In a new interview with the Daily Beast where she discusses her
latest business ventures, slut-shaming, why she is supporting Hilary
Clinton for President, Amber Rose shone a light on the double standard
between how society views pop
stars like Beyoncé, who are allowed to go onstage and own their
sexuality without judgment & how it views women like herself and Kim
Kardashian"
The
socialite and entrepreneur who is in Austin, Texas to promote the new
3D characer, "MUVA," she created in conjuction with the app Zoobe, went
on to point out that men like Channing Tatum, who
has frequently publicly discussed his past as an exotic dancer, is not
subject to nearly the same amount of slut-shaming as she is:
"No one gives a fuck that Channing Tatum was a stripper. He's an established actor who's at the Vanity Fair parties and the Oscars, but for me, no matter how far I go in my life, I see these stories that keep referring to me as a "former stripper." No one says "former stripper" about Channing Tatum, or "former McDonald's worker" about Brad Pitt. No one does that to men.
"We
don't have the talent that Beyoncé has, so we get criticized as former
sex workers, but at the end of the day we're just women — we're all
women — and we should all embrace each other. No one is greater. We're
all the same. So, to criticize us as incapable of being smart
businesswomen because Kim has a reality show and I'm a socialite and we
don't sing is stupid. We've both been in movies, and we take our acting, business ventures, and everything else very seriously."
One of those publications that she felt didn’t do her justice was GQ.
In October, they ran a profile of Rose, referring to her in the
article’s teaser as "Kanye’s infamous ex," "Wiz Khalifa’s baby mama,"
and a "teen stripper turned megalomaniac muse." Naturally, Rose wasn’t
having it, and put the magazine on blast for their sexist treatment of her. It’s
taken quite some time, she says, for the media to cease defining her by
the celebrity men she’s been with, and to treat her as the strong,
outspoken woman she is. Firing back at GQ was just one step (of many) she’s taken in order to reclaim her narrative.
"I had to go in on GQ
magazine and all these famous publications to be like, ‘You’re not
gonna fuckin’ do this to me,’" she says. "I did a 12-hour interview and
photo shoot with GQ, and that’s how you’re gonna label me? Fuck you.
They labeled me as ‘Kanye West’s ex-girlfriend,’ ‘Wiz Khalifa’s baby
mama,’ ‘former stripper,’ and it was just like, I work so hard every day
as a businesswoman and mother and nobody ever mentions that. I was so
pissed off and went after their necks because I don’t care if I’m ever
in GQ again. Everybody had my back, and now people get it. They don’t label me like that anymore"
The How to Be a Bad Bitch author is also excited by the prospect of the first female president of the United States: Hillary Clinton.
"I
can’t fuckin’ wait! I’m so excited," she exclaims. "I’m voting for
Hillary, I don’t give a fuck. I love her, and always have. I feel like
this is her time to just shit on everybody and be the powerful woman
that she is."
"And I’m leaving the United States if Trump is elected," she adds, with a chuckle. "Fuck it! I’m moving to Canada. It’s over."
"And I’m leaving the United States if Trump is elected," she adds, with a chuckle. "Fuck it! I’m moving to Canada. It’s over."
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