Is Sabrina Carpenter un-feminist, or am I?

"feel free to tell me off in the replies, i honestly might deserve it"

Let’s unpack one of last week’s most popular posts.

But first, here’s what else people are talking about on Diem:

1. I will be 52 this year and feel like I am failing.

2. my husband and i have been together six years and married over a year he out of the blue asked me for a divorce

3. In need of new binge show

4. I'm shocked at the lack of boundaries at my work among coworkers.

5. My boyfriend and I are planning two different threesomes to experience what its like to have sex with each gender.

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Sabrina Carpenter’s explosion into mainstream pop culture came almost ten years after she released her first album, Eyes Wide Open. While Short n’ Sweet brought her a new audience, some listeners feel it was also thanks to her new Lolita-esque aesthetic. “Maybe i just can’t handle a woman being openly sexual in a traditional way,” one Diemer wrote, but “is sabrina carpenter un feminist, or am i?”

“Honestly I’ve felt sort of a similar way!” one reply reads. “I think I let the societal woman-hatred programmed into us get to me 😞.”

Ahead, we rounded up some of the most thoughtful responses to this surprisingly complicated question:

Sex Sells

“IMO, she’s not being un-feminist, she’s just a capitalist. It’s all apart of her brand; dreamy, vintage visuals paired with modern horniness. The music industry, is, ultimately, a business. Profits come first, especially for west-coast pop artists like Sabrina. She’s just as much a product as she is a person. Social issues ultimately have very little impact on the creation of a personal brand. Sex sells, and she’s damn good at selling it. It’s no different to how Billie Eilish is good at selling angst and Taylor Swift is good at selling relatability. And, just like any other product, there’s a team of people whose jobs it is to boost sales. She, frankly, is just the spokeswoman.”

Sex sells, but…