Taylor Swift Shuts Down A Sexist Magazine Story: ‘We Need Feminism In 2015′
on the mtv webpage, One of the most aggravating parts about being a woman of
childbearing age — and yeah, I’m speaking from experience — is everyone
from family members to people you barely know asking personal questions
about when you may or may not be planning on having children. And for
celebrities like Taylor Swift,
this invasion of privacy extends (massively) to gossip columnists and
magazines speculating that you might be literally expecting each time
you eat a plate of ribs at a summer barbecue.
The “misleading headline” part speaks for itself, but the “choice of words in labeling me” part refers to the fact that the story literally introduces her as “Harry Styles’ ex-girlfriend” in its sub-headline and “Calvin Harris’ rumored girlfriend” after that.@OK_Magazine this misleading headline and your choice of words in labeling me are why we need feminism in 2015. pic.twitter.com/x6sLT8IKx9— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) June 20, 2015
Taylor’s feelings about this everyday misogyny were echoed two weeks ago by Ariana Grande, who wrote an inspiring Twitter essay saying that repeated stories that referred to her as Big Sean’s ex made her feel “tired of living in a world where women are mostly referred to as a man’s past, present, or future property/possession.”
Hopefully, if enough famous, powerful women keep calling this kind of behavior out, it will trickle down and have a positive affect on the rest of us. A girl can dream.
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