P ! Nk's Alice Through The Looking Glass

Our society has certain expectations on how women should behave. Women are supposed to give up their uniqueness and independence to become the stereotypical shy and gentle, romantic that care only about their outward appearance. As a result, our society pressures women to conform to its expectations. However, there are women who choose to fight against this expectation by encouraging other women to be different -- to be individual, independent, fierce, ambitious, and themselves. One way they inspire each other is through songs. It is no different for P!nk, an American singer and songwriter, who is known for writing female-empowering songs. P!nk released her latest song titled “Just Like Fire” after she was asked to write a song for the movie Alice Through the Looking Glass.
After watching the preview of the movie with her daughter Willow, P!nk thought, “what’s awesome about Alice is the whole theme, from the start of the movie, is: Girls can do it, too. She’s the captain of her own ship, but it takes her femaleness to be that fierce” (Nelson). She wants her daughter to be like Alice: someone who is fierce and in charge of their life; however, she knows that society will pressure her to conform to their expectations through entertainment, media, and other means. Since she “is very conscious of the entertainment and media her daughter consumes,” P!nk wrote “Just Like Fire” so that it will communicate the theme of the movie. She hopes this song will “keep Willow as empowered as possible” (Nelson). In her song “Just Like Fire,” P!nk effectively use deliberate lyrics, similes, and rhetorical questions to convey the message that although life may be difficult, women should choose to live as themselves because that is the best