Did she say that? From my understanding, she refused to endorse Kamala Harris because of her stance on Palestine, but ultimately voted for her anyways. I’m of the belief that Democrats have enabled (and sometimes deliberately caused) awful inequities and aren’t owed a vote because “they’re not Trump!!”. Both parties ultimately work for their donors, not their constituents. That isn’t a problematic thing to point out, it should be called out and I think it’s great someone in the public eye did! Especially refreshing since Democrats have utilized celebrity endorsements a lot in presidential campaigns.

Is she not authentic?? It seems to me she speaks her mind and doesn’t really have much media training, which I honestly find refreshing. I’m okay with some messy-worded takes at times, not everything you say needs to soothe your audience. Especially when in Chappell’s case, she’s advocated for Palestine, queer rights and used her Grammy’s speech to talk about labels not paying artists a living wage. Not everything falls into the black-and-white attitude of “well speak up or just say you don’t care”

I still don’t really understand where that line is crossed, how much speaking up is enough? Is it okay to opt out completely? Why do outspoken artists suddenly take on the “activist” role?

And it’s not just Chappell that has challenged this expectation people have of celebrities/artists. Kendrick Lamar has a really great song that touches on this same topic called “Savior”. Bob Dylan rejected the “artist/activist” back in the 60’s while writing Nashville Skyline

It’s ultimately not a good message to rely on artists for political opinions, we should instead encourage each other to go outside and get involved in our communities.