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"All About That Bass"的歌手梅根崔娜其實並不是什麼大女人主義。

今年9/22的billboard 名人檔案中，梅根被列為一個惡名昭彰的大女人主義者(而不是令人敬佩的女性主義)

生長於麻州、20歲的梅根回應“我不認為我自己是大女人主義，但我還是很高興我有機會向這個世界傳達一些有意義的訊息。如果你問我我想要說什麼?我想說: 愛自己多一點。”

她的新歌”All About That Bass”幾乎已經被當成今年夏天鼓勵接受自己體型的國歌。不過有些人批評這首歌是在鼓勵熱愛肥胖的身體，厭惡纖細瘦弱的身體。就像她歌裡面對於體型的接受度的提倡一樣，梅根他是否為大女人主義都有點被人拿來扭曲了。

訪談中並沒有直接訪問梅根是否認定自己為大女人主義，但其實這樣的問題是很值得拿來問這些公眾人物的。HuffPost Women的編輯 Amanda Duberman說”其實訪問你是否為大女人主義，背後更重要的在於這個社會文化怎麼認定她是不是大女人主義。每一次問你是不是大女人主義的過程中，都是拿來說明這個詞(Feminist)真正意義的機會，讓人們對這樣的想法有更深入的了解其背後的原則所在。”

因此，與其探討梅根崔娜為什麼會被貼上大女人主義的標籤，讓我們用這個機會先來釐清什麼叫”女性主義”。用兩性專家Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie的話來說(歌手Queen B讓這句話有名的)，女性主義是”兩性在社會、政治、及經濟上的平等。”

JL碎念:

我覺得現在很多人都會把女性主義汙名化，好像只要女性為自己發聲，就是女強人、就是咄咄逼人一樣。但其實我覺得很多時候都是我們太習慣一些”常態”。

工作上的確看過主管在分派出國機會時，沒有問過本人，就直接說”她可以出差嗎?她應該要顧小孩吧?派她出去她老公會恨我。”於是出國機會直接沒了。我並不是說出國出差一定好，但我認為其實這就是一種變相的歧視….你會聽到老闆說某男應該要照過家庭小孩，所以不用問他要不要出國嗎? 

很多事情，只是我們習以為常，並不是真的就應如此…

原文在這裡: http://goo.gl/6H20Rt

"All About That Bass" singer, Meghan Trainor, is apparently not all about feminism.

In a Sept. 22 Billboard profile, Trainor fell into the infamous (and rather daunting)trap that is celebrity feminism.

"I don't consider myself a feminist, but I'm down for my first opportunity to say something to the world to be so meaningful," the 20-year-old, Massachusetts native told Billboard's Andrew Hampp. "If you asked me, 'What do you want to say?' it would be, 'Love yourself more.'"

While "All About That Bass" was hailed by some as the body acceptance anthem of the summer, others have criticized Trainor's lyrics, saying they encourage body love for larger bodies, but shame skinny ones. Similar to her song's approach to body acceptance, Trainor's approach to feminism is a bit misguided.

While it doesn't appear that Hampp explicitly asked Trainor if she was or wasn't a feminist, those sort of questions are worth asking public figures. HuffPost Women news editor Amanda Duberman poignantly notes: "The dialogue that surrounds the 'are you a feminist' question is far more important than whether pop culture icons actually identify as feminists. Every answer given is an opportunity to discuss and clarify the term's truest meaning, inch the movement into more neutral territory and promote a deeper understanding of its core tenets."

So, instead of jumping on Meghan Trainor for whatever her reasons are for not identifying as a feminist, let's use this moment to clarify the definition of feminism. In the wise words of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, made famous by Queen B, feminism is the "social, political and economic equality of the sexes."