Of course, from a very young age, we have been force-fed this idea that a woman’s success is based on her ability to find (heterosexual) love, get married, and have a baby or three. That she should have done this by, ooh, say 30? And that, if she doesn’t manage to do so, that she has somehow failed at life.

This narrative begins early, with Disney films and plastic dolls. And it continues throughout our lives, with countless reports on celebrity romances, marriages, and baseless speculations about a woman’s reproductive status.

In revealing that she has made the decision to adopt as a single woman (“I’ve decided to be single for the rest of my life,” the Chandelier hitmaker told GQ), Sia has scored a slam dunk for womankind – because she has reminded the world that sisters can well and truly do it for themselves.

Not only that, though, but she has reminded us that there the term “family” is unique to every individual who uses it.

The only thing it is ever truly synonymous with? Why, “love”, of course.

Sia’s message about her adopted sons serves as an important reminder about family