“As I click around the internet, looking at women presenting music — nice hair, lots of make-up, sexy clothes — I listen to their music. They want to be liked. They want fame and status and money. They dress and behave in a way that attracts people to them — to be liked and to sell music. Oh god, that awful Taylor Swift. Imitating music, pretending to be a rock star. Reprehensible crap. The whole package is a commodity. This is what people like — the masses. They want to be her. They would rather be her — or fuck her — than live in their own bodies taking on the challenge of inventing ways to feel happy with themselves and those around them. Popular culture offers escape in the form of Taylor Swift.”

Jean Smith, Mecca Normal