Taylor Swift Feminism

Ask any pre-pubescent child who Taylor Swift is and undoubtedly they will give you a lengthy explanation of the country sweetheart and her list of infamous exes. It’s no question to anyone who’s heard her aw-shucks-country kind of sound on the radio what the twenty year-old likes to sing about: Boys, boys, and boys. Your best friend doesn’t love you? You’re just a plain old Jane? There’s probably a Taylor Swift song for that.
“Speak Now” the country singer tells her fans, a mob of young girls who’d like to believe that love were as easy as her petty coming of age songs. Swift writes a whirlwind of an album, compiled with thirteen songs that talk about fairytales, love, and revenge. She has her up’s, down’s and in between’s. In the track “Mine” she sings about a love that’s the best thing she’s ever had. Along with it’s catchy rhythm and guitar chords, comes shallow lyrics enough to make any nine-year old believe that love and a boy would be the only thing she would need to make her happy. “We’ve got bills to pay, we’ve got nothing figured out.” Yes, what about those bills, Taylor? Do you expect your man to pay them with his love? No, you need to get a job and raise your kids. Not that having a husband isn’t nice, it is, it would be; but if you tell kids that everything will be okay with a husband around, then it’s wrong.
In her song “Sparks Fly” she talks about a boy who makes her weak, singing “The way you move is like a full-on rainstorm and I’m a house of cards.” A line clearly projecting the idea that a pretty boy will definitely leave girls powerless. “Kiss me on the sidewalk, take away the pain.” Another line off “Sparks Fly” wherein she implies that you need a boy to pull away your pain. Where’s the independence? Is this what little girls should believe in?
Shamelessly, Swift seems to hit another mark by writing her rock-esque song “Better Than Revenge”. With it’s hard hitting guitar solos and angry lyrics, the country singer bashes another girl for