Here are some photos of Taylor Swift at last night’s VMAs. Swifty was there to promote her new album and to perform the first single, “Shake It Of”. For the red carpet, Swifty wore this Mary Katrantzou romper and purple Elie Saab shoes. She looks like a Barbie, right? Even her body looks Barbie-esque. Obviously, the romper is horrible and not very flattering, but I guess props to Swifty for getting out of her comfort zone. The most offensive thing to me? The bangs.
Here’s her performance of “Shake It Off”. I didn’t really think this performance was one of the best of the night, but it was okay. Much like Ariana Grande, Swifty was trying to do too many things and she should have just been focused on singing. Her performance ensemble is by Lorena Sarbu – very cute. I like this better than her red carpet look.
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By the way, I hope this new Guardian interview doesn’t get lost in this week’s shuffle of events. Swifty sat down with The Guardian just before last week’s major album announcement and it’s her first major interview in support of 1989 – you can read the full piece here. She talks about being a celebrity and how she doesn’t care what TMZ or Radar or other sites say about her at this point and I get the distinct impression she’s shading Miley Cyrus. Her most interesting quotes are about feminism and the accusations that she’s really not the woman-supporting-other-women sort of girl.
On feminism: “As a teenager, I didn’t understand that saying you’re a feminist is just saying that you hope women and men will have equal rights and equal opportunities. What it seemed to me, the way it was phrased in culture, society, was that you hate men. And now, I think a lot of girls have had a feminist awakening because they understand what the word means. For so long it’s been made to seem like something where you’d picket against the opposite sex, whereas it’s not about that at all. Becoming friends with Lena [Dunham] – without her preaching to me, but just seeing why she believes what she believes, why she says what she says, why she stands for what she stands for – has made me realise that I’ve been taking a feminist stance without actually saying so.”
Her other-woman-hating song, “Better Than Revenge”: “I was 17 when I wrote that. That’s the age you are when you think someone can actually take your boyfriend. Then you grow up and realise no one take someone from you if they don’t want to leave.”
Her priorities: “Every artist has their set of priorities. Being looked at as sexy? Not really on my radar. But nice? I really hope that that is the impression.” She agrees that “nice” is often used pejoratively. “Totally! But I don’t care if that’s not cool, to seem nice or not. I’m not that focused on being cool and I never have been.”
I just thought it was noteworthy because some of calling this year’s show “The Feminist VMAs” because of all of the ladies and lady-centric performances. I’ve never really considered Swifty a feminist, but it’s nice to see her grow and change and mature. I don’t really see how she changed her mind from “feminism = I hate boys” to “feminism = equality” just because Lena Dunham spoke to her without “preaching”?
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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