Pop-Culture | Posted by Julie Z on 07/7/2009
Why I Respect Taylor Swift
“I wanted this since the time I was a little girl. I’ve always just wished that maybe someday people would care about the words that I wrote. I’m so lucky that my songs are basically my diary put to music. I’m so lucky that I get to write my own music and write my own stories, so every single time I look down in the audience and I see somebody singing the words back to me, it makes it all worth it.”
-Taylor Swift to the Associated Press
She is totally the one of these celebuteens that I believe. I believe she’s actually talented and I believe she actually means those words. Support the Swift!
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Carolyn @ at 4:14 pm, July 14th, 2009
I’ve always liked her because she is straight edge and sticks to it. I admire that. She never drinks, never smokes, nothing, purely because she doesn’t want to. It’s so refreshing to see that nowadays.
Laura @ at 2:03 pm, September 2nd, 2009
Being a teenage feminist I was very excited to discover a new teenage feminist blog. I kept my mind open during the praise of Ted Kennedy because I am aware that in England we hate him as a lying, cheating murderer and that might have tainted my view a little, and I carried on searching. However with this post- unequivocally lauding a saccharine product of pop culture who writes such anti-feminist drivel [honestly, have you HEARD the lyrcis to "Love Story"?!!!] you have lost all feminist credentials in my eyes. What a pity. I don’t want to say anything personal against Taylor Swift, so please don’t mistake this for an attack on her, but her song “Love Story” makes me despair with every feminist cell in my body and thus I find her a strange candidate for acclaim on a feminist blog. A profile on Sarah Palin next, maybe?!
Julie Z @ at 2:34 pm, September 2nd, 2009
okay. i will acknowledge that some of her lyrics do play into gender stereotypes. but really? there are so few role models out there for girls, and Taylor Swfit represents a lot of really positive things, such as singing and writing her own music successfully.
I admit she’s not the perfect FEMINIST role model, but i think it’s important to acknowledge women who do really cool things whether they’re completely feminist or not.
It doesn’t always have to be all or nothing. Just because somebody isn’t completely feminist doesn’t mean they don’t represent some feminist ideals. And just because they aren’t feminist doesn’t mean we should hate them.
Amy CT @ at 3:59 pm, September 21st, 2009
Sad as this sounds, I respect Taylor Swift as a country singer… we don’t tend (ha ha, I mean “ever”) get them in Britain, and as I was (randomly) brought up on Emmylou Harris and the Dixie Chicks et al, it’s nice to be able to like country in a socially acceptable manner… without being accused of being a red-neck, I mean.
Geez, I hate stereotypes…
Jeannie Labarbera @ at 2:29 am, May 7th, 2010
I am looking forward to Taylor Swift’s new CD. Seems ages since her previous one.