Six weeks ago Lizzo removed the 'ableist slur' from her music. Then, Beyoncé used it twice in her new album. Read more here:
The Australian disability advocate then said she was "shooting for an entirely different planet" when asking Beyoncé to do the same - and she did it.
After Ms Diviney asked Lizzo on Twitter to reconsider using the "ableist slur" in her music, the Grammy award-winning star released a new version of her song in the hopes she would promote change in the language used in the music industry. Following the traction received from Ms Diviney's tweet, a representative for Beyoncé has confirmed that "the word, not used intentionally in a harmful way, will be replaced".
She's confident that Beyoncé's move to replace the term could have the power to change the way in which ableist language is used in music forever.
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