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Taylor Swift branded a 'Nazi Barbie' by feminist author

Taylor Swift has been called an "obnoxious Naxi Barbie" by leading feminist author Camille Paglia.

In a column for the Hollywood Reporter, the commentator attacked the singer for having a "silly" girl squad.

Swift has often allied herself to a string of famous female friends, such as Cara Delevingne and Gigi Hadid.

Paglia said: "In our wide-open modern era of independent careers, girl squads can help women advance if they avoid presenting a silly, regressive public image - as in the tittering, tongues-out mugging of Swift's bear-hugging posse."

She added: "Swift herself should retire that obnoxious Nazi Barbie routine of wheeling out friends and celebrities as performance props, an exhibitionistic overkill that Lara Marie Schoenhals brilliantly parodied in her scathing viral video 'Please Welcome to the Stage'."

"Girl squads ought to be about mentoring, exchanging advice and experience and launching exciting and innovative joint projects.

"Women need to study the immensely productive dynamic of male bonding in history. With their results-oriented teamwork, men largely have escaped the sexual jealousy, emotionalism and spiteful turf wars that sometimes dog women."

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Watch Swift's girl squad come together in her 'Bad Blood' video below:

 

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