Taylor Swift vs. Kanye West. Who won?

Another feud that no one seems to talk about is Eminem vs. Christina Aguilera. He was absolutely brutal toward her. Really, I can't believe I ever liked his music. He was such an absolute douche, and got way too many bonus points for going on and on about his love for his daughter (something all narcs do).

Kanye should be locked up so he can't hurt more people.

to someone who has no interest in either, joe gives off the vibe of a somone using up his more successful partner's money.

i don't care for kanye especially in regards to the things he's sad in the media.

Kanye also seems to be a token for Repug-nicans which is sad. He’s participating in his own oppression.

I hear you but Kanye’s situation is complicated. His rants are a pathology of the severe mental illness he suffers from. This is not to say he is not a misogynist or abuser but that’s to say it’s much more nuanced than this comparison calls for. A dearly beloved person in my life suffers from this illness and I saw first hand how they become someone antithetical to their previous self. Even his music has been terribly affected by this. I don’t understand how the world cannot clearly see his ramblings are part of a long untreated spell of psychosis. He’s either heralded as a genius or vilified as a monster. Neither are true. As for Taylor she was never in competition with him and always in a league of her own. She’s stable, wealthy, beautiful, talented and seemingly female centered/leaning.

I remember seeing a clip of Dr. Phil actually saying how Kanye was a jerk, that he wouldn't have taken that award from anyone but a 15 (was it 15? 17?) year old girl. I really appreciated him pointing that out it's so true. What's most important is how someone behaves and Kanye bullied a young girl for no reason is unacceptable. It bothers me that Kanye will talk about his new beliefs but he doesn’t take accountability and sincerely apologize for his massive track record of misogyny and general meanness. There is no excuse.

I personally felt that Beyonces video was way better than Taylor’s. Single ladies had some super impressive choreography and dancing that blew my mind! “You belong with me” is an immature pick me high school anthem about a “geeky” (beautiful woman presented as geek by putting glasses in her), crushing on a popular high school boy. Her singing was beautiful, but I just do not see how it compares to Beyonces work of art. But alas, art is subjective. Taylor’s music just never spoke to me.

Nevertheless, Kanye is a grade A jerk. there was no point in embarrassing Taylor. His treatment of Kim was awful. His endorsement of radical right wing politics really bad. Him trying to validate Candace Owens is so problematic on so many levels.

Reading this post in 2023 after Taylor just became the first female artist to top 100M monthly listeners this August has me so smug