“The best example of Swift’s white feminism is when Nicki Minaj posted about the racism and antiblack misogyny that fuels award nominations after the announcement for the MTV VMA’s in 2015... Swift loves to instigate everything about herself, and then didn’t respond to Minaj until numerous articles were written saying that Minaj attacked and dragged her. By the time Swift responded days later, the white feminist scam had been completed. Minaj and Swift ended up performing together at the VMAs to solidify that the beef had been cooked. But everyone else knew not to forget this moment of manipulation, or the fact that Swift was ready to squash the beef but not address the racist repercussions that Minaj suffered through.”

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