--- title: Ariana Grande: Define Women by Success, Not Relationships description: As she has risen to fame as first a Disney Channel star and now a singer, Ariana Grande has also become a public advocate for feminism. canonical: https://time.com/4342189/ariana-grande-talks-successful-women/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-19T21:06:34.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:32:34.066Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Ariana Grande Wants Us to Stop Bringing Up Women's Boyfriends og:description: Ask them about their success og:url: https://time.com/4342189/ariana-grande-talks-successful-women/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc2e84134c69c9f11/698893f4cd1bba03d5700c1a/ariana-grande.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 102.7 KIIS FM's 2016 Wango Tango - Show og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ariana Grande Wants Us to Stop Bringing Up Women's Boyfriends twitter:description: Ask them about their success twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc2e84134c69c9f11/698893f4cd1bba03d5700c1a/ariana-grande.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ariana Grande Wants Us to Stop Bringing Up Successful Women's Boyfriends > Sponsored content. 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Singer Ariana Grande performs on stage at KIIS FM's Wango Tango 2016 at StubHub Center on May 14, 2016 in Carson, California.Mike Windle/Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer May 19, 2016 9:06 PM UTC As she has gone from Disney Channel star to chart-topping singer, [Ariana Grande](http://time.com/4307489/ariana-grande-jimmy-fallon-tonight-show-lip-sync-conversation/?iid=sr-link1) has also become a [public advocate for feminism](http://time.com/3912119/ariana-grande-taylor-swift-rita-ora-feminist-twitter-sisterhood/). In a recent [cover interview with Billboard](http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/7377472/ariana-grande-billboard-cover-story-dangerous-woman-avoiding-drama-feminism), the 22-year-old _Dangerous Woman_ artist gave a more in-depth look at how she thinks the media defines successful women. “I’ll never be able to swallow the fact that people feel the need to attach a successful woman to a man when they say her name,” she said. “I saw a headline — draw your own conclusions \[on the subjects\] because it’ll be so much drama that I don’t want — they called someone another someone’s ex, and that pissed me off. This person has had so many great records in the last year, and she hasn’t been dating him forever. Call her by her name!” **Read More:** [Taylor Swift Calls Out Double Standards for Successful Women](http://time.com/4293954/taylor-swift-double-standards-vogue/?iid=sr-link1) Grande also spoke about the double standards of [female body shaming](http://time.com/4277110/kim-kardashian-emily-ratajkowski-topless-selfie/). “If you’re going to rave about how sexy a male artist looks with his shirt off and a woman decides to get in her panties or show her boobies for a photo shoot, she needs to be treated with the same awe and admiration,” she said. “I will say it until I’m an old-ass lady with my tits out at Whole Foods. I’ll be in the produce aisle, naked at 95, with a sensible ponytail, one strand of hair left on my head and a Chanel bow. Mark my words. 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