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From Lady Gaga To Taylor Swift: 8 Celebrity Women Who Refuse To Be Pitted Against Each Other

Here's to the sisterhood

Friday, August 3, 2018 - 15:21

It can’t be easy having every aspect of your life splashed across the front pages, which it’s why it’s so good that a bunch of female celebrities have each other’s backs when it comes to negotiating the toughest parts of being in the industry.

From Taylor Swift throwing her support behind Ariana Grande, to Pink well and truly crushing rumours that Lady Gaga pinched her epic gymnastics routine, these eight celebrities have absolutely no time for being pitted against each other by the patriarchy.

Pink and Lady Gaga

While everyone agreed that Lady Gaga’s 2017 Super Bowl performance was out of this world incredible, some people suggested that she had copied part of the gymnastics routine from Pink’s world tour.

Keeping it classy, the 38-year-old shut down the criticism in an empowering message: “Let’s celebrate a woman who has the guts to jump off a roof and stand up there in the first place. Who cares If I flew first? Cause I didn’t! Cirque and Peter Pan been in the air for years!”

#womensupportingwomen #happymonday #letsnotgetdistracted

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#womensupportingwomen #happymonday #letsnotgetdistracted

A post shared by P!NK (@pink) on Feb 6, 2017 at 1:34pm PST

Nikki Reed and Nina Dobrev

People had speculated that the former Vampire Diaries star had problems with her ex-boyfriend’s now wife Nikki Reed, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. In a lengthy text post, she clarified: “Here's to putting an end to all those fake stories of on set jealousy, betrayal, made-up-friendships lost & women hating women."

For the last few years we thought addressing any baseless rumors with silence was the best way. Besides, who wants to respond to made up stories about "friends backstabbing friends", "cheating exes", or "cast members exiting shows" on low-brow websites like hollywoodlife that are just perpetuating trends that preceded us. Yuck. I now see that silence was taken as an opportunity to fill in the blanks with even more falsities, and juicer stories, and we, yes WE, believe we have a moral responsibility to young girls to end that narrative, because at the end of all of this, those young girls are the ones who lose. Their passion and endless devotion for a tv show is being taken advantage of, replaced with feelings of anger through divisive techniques, & even worse, their minds are being shaped & molded as their view of themselves, other girls, & what those dynamics should look like are being formed. So here's to putting an end to all those fake stories of on set jealousy, betrayal, made-up-friendships lost & women hating women. Because at the end of the day, that's what this is about: teaching girls that you have to hate other girls only breeds a generation of women who believe you have to hate other women. And that's what these magazines, websites and blogs don't understand. That is the harmful unintended consequence of their bullshit stories and we have a moral responsibility to fix that. Let's turn this page together, as we all walk into the next chapter peacefully. And finally, let's use this as an example of how important it is to stop this trend of writing horrible headlines about women, painting us as bitter, angry, insecure, heartbroken, childless, feuding, backstabbing monsters because whether we want to admit it or not, it changes the way all women view themselves. And shame on these websites for now targeting an even younger demographic, instilling this at an earlier age when girls are even more susceptible, more vulnerable and more malleable. When we write these headlines we teach hate. I've seen it firsthand. Let's shift what we put into the universe starting now, & hopefully we will start to see a shift in the way we treat each other & view ourselves❤

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For the last few years we thought addressing any baseless rumors with silence was the best way. Besides, who wants to respond to made up stories about "friends backstabbing friends", "cheating exes", or "cast members exiting shows" on low-brow websites like hollywoodlife that are just perpetuating trends that preceded us. Yuck. I now see that silence was taken as an opportunity to fill in the blanks with even more falsities, and juicer stories, and we, yes WE, believe we have a moral responsibility to young girls to end that narrative, because at the end of all of this, those young girls are the ones who lose. Their passion and endless devotion for a tv show is being taken advantage of, replaced with feelings of anger through divisive techniques, & even worse, their minds are being shaped & molded as their view of themselves, other girls, & what those dynamics should look like are being formed. So here's to putting an end to all those fake stories of on set jealousy, betrayal, made-up-friendships lost & women hating women. Because at the end of the day, that's what this is about: teaching girls that you have to hate other girls only breeds a generation of women who believe you have to hate other women. And that's what these magazines, websites and blogs don't understand. That is the harmful unintended consequence of their bullshit stories and we have a moral responsibility to fix that. Let's turn this page together, as we all walk into the next chapter peacefully. And finally, let's use this as an example of how important it is to stop this trend of writing horrible headlines about women, painting us as bitter, angry, insecure, heartbroken, childless, feuding, backstabbing monsters because whether we want to admit it or not, it changes the way all women view themselves. And shame on these websites for now targeting an even younger demographic, instilling this at an earlier age when girls are even more susceptible, more vulnerable and more malleable. When we write these headlines we teach hate. I've seen it firsthand. Let's shift what we put into the universe starting now, & hopefully we will start to see a shift in the way we treat each other & view ourselves❤

A post shared by Nikki Reed (@nikkireed) on Feb 7, 2017 at 10:51am PST

Emliy Ratajkowski and Kim Kardashian

When the Keeping Up With The Kardashians star dropped a nude selfie back in 2014, the model stuck up for her right to share as many naked pictures as her heart desires. “Love when a man comments on a woman's decision to post a nude photo. Her body, her career. Sexist bullsh*t. ‪@KimKardashian.”

Love when a man comments on a woman's decision to post a nude photo. Her body, her career. Sexist bullsh*t. @KimKardashian
— Emily Ratajkowski (@emrata) March 8, 2016

Selena Gomez and Taylor Swift

Following the #NationalSnakeDay drama of 2015, Selena Gomez came forward to throw her support behind her best pal and to make a courageous attempt to redirect the discussion around some of the issues that really matter in the world.

“There are more important things to talk about... Why can't people use their voice for something that fucking matters?” she wrote. “Truth is last thing we need right now is hate, in any form.”

There are more important things to talk about... Why can't people use their voice for something that fucking matters?
— Selena Gomez (@selenagomez) July 18, 2016

Truth is last thing we need right now is hate, in any form
— Selena Gomez (@selenagomez) July 18, 2016

Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande

Before the singer became engaged to Pete Davidson, she had been linked to several other celebrities. In a passionate feminist message on Twitter, she wrote: "A girl can be friends with someone with a dick and not hop on it. I’m tired of needing to be linked to a guy. I’m not Big Sean's ex, I’m not Niall’s new possible girl. I’m Ariana Grande.”

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— Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) June 7, 2015

That prompted Taylor to respond: “@ArianaGrande I'm so proud of you, always. But especially today. "She will need her sisterhood.""

Christina Aguilera and Miley Cyrus

Back when Miley was doing her thing on the #Bangerz tour, fellow Disney alumni Christina Aguilera had absolutely no problem with the next generation rocking those iconic sexy slacks: “Cheers from one dirrty girl to the next ‪@MileyCyrus...wear em' loud & proud, girl- yes!!”

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Lady Gaga and Mariah Carey

Two international superstars casually hanging out in one room? That’s exactly what happened when Mariah and Lady Gaga got together over the festive period: “Hey ladies, Merry F*cking Christmas. Love, Mariah and Gaga,” she wrote. “This lady is so kind, such a star, and sounding legendary tonight at Beacon Theatre.”

Hey ladies, Merry Fucking Christmas. Love, Mariah and Gaga 💋💋 This lady is so kind, such a star, and sounding legendary tonight at Beacon Theatre.

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Hey ladies, Merry Fucking Christmas. Love, Mariah and Gaga 💋💋 This lady is so kind, such a star, and sounding legendary tonight at Beacon Theatre.

A post shared by Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) on Dec 21, 2014 at 5:44pm PST

Gigi and Bella Hadid

Crushing rumours that their sibling rivalry extends to their careers, older sister Gigi told V Magazine: "I feel lucky to be able to have a piece of home in my work environment.

“We are each other's biggest fans. It has been a huge joy of my life to watch my little sister flourish and to help when I can! I would say that out of everything, Bella and I are the least competitive about our careers. We are more competitive about holiday cooking.”