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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m surprised that she ever even consented to him talking about having sex with her. Why would she agree to that? WTF?[/quote]

[b]Right! And the idea that she owes him sex is so disgusting.[/quote]

And he didn’t make her famous. He’s a horrible person[/b].[/quote]

Here is the thing: of course what he did was atrocious, and he is seriously mentally ill.  But Taylor is monetizing your empathy and anger.  She wants you to feel sorry for her. She wants you to feel worse than you have for any other pop star or female figure involved in a sex scandal. You should want her to be vindicated for this awful experience with Kanye. [b]And by standing up for her and being her fan, you will also be vindicated for all the wrongs you have felt also as a woman operating in a world of misogyny. [/b] Her platform right now is built partially upon the idea that if you buy into her and her albums and music, you will also be owning the patriarchy.  She has monetized that feeling for her fans, but it doesn’t work like that.[/quote]

Good lord  :roll:

This is complete nonsense[/quote]

Go ahead, explain why it is nonesense.  It is what she is doing with the rebranding and the rereleasing of her albums.  No one cares about scooter or Kanye really, except Taylor. He doesn’t affect her fan’s lives at all, but still they rapidly defend her about those two topics.  It is because the fans are thinking they are fighting against misogyny and a big bad evil, when in reality, they are just generating more  free PR for Taylor and giving her more money for albums they already heard. She doesn’t need the money, but her fans are buying into the idea that they are vindicating her and themselves. [/quote]

The main reason she re-recorded her songs was not to get sympathy, it was because she was treated badly by people and it made fiscal sense. The industry is littered with stories of artists signing bad contracts because they didn't know if another would come along, they needed up front money to live (Jewel was living in her car before she made it big), etc. The industry is terrible and predatory. The difference here is that Taylor's re-recordings are a huge money maker, vs. say if Jewel (who I'm a big fan of), re-recorded her early stuff. It would cost her to get studio space, hire the team, market it, etc. and I doubt she would break even much less make money.

Taylor was in a time in her career where she could take advantage of sticking it to powerful men who thought they were in charge of her career. I don't have sympathy for her there, I have admiration.

Similarly, when she sued the DJ for $1 who grabbed her ass cause he thought he could and thought it would make a fun story. That's something I don't have the resources to do - if crap like that happens to 99% of women we have to shake it off (sorry) or just stuff it down, and it's pretty bad ass that she used her legal team and resources to make a point.

Do I think she did it for me? No. But it still felt pretty good.

Same with the Kanya and the "Imma let you finish but" VMA incident. Unless you think it was some big conspiracy theory, that was something that happened to a teen age Taylor - taking her accomplishment and having some arrogant prick of a man ruin it for her and make her feel crappy even though she did nothing wrong. She didn't plan that, but yes, getting the upper hand later on when he and his dumb wife tried to double down felt good. I know it was not about me, and it didn't right any wrongs in my own life, but damn it felt good and yes it made me like her more. [/quote]

This is such a great summary. I followed these stories at the time, not as a fan at all, just in shock that people were doing her so dirty and was really impressed with how she handled it all. I especially really appreciated the lawsuit. To see her get her karma now (pun sort of intended) is just nice. I'm impressed. I'm happy for her. She's also spoken about how she's really tried to figure out what in her made her even want to try to reconcile with Kanye to begin with, and acknowledges it as a toxic trait she has. She's now calling him and his ex-wife for what they are, and I'm here for it. [/quote]

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