Shania Twain May Feel Like a Woman, But NOT a Feminist

Please don’t call Shania Twain a feminist icon. She doesn’t want it. (Or so she thinks…)

Despite hits like Man! I Feel Like a Woman!, That Don’t Impress Me Much, and If You Wanna Touch Her, Ask! Twain is now reneging on some of that woke-mind-virus stuff. In an interview with The Times published Saturday, Twain discusses femininity, menopause, and the music that made her a “feminist icon.” However, in the interview, she attempts to deflect the label “feminist” (because, ICYMI, some people think it’s a bad word) and ultimately walks in circles back to the very definition of feminism. It’s a tale as old as time.

“I don’t see myself as a feminist,” she told The Times. “I see myself as a very independent thinker and not necessarily because I’m a woman. I am referred to as a feminist. I think I have a lot of feminist points of view because I am so defensive of the vulnerable woman, I really am.” Independent thinker? Check. Feminist points of view? Check. Feminist? Hell no.

“I just feel that I’m strong as a person. It’s like saying, ‘You look great for your age’. I’m not strong for a woman. I’m not independent for a woman. I’m not self-sufficient for a woman. I just am a woman.” Right..We’re getting there…

“And this falls on boys too,” she added, “It’s like, ‘Oh, the boy needs less protection than the girl because he’s a boy’. That is so not true, and it’s not fair. Vulnerable men need just as much protection as vulnerable women.” Correct, vulnerable men need protecting just as much as vulnerable women, dare I say equal protection…We’re so close. You’re almost there!

Days after the interview, Twain reached back out to The Times to re-re-re-clarify exactly what she was trying to say about feminism, arguing that the word is “tricky.”

“It’s a tricky word for me, as growing up for so many years the word had so much negativity and confusion around it that I didn’t personally proclaim myself as a feminist,” she wrote, “even though when I look at the values and morals of what a feminist is, of course I align with them.” So, to recap, Twain believes all the same things a feminist might, but just doesn’t like the word. Sigh, at least she got there in the end. (And she bothered to look up the definition!)

It’s OK, Shania. You can say the word, feminist. It’s not a bad word.