And we don't care who disagrees. And admittedly, sometimes it feels good to just wallow. And I openly cried at least three times. Most Popular. Today's Picks. Texas officials ask for reporting of dead rabbits found in winter. But many of my high school peers thought Swift was annoying and incapable of writing about anything other than her boyfriends. This criticism, along with claims that Swift was not politically active enough, only got more intense as social media platforms like Twitter gained popularity.
According to an article written by MTV Australia editor Alice Griffin , while Swift has not been as vocal about politics as she could be given her enormous platform, people take their dislike of her to extremes for seemingly no reason.
I am ashamed to admit that I abandoned my love for Taylor Swift in favor of fitting in with my peers. For years, I did not listen to any of her new releases or pay attention to any news surrounding her. The songs on these albums perfectly capture themes of lost love, heartbreak and the toxicity of one-sided relationships.
It was after listening to these albums that my love for Taylor Swift was reinstated, and I began to revisit her older music. To my surprise, they were even better than I remembered. Jealousy, fear, and patriarchal stereotypes have followed Swift for as long as she has been about, to the point where TaylorSwiftisOverParty was trending number one on Twitter in Using a montage of media headlines to open her Reputation tour, and snakes as a central staging theme Kim Kardashian famously linking the snake emoji to Swift , Swift finally put her middle finger up to the media and reclaimed her reputation.
So why did the media hound Taylor Swift? She tried to be a nice girl, and they hated her, she lost weight to appear skinny, but was too thin, she disappeared, and still faced critique. No matter what Swift tried, it was always wrong. It is a powerful song that not only expresses the inequalities and scrutiny she has faced due to her gender but that which the majority of women can relate to.
This is further highlighted in Miss Americana when Swift details her desire to be political but feared doing so due to its impact on the Dixie Chicks career. Following an anti-Bush comment, this country girl band shot from fame for being outspoken women with political thoughts how dare they!
This occurred in only , showing the narrative surrounding women, and how they must be passive, un-opinionated entertainment objects, or else their career is over. By the time a female star is 30, she reaches a point where she is becoming old and tiring.
Hence, Swift has transitioned from country to pop, right up to her latest album, Folklore , which exceeds all genres and gains itself an alternative genre label, showing how the star has continuously reinvented herself as all great female stars must. Taylor Swift is an asset to the music industry, has won numerous awards, and broken multiple records throughout her career.
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