Congress has cut federal funding for public media — a $3.4 million loss for LAist. We count on readers like you to protect our nonprofit newsroom. Become a monthly member and sustain local journalism.
This is an archival story that predates current editorial management.
This archival content was written, edited, and published prior to LAist's acquisition by its current owner, Southern California Public Radio ("SCPR"). Content, such as language choice and subject matter, in archival articles therefore may not align with SCPR's current editorial standards. To learn more about those standards and why we make this distinction, please click here.
Video: Hilarious Parody Shows Taylor Swift Bringing Imaginary BFFs On Stage
Taylor Swift on her '1989' tour (Photo by Carrie Davenport/Getty Images for TAS)
()
In less than a week, Taylor Swift will reign over Los Angeles as she'll be performing for five days at the Staples Center, bringing Lord knows who on stage with her. Really, we have no idea what other members from her army of A-list besties she will surprise guests with on her 1989 tour because she has so many—but one woman has some ideas.
Writer Lara Marie Schoenhals posted a hilarious video on YouTube, entitled, "Please Welcome to the Stage...," shortly after TayTay brought out her latest string of celebrity guests to a Santa Clara show on Saturday: Julia Roberts and legendary singer-songwriter Joan Baez. We didn't even know T-Swizzle was tight with Baez, who showed up on stage wearing mom jeans. Tayter Tot's tour almost seems like a "Gotta Catch 'Em All" collection of Pokemon, but in this case, the Pokemon being all the BFFs in Swift's #GirlSquad. Just a sampling of her guests on this 1989 tour include the U.S. Women's Soccer Team, Heidi Klum, Lena Dunham, Haim, Ciara, Lorde, Ellie Goulding, Serena Williams, Karlie Kloss and Cara Delevigne.
In Schoenhals' over three-minute-long parody video, she pretends she's Swift, while constantly smiling and twirling, announcing the next increasingly impressive surprise cameos of her Los Angeles show. They include the hologram of Maya Angelou, Gigi Hadid and the Blair Witch, and the first woman ever—Eve!, among many others. It's just a glimpse into just how far Swift will go to try to get every woman on stage with her in her seemingly ultimate pursuit of women empowerment.
Support for LAist comes from
However, Gawker reporter, Dayna Evans wrote a lengthy piece in July questioning Swift's role in the feminist movement:
If female empowerment was really so important to Swift as a pop star, she’d bring to the stage her astrophysicist friends, she’d have an all-female backing band like Charli XCX, she’d give speeches about intersectionality instead of “how to not feel damaged,” or maybe—if none of that sounds up her alley or workable for her current scheme to success—she’d just relax a little. There are already enough pressures for our gender to deal with—the exaggerated kingdom-building is only going to create and aggravate more anxiety.
Fusion Senior Editor Aleksander Chan tweeted out Schoenhal's video and perfectly summed it up:
[h/t: PopCrush]
As Editor-in-Chief of our newsroom, I’m extremely proud of the work our top-notch journalists are doing here at LAist. We’re doing more hard-hitting watchdog journalism than ever before — powerful reporting on the economy, elections, climate and the homelessness crisis that is making a difference in your lives. At the same time, it’s never been more difficult to maintain a paywall-free, independent news source that informs, inspires, and engages everyone.
Simply put, we cannot do this essential work without your help. Federal funding for public media has been clawed back by Congress and that means LAist has lost $3.4 million in federal funding over the next two years. So we’re asking for your help. LAist has been there for you and we’re asking you to be here for us.
We rely on donations from readers like you to stay independent, which keeps our nonprofit newsroom strong and accountable to you.
No matter where you stand on the political spectrum, press freedom is at the core of keeping our nation free and fair. And as the landscape of free press changes, LAist will remain a voice you know and trust, but the amount of reader support we receive will help determine how strong of a newsroom we are going forward to cover the important news from our community.
Please take action today to support your trusted source for local news with a donation that makes sense for your budget.
Thank you for your generous support and believing in independent news.
Chip in now to fund your local journalism
(
LAist
)
Trending on LAist
-
With less to prove than LA, the city is becoming a center of impressive culinary creativity. -
Nearly 470 sections of guardrailing were stolen in the last fiscal year in L.A. and Ventura counties.
-
With California voters facing a decision on redistricting this November, Surf City is poised to join the brewing battle over Congressional voting districts.
-
The drug dealer, the last of five defendants to plead guilty to federal charges linked to the 'Friends' actor’s death, will face a maximum sentence of 65 years in prison.
-
The weather’s been a little different lately, with humidity, isolated rain and wind gusts throughout much of Southern California. What’s causing the late-summer bout of gray?
-
Hexavalent chromium is the same carcinogen Erin Brockovich warned about in the 1990s, but researchers say more study is needed on the potential health effects of nanoparticles detected earlier this year. Experts will answer questions at a webinar this evening.
Best of LAist