Jonathan Swift Rhetorical Analysis Essay

I feel this is an appropriate choice for Swift’s video because she often dons and flaunts the feminist label as many current influential woman in celebrity culture are doing; many however continue to perpetuate a stereotype of the traditional subordination of women through overt sexuality. Swift is blazing a new trail where she connects and empowers other women instead of creating a sexual persona for the male gaze. She also tackles the double standards of woman in today’s music industry being melodramatic if writing about anything sentimental or non-sexual; in a Rolling Stone’s interview, she stated, "A man writing about his feelings from a vulnerable place is brave; a woman writing about her feelings from a vulnerable place is oversharing