Criticism Of Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift as an influential feminist

Taylor Swift came to the public eye when she was fifteen years old and she had to learn how to be a role model even though she was still figuring herself out. Over the years, many people have criticized Taylor Swift by saying that she fakes her feminist and that she does things to her own advantage but she has decided to show the world that she is capable of defending herself all the time. I claim that despite the critics, Taylor Swift has shown that she is a feminist who has influenced society through her example, lyrics, videos, speeches and reaction towards criticism.

Through her example, Taylor Swift has shown females how they should not let others take them down. In 2016, the rapper Kanye West

She is trying to show girls that they do not have to fit in categories; they do not need to do what people want them to do. She is fighting back a male society that has decided to objectify her even when she does not objectify herself. Since Taylor Swift became an artist, she has never released a video showing her body however, she still gets to be called a bitch by Kanye and other people in because of her dating life and the fact that she has had many boyfriends. When Swift was questioned about her love life in an interview for Cosmopolitan she said, “Why is it mischievous, fun and sexy if a guy has a string of lovers that he's cast aside, loved and left? Yet if a woman dates three or four people in an eight-year period she is a serial dater and it gives some 12-year-old the idea to call her a slut on the internet?' It's not the same for boys, it just isn't and that's a fact." Clearly, Swift wants equality and is using her recent music and interviews to raise aware on the stereotypes we still have. Even though we are supposed to be in a third-wave feminism, we still call women bitches or sluts if they choose to be as open as guys in

During a photo taking session in 2013, a Denver DJ named David Muller sexually assaulted Taylor Swift. Obviously, the radio fired Muller for the incident so he decided to sue Swift for three million dollars in damages. Swift, who initially decided not to make public the incident responded by countersuing DJ Muller. However, she only asked for one dollar in damages. According to the CNN website Swift’s lawsuit mentions as reasons for countersuing that, she wants this incident to be "an example to other women who may resist publicly reliving similar outrageous and humiliating acts.” Swift has not taken on social media to ask for support or to play the victim in the incident although this has definitely been an uncomfortable episode for the artist. She is showing that she is capable of dealing with this on her own while encouraging other women to be brave and fearless too by reporting sexual assault no matter if years have gone by since the event. According to an article called “Taylor Swift sexual assault case: Why is it significant?” Swift’s lawyer said the artist only asked for one dollar because she did not want to bankrupt Mr. Mueller, but rather use the case to send a message to all women that "they will decide what will be tolerated with their body". This incident has helped raise awareness to reporting sexual assault and even the TIME