--- description: "This misleading headline and your choice of words in labeling me are why we need feminism in 2015," she tweeted title: Taylor Swift on Tabloid Coverage: This is 'Why We Need Feminism' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfd993fb5c5697ccf/6988557de53aba11b94de469/taylor-swift1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Taylor Swift on Tabloid Coverage: This is 'Why We Need Feminism'  by [Daniel D'Addario](/author/daniel-daddario/)  ## Daniel D'Addario Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 20, 2015 6:49 PM CUT  In this Feb. 15, 2015 file photo, singer Taylor Swift attends the SNL 40th Anniversary Special at Rockefeller Plaza, in New York. In this Feb. 15, 2015 file photo, singer Taylor Swift attends the SNL 40th Anniversary Special at Rockefeller Plaza, in New York.Evan Agostini—Invision/AP  by [Daniel D'Addario](/author/daniel-daddario/)  ## Daniel D'Addario Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 20, 2015 6:49 PM CUT Taylor Swift is taking matters of press coverage into her own hands. _OK!_ magazine, a British celebrity tabloid, used Twitter to repeatedly promote a story about Swift making a “pregnancy announcement.” > [](https://twitter.com/OK%5FMagazine/status/612186903329263616) That “announcement” was one of Swift’s fans posing with her to share their own good news. Swift found the phrasing so misleading that she tweeted a firm rebuttal: > [](https://twitter.com/taylorswift13/status/612250482241863680) _OK!_ editors did not reply immediately to requests for comment. This is one of the most striking instances yet of Swift, who’s previously criticized the media’s interest in her dating life, standing up for herself in the public eye. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3929395/taylor-swift-tabloid-feminism/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3929395/taylor-swift-tabloid-feminism/"},"headline":"Taylor Swift on Tabloid Coverage: This is 'Why We Need Feminism'","datePublished":"2015-06-20T18:49:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T08:23:20.952Z","description":"\"This misleading headline and your choice of words in labeling me are why we need feminism in 2015\"","url":"https://time.com/3929395/taylor-swift-tabloid-feminism/","keywords":["celebrities","Taylor Swift"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfd993fb5c5697ccf/6988557de53aba11b94de469/taylor-swift1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel D'Addario","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-daddario/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfd993fb5c5697ccf/6988557de53aba11b94de469/taylor-swift1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Taylor Swift","caption":"Taylor Swift","creditText":"Evan Agostini—Invision/AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3929395/taylor-swift-tabloid-feminism/","name":"Taylor Swift on Tabloid Coverage: This is 'Why We Need Feminism'"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"5 Ways You Know You're Watching a Spielberg Movie","description":"Like any director who has worked as long as he has — 26 films over almost 40 years — Steven Spielberg has both stylistic and thematic tics that pop up again and again in his work. 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