--- description: The Roar singer has changed her tune since a 2012 interview when she disdained the F-word. "A feminist? Um, yeah actually," she says now title: Katy Perry: Maybe I am a feminist after all image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3fd9fac84d296e3d/698685eee53aba39db4d18c6/476579303.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Living](/tag/time-section-living/) ## Living Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Katy Perry: Maybe I Am A Feminist After All by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 18, 2014 1:43 PM CUT  American singer Katy Perry poses for photos at the launch of her Prismatic world tour in Sydney On March 4, 2014\. Katy has announced that the Prismatic world tour will head to Australia in November 2014 with live performances at concerts in Sydney, Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne and Brisbane. AFP PHOTO / Saeed Khan (Photo credit should read SAEED KHAN/AFP/Getty Images) American singer Katy Perry poses for photos at the launch of her Prismatic world tour in Sydney On March 4, 2014\. Katy has announced that the Prismatic world tour will head to Australia in November 2014 with live performances at concerts in Sydney, Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne and Brisbane. AFP PHOTO / Saeed Khan (Photo credit should read SAEED KHAN/AFP/Getty Images)SAEED KHAN / AFP/Getty Images by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 18, 2014 1:43 PM CUT When [Australian morning show host Karl Stefanovic ask Katy Perry if she considered herself a feminist Sunday](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/17/katy-perry-feminism%5Fn%5F4981327.html?&ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000067 "undefined"), we didn’t know what to expect. After all, when Perry was named _Billboard’s_ Woman of the Year in 2012, she told the magazine, “I am not a feminist, but I do believe in the power of women.” But Sunday, Perry’s fear of the other F-word appeared to have diminished. “A feminist? Um, yeah, actually,” she responded. “I used to not really understand what that word meant, and now that I do, it just means that I love myself as a female and I also love men.” While this unorthodox definition of feminism leaves something to be desired—and is a far cry from [Beyonce’s embrace of the word](http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/13/showbiz/celebrity-news-gossip/beyonce-feminism-shriver-report/ "undefined")—it is significant that Perry is no longer resistant to a label which has proven [polarizing among female celebrities.](http://jezebel.com/5953879/dont-go-calling-taylor-swift-a-feminist-says-taylor-swift "undefined") Now let’s all listen to _Roar_ and celebrate the small victories: ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/28554/katy-perry-feminist-after-all-confused/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/28554/katy-perry-feminist-after-all-confused/"},"headline":"Katy Perry: Maybe I Am A Feminist After All","datePublished":"2014-03-18T13:43:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:55:01.624Z","description":"The Roar singer has changed her tune since a 2012 interview when she disdained the F-word. \"A feminist? Um, yeah actually,\" she says now","url":"https://time.com/28554/katy-perry-feminist-after-all-confused/","keywords":["Living","feminism","celebrities","Music","Katy Perry","Billboard","Feminist"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3fd9fac84d296e3d/698685eee53aba39db4d18c6/476579303.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3fd9fac84d296e3d/698685eee53aba39db4d18c6/476579303.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Katy Perry","caption":"AUSTRALIA-MUSIC-KATY-TOUR","creditText":"SAEED KHAN / AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/28554/katy-perry-feminist-after-all-confused/","name":"Katy Perry: Maybe I Am A Feminist After All"}}]}] ```