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In news I can’t believe that I have an opinion about, apparently Lorde made a few digs at Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez. Even worse, I actually have an opinion about this.
re: Taylor Swift
One skinny, pretty, white girl critiquing another skinny, pretty, white girl for promoting an unattainable standard of beauty strikes me as some grade A bullshit, personally. ESPECIALLY because what Taylor Swift does that is really damaging (imho) is promoting this girl versus girl, virgin versus whore ideology.
re: Selena Gomez
I fucking love Come and Get It. It’s a great song! It’s about a girl telling someone else that she’s in the mood for sex and when he/she ALSO CHOOSES to have sex, the narrator is game. How is that anti-feminist? If anything, I think it’s very interesting to position the (presumed) male as the person who’s not ready or is waiting.
Plus, at the moment Selena Gomez seems to have weathered the Disney child star gauntlet very well (so far, keep up the good work Ms. Gomez), and makes super-cute music videos like this:
re: Taylor Swift
One skinny, pretty, white girl critiquing another skinny, pretty, white girl for promoting an unattainable standard of beauty strikes me as some grade A bullshit, personally. ESPECIALLY because what Taylor Swift does that is really damaging (imho) is promoting this girl versus girl, virgin versus whore ideology.
re: Selena Gomez
I fucking love Come and Get It. It’s a great song! It’s about a girl telling someone else that she’s in the mood for sex and when he/she ALSO CHOOSES to have sex, the narrator is game. How is that anti-feminist? If anything, I think it’s very interesting to position the (presumed) male as the person who’s not ready or is waiting.
Plus, at the moment Selena Gomez seems to have weathered the Disney child star gauntlet very well (so far, keep up the good work Ms. Gomez), and makes super-cute music videos like this: