Man’s Best Friend is finally here, and while we soak up every last innuendo , Sabrina Carpenter is reflecting on the chaos that ensued when she first revealed the album’s provocative cover art back in June.

As you may recall, Sabrina’s album announcement sparked all kinds of discourse thanks to the accompanying art she shared on Instagram , which featured the star on all fours while a man pulled her by the hair. Naturally, mayhem ensued, with critics slamming Sabrina’s submissive pose as “degrading” and accusing her of glamorizing subservience to men. Meanwhile, others (like, ahem, myself ) argued that the cover art was intended to serve as an ironic response to the exact kind of slut-shaming it generated and that criticism framing sexual submission as inherently degrading repr

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