Taylor Swift is a big sister I would love to have — and to hate

“Miss Americana” and everything irritating about it

Just a few days after “Miss Americana” aired, all the American sources I’m reading were filled with critique, praise, and even wittier critique all over it. I’m new to the fandom but I know it’s a long story between her and the press — they dismantle everything she does with dedication, from outfits to her way to support LGBT people’s rights.

And I totally get it — Taylor Swift is irritating. And there is so much to unpack in this irritation.

There is an easy way to explain it: she’s a woman, she’s blonde and feminine, but successful in her own right and the patriarchy just can’t take it — which is exactly the route which the documentary is taking.

But there is so much more in that uncanny valley between sincerity and calculation, openness and marketing.

The documentary, which is seemingly dedicated to Swift admitting to her shortcomings, letting go of her habit of people-pleasing and establishing her own will over the men in her vicinity doesn’t show a single frame in which she would make somebody…