Olivia Rodrigo has some thoughts about this whole babydoll dress “controversy.”

The musician, who is gearing up for the release of her third album you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love, appeared on the New York Times Popcast and addressed the conversation around her wardrobe of choice, saying it’s making her “upset” not on her own behalf, but for her fellow young women.

In the interview, New York Times reporter Joe Coscarelli asked Rodrigo how she feels about being a “lightning rod” regarding the babydoll dress discourse. (For a quick refresher, some people are upset about Rodrigo’s choice to wear the garment so frequently onstage and off, saying it feels infantilizing or even pandering to pedophiles.)

Rodrigo wasted no time sharing her opinion about internet-driven discourse and what’s “appropriate” for a pop musician to wear. “What’s really disturbing is, I have worn outfits that are revealing onstage,” she shared. “I’ve been onstage in a sparkly bra and little shorts, which is my right, and I felt cool and comfortable. That wasn’t inappropriate, but me fully covered up in a dress that people deemed to be childlike was inappropriate?”

According to Rodrigo, the conversation “shows how we normalize pedophilia in our culture” and is part of the “rhetoric” that young women and girls are fed since childhood: “’Don’t wear that because a man is going to sexualize your body and it’s your fault,’” she explained. She added that she doesn’t intend for the babydoll silhouette to look sexy at all. Instead, the wardrobe is an ode to her rock influences like Kathleen Hanna and Courtney Love, which she has spoken about before; she told Vogue that the “drop dead” music video and its frilly, babydoll-style shorty outfit were meant to convey the riot grrrl attitude with a dreamy twist fitting the Versailles setting.

Rodrigo is rightly resistant to anyone telling her or her fans what to wear. “I think if we start dressing in a way that’s like, ‘I don’t want some freak to think I’m sexy like a baby,’ or something like that, we’re losing the plot a little bit,” she said. “I’m very protective around younger women and girls. You shouldn’t be responsible for some guy sexualizing you in a way that was never your intention.”