By now, if you don't know who Halsey is you've probably been living under a rock. Love her music, hate her music, it's still undeniable that she is a cinnamon roll of good for this world and I don't know what mankind did to deserve her.
In case you don't know who she is sit back, relax, and enjoy this introduction to this wondrous human being named Ashley Frangipane.
First things first if you've actually never heard her music now is the time
So why exactly should you love Halsey
1. She's biracial
2. But she acknowledges her privilege as white passing.
3. She can rock literally any and all hair styles
4. Can you say Inter-sectional Feminist?
5. She's Bisexual
6. She writes her own music and the lyrics are great
7. She is a role model for young people like her
In an interview with Justine Harman for ELLE Halsey said, "I don't insist that any of my ideas or opinions are the perfect form, but I've kind of accepted the fact that I'm a role model for a lot of different types. I'm mixed race—my dad is black and my mom is white—and I'm very pale. Growing up there weren't a lot of mixed people in the media who were as pale as I was. I always felt like I was too light to identify with anyone else. I now have girls reach out to me all the time and say, 'I'm mixed race like you and I'm just as white as you are. Thank you for being that for me.' Or, you know, someone reaches out with a mental illness or someone reaches out who is, you know, a feminist. I just like to be the in-between role model—the one I didn't have growing up. At the same time, if I'm going to be a role model, I would rather kids idolize my intention to do good and my intention to be myself and my intention to be different rather than my actions. I think my intentions are more admirable than my actions."
If you're not fully convinced yet that's okay maybe I convinced you to hate her a little less. And don't get me wrong everyone's fave is problimatic and Halsey is no different. However before you can fully judge someone look at the good they've done as well as the bad.
