#also i feel like this issue is achieving outsize stature on my blog just bc it's what everyone seems to want to talk to me about

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beezusquimby replied to your post “The fact remains that Taylor used feminism to her advantage and then...”

while swifty is absolutely and inarguably flawed, i find her to be held to an inhuman standard of morality and, TBH, many of those who condemn her are out here stanning for those who are no better ethically OR politically. as far as i can tell, the only determining factor in this equation is sexism plain and simple. i'm so sick of having to justify my enjoyment of a pop culture icon to other fans who woobify and apologize for white men every goddamn day AND ALSO- jk finito

a+ username and i agree with a lot of this - yes, she is held to a higher standard, yes she is a target of misogyny, and yes a lot of ppl who’ve been complaining about her for ages don’t hold the same standards for their fave white boys. and i def don’t think you have to justify your enjoyment.

but i’m gonna offer a few reasons why the election endorsement issue isn’t only about sexism. first, it wasn’t a normal election, it was a crisis in which no one should have had the luxury of being apolitical. second, taylor wasn’t living up to the values she herself chose to make central to her public identity. third, she wasn’t living up to the standards set by her own peers in pop music.

and on a personal note, it matters to me on an emotional level specifically because i liked and admired taylor more than most celebrities. i didn’t track what other celebrities did as closely because they didn’t mean as much to me. last year, taylor disappointed me a couple different ways, and because she's actually a real person to me in the way not all celebrities are, it changes the way i relate to her and her music. i’m not asking anyone else to feel the same.