The loud online hate aimed at two pop stars with polar-opposite styles suggests a shrinking realm of acceptability in which women can exist. That is, you suspect, the point<\/p>\n
For an eye-catching spring\/summer 2026 look, why not try one of the infinitely fun ways you can dress up misogyny? There\u2019s buttoned-up faux concern. The haughty pince-nez of high dudgeon. The splashy feather boa of outrage. If you\u2019re really bold, why not the full birthday suit of naked disgust? There are far more acceptable options, apparently, than there are for actually dressing as a famous female pop star in 2026. Between the parallel uproar over extremely different outfits worn recently by CMAT and by Olivia Rodrigo, it almost seems as though there are in fact no options at all for how a woman should look in public. Funny, that.<\/p>\n
Yesterday, the Irish and American musicians each commented on recent backlash over their appearances that came from the scummy bottom of the internet. On Sunday, CMAT performed at BBC Radio 1\u2019s Big Weekend in Sunderland. When the BBC posted clips of her performance on Instagram, comments about her body were so vile that the broadcaster had to disable them; tellingly, clips from the same festival featuring smaller-bodied female performers still have comments enabled. \u201cIt\u2019s been very hard to try and describe how difficult the last few days since the bbcr1 big weekend have been,\u201d CMAT posted, saying the commentary caused her \u201cdeep sadness<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n
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