Why I'd Rather Die Than Be 'Ride Or Die'
Why I'd Rather Die Than Be 'Ride Or Die' “The ‘Ride or Die girl’ is just a concept created by men to test how far they can manipulate you into staying with them while they violate your boundaries and any shred of dignity you have.” It’s a tweet I saw yesterday that made me go, shit, yeah, that’s so true. Throughout any form of media, be it television or film or music or books, the concept of the ‘ride or die girl’ is as present as her equally as problematic cousin the ‘manic pixie dream girl’. In fact, it doesn’t even have to be fiction. Beyonce is a ride or die wife, she stuck by her man despite the fact that he cheated on her. (I mean, really, who cheats on Beyonce?) Rapper T.I’s former wife Tiny was arrested alongside her then-husband for drug charges – who said that romance was dead? Whilst origins of the term lie in 90s hip-hop and rap, and were historically used as a badge of honour bestowed upon a woman who would stand by her man, the term means something slight...