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Demi Lovato opened up in a new interview with Glamour, talking about everything from her love life to her plans to take a break from the spotlight [plausible deniability, all while she's deliberately creating a stir], but what has caught everyone’s attention most of all has been Lovato’s words about Taylor Swift. Specifically, Demi calls out Taylor for paying lip service to feminism and gender equality issues without actually doing anything to support causes related to the feminist movement. While Swift hasn’t directly fired back at Lovato, sources close to Swift have come forward to blast Lovato for her harsh criticism, particularly when Swift and Lovato have never been close friends.
During her interview, it seemed inevitable that Demi would be asked about the other artists with whom she shares the spotlight, and as E! News reveals, Ms. Lovato takes particular exception to Taylor Swift. Demi explained that Taylor and her “squad” may talk a big game, but when it comes to feminism, Swift epitomizes exactly the type of image the movement seeks to change.
For instance, Lovato draws attention to Swift and her squad for their body images, physiques that are not normal for the average woman and create unrealistic expectations for millions of Swift’s fans [Taylor Swift and many of her friends are naturally thin, not sure Lovato what expects - perhaps them gaining 150 extra pounds each?].
“It’s kind of this false image of what people should look like,” Demi said of Taylor and her squad. “And what they should be like, and it’s not real.”
Ms. Lovato also criticized Swift for her “Bad Blood” song and accompanying music video, which was all created solely to spread animosity toward Katy Perry, yet another artist with whom Taylor has had a feud. Demi says Swift spent too much negative energy trying to cast a bad light on a fellow artist, when that much energy might have been better spent improving Taylor’s own craft.
http://www.inquisitr.com/3566339/demi-lo...st-claims/
This all seems irrelevant and uninteresting to many people, but I find it quite the opposite. Claiming feminism has become the stock-standard way for artists to elevate their profiles and make every conceivable kind of female behavior legitimate, provided a particular girl wants to engage in it for profit.
There seems to be no entry requirements other than:
- you're a female
- you say things like "girl power"
- you complain about social discrimination against and objectification of women in society when you earn millions of dollars from either rampant sexualization of yourself or general use of your looks
Think about it... here's a very basic spectrum of music girl feminists: Miley Cyrus - Nicky Minaj - Ariana Grande - Beyoncé - Taylor Swift. There's a massive disparity in how some of these girls behave compared to one another, irrespective of whether they all benefit from sexual or looks-based representations.
Even when celebrities "support" feminism, it's always done publicly and, considering girls like Lovato and Ariana Grande sexualize themselves to the hilt, arguably to deflect criticism about their own constant self-objectification.
Lovato, whom I am only vaguely familiar with, is also picking a beef with a much bigger fish. Ironic how these girls turn on each other to promote themselves. Very much like a less profanity-laden version of rappers having feuds.
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