Source: Getty/Kevin Mazur [1]

Ariana Grande [2] has come a long way, and we're not just talking about her evolution from Nickelodeon actress to global superstar [3]. On Sunday, the singer took to Twitter with an essay [4] about what she's experienced in the wake of her split from Big Sean [5] in April. "Misogyny [is] still ever present," she wrote, summing up the theme of her letter.

Ariana suggested that she was compelled to broach the topic after being asked about Big Sean. "What I meant when I said what I said about not being Sean's ex is that I am tired of living in a world where women are mostly referred to as a man's past, present, or future PROPERTY / POSSESSION," she wrote. "I . . . do not. belong. to anyone. but myself. and neither do you."

Ariana went on to explain that she comes "from a long bloodline of female activists" and shared more thoughts on society's double standards for men and women. "Being 'empowered' . . . is not the same as being a 'b*tch,'" she wrote in the introduction. "HAVING SOMETHING TO SAY . . . is not the same as HAVING A BAD ATTITUDE." Read Ariana's entire letter below.

Source: Twitter user ArianaGrande [6]