I remember Tina Fey & Amy Poehler made a joke about Taylor the first time they hosted the Golden Globes, and all hell broke loose.

Sure, but the “and this, on International Women’s Month, how dare you” angle is kind of lame. I’m in two minds about this, but I think there is maybe some implicit slutshaming in the joke, but equally I’m not sure that it even suggests that having multiple partners is a bad thing, just that it’s something Swift was…

Well, I don’t know about you, but empathy for me isn’t a thing I just turn on and off at will.

“Sleater-Kinney bemoans the co-opting of the riot grrrl movement by mass media”

this comment is shockingly masturbatory

There was a great Buzzfeed piece a few years back about how Taylor Swift has spent most of her career using victimhood as a marketing schtick, from the Kanye West stuff to all of her (often dubious) inferences to bad boyfriends. This feels very much in line with that. I’d be more inclined to agree with her criticism…

Taylor Swift has leg insurance.

i think it’s one thing to be like ‘this is annoying and corny. bad, dated joke.’ and another to be like ‘for shame on this entire enterprise for this vile sexist transgression on international women’s month! my legion of fans, attack!’

Leonardo DiCaprio’s failed relationships are constantly referred to. The guy is a huge movie star but his string of girlfriends is like his defining feature.

Why should I give empathy to a stupid joke that no one except her and her stans would ever take seriously? This isn’t a new joke. It’s not a overly harsh joke. It’s a true joke. And it’s a joke that would have just passed by if she continued to ignore it. She gave the joke more power than it ever would of had.…

i always find it funny when shows like this, ones we ALL know are toxic/damaging/backwards/racist, get covered like they are ‘just’ trash and can be fun despite them proving over and over how damaging they are to everyone involved, representing toxic ideals on love/relationships, and pretty much portray the worst…

It would probably help if she didn’t use her breakups as writing fodder time after time. Plenty of men and women run through partners. People do make jokes about both genders contrary to what other people like to say. Taylor happens to sometimes make it a bigger deal by making it part of her persona. People make fun…

Oh shit, I agree with a Daily Mail comment.

This is like when country singers get mad when people make jokes about pickup trucks in country songs. She got famous making songs about breaking up with people, and now she’s mad that she’s known for it. 

Wait’ll you hear about Kpop stans.

And you know it’s a negative because no one makes the punchline “you go through men faster than Leonardo DiCaprio goes through the newest models”.

God I’ll be happy when her fanbase ages out of marketing relevance. Imagine harassing some corporate social media team because a terrible show made a bad joke about a singer whose music you like.

It’s a lazy joke, but I don’t see how it’s “deeply sexist.” It’s okay to take a pitch from time to time. Not everything is a federal case. 

Why is The Bachelor franchise still a thing? This show has always been trash so no wonder the fans are trash

“Bachelor nation” was non-toxic at some point?