vanilla and the wicked ones (2025 versions) were rushed and that's not to say they smell bad , they don't, just artistically they're not as good

She claimed she was really healed and happy during sweetener when she was a usual body weight. Turns out she loses a bunch of weight apparently suddenly when she was a normal weight that "wasn't her healthy" any human who's faced an ed knows that when u are sick you convince yourself and others this is the best. And the one thing you care about it being thin. I'm sick of pretending that this is okay. She body checks every vid yanks her shoulders back tense the living daylight out of her neck etc she knows exactly what she's doing but "let's not comment on her body" as if she isn't perpetuating her own downfall. She has affected sm women and children and harmed sm. I will NOT be gaslit into lies that she is physically healthy rn.

I wholeheartedly believe that the Dangerous Woman launch solidifies something I've thought for a long time which is that: Ariana is stuck as Galinda (internally). She likely feels a lot of guilt due to the situation that happened during that time period and all that happened then and used unhealthy coping mechanisms when she was in that headspace (possibly restriction, extreme control, massive changes of appearance, mannerisms etc) that she had to use as she felt their was no other way. Overtime she's likely internalised that as her only form of feeling "safe" (as it would have felt protective then) and not known how else to manage with that guilt or evolve at all leading her to stay stuck. Also the character of Galinda for her, ironically or not, clearly resonated with her significantly and that's why she became so intertwined with galinda on and off screen. I do believe she needs to put in some real work to escape her caricature of Galinda as that is not her true self in every sense of the meaning and should just take some time away. On how this links to the rem launch: she is galinda masquerading as dangerous woman, not ariana referencing dangerous woman for a simple anniversary, this is evident in the fact that even though she is marketing a product to be sold as a different era, she's not even bothered to even slightly alter her makeup from her safe glinda look which is quite literally a different race than her 2016 self. This is at best lazy and at worst, clear stagnation of her as an artist. With respect, I've loved her past eras sm, understand she's faced some terrible things (as everyone does to a degree) and have even enjoyed some moments from the most recent era, but I do think she needs to be more transparent with her fans and not always just do things cause they want it and maybe just step back and go on a break and actually heal.