To hold the pop star’s stage production up as a symbol of failed contemporary feminism is ridiculous – her fans have paid for a concert,not a panel discussNot ever one to mince her words, Camille Paglia’s choice of obnoxious Nazi Barbie” Taylor Swift as her latest target is unsurprising considering the widespread, and unquestioning adulation Swift receives from her legion of young female fans. In an essay for the Hollywood Reporter the cultural critic said the singer “should retire that obnoxious Nazi Barbie routine of wheeling out friends and celebrities as performance props.”But her – admittedly slightly nauseating –habit of bringing her girl squad” on stage with her has already been subject to mockery online,most famously in the viral Marie Schoenhals parody (humorous or ridiculous imitation), Please Welcome to the Stage.
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Source: theguardian.com