How Taylor Swift Played The Victim For A Decade And Made Her Entire Career
Ok, so Buzzfeed released this article about Taylor Swift on January 31st and here are some key points that really stood up for me.Â
On TaylorÂŽs feminism:Â âBut, as the Washington Post pointed out: âThereâs a difference between being a feminist and calling yourself a feminist. Feminism is more than just supporting your girlfriends or churning out charming catchphrases about girl power; itâs a political movement, with political aims.â
About TaylorÂŽs squad:Â And, in actuality, her squad flouts inclusive feminist principles by being an exclusive club, and skews overwhelmingly white, slim, and heterosexual â and this is because Swift views feminism in relation to her own personal experience alone.
Again on TaylorÂŽs feminism:Â Far from expressing feminist values through actual, tangible means â such as, for example, speaking publicly about Keshaâs alleged sexual assault, offering an opinion on Trumpâs campaign and election, or acknowledging the Womenâs March through means other than a contrived tweet â Swift invokes feminism to ensure her posture as victim.
On her feud with Katy Perry and the Bad Blood song:Â Put differently, she prevented the eruption of an undesirable rumour by creating a new one, which reveals Swiftâs true genius: her ability to manipulate the lyrics and subjects of her songs in whichever way best suits her PR desires.
On her feud with Nicki Minaj and the lack of recognition for black women in the music industry: Swift has become such an expert at building narratives that she doesnât just see herself as the victim in stories explicitly about her, but the subject of every story. (âŠ) She prioritised herself at the centre of a struggle faced by women of colour, while ignoring the fact that the system inherently benefits her.
On the feud with Kim and Kanye about that line in Famous: The feud exposed the truth that white fragility is the most imperative component of Swiftâs success. Performing white female melodrama has enabled Swift to establish her posture as victim and navigate any conflict with ease, devoid of culpability. But her conflict with West cannot be dismissed as an insignificant celebrity feud, leaving a trail of snake emojis in its wake â there are sinister undertones. It proved that Swift recognised the power her white womanhood affords her â presumed innocence and empathy â and used this to her advantage in repeated acts that she surely knew would damage Westâs reputation and strengthen her own. Swift propagating this narrative of fragile white womanhood to villainise a black man is âruthlessâ at best, and at worst, dangerous.
I think this article really explains why I donât really like Taylor Swift and how her playing the role of the victim is really getting old and overused. No one believes sheÂŽs the victim and this has been shown ever since the šbreak upš with Harry Styles and overusing that one month relationship for over two years. And it became evident to the public how fake she really is with the Kanye and Kim feud and directly after that the whole deal with her šrelationshipš with Tom Hiddleston. So I finish this with the final paragraph of the article which summarizes my feelings in general about her.Â
Sheâs all about narratives, and the reinvention of her image is the start of a new one. The question is, however, after being exposed playing the victim in plain sight for over a decade, will anyone believe it?
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