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If Demi Lovato releasing a song celebrating abortion was on your bingo card for 2023, you can cross it off now.
Lovato’s new song “Swine” protests the one-year anniversary of the overturning of Roe v. Wade and features vulgar lyrics like, “God forbid, I wanna suck whatever the f**k I wanna / God forbid, I wanna f**k whoever the f**k I wanna.”
Lovato has also recently changed her pronouns back to she/her, as she claims it was too exhausting having to correct people as a “they.” Allie Beth Stuckey thinks Lovato desperately needs to find Jesus.
In a tweet, Lovato explained that “Swine” was meant to “empower not only the birthing people of this country, but everyone who stands up for equality, to embrace their agency and fight for a world where every person’s right to make decisions about their own body is honored.”
“I want to empower you right now, Demi Lovato,” Stuckey responds, “you do not have to have unprotected sex. That is a choice that you can make.”
In cases of rape, which many abortion activists cling to as why abortion is necessary, Stuckey believes that “we should give the death penalty to the rapist and not the child.”
However, Lovato doesn’t quite make that argument in her song. Rather, her lyrics show a much more vain reason for not wanting to give the child a life.
Toward the end of the song, she sings, “We gotta’ grow and we gotta’ raise them / We gotta’ feed and bathe them / And if you won’t they call you a witch to burn at the stake in Salem.”
“It’s just completely – not just morally bankrupt – but intellectually bankrupt, like she doesn’t know what she’s talking about,” Stuckey says.
“In all 50 states, abortion is legal to a certain extent. In a lot of states it is legal through all nine months with very few stipulations,” she continues, “so, like, what exactly is she talking about here?”
Stuckey answers that question herself.
Lovato isn’t quite talking about any issues that she’s particularly knowledgeable on, but rather “glorifying selfishness” and a “crass, promiscuous lifestyle.”
“I think that there’s something very deep that she’s fighting, very demonic that she’s fighting,” Stuckey reasons.
While Stuckey believes the song is abhorrent, she isn’t concerned.
“It's not going to change anyone’s mind; it’s not going to turn anyone from pro-life to being pro-choice. I don’t even think it’s going to encourage anyone to, you know, abort their child. It’s just adding to the noise, and it really kind of makes me sad for her.”
“I just pray that Demi Lovato, that God works on her heart,” she adds.
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Demi Lovato released a new song called “Swine” to protest the one-year anniversary of the Roe v. Wade overturn — and Sara Gonzales of "The News & Why It Matters" is disturbed, to say the least.
The video shows Lovato clad in red, thrashing around in front of men dressed in black and features lyrics like, “God forbid, I wanna f*** whoever the f*** I want / And if he cums, I guess I gotta be a mother.”
“It’s not lost on me that everyone there was in black and she was dressed in red. I wonder what the significance of that is?” Gonzales asks.
“She’s dancing for the overlord,” guest Jaco Booyen explains, “she’s in red because she’s the sacrificial lamb. She is literally telling you ‘I trade my soul for fame.’”
“Scripture says, ‘Don’t cast your pearls before swine.’ OK? They will cast children before Satan,” Booyen continues.
Booyens believes she has sadly sold her soul, commenting that she seems to be in “serious trouble.”
Gonzales agrees, adding that it was “downright satanic.”
She notes that there was also clearly a lot of anger in Lovato’s performance, mentioning that she even looked “possessed” throughout.
“It’s just that you really shouldn’t be that angry about not having the ability to kill your own child.”
Lovato had written an Instagram post to accompany her new song, in which she wrote that “we must continue to be united in our fight for reproductive justice,” adding that she “created ‘Swine’ to amplify the voices of those who advocate for choice and bodily autonomy.”
“I feel so bad,” Gonzales says, “and also infuriated with the next generation, with these younger females who are so easily manipulated and tricked into thinking that like, ‘Oh, abortion is banned!’”
“I would love it if that were the case, but it’s not. You can go to states that will literally fund your entire trip there,” she adds.
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This isn’t the first time Demi Lovato has done something that’s resulted in severe backlash. The artist’s choices have caused much scrutiny over the years, and it’s no surprise.
Her last album, “Holy Fvck,” for example, was banned in the U.K. after being deemed extremely offensive. The cover features the artist dressed in a racy, lingerie-esque ensemble as she lies on a cross.
Now Lovato strikes again, leaving many, including Pat Gray, outraged. While conservatives across the country celebrated the anniversary of the overturning of Roe v. Wade on June 24, Lovato dropped a new song titled “Swine.”
Here are a few of the lyrics:
The government knows my body
No, it's okay, it's better this way, I'm only a carbon copy
Even if I'm dying, they'll still try to stop me.
[...]
My life, my voice
My rights, my choice
It's mine, or I'm just swine.
“I like killing babies,” Gray mockingly sings.
Watch the clip here.
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Singer Demi Lovato revealed this week that she returned to using "she/her" pronouns because she found it "exhausting" to tell everyone all the time that she was a "they/them."
In 2021, Lovato came out as "non-binary" and requested that fans use "they/them" pronouns when referring to her. One year later, Lovato added "she/her" to her list of personal pronouns because she had been "feeling more feminine."
Now, Lovato says she resumed using "she/her" pronouns for an entirely different reason.
"I constantly had to educate people and explain why I identified with those pronouns. It was absolutely exhausting," Lovato told GQ Hype Spain in a recent interview. "I just got tired. But that is why I know that it is important to continue spreading the word."
Still, Lovato expressed feelings of oppression because, for example, most public spaces do not have gender-neutral bathrooms.
"I face this every day. For example, in public toilets. Having to access the women's bathroom, even though I don't completely identify with it," she continued. "I would feel more comfortable in a genderless bathroom. Or it also happens when filling out forms, such as government documents or any other where you have to specify your gender. You only have two options, 'male' and 'female,' and I feel like none of that makes sense to me."
Ironically, Lovato admitted she feels pressured to identify as a "woman."
"I see myself conditioned to choose 'woman' because there are no more options. I think this has to change. Hopefully with time there will be more options," she said.
Lovato's reflections demonstrate the inherent problems with connecting grammar and gender theory.
Language, as a means of communication, naturally derives a way to talk about observable singular and plural categories. English, for instance, uses "they/them" pronouns to communicate plurality (i.e., more than one person) when referring to the subject or object of a verb.
It makes sense, then, that Lovato would have difficulty policing people to ensure they referred to her, a singular entity, using plural referents.
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Dozens of entertainers and musical artists — including big names like Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish, Megan Thee Stallion, and more — have signed on to an ad from Planned Parenthood declaring they are being "robbed of our power" by losing the right to kill their unborn children.
The full-page ad ran in the New York Times Friday days after a leaked Supreme Court draft majority opinion for Dobbs vs. Jackson Women's Health Organization indicated the court will uphold Mississippi's 15-week abortion ban and overrule its landmark Roe v. Wade decision. This action by the court would end the constitutional right to kill unwanted children before they are born and activate so-called trigger laws in 26 states that would ban or restrict abortion access.
In response, Planned Parenthood, the nation's number one abortion provider, has launched a "Bans Off Our Bodies" campaign to oppose the Supreme Court's expected decision and pro-life laws. The New York Times ad is part of that campaign.
"Our power to plan our own futures and control our own bodies depends on our ability to access sexual and reproductive health care, including abortion," the ad states.
"We are Artists. Creators. Storytellers. We are the new generation stepping into our power. Now we are being robbed of our power. We will not go back — and we will not back down," the signatories declare.
In addition to those mentioned, the ad was signed by numerous celebrities including Kendall Jenner, Selena Gomez, Olivia Rodrigo, Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello, Demi Lovato, Halsey, Hailey Bieber, Camila Mendes, Lili Reinhart, Madelaine Petsch, Karlie Kloss, Ariana DeBose, Madelyn Cline, Hailee Steinfeld, Dove Cameron, FINNEAS, Hayley Kiyoko, Madison Beer, Phoebe Bridgers, Joey King, Peyton List, Lauren Jauregui, Jenna Ortega, Storm Reid, Tinashe, Meghan Trainor, Tommy Dorfman, Melanie Martinez, Liza Koshy, and Maia Mitchell.
"These young artists are encouraging their fans to join them in speaking out in support of the right to access sexual and reproductive health care, including abortion," Planned Parenthood said in a statement.
"What we see in young people from all walks of life is that they aren’t backing down — not today, not ever. Like the artists who signed on to this ad, their resolve to keep bans off their bodies is a source of hope during a dark time, and we are determined to keep fighting alongside them, for them," she added.
Actress and musician Demi Lovato has quietly added "she/her" to her list of personal pronouns, which include "they/them."
In 2021, Lovato announced that she is both pansexual and non-binary.
Lovato recently updated her pronouns on her Instagram page to add "she/her" to her previously used pronouns.
Just weeks earlier, the 29-year-old pop star shared an Instagram photo of herself with a caption that read, "You call me they, but I'm still daddy's girl[.]"
In 2021, Lovato announced her non-binary status, and said, "Over the past year-and-a-half, I've been doing some healing and self-reflective work. And through this work, I've had the revelation that I identify as non-binary. With that said, I'll be officially changing my pronouns to they/them."
She added, "I feel that this best represents the fluidity I feel in my gender expression and allows me to feel most authentic and true to the person I both know I am, and am still discovering."
Following her announcement, she said, "If you misgender me – that’s OK. I accidentally misgender myself sometimes! It’s a huge transition to change the pronouns I’ve used for myself my entire life. And it’s difficult to remember sometimes!"
“As long as you keep trying to respect my truth, and as long as I remember my truth, that shift will come naturally," she added. "I’m just grateful for your effort in trying to remember what means so much to my healing process.”
Lovato continued, and acknowledged the fact that pronoun changes might be foreign to some people.
"I felt the need to post this because I often find that the change in pronouns can be confusing for some, and difficult to remember for others," she explained. "It’s all about your intention. It’s important to me that you try, but if you make a mistake, it’s okay remember that I love you, and to keep going.”
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