Shakira Shares Sons Hated Barbie, States New Film ‘Emasculating’
Is it possible to not like the Barbie film? According to Shakira, it is.
The singer opened up in an interview with Allure about her sons Sasha, 9, and Milan, 11, whom the singer and dancer shares with football star Gerard Piqué, whom she was with for 12 years.
“My sons absolutely hated it. They felt that it was emasculating. And I agree, to a certain extent,” Shakira told “I’m raising two boys. I want ’em to feel powerful too [while] respecting women.
She continued, “I like pop culture when it attempts to empower women without robbing men of their possibility to be men, to also protect and provide. I believe in giving women all the tools and the trust that we can do it all without losing our essence, without losing our femininity. I think that men have a purpose in society and women have another purpose as well. We complement each other, and that complement should not be lost.”
Shakira after watching Barbie:
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The 47-year-old grew up in Colombia with a Lebanese father and a native Colombian mother. The performer doesn’t believe in power dynamics or her culture’s beauty ideals. In this conservative and Catholic country, men are seen as powerful and therefore belong in those positions, and women are there to be beautiful.
Shakira defied those stereotypes since she was young, beginning with her favorite superhero. “My idol was Wonder Woman. I think I was drawn to her because she had black hair like mine, but also because she was a symbol of empowerment and strength in a decade where women were not playing the most important roles,” she stated. “I remember my mom stopped working at some point. She stopped wearing miniskirts, and the length of her skirts got longer because my dad said so,” the “Hips Don’t Lie” singer continued.
Las mujeres ya no lloran.
— Shakira (@shakira) February 15, 2024
(Women no longer cry)
Mi nuevo álbum que llega este 22 de marzo, no lo he creado sola sino con todos ustedes, y con mi manada de lobas que han estado allí acompañándome en cada paso.
La producción de esta obra, ha sido un proceso alquímico.
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Her new album, Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran, meaning “women no longer cry,” explores the theme of women’s empowerment. The album features 16 tracks that “help women discover their own strengths.” The concept was born from Shakira’s time of turmoil as she separated from her now ex-husband, “I had to reconstruct myself, to reunite all the pieces that had fallen apart.”
Shakira’s music is available for streaming on all platforms.
