The Most Well-Written, Important, Relevant, Best Piece of Pop Cultural Criticism You Will Read Today. Maybe Ever.
Welcome, Monday. Welcome, brilliance. Excerpts from “Why Taylor Swift Offends Little Monsters, Feminists, and Weirdos” on Autostraddle as of Feb 8 Monday oh Great and Brilliant Monday.
The author struggles to define why Taylor’s recent deluge of “Important Awards” bothers her so much, and realizes why:
“…if I ever get my life together enough to reproduce other life forms, they will not be joining Taylor Nation – they will be brave, creative, inventive, envelope-pushing little monsters who will find a pretty, skinny blonde girl in a white peasant shirt strolling through nature-themed screensaver-esque fantasylands singing about how “when you’re fifteen and somebody tells you they love you, you’re gonna believe them” not only sappy, but also insulting to their inevitable brilliance.
… 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!”
And that’s not even the best of it. Seriously, read this piece— you won’t regret it, especially if you a) give a fuck about pop culture/the media that most young people in the US imbibe, or b) like women. Independent women. Who think, and are willing to share those thoughts in a hilarious way.
