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Her hips don't lie, and neither do her sons. Colombian pop star Shakira obtained very candid about her and her household's response to Greta Gerwig's Oscar-nominated movie Barbie, the most important blockbuster of 2023. And it appears like they didn't really feel the Kenergy.
“I watched it, yeah,” the “Whenever, Wherever” singer stated when requested in regards to the film for a brand new profile in Allure. “My sons absolutely hated it," she continued, referring to her boys Sasha, 9, and Milan, 11, whom she shares with ex Gerard Piqué. “They felt that it was emasculating. And I agree, to a certain extent. I'm raising two boys. I want 'em to feel powerful too [while] respecting women.”
Elaborating on her most well-liked gender dynamics, Shakira stated, "I like popular culture when it makes an attempt to empower girls with out robbing males of their risk to be males, to additionally shield and supply. I imagine in giving girls all of the instruments and the belief that we are able to do all of it with out shedding our essence, with out shedding our femininity. I believe that males have a objective in society and girls have one other objective as properly. We complement one another, and that complement shouldn't be misplaced.”
Maybe pondering of the half in Barbie the place all of the positions of power (and subsequently accountability) in Barbie Land are held by girls (properly, Barbies), Shakira stated, “Why not share the load with people who deserve to carry it, who have a duty to carry it as well?”
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