Why does Swift seem, at 20, a decade younger than Lady Gaga? 'Cause Swift's package is "Purity Sue Ingenue": eternally childlike, obedient and one-dimensional. Mothers love this package, and teenage girls are hypnotized by her simple songs & pretty hair & propensity for crying on her instruments.
Listen up! When Beyoncè was Swift's age, she was onstage with Destiny's Child, proclaiming:"The house I live in / I've bought it / The car I'm driving / I've bought it / All the women who are independent / Throw your hands up at me!"
This autostraddle article may be two years old, but it is always time to culturally dissect Taylor Swift the product.