Is Taylor Swift subtly supporting white supremacy through her music? One blogger certainly thinks so and has penned a blog post about Taylor's silence in the wake of white nationalists and alt-right members co-opting lyrics in her song. Taylor Swift threatened to sue the author of the post for defamation and was quickly blasted by the ACLU for bullying, saying the racist allegations are protected free speech. A potential court battle is brewing between Taylor Swift and the American Civil Liberties Union. The nonpartisan nonprofit organization notified Taylor's attorneys that it stands by a California-based blogger who accused the "Bad Blood" singer of clandestinely giving a nod to the alt-right movement and enabling its racist agenda. The …show more content…
Swift's legal team said the accusations are "provably false and defamatory" and demanded that the PopFront blog take down the inflammatory story or legal action will follow. The ACLU chimed in on the brewing court battle. Risher's team notified Taylor's lawyers that neither the blogger nor the site owner is under obligation to retract the post and have no legal requirement to do so. "The blog post is a mix of core political speech and critical commentary; it discusses current politics in this country, the recent rise of white supremacy, and the fact that some white supremacists have apparently embraced Ms. Swift, along with a critical interpretation of some of Ms. Swift’s music, lyrics, and videos. "Criticism is never pleasant, but a celebrity has to shake it off, even if the critique may damage her reputation, not even in your wildest dreams could Swift's claims constitute defamation." Herning decried Taylor's actions, saying the press should not succumb to bully tactics from rich celebrities and well-compensated attorneys retained to fight their battles against diminutive figures. "These scare tactics may have worked for Taylor in the past, but I am not backing
Anytime someone takes a complicated emotion and simplifies it so I know it like I know the ABC’s, my heart wells with pride and admiration with an intensity that's slightly embarrassing. The album is uniquely defining for me mainly because it fits into so many aspects of life. Although it has a seemingly shallow message about her ex-boyfriend Harry Styles, I have always thought of it as slightly deeper. With lyrics like “This love is alive back from the dead” and “Take my hand and don’t ever drop it, my love” I relate it to daily life. One song describes a time when all you want to do is hide, but the next track describes something beautiful and lovely. Just like one day the storms are raging everywhere I go, but the next God has cleared the skies and created something lovely. The album taught me to not be ashamed of who I am or what I believe, so for that I owe Swift big time. Finally, I recently fell in love with writing songs and at 1989’s core it's just the result of great songwriting. Songwriting does for me what punching someone does for someone
They recently made a parody of “Shake It Off” by Taylor Swift. The parody has the same beat and a similar music video, but a totally different meaning in the lyrics. It mocks Taylor Swift and everything she has accomplished. It mocks the meaning of the song, and also the music video itself mocks the original music video. The two songs and music videos are comparable and contrastable, but both songs send a very opposite message.
Apple’s policies states that the musicians whose music would be used in this three-month trial would not be given any sort of royalties during the promotional period. Swift decided this was not right, and that the policy needed to change. Therefore, she wrote a long and very
She is a 10 time Grammy award winner, and among the five artists to ever win a Grammy for album of the year she is the only female to ever win more than once. Her hit song “You Belong with Me” resonated with millions of young girls many of which connected with the lines “If you could see/ That I’m the one /Who understands you/ Been here all along/ So why can’t you see/ You belong with me”. She turns ordinary teenage girl experiences into fresh country and pop songs. She grew up fascinated by music which led to her success as a Country/Pop artist. She constantly strives to make sure that her fame does not get in the way of her truly being herself. Taylor does not read into any of the articles about her in magazines to avoid getting caught up in all the gossip that publicity spreads about her. Taylor has made a huge impact on music industry, from selling out Madison Square Garden, to record breaking songs and albums. Award winning singer and song writer Taylor Swift, is still forming her legacy as she continues to make history in the music industry, while garnering a large fan base worldwide.
Recently, 24- year old country singer/popstar Taylor Swift released a music video “Shake it Off” which was I sort of introduction to her newest album 1989. The video received some backlash for it was seen by many as offensive, and stereotypical to African American Culture. In the video Swift dresses in what some may consider Hip Hop attire, attempts to “twerk” and even has a section where she partially sings as well as raps. She even uses talks about
Taylor Swift really knows how to have hidden messages and secrets throughout her lyrics and music videos. Taylor Swift also likes to trash talk other celebrities including Kim Kardashian and Katy Perry. Which gives a viewer a good chance to critic her lyrics and videos.
Thesis statement: Taylor Swift is one of the most successful female artists in the world who portrays her personal experiences through her music.
In his music video “I’m Not Racist”, Joyner tells the story of a white Trump supporter and a young black man. The song consists of two main verses, one told
“Everyone has a right to their own opinion”, a fairly famous quote both true for celebrities and ordinary citizens alike. When there’s a topic getting a lot of attention from the main media outlets, celebrities are asked for their opinion on where they stand on the topic. Yet, whether they are asked to give a statement or not, they are still allowed to have the right to do so. No matter how large or small your influence is in society, your voice shouldn’t be hushed away because it wasn't as agreeable as the others.
The current year of 2016 has been a year of challenging political correctness. Ben Haggerty, also known as the hip hop artist Macklemore, wrote a song in early 2016 called “White Privilege II.” This song is based on a Black Lives Matter protest that Macklemore participated in in 2014. In the song Macklemore
The lawsuit’s First Amendment implications are not always understood and appreciated by the public in cases like these. “This sort of robust political debate encouraged by the First Amendment is bound to produce speech that is critical of those who hold public office or those public figures who are intimately involved in the resolution of important public questions, or, by reason of their fame, shape events in areas of concern to society at large” Chief Justice William Rehnquist wrote for the court
Media sensationalism creates an interesting phenomenon; more often than not, the comments made by varying levels of popular culture stars become catch phrases, buzz words, and the be-all end-all definition of an individual. These occurrences happen, for better or worse, and an individual becomes intrinsically linked to those statements for the rest of their living life and well after. Sometimes these comments are uplifting and promote the betterment of man; but sometimes they serve to berate or belittle a group as well, often times with very little thought being put into what has been disseminated. In either case, they are merely the opinions of an individual who happens to be famous. At times, the subject of opinion may hold little
New York Times v. Sullivan was a landmark case which dictated the outcomes of many subsequent cases. However, after the Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling in favor of the New York Times in 1964, Justice Brennan’s opinion raised just as many—if not more—questions than it had answered. In fact, many justices struggled with how to make sense of the ruling and how it could be applied in both similar and different contexts. While this case was a crucial turning point in the application of First Amendment protection in libel cases, this ruling was by no means an end-all to our understanding of free expression and the protection of it. This was demonstrated in cases concerning private versus public figures, through self-censorship and in the operation
That afternoon, the American Civil Liberties Union released a tweet in response to Trump's post, stating that it might use his post against him in a Supreme Court
"On the Subway" is a truly supremacist lyric since it is looking at a dark man and a white ladies in various angles. This woman is strolling in the metro and sees a dim cleaned man in a hoodie and he was additionally destitute. She begins to state that she feels that he is an unsafe man for reasons unknown; moreover, she has an inclination that she will be robbed by him. "He has the casual cold look of a mugger, alert under hooded lids." This is a bigot comment towards the dark man who was simply there tending to his very own concerns. She felt terrified for her life that she watched out for him. The way that she felt that she would get robbed just by his appearance is exceptional bigot. She called him a low life by what he was wearing too.