In the opening verse of the the song, which dropped Friday, Lizzo sings: “Hold my bag bitch (girls) / Hold my bag / Do you see this shit? I’m a spaz.”
has been criticized for using an ableist slur in the lyrics of her new tune “Grrrls.” In the opening verse of the the song, which dropped Friday, Lizzo sings: “Hold my bag bitch / Hold my bag / Do you see this shit? I’m a spaz.” In the U.K., the word “spaz” is considered to be a slur derived from the word “spastic” and is much more offensive than its typical use in the U.S.
, where it’s used as synonymous with “freaking out.” But the term has been condemned byaround the world and Lizzo’s use of it has been met with anger online. “My disability Cerebral Palsy is literally classified as Spastic Diplegia your new song makes me pretty angry + sad,” disability advocate Hannah Diviney wrote in a tweet tagging Lizzo. “‘Spaz’ doesn’t mean freaked out or crazy. It’s an
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