{"id":110656,"date":"2023-09-02T07:29:14","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T07:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/02\/gwyneth-paltrow-says-vagina-candle-was-supposed-to-be-a-strong-feminist-statement\/"},"modified":"2023-09-02T07:29:14","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T07:29:14","slug":"gwyneth-paltrow-says-vagina-candle-was-supposed-to-be-a-strong-feminist-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/02\/gwyneth-paltrow-says-vagina-candle-was-supposed-to-be-a-strong-feminist-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Gwyneth Paltrow Says Vagina Candle Was Supposed To Be A &#8216;Strong Feminist Statement&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p><strong>Gwyneth Paltrow<\/strong> has <a href=\"https:\/\/perezhilton.com\/gwyneth-paltrow-goop-vibrator-joke-instagram\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">laughed off so much<\/a> of mocking <strong>Goop<\/strong> merchandise. But essentially the most notorious one? That one she\u2019s nonetheless actually defensive of!<\/p>\n<p>In an\u00a0<strong>Instagram<\/strong> Q&amp;A on Wednesday, the\u00a0<em>View From The Top<\/em> star blasted the way in which a candle they bought with the title \u201cThis Smells Like My Vagina\u201d was interpreted. She argued:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt was a really strong feminist statement.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It was? Yeah, that was the intention.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/perezhilton.com\/goop-employee-slams-toxic-cleanses-body-image\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Related: Gwyneth\u2019s Former Right-Hand Woman Calls Out \u2018Toxic\u2019 Goop Cleanses<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>She defined to her followers the concept behind the title:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cSo many women have been raised \u2014 at least in my generation \u2014 to think there\u2019s something wrong with themselves, or that the vagina is weird or gross or something to be ashamed of. And so the candle was supposed to be a very strong, punk rock kind of \u2018F you\u2019 to anyone who ever made us feel like that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>We completely get the assertion she <em>meant<\/em> to make. But this is the reason you might have second drafts. Because the assertion shouldn&#8217;t be \u201cmy vagina smells great, just like this candle\u201d or \u201cmy other scented candle is my vagina.\u201d The method the title really learn to everybody on the time (and nonetheless now tbh) is, \u201cGwyneth Paltrow thinks this candle smells like HER vagina.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Everyone envisioned her strolling into the candle lab and remarking, \u201cHuh \u2014 I know that smell\u2026\u201d Not solely did it come off like TMI, it appeared the peak of narcissism to promote the darn factor!<\/p>\n<p>But now Gwyneth is making clear the candle \u201cwas not supposed to actually smell like anyone\u2019s vagina.\u201d She blames \u201cclickbaity\u201d media protection of the candle and continues to be aggravated \u201cpeople tried to make it about something else.\u201d The factor is, we agree the meant assertion is nice \u2014 however we don\u2019t assume anybody needed to\u00a0<em>attempt<\/em> to make it about one thing else. It was only a miss. It occurs.<\/p>\n<p>What do YOU take into consideration the \u201cThis Smells Like My Vagina\u201d candle??<\/p>\n<p><em>[Image via Jimmy Kimmel Live\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4F4jscKQx8g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a>.]<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Gwyneth Paltrow has laughed off so much of mocking Goop merchandise. But essentially the most notorious one? That one she\u2019s nonetheless actually defensive of! In an\u00a0Instagram Q&amp;A on Wednesday, the\u00a0View From The Top star blasted the way in which a candle they bought with the title \u201cThis Smells Like My Vagina\u201d was interpreted. 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