So this is what they’re calling “empowerment” now?
Meet “Grounded in the Stars”—a new statue just unveiled in the heart of Times Square. Created by British artist Thomas J. Price, it depicts a fictional, obese Black woman in casual clothes, slumped posture, blank stare, and an air of exhaustion. According to the artist, it’s meant to “challenge preconceived notions of power and value in public space” and to “elevate the everyday individual.”
Look, I’m all for honoring the everyday woman. But let’s not pretend this is some kind of bold triumph. It’s not strength. It’s not beauty. It’s not dignity.
It’s a sad silhouette of defeat, carved in bronze and elevated on a pedestal.
And look, there’s more:
And before the internet grabs the pitchforks: this has nothing to do with race.
Make her any ethnicity and it’s still the same problem—why is this the image we’re glorifying? Why is cultural decline being dressed up as progress?
This isn’t art that uplifts. This is a quiet resignation to mediocrity—another visual cue from a culture that’s allergic to excellence and addicted to victimhood.
If we really want to empower women, let’s showcase those who radiate strength, joy, purpose. Not those cast to look like they’ve given up and dared us to celebrate it.
Let’s stop confusing pity with progress.
And let’s stop clapping for the bare minimum and calling it representation.
Philippians 4:8 says this:
“Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.”
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