This reminds me of the time my friend got the wrong Roman Numerals tattooed for her Grandma's birthday cus she just typed it on google real quick and went with the first one that popped up, but it was just like an example from the article not the actual number she needed
Ariana is being pretty cool about the whole thing it seems, check out her Insta stories. Looks like she's gonna go in and get the tattoo fixed
i mean at this point just embrace being a fan of japanese bbq. add a korean bbq tattoo while you're at it. hot pot tattoo. etc.
She doesn't have anyone in her team that is like "Hey, you already have critics for appropriating another culture, so maybe don't do the same thing in tattoo form?"
Sis needs to get off socials for a while. I feel like once u start going this route with responding to everyone like a victim and clearly in ur feelings, u gotta step away, take a breath, and allow urself to learn. She's way too caught up in getting validation from social media and that's also an unhealthy mindset to have like mental health wise.
“What was I supposed to do????” Maybe don’t get the tattoo. Maybe don’t double down on it and defend it. Maybe don’t take all of the positives of a culture and cultivate it as your image to cash in without having to feel the repercussions. Maybe get a fucking clue.
People let her get away with this BS for too long and she got too comfortable. Now she's finally getting a bit of deserved backlash and can't hang. I am DED at her trying to defend herself from cultural appropriation criticism while using AAVE too. It also kills when a popstar is mostly beloved and can't handle a tiny percentage of detractors like ari might be getting some backlash but nothing compared to the love and #1 singles and adoring fans but she can't handle the slightest bit of negativity, even tho she's a ~savage and all about that ~hood love