shake it off.

words.

for your consideration...

"More than anything, the “Shake It Off” video is on-brand for Taylor Swift. That brand isn’t about controversy; it’s about Swift reinforcing her status as the queen of oblivious yet self-conscious white girls. She’s the ideal version of the kind of suburban basic bitch who might ask a woman of color, “Girl, can you teach me to twerk even though I have a white-girl ass (and am, like, waaaay intimidated by it)?”

... If Lana Del Rey is the Tumblr of pop stars and Beyoncé is the well-curated Instagram feed, then Taylor Swift is the Facebook friend you know really well due to her TMI statuses, though you’re not quite sure how exactly you met her IRL.

...She’s gunning hard to be your dorky BFF while still performing perfection in many ways. She seems to know that, for her, the irritatingly successful and stunning part only works if she remains relatable above all. And being confused by racial nuance and vaguely inappropriate about where one’s own identity fits into it all is, frustratingly, relatable to some young white women."

FLAVORWIRE: Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off” and the Cult of Awkward White Girls