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We should think before talking about Ariana Grande. This Is Why.
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19:35Now PlayingWARNING: This podcast contains flashing images throughout, and discussion about eating disorders. If you or someone you know needs support with disordered eating, you can contact Beat, the eating disorder charity, via their website beateatingdisorders.org.uk.
Ariana Grande has announced that she is taking a break from public life due to “endless scrutiny”. In recent years her weight and health have been the subject of much speculation and concern.
Grande has endured a series of traumatic events. In 2017 a suicide bomber killed 22 people at her Manchester Arena show, and in 2018 her musical collaborator and ex-boyfriend Mac Miller died of an accidental overdose.
Her latest music video Petal - in which she takes a chainsaw to her critics - sparked controversy as she looks visibly underweight.
#arianagrande #petal #manchester
But what’s the balance between ghoulish voyeurism and concern?
And does she have a responsibility to her young impressionable fans? Mhari Aurora is joined by journalist and author of Toxic: Women, Fame And The Noughties, Sarah Ditum.
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