Stop hating on female musicians

Stop hating on female musicians

Editor’s Note: This is a part of a Women’s History Month collaboration with HerCampus UMich. Their piece can be found here. In 2015, every time I heard the far-too-recognizable opening notes to “Shake it Off,” “Style,” “Blank Space” or any of the other decade-defining hit titles from Taylor Swift’s 1989, I would instinctively jeer. With her sparkly outfits, youthful femininity, flowery lyrics and poppy production, Taylor Swift was the antithesis…