Camille Paglia; NYDN; Ashley Wells, Seth Auberon, Pat Macpherson Wisdom Quarterly
Oh, Saint Barbie, I knew you'd come eventually, and such catchy songs! (Bhakti Omwoods)
My very own Barbie? Finally! |
Taking issue with the singer's "girl squads," academic Camille Paglia called Taylor Swift a "Nazi Barbie" in an essay in Thursday's The Hollywood Reporter.
Legendary feminist Paglia, 68, particularly hates the endless selfies of the squads she calls "girly and a bit bourgeois."
She reserves her most pointed rhetoric for Swift [Tadolf Swiftler]. "In our wide-open modern era of independent careers, girl squads can help women advance if they avoid presenting a silly, regressive public image -- as in the tittering, tongues-out mugging of Swift's bear-hugging posse," she writes.
Tadolf Swiftler with Nazi fan. |
"Swift herself should retire that obnoxious Nazi Barbie routine of wheeling out friends and celebrities as performance props,” she adds. More
- Taylor's an "obnoxious Nazi Barbie," writes Paglia...
- Paglia thinks Swift is a "Nazi Barbie" (Page Six)...While most of the world continues to marvel at Swift's ability...
- Paglia takes on Hollywood's #GirlSquad culture
Buy Nazi Barbie? - Critic Paglia calls Taylor Swift an "elitist Nazi barbie" (DailyMail.co.uk)
- Swift is an "elitist Nazi Barbie," says feminist icon (telegraph.co.uk) ...Celebrated feminist and cultural critic Paglia has some scathing words for Swift in her latest essay for the Hollywood Reporter...
- Paglia slams Swift's #GirlSquad: “Retire that... (Salon.com)
- Feminist icon Paglia calls Swift a "Nazi..." (news.nationalpost.com) ...If anyone has helped bring back “squad,” it's Taylor Swift and her white, thin, blonde army of friend candy and all its #squadgoals delights.
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Taylor Swift a "Nazi Barbie," says Camille Paglia (NY Daily News)... Taking issue with "girl squads," academic Camille Paglia calls Taylor Swift a "Nazi Barbie"
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