Taylor Swift cries "mean girls" over Amy Poehler and Tiny Fey

In an attempt to clear up any confusion, Popdust posted the actual quote from Taylor Swift's Vanity Fair interview -- you know, the one that's quickly turned into the meme du jour calling for "mean girls" Tiny Fey and Amy Poehler to burn in hell? Well, it's a bit more complicated than that:

You know, Katie Couric is one of my favorite people,’ Taylor Swift tells Vanity Fair contributing editor Nancy Jo Sales on the subject of mean girls in general and in response to an incident at this year’s Golden Globes, where Amy Poehler and Tina Fey mocked her highly scrutinized love life. ‘Because she said to me she had heard a quote that she loved, that said, ‘There’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women.

Granted, this is coming from a woman who just months ago demonstrated that she doesn't have even a hazy notion of what feminism is, and I can't think of a single example where she had another woman's back. I'm not exactly looking to her for advice on how women should treat each other.

I don't understand it. Maybe someone can explain why Taylor Swift gets a pass among feminist bloggers and otherwise socially astute women who have no problem pointing out other women's internalized misogyny? From mainstream media? Yeah, that's pretty much a given: she's young, blonde, attractive, and Christian. Sure, she creates music that makes a lot of people "feel good,"  but why are a lot of feminist bloggers hesitant to criticize her? After the whole Rick Moody debacle, I'm afraid to myself.

I like this post from Sady Doyle, comparing Swift to your friend's terrible signifiant other, where everyone except your friend knows this person is terrible, but no one wants to say it. I realize I'm only adding to the problem, and most likely an enormous hypocrite, but this non-story is getting a lot of traction, and it's particularly sad when it was just over a week ago when the Onion sent out its failed satirical tweet calling Quvenzhané Wallis the c-word, which was all but overlooked in the feminist blog world.