‘Woke’ Apple Music infuriated social media users by referring to singer Summer Walker as a “female-identifying” artist.
Social media users were offended by the term “female-identifying” which is typically a term used to describe people whose identity differs from their biological sex.
Apple Music recognized Summer’s second studio album, Still Over It, as the “biggest album debut ever by a female-identifying artist.”
‘Still Over It’ by Summer Walker broke multiple records including biggest album debut ever by a female-identifying artist on Apple Music and biggest R&B album debut ever on the platform. pic.twitter.com/WKDOkinm0t
— Pop Base (@PopBase) November 9, 2021
Black Twitter was confused because a person who is “female-identifying” is someone who was born a biological male and who now identifies as a female. An example would be a male-to-female transgender.
Summer Walker has never been ambiguous about her sex. She certainly doesn’t look like a male. The R&B singer has never indicated that she was born in the wrong body or that she believed she was a male.
Black Twitter had questions.
One Twitter user wrote: “Female identifying? What’s wrong with calling her what she is A WOMAN!!!”
Another tweeted: “Why are you referring to Summer Walker, a black woman, as “female identifying” when you just referred to Taylor Swift as a “first woman”? …newsflash both of these artists are women and female. Neither word is a dirty word.”
And a third person wrote: “Female-identifying? Why tf did you word it like that? That’s disrespectful. She’s a woman, acknowledge her as such.”
Female identifying? What's wrong with calling her what she is A WOMAN!!!
— lostlove (@xuleoust) November 10, 2021
Why are you referring to Summer Walker, a black woman, as “female identifying” when you just referred to Taylor Swift as a “first woman”?
….newsflash both of these artists are women and female. Neither word is a dirty word. @PopBase
— Diana (@Diana75064356) November 10, 2021
Female-identifying? Why tf did you word it like that? That’s disrespectful. She’s a woman, acknowledge her as such.
— Ai (@misshandwrist) November 10, 2021
female IDENTIFYING I CACKLED
— ?????? ???? (@6IINCE) November 9, 2021