these are a few, if not all of the times taylor swift has spoken about feminism on film since 1989 was released. her definition is basic, but itās consistent, and she acknowledges that identifying as a feminist is a new thing for her but that she wishes she had been educated about what it means to be a feminist earlier on in her life. she says itās important for ALL girls/women to know that it simply means asking for equality. i struggle to see what sheās done wrong here aside from provide a basic definition and not expand upon it. i also struggle to see where she has used it toĀ āsell albumsā in any of these examples.Ā
here are some other quotes from 2014, basically the only period in time she has spoken about itā¦because she was asked.
this is a quote from an interview with the guardian
āAs a teenager, I didnāt understand that saying youāre a feminist is just saying that you hope women and men will have equal rights and equal opportunities. What it seemed to me, the way it was phrased in culture, society, was that you hate men. And now, I think a lot of girls have had a feminist awakening because they understand what the word means. For so long itās been made to seem like something where youād picket against the opposite sex, whereas itās not about that at all. Becoming friends with Lena ā without her preaching to me, but just seeing why she believes what she believes, why she says what she says, why she stands for what she stands for ā has made me realise that Iāve been taking a feminist stance without actually saying so.ā
i know yāall donāt like lena dunham but i donāt think what sheās saying here is particularly offensive or damaging. itās basic but not wrong.Ā
this is a quote from cosmopolitan
āMy girlfriends and I talk a lot about feminism and the inequality between the way men and women are talked about. The kind of things we say are: āWhy is it mischievous, fun and sexy if a guy has a string of lovers that heās cast aside, loved and left? Yet if a woman dates three or four people in an eight-year period she is a serial dater and it gives some 12-year-old the idea to call her a slut on the internet?ā Itās not the same for boys, it just isnāt and thatās a fact.ā
i donāt think this is a great quote but i donāt think thereās anything wrong with it either? sheās identifying how women are treated differently to men by mainstream media and the repercussions that can have for how woman are viewed by younger generations.Ā
itās obvious that on the occasions that she has spoken about feminism it has either been in relation to her own experiences with the way the media portrays her songwriting and personal life, or the way the media portrays women in general. she can obviously expand upon her understanding, iām not saying itās perfect but what sheās saying here is not wrong or harmful and i donāt think she should be persecuted for not doing enough.Ā and aside from her āfeudā with nicki minaj, which was followed by an extended and supposedly educational phone call with nicki herself she hasnāt really done anything that contradicts what sheās said about feminism.
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