Watch the “Mother’s Daughter” clip below.
The queer community gives me so much fucking life. There is so much love to share in the LGBTQ communities all over the world, and to be able to tap into this love through skateboarding is so beautiful. It’s crucial to create space for marginalized communities every single day, and the platform I have through skateboarding is a perfect vehicle for this. Skateboarder Baker adds, “Taking a stand for the women and queer community in skateboarding has brought me to life in a powerful way. “I do not identify or label myself as an activist, but that’s just because I care - and I think everyone should, activist or not. “As a black girl in a wheelchair who happens to be trans - I just want to have a good life and do good in whatever my endeavors consist of, regardless of what that might mean in the face of oppression,” says clip co-star Aaron Philip in a statement. It portrays women in all shapes and sizes, in classic and modern poses, to emphasize the track’s central refrain: “Don’t fuck with my freedom.”Īt one point, Cyrus appears atop a horse as Joan of Arc, in golden armor and raising a sword, and the video closes with a shot of the Cyrus women on a couch together as Tish sips some tea. The video for the song about taking back power is heavy on messages such as “virginity is a social construct,” “feminist AF,” “not an object” and the more playful “tough titties” and features cameos from Aaron Philip, Amazon Ashley, Casil McArthur, Lacey Baker, Mari Copeny, Melanie Sierra, Paige Fralix, Tydryn Scott and Vendela, as well as Cyrus’ mother, Tish. Wearing a red face shield and two handfuls of rings, Cyrus - who conceptualized the visuals with director Alexandre Moors - gyrates to the song’s pulsing beat, crawling on the floor as the message “you are f-ing beautiful” flashes alongside a naked image of plus-size model Angelina Duplisea reclining on a couch.