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Jun 17th 2013, 22:24

Taylor Swift has always been about girl power, but now she's officially a feminist. Kind of. In less than a week, @FeministTSwift  -- a Twitter account that spins Taylor's lyrics into bold and entertaining statements about gender roles, sexism, and female empowerment -- has amassed over 75,000 followers!

"She wears short skirts / I wear T-shirts / Neither of us is asking for it," was the first @FeministTSwift Tweet, morphing Taylor's famous "You Belong With Me" lyrics into an observation about clothing and sexuality. FeministTSwift is the brainchild of Brown University rising senior Claire Beyer, who's a big fan of Swift's music, but thinks her messaging could be even more female-empowering. Here's what both ladies have to say about sexism:

+ Taylor Swift On Sexist Critics

Swifty got all feminist on Tina Fey and Amy Poehler after they poked fun at her relationship history at this year's Golden Globes. "There's a special place in hell for women who don't help other women," she told Vanity Fair, quoting a line Katie Couric once shared with her. Although some feminists find Taylor Swift's music demeaning, she believes that women should be able to express their innermost thoughts without being labeled weak.  "For a female to write about her feelings, and then be portrayed as some clingy, insane, desperate girlfriend in need of making you marry her and have kids with her, I think that's taking something that potentially should be celebrated -- a woman writing about her feelings in a confessional way -- that's taking it and turning it and twisting it into something that is frankly a little sexist," she told the mag.

+ Feminist Taylor Swift On Sexist Lyrics

Although FeministTSwift creator Claire Beyer loves Taylor Swift, she thinks the country star puts a little too much emphasis on needing male relationships to feel happy. "A lot of the songs are either 'I used to have a boy and I was happy, and now I don't and now I'm sad' or 'if I had this boy, I would be happy,'" Claire told the Washington Post. "I consider myself a feminist, and I blog about that kind of thing all the time, but I also LOVE Taylor Swift," she told BuzzFeed. "Being a feminist Taylor Swift fan isn't always easy, but it led to @FeministTSwift, so I'm not really complaining."

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