In a response to an op-ed in the WaPo, Salon’s Amanda Marcotte points out the double standard applied in the WaPo article: It paints men as hapless bystanders who are excluded from female-centric pop culture, putting the onus on women to provide entertainment for men lest they are deprived of any amusement in life.

  • AFaithfulNihilist@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Barbie was a masterpiece and Beyoncé is a pretty fucking talented artist.

    I think the most impressive thing about Taylor Swift is her ability to get white-girls to care about politics beyond basic white-girl-politics. The credit for that goes to her because all of the people around her told her not to be political at all.

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      11 months ago

      The most impressive thing to me about Taylor Swift is that she sang 44 songs a show, three nights a week in different cities, for months.

      That’s a hell of a dedication to craft to be able to pull that off.

      Her music has zero emotional affect on or interest for me, but I respect the hell out of her musicianship.