Dayna Evans writes about Taylor Swift for Gawker:[T]he part of Taylor's persona that doesn't get talked about enough [is that] she is a ruthless, publicly capitalist pop star. To think of her as womanhood incarnate is to trick oneself into forgetting about "Bad Blood" and "Better Than Revenge." Swift isn't here to help women—she's here to make bank… Her plan—to be as famous and as rich as she can possibly be—is working, and by using other women as tools of her self-promotion, she is distilling feminism for her own benefit. Articles linked in the story:
- Eric Sundermann for Noisey: "Taylor Swift's '1989' World Tour Is Engineered to Be the Best Night of Your Life, and It Is"
- Kristen Harris for Buzzfeed: "22 Times You'll Die During Taylor Swift's 1989 World Tour"
- Joe Caramanica for The New York Times: On Taylor Swift's '1989' Tour, the Underdog Emerges as Cool Kid
- Jia Tolentino at The Muse (a subsite of Jezebel): "Taylor Swift Is Definitely in Her Zone"
- Lindsay Zoladz for Vulture: "Taylor Swift Is the Cheer Captain of the Universe"
- Andy Cush for Defamer: "Taylor Swift Has No Concept of Money"
- Eric Tempesta for The Daily Mail (ick): "'I shan't be walking that runway again!' Lena Dunham admits performing alongside Taylor Swift and her svelte supermodel friends made her feel 'chubby' and 'short'"
- Johanna Rothkopf for Jezebel: "Taylor Swift Inserts Herself Into Nicki Minaj's VMA Moment"
- Jack Dickey for TIME: "The Power of Taylor Swift"
- Anne Helen Petersen for Buzzfeed: "Lena Dunham Is Launching A Newsletter For Young Women"