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Creativity Quote by Natasha Hamilton

"We're all grown women now; if we wanna do something, we can't be stopped!"

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There’s a particular kind of pop-star defiance in Natasha Hamilton’s line: not revolution, but permission. “We’re all grown women now” isn’t just a statement of age; it’s a claim to adulthood as a social weapon, a way to shut down the old system where girl-group members are treated like managed products, supervised bodies, and carefully rationed personalities. The grammar does the work: the collective “we” pulls the listener into a group identity, then the casual “wanna” keeps it grounded in everyday desire rather than lofty rhetoric. It’s empowerment with a backstage pass.

The subtext is as much about who used to stop them as it is about what they want to do. Coming from a musician who rose inside the late-90s/early-2000s pop machine, the phrase reads like a delayed emancipation. That era sold “girl power” while often maintaining strict control over women’s choices: image, relationships, press behavior, even how they talked about their own ambition. Hamilton’s insistence that they “can’t be stopped” pushes back against the patronizing idea that women in pop are perpetually “girls,” frozen at the age they first became marketable.

There’s also a sly acknowledgment of scrutiny. Adults get judged for wanting things; women get policed for wanting too loudly. By framing desire as a simple, unanimous decision, she dodges apology and invites solidarity. It’s not an argument. It’s a door closing on permission culture.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Hamilton, Natasha. (2026, January 16). We're all grown women now; if we wanna do something, we can't be stopped! FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/were-all-grown-women-now-if-we-wanna-do-something-136356/

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Hamilton, Natasha. "We're all grown women now; if we wanna do something, we can't be stopped!" FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/were-all-grown-women-now-if-we-wanna-do-something-136356/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"We're all grown women now; if we wanna do something, we can't be stopped!" FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/were-all-grown-women-now-if-we-wanna-do-something-136356/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.

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Natasha Hamilton

Natasha Hamilton (born July 17, 1982) is a Musician from United Kingdom.

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