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Mel C: 'Feminism is not showing your flesh to get ahead'

Spice Girls star Melanie C has given her take on what it means to be a feminist and what she wants her daughter, Scarlet, to understand by the term as she gets older. 

Speaking to Digital Spy at the launch of the Made In Dagenham musical at London's Adelphi Theatre, the songstress explained that there is no real blanket definition of feminism because it means something different to everyone, but she does think that flashing the flesh does not equate to being a feminist:

"I kind of think there's two camps and two trains of thought. Feminism is what it is to you. You can't define what feminism is. I don't want to judge anybody, but for my little girl I don't want feminism meaning that she shows her flesh to get ahead. For me, that's not feminism. But I'm not judging anyone that does that."

"And also, the thing is, the way celebrity culture has become, so many young girls just want to be famous. But you want to have a passion and a drive to do something and I think sometimes people think you can get things easy, and to be successful at something you have to work hard."

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Watch a Q&A with the hitmaker below: