Taylor Swift and the Good Girl Trap
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Taylor Swift and the Good Girl Trap
Analyzing sexism through female celebrities is a catnip pedagogical method: it takes a beloved cultural pastime (calculating the exact worth of a woman) and lends it progressive political import.
Jia Tolentino • Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
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