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Daily Mirror
18 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Sabrina Carpenter slammed by domestic violence charity as she defends sexy image
Sabrina Carpenter is facing intense backlash following her latest album cover, with a domestic leading domestic violence charity accusing her of 'reducing women to pets' The backlash of Sabrina Carpenter's latest raunchy look for her album cover has continued with the singer being slammed by a leading domestic violence charity. She has been accused of "reducing women to pets" in the latest outburst, but continues to defend her actions. As the former Disney star, 26, announced her 12-song record called Man's Best Friend earlier this week, she accompanied it with an image of a faceless man. In the upload he is seen pulling the star's hair as she posed on all fours. The picture has caused outrage online, with Glasgow Women's Aid the latest to vent their frustration. In a statement, the organisation said: "Sabrina Carpenter's new album cover isn't edgy, it's regressive. "Picturing herself on all fours, with a man pulling her hair and calling it 'Man's Best Friend' isn't subversion. It's a throwback to tired tropes that reduce women to pets, props, and possessions and promote an element of violence and control. We've fought too hard for this." It went on: "We get Sabrina's brand is packaged up retro glam but we really don't need to go back to the tired stereotypes of women. Sabrina is pandering to the male gaze and promoting misogynistic stereotypes, which is ironic given the majority of her fans are young women!" It ended by urging: "Come on Sabrina! You can do better!" And they were far from the only ones pleaded with the star. Many fans took to TikTok to vent about the "uncomfortable" nature, with one user receiving over 51,000 likes after saying: "I just don't think this is a good image that we should be preaching." In agreement, another user said: "FINALLY people are talking about this. Her rebrand hyper-sexualising herself for the male gaze is setting us so far back." However, others failed to see the issue. And Sabrina backed up offering and denied any wrongdoing in a recent interview with Rolling Stone. The cover star of the latest magazine said: "It's always so funny to me when people complain. They're like, 'All she does is sing about this'. "But those are the songs that you've made popular. Clearly you love sex. You're obsessed with it." The latest furore comes as the star is widely known to have a sarcastic sense of humour and sexual innuendos. Recently, during her X-rated 2025 BRIT Awards performance, the star's actions also divided viewers. Over 800 people complained to Ofcom following the show as the pop star kicked off the annual music award ceremony with a rendition of her hits Espresso and Bed Chem. She wore red lacy outfit as her and her dancers performed to the innuendo laden song that was broadcast on ITV well before the 9pm watershed.
Glasgow Times
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Glasgow Times
Glasgow charity slams new Sabrina Carpenter album cover
The pop superstar announced she will be releasing her seventh album titled Man's Best Friend on social media yesterday (June 11). It will be released on August 29. The album cover shows Carpenter on all four's with a man pulling her hair. READ NEXT: Japanese coffee shop founded in Shetland to open in Glasgow this month Glasgow Women's Aid, which provides a safe refuge and support to women, children and young people experiencing domestic abuse, has now hit out on social media saying the image promotes "violence and control". They called the image a "throwback to tired tropes" that depicts women as "pets, props, and possessions" and said the Espresso singer is "promoting misogynistic stereotypes". In a post shared on Facebook, they wrote: "Sabrina Carpenter's new album cover isn't edgy, it's regressive. "Picturing herself on all fours, with a man pulling her hair and calling it 'Man's Best Friend' isn't subversion. "It's a throwback to tired tropes that reduce women to pets, props, and possessions and promote an element of violence and control. "We've fought too hard for this. "We get Sabrina's brand is packaged up retro glam but we really don't need to go back to the tired stereotypes of women. "Sabrina is pandering to the male gaze and promoting misogynistic stereotypes, which is ironic given the majority of her fans are young women. "Come on Sabrina. You can do better." READ NEXT: British national describes astonishing moment he 'survives' Air India crash The post attracted a number of comments, with many people raising concerns about the effect such imagery could have on fans, particularly young girls. One person said: "Disappointing for such a role model. Gives me the boak." A second asked: "I get that Sabrina is doing this for her own subversive/ p**s-taking reasons and that's fine if all her fans were adults but a lot of her fans are young, impressionable girls and how much of this being a very tongue-firmly-in-cheek photograph is completely lost on them?" A third commented: "I really fear for my daughter growing up in this day and age." Others simple wrote comments such as "awful", "appalling" and "grim". However, other's disagreed and felt the image was "tongue-in-cheek" and didn't see it as offensive. One person wrote: "Or, hear me out, she's doing what she wants to do instead of pandering to the idea that women can't express their sexuality without it being for the sole benefit of men." Another commented: "Is it not possible that the album cover and Sabrina is expressing exactly this point? That men treat women like dogs?" A third added: "It's think it's actually a tongue-in-cheek take on men calling women b*****s and almost every song is derogatory towards men." Carpenter released her first single from the album Manchild earlier this month, with many fans speculating the song is about her famous ex actor Barry Keoghan. She performed a sold out show at the Hydro in March as part of her Short n' Sweet tour. You can find out more about Glasgow Women's Aid at
Forbes
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Sabrina Carpenter Album Cover Controversy, Explained
Sabrina Carpenter, one of pop music's biggest new stars, unveiled the cover art for her upcoming album 'Man's Best Friend' on Wednesday, quickly setting social media ablaze with both fierce criticism of what some feel is a 'degrading' cover, while others defend it as a clear work of satire. Sabrina Carpenter's album cover for "Man's Best Friend" has sparked some controversy. (Photo by ... More Gilbert Flores/Billboard via Getty Images) Carpenter announced 'Man's Best Friend' in a social media post Wednesday, attaching the album artwork, which depicts her on her knees with her hand on a man's thigh, who is holding Carpenter's hair in his hand. Another image Carpenter posted, which appears to be an alternate cover or the album's back cover, depicts a dog wearing a collar with a tag that says 'Man's Best Friend.' The album cover immediately took social media by storm, drawing fierce criticism from social media users, columnists and a women's charity who have said the cover is degrading to Carpenter, or to women. Fans defended Carpenter, whose pop music often has a wry or ironic undercurrent, as making satirical commentary on misogyny. The album drops Aug. 29, and Carpenter has already released the album's lead single, 'Manchild.' Glasgow Women's Aid, a Scotland-based advocacy organization for women experiencing domestic abuse, slammed Carpenter in a post on Instagram on Thursday calling the album cover 'regressive,' and stating it evokes 'tired tropes that reduce women to pets, props, and possessions and promote an element of violence and control.' A column in The Telegraph Thursday complained in a headline that Carpenter's 'over-sexed, degrading new album cover has gone too far,' and the writer Poppie Platt noted Carpenter has many young fans and said her marketing is 'troubling,' comparing it to TikTok trends like the 'trad-wife' aesthetic that promote subservience to men. Some of the most-liked comments on Carpenter's Instagram post of the album cover were critical. 'Is this a humiliation ritual? WTH is this cover,' one comment, which garnered 8,000 likes says, while another commenter stated: 'Explain to me again how this isn't centering men? How this isn't catering to the male gaze?' Carpenter's fans praised her cover as satirical. 'I am a little concerned about people's inability to immediately clock that the cover is obviously a commentary on the way women are treated,' one post on X, which garnered more than 44,000 likes, states. The fan cited her single 'Manchild,' in which she pokes fun at men, as a hint the upcoming album may also be satirical. Entertainment editor at the U.K. publication Metro, Brooke Ivey Johnson, wrote Thursday that Carpenter 'knew you'd hate her kinky album cover – that's the point,' defending her as an 'expert in shaping a narrative' and stating Carpenter's brand is 'built around men being little more than background noise.' Johnson called Carpenter's aesthetic 'a kind of satire: A knowing wink at how femininity is constructed, consumed, and commodified,' citing her new single 'Manchild' as a 'satirical exaggeration' of submissiveness to men. No, Carpenter has not directly addressed the controversy over her album cover. But in a cover story in Rolling Stone published Thursday, Carpenter addressed critics of her sex-positive stage presence, stating she feels she has 'never lived in a time where women have been picked apart more, and scrutinized in every capacity.' While performing her song 'Juno' on tour, which contains the lyric: 'Wanna try out some freaky positions? Have you ever tried this one?' Carpenter mimics a different sex position during each performance, which has inspired a TikTok trend and also sparked detractors. 'It's always so funny to me when people complain,' Carpenter told Rolling Stone, stating there are 'so many more moments than the 'Juno' positions, but those are the ones you post every night and comment on. I can't control that.' Carpenter's new album 'Man's Best Friend' follows her breakout year, when her album 'Short n' Sweet,' earned multiple hit singles and won her two Grammy Awards. The album's lead single 'Espresso' was named by some publications as the 2024 song of the summer and topped the charts in many countries. Her string of hits continued with 'Please Please Please' and 'Taste,' and she released a deluxe edition of the album in February with new songs. How Sabrina Carpenter Dream-Come-True'd Her Whole Life (Rolling Stone)
Scotsman
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
Scottish women's charity slams Sabrina Carpenter album cover as 'misogynistic' and promoting violence
The charity say the Sabrina Carpenter album cover design is 'regressive' and promotes violence and control. Sign up to our Politics newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... A Glasgow women's charity has condemned pop star Sabrina Carpenter's new album cover as 'misogynistic' and promoting violence. The American singer, best known for her hit song Espresso, published the cover of her new album 'Man's Best Friend' on Wednesday evening. It features a photograph of her on all fours in front of a man who is pulling her hair. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Sabrina Carpenter's new album cover 'Man's Best Friend' | Sabrina Carpenter/Instagram Glasgow Women's Aid say the artwork is 'regressive' and have raised concerns about the message it sends to the pop star's young female fan base. Posting on social media, Glasgow Women's Aid said: 'Sabrina Carpenter's new album cover isn't edgy, it's regressive. Picturing herself on all fours, with a man pulling her hair and calling it 'Man's Best Friend' isn't subversion. 'It's a throwback to tired tropes that reduce women to pets, props and possessions, and promote an element of violence and control. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 'We've fought too hard for this. We get Sabrina's brand is packaged up as retro glam, but we really don't need to go back to the tired stereotypes of women. 'Sabrina is pandering to the male gaze and promoting misogynistic stereotypes, which is ironic given the majority of her fans are young women. 'Come on Sabrina - you can do better.'
Daily Record
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Record
Glasgow Women's Aid slam Sabrina Carpenter over new album cover
Glasgow Women's Aid described the image as "regressive", adding that the scene promotes violence and control. Glasgow Women's Aid have slammed Sabrina Carpenter over her most recent album cover. The forthcoming album, named 'Man's Best Friend', is due to be released in August. But the American singer and songwriter has been hit with backlash from fans over the imagery. In the photo, the star is seen kneeling on the floor while a male stands above her, pulling her hair. Glasgow Women's Aid described the picture as "regressive", adding that the scene promotes violence and control. "Picturing herself on all fours, with a man pulling her hair and calling it 'Man's Best Friend' isn't subversion. "It's a throwback to tired tropes that reduce women to pets, props, and possessions and promote an element of violence and control. "We've fought too hard for this. "We get Sabrina's brand is packaged up retro glam but we really don't need to go back to the tired stereotypes of women. "Sabrina is pandering to the male gaze and promoting misogynistic stereotypes, which is ironic given the majority of her fans are young women "Come on, Sabrina. You can do better." Reacting to the post, one user said: "If Sabrina Carpenter knew the full heartbreaking reality of what it actually means to be subjected to these crimes, I don't think she would be promoting herself with this utter sh**e. "She should educate herself until she fully grasps how completely horrendous this imagery is and retract along with apologise, then do better. Much better. "I am appalled and angered. Shameful stuff." Another wrote: "Really disturbing to see this from such a spotlighted public figure." Another user added: "Feminism is going in reverse. This 'artist' should be banned." Fans were quick to slam the image as " disturbing" after Carpenter shared the photo on her Instagram on Wednesday. One fan said: "Does anyone else find this cover really disturbing?" Another said: "As a domestic abuse survivor, I find it uncomfortable and i'd rather see her empowered than like that." Someone else posted: "Insanely misogynistic imagery. Man's best friend? Please." But the star's fan defend the cover online. One said: "It isn't Sabrina's responsibility to explain her art to men." Another shared: I'm seeing a lot of discourse about Sabrina Carpenter's new album cover. The cover is clearly satirical with a deeper meaning, portraying how the public views her, believing she is just for the male gaze." Sabrina is yet to speak about the cover and the meaning behind it.
