Ariana Grande, she of doughnut-licking fame, has caused waves in pop culture with her new song and video titled “God is a woman.” The media has proclaimed the song “epic” and “incredible.” It “smashes the patriarchy,” declared the LA Times. It is an “empowering anthem,” said Yahoo News. And so on.
The Guardian published a lengthy piece analyzing, and ultimately affirming, the theological arguments asserted by Grande. The only problem is that Grande did not assert any theological arguments. The video consists of random religious imagery interspersed between clips of Grande writhing about in various stages of undress. It is far too stupid to be offensive and far too incoherent to even rise to the level of blasphemy. The main point of the song, like most pop songs, is sex. And, like most pop songs, it is too idiotic to say anything about sex other than, “I like it and want to have more of it.”
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