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Taylor Swift doesn’t feel cool but it’s okay if you do

Taylor Swift is getting ready to release her new album, 1989, so she’s doing a lot of promotion in the form of interviews on TV, the radio and in magazines. Her latest spread in Canada’s Fashion isn’t really all that spectacular, but she does reiterate how uncool she feels and says that she’s not threatened by other women who ARE cool. “Celebrities surround themselves with people who don’t know what they want and only have you to validate their lives—that’s not interesting to me. You should not be threatened by women who are pretty and charismatic and good at what they do…my girlfriends have shaped me more in the past year and a half than any other factor. I’ve never had more friends who I can trust and rely on, but there’s always a bit of your self-perception that’s frozen in junior high, when you trained yourself to not feel cool. You never really feel like you’re a part of the ‘in’ crowd, but growing up means that matters to you less and less every day.” I mean, look, Taylor is pedantic as hell sometimes, but I still like her. Young girls who look up to her and do read the positive shit she says will take that to heart a lot of times, and that’s what matters – even if us actual adults realize that she’s pretty full of shit. Photos from the shoot below! Follow us on Twitter | Facebook

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Taylor Swift talks feminism and Emma Watson haters

Taylor Swift is feeling feminism lately and is being vocal about her support of her fellow ladies. In fact, while being interviewed on France’s Tout Le Monde En Parle, Taylor discussed Emma Watson‘s recent UN speech and the hate (and threats) she received as a result: In case you can’t watch the video (or just don’t have the patience to do so), here’s a bit of what Taylor had to say: “I wish when I was 12 years old, I had been able to watch a video of my favorite actress explaining in such an intellectual, beautiful poignant way the definition of feminism,” Swift said. “Because I would have understood it and then earlier on in my life I would have proudly claimed that I was a feminist.” The singer explained that “so many girls out there say ‘I’m not a feminist’ cause they think it means something angry or disgruntled or complaining. They picture like rioting and picketing, it is not that at all, it just simply means that you believe that women and men should have equal rights and opportunities and to say that you’re not a feminist means that you think men should have more rights and opportunities than women.” “I just think that a lot of girls don’t know the definition and the fact that Emma got up and explained it, I think it’s an incredible thing and I am happy to live in a world where that happened,” Swift noted of the HeforShe campaign. I mean, that’s all a bit simplified, but I get what she’s going for and I think her young fans will, as well. The whole video is worth watching, since she talks a bit about Miley Cyrus, as well. Follow us on Twitter | Facebook