Voices
ELIZABETH
PERLE
HUFFINGTON
01.27.13
ROYCE DEGRIE/GETTY IMAGES
In Defense of Taylor Swift
I
HAVE FINALLY REACHED my breaking point. LEAVE BRITNEY
TAYLOR ALONE. ¶ To give you some background, it seems that
people are especially mad at T Swizzle this month. They are upset
with her for many reasons, like ostensibly being asexual, having
an out-of-control interest in antique shopping, dating too many
men, and not being sufficiently feminist. Let me repeat. Asexual.
Antique shopping. Too many men. Anti-feminist. ¶ First of all,
judging a young person’s perceived sexual orientation? Just stop.
And I’m not going to touch the antiquing thing with a 10 foot pole.
¶ In terms of slut-shaming her for having multiple boyfriends, I
think it’s pretty obvious why we shouldn’t be doing it to a 23-yearold girl, whether she’s a mega-star or just out of college from small
town Pennsylvania. No one deserves that. Not Swift and not her
young fans, who are probably internalizing these critiques as we
Taylor
Swift at the
Nashville
Symphony
Ball in 2011.