I need to get this off my chest because Taylor Swift's latest video "the man" just really pisses me off.

First off, Taylor Swift is the daughter of Scott Kingsley Swift, a high ranking financial advisor for Merrill Lynch. Her dad purchased a 3% stake in Big Machine Records, and Taylor become one of their first signings. In other words, she got a huge shortcut because of the privilege that she rails against.

"I'm so sick of running
As fast as I can
Wondering if I'd get there quicker
If I was a man"

Well maybe you should be wondering if you'd get there at all if there wasn't a man throwing money at your career from the start!

Secondly, Taylor swift talks about how she'd be labeled "bad" for bragging about money, but she literally bathes in diamonds in her "look what you made me do" video. That tub was filled with real jewels valued at over $10 M. The man she's portraying in the video doesn't even do anything that extravagant.

Thirdly, and the part I take personally, wth is with the dad bashing? She portrays a man in the park with his daughter being celebrated for being a good dad, the message being that dads get too much credit when they put in minimum effort. I have so many problems with this, the main one being that Taylor has no idea what it's like being a dad. When you go to the park people don't celebrate you, they look at you and wonder if you are a perv and if that girl with you is actually your daughter. I am a new father so I have some experience with how fathers are regarded. We were gifted a lot of baby books at the baby shower, half of them have a mother and no father. We have an alphabet toy that says "M is for Mommy!". Guess what 'D' is for?? DRUM! Goddam DRUM! My own daughters toys and books refuse to acknowledge that dads even exist! and taylor acts like men get too much credit, give me a fuckin break.

And that's not even mentioning how when i am parenting people act like i'm some extra unnecessary part of the equation "babysitting". God this video is so out of touch.

Then there's also the depiction of the gold digger at the end, like that's some kind of great insight into male toxicity. What is she even trying to say here? Men deserve criticism for valuing youth and looks? I mean to an extent sure, but what about the gold digger? Doesn't she deserve some criticism as well??

Taylor has no idea what it's like to be a man, no idea what it's like to be a father, and no idea what it's like to not have privilege. She's been privileged her whole life and she's the last person who should be the face of wokeness.

Rant over.