I think she's a feminist in the sense that she has a strong business acumen and therefore is a good role model for women. But I'm surprised to see her being hailed for defending democracy, I guess.Taylor is deserving by the metrics of economic impact, influence, notoriety, etc., but to aver that she has a positive influence on feminism, democracy, or other social and global issues is an extremely superficial take, IMO. Swift’s “activism” is disturbingly performative. She has had many problematic moments outside of her decade long love affair with controlled PR. She’s not far off from being a paragon of late stage capitalism.