I know some people would get up in arms but Bryan Cranston is right. I have never felt more violated than I did when I was pregnant. Like suddenly I was communal property where everyone felt like they could touch me and comment on their opinion of me and my appearance as a pregnant person. So celebrities who are…
Oh my god. You made my day!
Wasn’t she with Brody Jenner? It hardly makes sense, but I seem to recall...
Didn’t her exhusband just get married, like yesterday? To announce a divorce the same week your ex announces a marriage is a punch in the teeth and a kick in the grion.
Yeah, it is a very lovely video. Definitely not as cringe-worthy as Florence & the Machine’s “No Light, No Light” or Lily Allen’s “Hard Out Here.” And it is nice that she is donating proceeds to conservation efforts in Africa. But I think the video could’ve had a similar effect if shot on the Great Plains with bison,…
It’s a music video. He can bite me with historical accuracy. Literally nothing about that was historically accurate, so not including black people wasn’t because it would ruin the integrity.
The issue is not just that she filmed the video in Africa; the issue is that the video features an all white film crew shooting in Africa during a time when colonialism was going strong and said white people were doing atrocious things to Africans and their country. The editing and story line would lead you to believe…
I don’t think it’s automatically anyone’s job to always be racially inclusive, but I think it’s the responsibility of anyone choosing to make any kind of cultural production set in a country (or in this case whole continent, which kinda sucked) or borrowing from a cultural setting that is not theirs, to be racially…
Hirarlously I would not put that past her for a song title.
As someone who has been a supporter of Swifty, and I’m part black (half my family is from Tunisia, Africa), I really hope she takes our criticism to heart. I’ve really gone up to bat for her, spent time and money on her music and concerts, and she tells her fans that we’re her friends...well, friends take constructive…
this is her second marriage. Maybe you are thinking of the first one.
That will still be racist because she will be using him as a “prop” then. Can’t wait for the Jezebel think piece on it!
I think she realizes that internet outrage is ephemeral and that the loudest voices are also the ones that will continue to support her because they never let their self-righteousness interfere with their personal preferences.
While I agree that the video’s pretty racist and that Taylor’s team is out of touch with the racist connotations of it, wouldn't using black people in the video be interpreted as using them as props?
I think it’s helpful to note that the video does appear to involve her filming a movie set in the 1930s (including a biplane with RAF markings on it), so that’s the aspect of celebrating colonialism that people seem to have an issue with. Because right now the article reads as if the complaint is that she just filmed…
Damnit, I’ve gone from neutral on her to liking her again.
After the Nat Turner rebellion the slave owners made damn sure that the only bible passages the slaves heard were the ones about obedience, submission and how your time in heaven will be awesome once they've used up your life here on earth for their profit.
That’s Patrick Stewart talking, though, not Ian McKellan!