Katy Perry has joined in the debate on race, feminism and the music industry after Nicki Minaj kicked off a huge conversation following the MTV VMA nominations.
Nicki openly criticised the way black culture was regularly appropriated but rarely acknowledged or rewarded in a series of tweets earlier this week.
And when Taylor Swift waded in, incorrectly assuming Nicki’s tweets were about her, she was quickly shot down for completely missing the point.
@NICKIMINAJ I've done nothing but love & support you. It's unlike you to pit women against each other. Maybe one of the men took your slot..
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) July 21, 2015
Katy’s tweet doesn’t mention anyone by name, but directly dismisses Taylor’s argument about ‘pitting women against other women’ and points out how hypocritical it is for Swift use that defense.
Finding it ironic to parade the pit women against other women argument about as one unmeasurably capitalizes on the take down of a woman...
— KATY PERRY (@katyperry) July 22, 2015
“Finding it ironic to parade the pit women against other women argument about as one unmeasurably capitalizes on the take down of a woman,” she said. MTV VMAs: Most controversial moments
Taylor Swift's song "Bad Blood", which got seven nominations at the VMAs, is rumoured to be about Katy Perry.
Taylor spoke about the song in a 2014 cover story for Rolling Stone, saying the artist in question was someone who acted nice to her but ended up betraying her by hiring the dancers from her arena tour.
"I was like, 'Oh, we're just straight-up enemies.'," she said.
"I'm surprisingly non-confrontational – you would not believe how much I hate conflict. So now I have to avoid her. It's awkward, and I don't like it."
The video, which starred Gigi Hadid, Ellie Goulding, Cindy Crawford and Cara Delevingne among others, was also criticised for directly pitting women against women, as Taylor’s character arranges a squad of to take down a former accomplice (played by Selena Gomez).
