like, okay, i understand the “no, taylor, girl-on-girl hate is bad” response, but
- taylor very publicly called john mayer to task for abusing her
- john mayer said that he “never did anything to deserve” being taken to task, and added that writing the song was “a really lousy thing for her to do”
- When asked about the song’s line, “Don’t you think I was too young to be messed with?” Mayer says, “I don’t want to go into that.”
- yikes
- john subsequently released a song slamming taylor swift
- katy perry, meanwhile, was dating john, publicly gushing about him, going on tour with him, recording duets and music videos with him, etc.
- and apparently attempted to hire a number of taylor’s key team out from under her while she was touring
- and i don’t like to see any of this dismissed as “girl hate” or “fighting over a guy”
- a teenage girl was abused and publicly named her abuser
- the abuser publicly lashed out at her
- his new partner took it upon herself to rehabilitate his image and talk about how wonderful and sensitive he was, and undercut his victim
- and when she was publicly called to task for this, she retaliated with, “watch out for the regina george in sheep’s clothing,” which is a fucking sick thing to say about a young woman who by her own admission was abused by someone close to you
like, let’s be very real, this is not “girl-on-girl hate,” this is a victim of abuse speaking out after being dragged through the mud by her much older abuser and his much older partner, who supported and replicated his public campaign of humiliation
(via fem-mew-nist)
