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This Tweet About Taylor Swift Basically Became a Lesson About Women in History


We’ve barely entered into the world of Reputation-era Taylor Swift, and the pop star is trying to make one thing clear—she’s not the same T.Swift who expertly crafted a good girl image. No, she’s an edgier Swift who’s embraced her “snake” persona, ditched crop tops for oversized sweatshirts, and abandoned songs about unrequited young love in favor of ones about mature relationships (and going out drinking, if you take a true deep dive into her latest album’s lyrics).

Her fans—and plenty of critics—are loving this latest iteration of Swift and what better forum is there to express this love than social media? For more proof, look no further than one Swiftie on Twitter, known by the alias Nutella, who posted a screenshot from her “Look What You Made Me Do” video late last month and captioned it: “Name a bitch badder than Taylor Swift.”

But not everyone was ready to bow down to Queen Taylor. Heeding the call, plenty of fellow tweeters rose to the challenge to share stories of majorly accomplished women.

Women like Harriet Tubman…

…And Malala Yousafzai…

…And Ieshia Evans, who calmly stared down two police offers in riot gear during a 2016 Black Lives Matter protest.

Now, the history lesson didn’t stop there—plenty more iconic women made the cut.

While others chose to share the stories of the women nearest and dearest to them—their moms, their sisters, and their grandmothers.

Of course, there’s no denying Swift is an accomplished woman in her own right. But using Twitter to share the stories of other historical ‘bad bitches’? We’re ready for it.





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Gabby Douglas Apologizes to Aly Raisman After Writing a Victim-Shaming Tweet About Her


On Friday, former Olympic gymnast Gabby Douglas took to Twitter to share her thoughts on Aly Raisman’s revelation that she was sexually assaulted by their team doctor, Larry Nassar.

Earlier in the day, Raisman shared a message to Twitter about victim shaming in which she wrote in part, “Just because a woman does a sexy photoshoot or wears a sexy outfit does not give a man the right to shame her or not believe her when she comes forward with sexual abuse.” The gold medalist added, “I encourage you all to wear what you feel good in. I will not put up with any woman or girl being shamed for wanting to wear a skirt, dress, etc. I do not tolerate it. Are we clear. Oh, and one more thing. STOP VICTIM SHAMING. It is because of you that so many survivors live in fear.”

See her full message, below:

But in a response tweet, which has since deleted, Douglas quoted Raisman’s post and added, “… It is our responsibility as women to dress modestly and be classy. Dressing in a proactive / sexual way entices the wrong crowd.”

Almost immediately, fellow USA Gymnastics teammate Simone Biles jumped to Raisman’s defense on Twitter. “Shocks me that I’m seeing this but it doesn’t surprise me… honestly seeing this brings me to tears bc as your teammate I expected more from you & to support her,” Biles wrote in response to Douglas’ tweet. “I support you Aly & all the other women out there! STAY STRONG.”

Soon after, Douglas tweeted an apology. “I didn’t correctly word my reply and I am deeply sorry for coming off like I don’t stand alongside my teammates,” she wrote. “Regardless of what you wear, abuse under any circumstance is never acceptable. I am WITH you.”

Raisman is just the latest person to accuse Nassar of assault. In fact, at least 140 women are currently suing Nassar for sexual abuse. Nassar additionally plead guilty to child pornography charges earlier this year and is currently in jail. He will be sentenced in December.





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Ivana Trump Is the One Person Encouraging Donald Trump to Tweet


PHOTO: CBS Sunday Morning

Once upon a time, namely from 2008-2016, there was a president who tweeted presidentially. His name was Barack Obama, and while we will not get swept into any sort of comparative nostalgia here, his sanity (or that of his aides) using the social media platform kind of formed a baseline for Presidential Tweeting 101. Until January 20, 2017, when Donald Trump took office and threw the textbook out the window. The stories of his tweet debacles are honestly too numerous to go into here, though recent egregious sh-tstorms of late have involved terrifying provocations aimed at North Korea and hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico. There’s been repeated attempts by his team to stage Twitter interventions.

So why does he tweet the way he does? We might never know exactly why, but an enabler has revealed herself, and it’s none other than Ivana Trump, his ex-wife and mother to Donald Jr., Eric, and Ivanka Trump. In an interview with CBS on Sunday morning, she said that she still speaks regularly with Donald—about once a week, in fact. According to the transcript CBS Sunday Morning provided, he also asks her for advice, particularly when it comes to tweeting.

Ivana says Donald repeatedly asks her, “Should I tweet? Should I not tweet?”

She continues: “I said, ‘I think you should tweet. It’s a new way, a new technology. And if you want to get your words across rightly, without telling the New York Times, which is going to twist every single word of yours, this is how you get your message out.”

The interviewer, Jim Axelrod, gently chimes in to mention that “so many people…have said, ‘Mr. President, stop tweeting.'”

“Well, it’s a tweeting president,” Ivana responded. “This is his new way, how to put the message across. And he’s right.”

“And you love it,” said Axelrod.

“Yeah,” responded Ivana.

And there you have it, folks. Watch the interview below:

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This Tweet Has Everyone Thinking Peter Kraus Isn't the Next 'Bachelor'


A huge portion of Bachelor Nation was annoyed after Rachel Lindsay gave her final rose to Bryan Abasolo. But the silver lining to this was Peter Kraus—sweet, amazing, perfect Peter—became an option for the next Bachelor. And fans really wanted this to happen! With his gapped teeth and his wine nights and his realistic love timeline, Kraus is the Bachelor America desperately needs but doesn’t deserve. I’m not kidding when I say #MakePeterTheBachelor became a battle cry just seconds after The Bachelorette ended.

But it looks like this isn’t happening. Mike Fleiss, the creator of The Bachelor (and, ironically, the producer of two Texas Chainsaw Massacre remakes), tweeted a vague-but-pointed message Thursday (August 17) that seems to suggest Kraus isn’t our next suitor. “Do we really want a Bachelor who isn’t ready to settle down with a woman he loves? Hmmm. Not what #thebachelor is all about,” Fleiss wrote. See it for yourself, below:

Granted, this tweet doesn’t call out Kraus by name or confirm anything directly, but read between the lines. Kraus’ entire storyline this season was that he loved Rachel and was ready for a serious relationship—but he didn’t want to propose. Kraus needed more time, but Lindsay wanted a ring. This ultimately drove the couple apart.

The Bachelor and The Bachelorette are shows that sell a very particular type of fairytale—and that fairytale, typically, ends with an engagement. If Kraus isn’t willing to go there—or at least fake it, let’s be honest—then it probably knocks him out of the running. In this tweet, “settle down” is most likely code for “proposing”—something we know Kraus isn’t keen on doing after just a few weeks. Ergo, The Bachelor (probably) isn’t in his immediate future. Noooo!

People magazine confirmed this even more in its story about Fleiss’ tweet. The magazine spoke to a source who says, yes, Fleiss’ message is “absolutely” aimed at Kraus.

“Peter is every Bachelor producer’s worst nightmare: the perfect guy who cannot be coerced into proposing at the end,” the source told People. “The fact that no one could talk Peter into buckling under and just giving her the ring—and that he wouldn’t play along—absolutely enraged the higher-ups at the show. Including Fleiss, definitely. He is totally on their s— list forever, and there is no way they will reward him with a shot at The Bachelor. No way.”

It should be a crime to use “Peter” and “nightmare” in the same sentence, to be honest.

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Barack Obama's Response to Charlottesville Is the Second Most-Liked Tweet of All Time


On Saturday former President Barack Obama shared a poignant, heartfelt message on Twitter in response to the violence that was erupting in Charlottesville, Virginia. In a series of posts quoting late South African President Nelson Mandela, Obama began by tweeting, “No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion…” Accompanying the post: A photo of the former president smiling at children of different ethnicities.

In subsequent tweets, Obama completed the quote, saying, “People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love … For love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.”

As of Tuesday, his initial post had garnered over 2.5 million likes and over 1 million retweets, making it the second most popular tweet of all time. (For reference: The most popular tweet of all time is this post from Ariana Grande, written in response to the Manchester arena bombing.)

Obama’s successor Donald Trump, on the other, faced massive public backlash for his initial response to the events in Charlottesville—ones in which he said “We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry, and violence, on many sides. On many sides.” In previously unscheduled remarks delivered on Monday, Trump declared that racism is “evil” and denounced the KKK, neo-Nazis, and white supremacists.



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