Had Taylor Swift been tossing and turning, getting heated over Tina Fey's Golden Globe joke all over again?
In the April issue of Vanity Fair, Swift addressed the common misconceptions over her highly talked about, overly publicized love life.
But what did Fey and Poehler say that was all that detrimental? Fey suggested Swift "stay away from Michael J. Fox's son" after her breakup with One Direction singer Harry Styles, inferring that Taylor Swift is either a man-eater or a man-repellant, driving every boyfriend away. But there was another option for Swift after the Golden Globes: to take it like a joke.
“You know, Katie Couric is one of my favorite people,” Swift told Vanity Fair. “Because she said to me she had heard a quote that she loved, that said, ‘There’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women.’ ”
Of course, no one can deny that Swift has made a career of dissecting her love life to the tune of catchy melodies. And audiences love it—they scream for more. Female listeners everywhere have been singing along, regardless of their ages, so she must be doing something right. The Fey joke certainly wasn't the first barb thrown at Swift. But if these songs have entered the late night talk show monologues as well as the Top 40 Hits list, doesn't that also mean she should be prepared to take some heat for it? Artists her age often dream of crossing that barrier—making it into the public consciousness—and Swift has done just that.
Sure, she never claimed her songs were autobiographical, but she also makes no pretense of hiding her private life. (See: Emma Stone and Jessica Chastain—it can be done).
Though Swift didn’t find the female comedians funny the night of the Golden Globes, audiences sure did. And if she’s asking for a little friendly feminism, Amy Poehler and Tina Fey are hardly anti-feminist. After all, Poehler launched the website called "Smart Girls At The Party," in order to support female intelligence—to show young girls it was okay to be interested in subjects other than make-up and boys. And Tina Fey manged to land the job as Saturday Night Live’s first female head writer.
After hearing Swift’s complaints, Fey responded to the Hollywood Reporter: "Aw, I feel bad if she was upset. I am a feminist, and she is a young and talented girl. That being said, I do agree I am going to hell. But for other reasons. Mostly boring tax stuff," Poehler said.
Taylor Swift is admirable for her poise and success at such a young age, her ability to tune into what girls (and women) everywhere want to hear, and what’s more, produce songs with which they want to sing along. But with that success comes a price. If she’s tossed her hat in the pop culture ring, then she should be prepared to see it laughed at once in a while.
