part of that is PR and stan culture capitalism.and all the rest and part of it I assume is remembering all of the *really bad* critiques from over the decades esp from around 10 years ago of her and the things she was was taken to represent, and wanting to be more careful this time
her wealth and scabbing are fair game much like taylor's emissions but picking apart some basic lyrical signifiers that even I know are all over the genre anyway and flirting with a very loaded and empirically false line of argument is definitely the wrong way for people to go
even though I want better criticism of her I am wary of asking for it since I know there are a lot of people who have always been waiting for a chance to take her (and by proxy a lot of other people) down for various unsavoury reasons
― Left, Wednesday, 14 February 2024 02:25 (three months ago) link