it is this performance that best represents who swift is. aware of the racial melodrama being stirred up in her name, she plays further into the trope instead of against it, by extension condoning it. she didn’t mind west being labelled the black interloper; in fact, she helps fasten that noose further around his neck by reminding her fanbase of... See more

he had insulted the dominant sociopolitical system of white patriarchy that had produced swift in the first place, and for that he was made to pay; the storm that followed mirrored the media lynchings we saw the likes of tiger woods face post affair reveal. it’s ‘bad nigger’ syndrome, this white obsession with making villains of us (west would do a... See more

researching for this made me realise how much of that night has been forgotten, or, more accurately, left out of our recollection of it. the first: kanye never actually says that taylor didn’t deseve the award. in fact, he begins by expressing happiness for her and congratulates her. there is no name calling, nor is there anything expressly... See more

celebritification has washed away so many of their sins: how happy do you think they are that their history of indian treasure looting has been softened to paddington bear skits and tea?

this is a land obsessed with packaging and style after all. of keeping up appearances. it’s why so much of the democrats’ criticism of trumpism has to do with his delivery; they object to him ‘soiling’ the white house by not behaving presidentially enough, for saying the quiet part out loud. the liberals are just as dependent on this lie of america... See more