In a response to an op-ed in the WaPo, Salon’s Amanda Marcotte points out the double standard applied in the WaPo article: It paints men as hapless bystanders who are excluded from female-centric pop culture, putting the onus on women to provide entertainment for men lest they are deprived of any amusement in life.
I wouldn’t put Beyonce in the same category as Swift. Swift is actually doing something positive. Beyonce is more sizzle, plays the inspirational card but it’s mostly an act, and she runs sweatshops and lives a much more detached life than Swift, who has a more grounded personality. Beyonce is talented, but she’s not a particularly good person outside of her singing
Taylor Swift seems pretty detached from reality too - last year, she had the highest jet carbon emissions of any celebrity. She tried to excuse it by saying she loaned her jets to friends, ignoring the fact that it’s ultimately her plane, and she’s used over 1,000 times more emissions than the average person.
https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-private-jet-carbon-dioxide-emissions-study-1235120514/
They’re in the same category for sure