“But we can also drag Swift for being a respectable white woman that often performs purity (more whiteness) and constantly plays the victim card, using her white femme womanhood to navigate conflict in ways that avoid accountability or culpability. Especially when this conflict is her pinning the bla…”
— Ashleigh Shackelford, A Liar, A Scammer: Taylor Swift is 'That Bitch' that Lives for White Feminism
“Because Swift operates on white feminism and white fragility as survival. Her albums, her platform, and her life is based upon being a victim, being the one to be saved and being a white princess. Collaborating with one of the most controversial rappers over lyrics that seemingly destroy the narrati…”
— Ashleigh Shackelford, A Liar, A Scammer: Taylor Swift is 'That Bitch' that Lives for White Feminism
“Try as people might to divorce celebrity from the real world, it directly influences the world that we all live in. Portrayals of black men in the media lead to racist narratives that paint Kanye as a villain and Taylor as the white woman in distress. Putting on a show at the Grammys to become a vic…”
— Ira Madison III, I Love Taylor Swift, Soap Opera Villainess
“Despite insistence from Taylor that she would ‘very much like to be excluded from this narrative, one that [she] has never asked to be a part of, since 2009,’ she followed the VMAs incident up by releasing the song ‘Innocent’ that directly referenced the drama with Kanye. In a quite condescending so…”
— Ira Madison III, I Love Taylor Swift, Soap Opera Villainess