I went and watched both of the videos. It's good to breakdown the symbolism in these videos, because it can be distracting while watching the video to see the meaning. Music Videos always tell a story, but not everybody comprehends what the story is. You can't deny the spiritual symbolism of Ariana equating herself to God in her video.
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In this classic Michelangelo piece (The Creation of Adam) painted on the sistine chapel, Ariana replaces God with herself and adam with a woman. Given the symblolism found in the rest of the video, it's clear that this is not just another work of social justice for women. There is a futher meaning. One interesting visual comparison is the clothing and manner of Ariana and her female "squad," They are dressed as royalty in gold with tiaras, with doe-faced and arrogant expressions. Some of them seem to be scowling at the woman portraying Adam. In contrast, God seems to be showing a face of concern and care for Adam in the Michelangelo piece. He is dressed in a very modest fashion, as the true God is not concerned with materials and worldly riches. I understand many people would be troubled by the fact that the Sistine chapel painting is very masculine, but if you notice God has his arm around Eve. Eve was God's gift to Adam, she was literally formed from Adam's rib. God created men and women to be complementary to one another.
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Ariana isn't even original, this has been done before, MANY times. For those of you fans who think she is innovative or... "breaking the glass ceiling".. She's just making this blasphemy mainstream.
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For example, a painting by Harmonia Rosales, which really is more about bringing attention to the power and religious strength of African women rather than "looking hot" and talking about how great you are at sex... I found myself much less offended by this piece and more inspired.
This video is disguised as part of a "Feminist" movement. Feminism is supposed to be about equality, anytime you see women raving about being ~better~ than men, it's part of a divisive agenda, in my opinion. Which Ariana in this video only portrays men as small, and throwing negative comments towards her.. so that's what she thinks of you. Yet she's engaged, and can't seem to be single or empowered without a male counterpart. If she never sang songs about loving boys, nobody would know who she is.
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In another clip Ariana also alludes to herself being a god, by literally sitting atop the world. She also...ahem.. manipulates the world. But not in a positive way.. in a selfish way. Her bid to self pleasure shows an egoistic control over the people of the world. She is not using her position ("on top of the world") to actually help any causes, it's all about how she looks and feels, and how she wants others to desire her sexually so she can profit off of the sales of her body. I think she is very manipulative of her fans. She is not empowering anybody. If anything, I feel degraded as a woman that she is giving of the message that this is how I want to impact the world, with sex. I always dreamt of doing things that really impacted the lives of others in a positive way.. stopping the hungry from pain, giving education to those who desire to learn, bringing hope to those who feel lost. So let's get this straight... Ariana is not saying "God is a woman".. she is saying "Ariana is God." She may act like this video is all about empowering women, but when it comes down to the facts, this video is all about ARIANA and how she thinks that she is so good at sex she might as well be god/perfect. There are many inspirtational women in the world... Ariana is not one of them. She's another hot topic with a huge ego, bringing others down along the way.
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Disgusting. Embarrassing. Definitely not enlightening or inspiring.
I feel very sorry for Ariana that this is her view of how the world should be.. she seems to be so one-track-minded and defensive of this view, too. To be so prideful of her sex life, and so selfish about her sexual gratifications, and to truly somehow have the delusion that she is spreading a good messaging by telling other women this is all they should take pride in as well. There is hardly any mention of anything other than sex in the song. ????? The whole song is pretty much saying that she is so good in bed that the man will think she must be God afterwards or that God made sex that good... ????? And the fans just looooove it. She also once said that this is her GRANDMA'S favorite song off of the album. She's listening to her grand daughter talk about her explicit sex life.
Honestly, if you are a fan of hers, I would love to know what your interpretation of the video is and how you see it as being positive or how it "empowers" women. I truly don't understand. This song makes me angry, in fact, in how demeaning it is to those of us who are religious and spiritual. I am no longer a fan of hers, I don't think I will ever purposefully listen to another one of her songs. She will have to answer to God for this, but I just hope others will see that its not worthy of praise, its worthy of disdain.