Rihanna pt. whatever
It continues to amaze me that Rihanna has voluntarily elected to do much of the domestic abuse PSA clean-up work that Chris Brown should be legally mandated to do as part of the punishment for his crimes. From the Guardian interview:
"Even for him [I assume she means Chris Brown], like, he knows now that he's never going to do that again. And now, young girls also, they learn from it, and I really hope young men can learn from it. Even more than the girls, the men really need to learn from it. Because everyone's focusing on the women, but the problem isn't the women."
"I realised that my selfish decision for love could result in some girl getting killed," she said. "I could not be easy with that part. I couldn't be held responsible for telling them, go back. Even if Chris never hit me again, who's to say that [their abusers] won't kill these girls?"
"Before, young girls would look at me, and they thought my life was perfect, but now they realise that it's not. Nobody's perfect. I'm living the same human life that they are, just with a more public career - and when they realise that I do go through dumb stuff like that - all of a sudden that makes me human for them. So now I feel really strong, but I also feel very open." In a good way? She smiles widely. "In a great way."
"Even for him [I assume she means Chris Brown], like, he knows now that he's never going to do that again. And now, young girls also, they learn from it, and I really hope young men can learn from it. Even more than the girls, the men really need to learn from it. Because everyone's focusing on the women, but the problem isn't the women."
"I realised that my selfish decision for love could result in some girl getting killed," she said. "I could not be easy with that part. I couldn't be held responsible for telling them, go back. Even if Chris never hit me again, who's to say that [their abusers] won't kill these girls?"
"Before, young girls would look at me, and they thought my life was perfect, but now they realise that it's not. Nobody's perfect. I'm living the same human life that they are, just with a more public career - and when they realise that I do go through dumb stuff like that - all of a sudden that makes me human for them. So now I feel really strong, but I also feel very open." In a good way? She smiles widely. "In a great way."