In an interview with
The Guardian's Observer, Allen says she aims to reclaim the word as something less derogatory and more empowering. She racks off a list of celebrities who are, according to her, bitches: Adele, Dolly Parton, Angela Merkel, her "mum." Rihanna's "an inspiring bitch" and Miley Cyrus is a "bitch rising" and Allen's hero. (Side note: The phrase "bitch rising" is kind of fantastic — one is not quite giving zero craps; they're a bitch-in-training.) Oh, and she's quick to say that "Kate Middleton is NOT a bitch." So, there's that.
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