Men who feel threatened by Taylor Swift, Beyonce and Barbie deserve to feel bad

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Men who feel threatened by Taylor Swift, Beyoncé and Barbie deserve to feel bad
If men are upset by "the unabashed celebration of all things female," that's their problem to solve — not women's

By AMANDA MARCOTTE
Senior Writer
PUBLISHED JANUARY 3, 2024 6:00AM (EST)


(Salon) Let's get one thing out of the way first. There is one reason that women like Beyoncé and Taylor Swift dominated pop culture in 2023: They are excellent at what they do. There was no feminist conspiracy to put women at the top of the charts. Nor was some mysterious matriarchy forcing movie-goers to pack theaters for showings of "Barbie." Women just happened to make the best pop culture of the year so they were rewarded for it with money, as per the traditions of our capitalist system. It turns out that if you take away sexist constraints on their creativity, a lot of women are very good at producing art that the masses enjoy. There's nothing sinister going on, beyond artists creating and audiences loving them for it.

Last year, women made music and movies, and even more women opened their wallets to show appreciation. To some, 2023 was a sure sign that we must be facing the male apocalypse. And the "What about men" whining isn't just coming from the usual right-wing grifters, like Ben Shapiro or Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Tex., who peddle "war on men" lies for profit and political power. Christine Emba of the Washington Post ended out 2023 with an op-ed framing the success of female-centric pop culture in 2023 as a "danger" to the men of America.

"[T]here are consequences to ignoring the other sex," Emba warns, lamenting how many women "rejoiced in caring much less about male desires." If women are going to be so independent, she asks, "where, then, do those men end up?"

....(snip)....

The answer should be obvious: Men should take care of themselves. Men should not need women to be submissive in order to feel good. Adult men should survive without requiring women to forsake our own goals and desires in order to serve them. This may come as a shock to hear, but men can and often do learn how to clean up after themselves. ...........................(more)

https://www.salon.com/2024/01/03/men-feel-threatened-by-taylor-swift-beyonc-and-barbie-deserve-to-feel/

[Diamond_Dog]

1. K and R!

[FalloutShelter]

2. K and R

Read it all, if you have the time. I just forwarded it to my teen Swifty granddaughters. thanks for posting.

[niyad]

3. KNR

[onecaliberal]

4. K&R

[Ferrets are Cool]

5. Men should not need women to be submissive in order to feel good

[mountain grammy]

6. Kick kick kick

And highly recommend! Thanks for posting.

[et tu]

7. ditto nt

[IronLionZion]

8. Yep and no conspiracy keeping people from watching the Qanon movie

it was just a very bad movie.

[Dem2theMax]

9. ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤

K&R

[AllaN01Bear]

10. if u r woman, people of color. disabled . gay . on the forefront of change and highly visible and one iota different ,

they come after you,(the rs) . my late mom

[iluvtennis]

11. KnR. Will forward to my Gen Z daughters. n/t

[AllaN01Bear]

12. barbie, barbie , ya got to be kidding me . gah. she aint real.

[DFW]

13. Who could possibly feel threatened by those three??

And anyway, I have been following several brilliant women musicians since the 1970s (Joni Mitchell, Bonnie Raitt, e.g.). I find the concept neither threatening nor new.

I was recently talking to a gay member of Congress who represents a purple district in the Midwest, and she told me she wins over some of the more conservative farmers in her district by saying she knows it's not always easy being married to a woman. She knew it because she was married to one, herself. That line always broke the ice, she said, and may just have been what it took to keep re-electing a lesbian Democrat in a district with so many people who would otherwise be disinclined to vote for one.

[Botany]

14. Some men are threatened by strong and successful women

Linda Rondstat dealt with this years ago. Barbie and T Swift will also bring in lots of voters
both male and female and that scares the right. Btw T Swift, Beyonce, and Ms. Robbie don’t
need other’s approval but @ the same time they are very good to their fans and charities too,