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Say what you will, but what we’re also not going to do is discredit SZA’s feelings...especially since she’s one of a rising tide of artists who is transparent about the realities of anxiety, depression, and the attendant insecurities that inevitably ensue. And even in the midst of her own angst, she did so again on Wednesday, making it clear that the demons she battles aren’t social media trolls, but those of her own making...and man, oh man, do we relate.

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If your thoughts don’t sometimes “hit different,” God bless you and yours. But we’re not going to act like celebs aren’t humans (just like us!), or like SZA is doing anything new or novel. She’s part of a broadening conversation about mental health—one that IG-happy celebs and influencers should be taking a part in normalizing and de-stigmatizing. Trust, it’s a good thing.

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So, for those who think SZA should just “stick to singing,” the truth is, she currently seems to, as well. But still, let’s never discount the necessity for transparency about mental health or advocacy for our own self-care. And all that aside, if we can’t talk about our discontent with even petty shit (like Rolling Stone covers), social media isn’t the equal opportunity data dump we all treat it as, no? (Because no one really cares about your 1,537th avocado toast or chicken and waffles with bottomless mimosas, anyway.)

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