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Sabrina Carpenter Denies ‘Lolita’ Inspired Her Controversial Photo Shoot

Sabrina Carpenter denied that 'Lolita' influenced her photo shoot after one picture sparked controversy.

The original poster had compared one picture from the spread — featuring Carpenter lying on her stomach in a grassy lawn as a sprinkler goes off behind her — to a very similar still from Adrian Lyne’s 1997 film adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov’s 1955 novel, which centers around a middle-aged man who becomes sexually infatuated with a 12-year-old girl. Featuring the musician on all fours as a man grips her by her hair, the artwork has been slammed by some critics as objectifying and regressive for women, though others have argued that it’s harmlessly tongue-in-cheek or even an empowering embrace of sexuality. It’s not the first time in recent history she’s shut down criticism of how she presents herself; in her June Rolling Stone cover story, the Girl Meets World alum also addressed certain people who accuse her of only singing about sex in her music.

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