She Has a Mother

What Ariana Grande, motherhood, and our obsession with women’s bodies reveal about the messages girls are absorbing.

My daughter loves Ariana Grande.

Not the way we loved celebrities when we were kids. Bella doesn’t just listen to Ariana’s music and see her movies. She experiences her life in real time. The interviews, the red carpets, the TikToks, and…the endless commentary.

And lately, the commentary has been about Ariana’s body.