Billie Eilish's Intense Short Film Calls Out Sexism In the Most Epic Way
While Billie Eilish's Where Do We Go? World Tour has been put on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic, she was able to squeeze a few shows in the beginning of March. It was then that we got a fan video of a short film that Billie playing at her shows, which addressed the sexism she faces when it comes to the way she dresses.
Well, now, Billie has released the full video titled, "NOT MY RESPONSIBILITY" on YouTube and, let me tell you, it is intense.
The video starts with Billie mostly in the dark. "Do you know me?" she asks. "Really know me?"
She continues as she unzips her hoodie, saying, "You’ll have opinions about my opinions, about my music, about my clothes, about my body."
"Some people hate what I wear, some people praise it, some people use it to shame others, some people use it to shame me, but I feel you watching, always," she continues. "Nothing I do goes unseen, so while I feel your stares, your disapproval, or your sighs of relief."
Finally, Billie is in a black tank top, a departure from her usual wardrobe of baggy clothes.
"Would you like me to be smaller? Weaker? Softer? Taller? Would you like me to be quiet?" she asks. "Do my shoulders provoke you? Does my chest? Am I my stomach, my hips, the body I was born with? Is it not what you wanted. If I wear what is comfortable I am not a woman. If I shed the layers, I'm a slut. Though you've never seen my body, you still touch it and judge me for it. Why?"
The video ends with Billie taking off the tank top and slowly sinking into a black tar-like substance in just her bra.
"We decide who they are," she concludes. "We decide what they're worth. If I wear more, if I wear less, who decides what that makes me? What that means? Is my value based only on your perception? Or is your opinion of me not my responsibility?"
Of course, Billie is known for being outspoken about the way she dresses and how it's perceived. Last month, she opened up about the response she got when she posted an Instagram pic in a bathing suit earlier this year.
"It was trending," Billie said to Dazed. "There were comments like, 'I don’t like her any more because as soon as she turns 18 she’s a whore.' Like, dude. I can’t win. I can-not win."
She continued, saying, "If I wore a dress to something, I would be hated for it. People would be like, 'You’ve changed, how dare you do what you’ve always rebelled against?'" Billie stresses, though, that rebellion isn't the point. "I’m just wearing what I wanna wear. If there’s a day when I’m like, 'You know what, I feel comfortable with my belly right now, and I wanna show my belly,' I should be allowed to do that."
Preach Billie!!!!
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