'...you can tell that being queer has been glossed out as this super-fancy accessory. You can tell that the queer aesthetic is being used to sell things. The mainstream needs that life because it's so vibrant.'
Swift's pro-gay anthem for equating the online criticism lobbied at her with the discrimination faced by the queer community.The month that Swift released her song, in June during World Pride, there were more critiques about corporations' ongoing commodification of the queer community to sell products rather than supporting the grassroots activism that made Pride possible.
Chris also said in the interview that she's been criticized for using queer aesthetics for marketing purposes."When I changed my name from Christine to Chris on the second album, some people said, 'That's a cool marketing thing you did.' It was so painful," Chris says."I've been singing 'iT' [an early song, which she's said is about"wanting to have a dick in order to have an easy life"] for the past five years.
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