"I am a role model, definitely and I definitely support women"
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The phrasing is blunt, almost interview-spontaneous, which matters. "I am a role model" is not aspirational; it's positional. She's asserting agency over a label that usually gets assigned by tabloids, TV hosts, and think pieces the moment a woman artist becomes visible enough to disappoint someone. The second clause, "I definitely support women", widens the frame from personal conduct to solidarity, but it also hints at the suspicion that female success is assumed to be competitive, catty, or self-serving. She isn't just saying she's good; she's saying she's on the right side.
Contextually, Cantrell's rise in the early 2000s sat in a pop-R&B moment that demanded both glamour and respectability, especially from Black women navigating oversexualized marketing and moral panic. The quote functions as brand management, yes, but also as a refusal: she won't be flattened into the industry's favorite binary of "bad influence" versus "good girl". The repetition becomes a kind of insistence, a reminder that public womanhood is always on trial, and that claiming role-model status can be less vanity than survival.
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| Topic | Equality |
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Cantrell, Blu. (2026, January 15). I am a role model, definitely and I definitely support women. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-am-a-role-model-definitely-and-i-definitely-167060/
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Cantrell, Blu. "I am a role model, definitely and I definitely support women." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-am-a-role-model-definitely-and-i-definitely-167060/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I am a role model, definitely and I definitely support women." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-am-a-role-model-definitely-and-i-definitely-167060/. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.







