The Internet Thinks Literally Everyone Is A “Badder Bitch” Than Taylor Swift
The list includes pirate-queens, spies and tank-driving Nazi killers
Needlessly controversial pop-star Taylor Swift has a new ~bad-girl~ persona that she debuted alongside the release of her new album Reputation. It’s about as convincingly badass as a suburban mall-goth, but hey, the important thing is that she’s having fun.
Regardless of the effectiveness of this new look, there are still millions of fans that will support the megastar in just about any endeavour, including those who think that actually, she is pulling off Dark Taylor. One of these fans is Twitter user @xnulz, who in November posted a fairly innocuous tweet, asking what one assumes is a hypothetical question.
Name a bitch badder than Taylor Swift ??? pic.twitter.com/AkSyQBUIME
— Nutella (@xnulz) November 10, 2017
The internet, of course, did not take it hypothetically, and decided to nominate a few women they considered to be “badder” than Taylor Swift. And hoo-boy, when I say a few, I mean literally hundreds. Check out that comment to like ratio!
History seems to be the home of many badder bitches, including pirate queens, tank-driving Nazi killers, spies and emancipators. But you know, Taylor has been very outspoken about her feud with Katy Perry.
Jeanne de Clisson, murderous French aristocrat-turned-pirate who named her ship My Revenge after the French king executed her husband. She spent the next decade killing all the French crews she encountered, sparing only 1 sailor to relay her message of vengeance ☠️⚓️⚔️ https://t.co/7JGPo3qNjj
— Greg Jenner (@greg_jenner) December 1, 2017
Mariya Vasilyevna Oktyabrskaya: her husband was killed by the Nazis in 1941 during Operation Barbarossa. She went to the Soviet gov’t and demanded to get a tank to kill Nazis. The gov’t relented and she killed Nazis with her tank. pic.twitter.com/9Iinz8ndxx
— (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻ (@shonan_naminori) December 2, 2017
Nancy Wake, A spy from WW2 who was wanted by the Gestapo. Once when parachuted into France she landed in a tree. When the resistance greeted her remarking, “I hope that all the trees in France bear such beautiful fruit this year.” she replied, “Don’t give me that French shit.” https://t.co/VMvZGYkNJa
— Steven Herod (@sherod) December 2, 2017
Harriet Tubman barely 5ft tall freed 1000 slaves also a spy for united states army took out several confederates burned their lands homes via stealth raids with black mariners soon to grace the $20 bill
— Yaktown (@lelee86) December 2, 2017
Boudicca was a queen of the British Celtic Iceni tribe who led an uprising against the occupying forces of the Roman Empire in AD 60 or 61, and died shortly after its failure. She is sometimes considered a British folk hero
— Francesca Dobbyn (@Francesca__ah_) December 2, 2017
There are also some more personal examples that people could think of, women who may have overcome slightly higher stakes than the pop-country idol.
My great aunt Wanda, with a 1 year old at home, Jewish, smuggled herself back INTO Nazi Germany in the boot of a car to rescue her mother. They left on last train out, stopped by border guard who took their wedding rings as payment. Both lived long happy lives in Surrey.
— Meryl O’Rourke© (@MerylORourke) December 2, 2017
My wife. She went into labor while performing a gall bladder removal on a patient. Between contractions she finished the case.
— Rob F?? (@ospunx) December 2, 2017
Me. I’m a solo parent to teenage boys, instructor at community college. Car-free. There are zillions like me, DOING THE WORK every day.
— carrie kyser (@CarrieKyser) December 2, 2017