# Olivia Rodrigo's Women's Rights Festival Sparks Criticism of Taylor Swift - Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2069762811916398629 - Source account: [@sosogutsy](https://x.com/sosogutsy) - Source language: English - Duration: 2:32 - Published: 2026-06-24 - Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/UfOdtv7F1V8u/en/olivia-rodrigo-s-women-s-rights-festival-sparks-criticism-of-taylor-swift ## Transcript [0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/UfOdtv7F1V8u/en/olivia-rodrigo-s-women-s-rights-festival-sparks-criticism-of-taylor-swift) A while back, I got absolutely dogpiled on TikTok for saying that Taylor Swift could do more for [0:05](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/UfOdtv7F1V8u/en/olivia-rodrigo-s-women-s-rights-festival-sparks-criticism-of-taylor-swift?t=5) female artists, that that was some outrageous, unfathomable request. And yet here comes Olivia [0:10](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/UfOdtv7F1V8u/en/olivia-rodrigo-s-women-s-rights-festival-sparks-criticism-of-taylor-swift?t=10) Rodrigo, someone 13 years younger than Taylor Swift, doing exactly that. Olivia just announced [0:17](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/UfOdtv7F1V8u/en/olivia-rodrigo-s-women-s-rights-festival-sparks-criticism-of-taylor-swift?t=17) a festival with an all-women lineup with 100% of the proceeds going towards charities that are [0:22](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/UfOdtv7F1V8u/en/olivia-rodrigo-s-women-s-rights-festival-sparks-criticism-of-taylor-swift?t=22) advancing women's and girls' rights. 100%. So let's stop acting like Taylor Swift doing more [0:29](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/UfOdtv7F1V8u/en/olivia-rodrigo-s-women-s-rights-festival-sparks-criticism-of-taylor-swift?t=29) was impossible, that it was some unreachable ask. It's possible. It's been possible. Taylor [0:35](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/UfOdtv7F1V8u/en/olivia-rodrigo-s-women-s-rights-festival-sparks-criticism-of-taylor-swift?t=35) is choosing time and time again to do nothing. One of these excuses from Swifties that I see [0:40](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/UfOdtv7F1V8u/en/olivia-rodrigo-s-women-s-rights-festival-sparks-criticism-of-taylor-swift?t=40) over and over again is that it's too dangerous for Taylor to say something political, that she [0:45](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/UfOdtv7F1V8u/en/olivia-rodrigo-s-women-s-rights-festival-sparks-criticism-of-taylor-swift?t=45) can't speak out, that she can't do anything more because it's dangerous. As if Sabrina, Olivia, [0:50](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/UfOdtv7F1V8u/en/olivia-rodrigo-s-women-s-rights-festival-sparks-criticism-of-taylor-swift?t=50) Chapel aren't already doing that. There's threats, there's risks to them too. They're in direct [0:56](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/UfOdtv7F1V8u/en/olivia-rodrigo-s-women-s-rights-festival-sparks-criticism-of-taylor-swift?t=56) conflict with the administration when they call out ICE, but they're doing it anyway because that's [1:01](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/UfOdtv7F1V8u/en/olivia-rodrigo-s-women-s-rights-festival-sparks-criticism-of-taylor-swift?t=61) what bravery is. It's doing something while scared. It's doing something that's right in spite of [1:07](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/UfOdtv7F1V8u/en/olivia-rodrigo-s-women-s-rights-festival-sparks-criticism-of-taylor-swift?t=67) everything else, in spite of the risk. But again, Taylor has chosen to not take the risk because [1:12](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/UfOdtv7F1V8u/en/olivia-rodrigo-s-women-s-rights-festival-sparks-criticism-of-taylor-swift?t=72) it's bad for her wallet. And like enough with the argument that, oh, she has young female openers, [1:18](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/UfOdtv7F1V8u/en/olivia-rodrigo-s-women-s-rights-festival-sparks-criticism-of-taylor-swift?t=78) as if that's like something special that deserves an award. First of all, that's like focus tested [1:22](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/UfOdtv7F1V8u/en/olivia-rodrigo-s-women-s-rights-festival-sparks-criticism-of-taylor-swift?t=82) to make sense. Like that's not even like that is a capitalistic move. Second of all, it's nothing [1:27](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/UfOdtv7F1V8u/en/olivia-rodrigo-s-women-s-rights-festival-sparks-criticism-of-taylor-swift?t=87) special. Fucking Elvis was an opening act. Like it's not new. You don't get bonus points for having [1:32](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/UfOdtv7F1V8u/en/olivia-rodrigo-s-women-s-rights-festival-sparks-criticism-of-taylor-swift?t=92) someone literally warm up a mic for you. My original point in that video I made a while back [1:37](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/UfOdtv7F1V8u/en/olivia-rodrigo-s-women-s-rights-festival-sparks-criticism-of-taylor-swift?t=97) that they all freaked out about was that if Taylor wants to be in conversation and considered to be [1:41](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/UfOdtv7F1V8u/en/olivia-rodrigo-s-women-s-rights-festival-sparks-criticism-of-taylor-swift?t=101) among the greats, like the Beatles, if she wants to be considered among the greats, there has to be [1:45](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/UfOdtv7F1V8u/en/olivia-rodrigo-s-women-s-rights-festival-sparks-criticism-of-taylor-swift?t=105) a pre and post Taylor Swift industry, right? Like she has to have a definitive role in changing [1:49](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/UfOdtv7F1V8u/en/olivia-rodrigo-s-women-s-rights-festival-sparks-criticism-of-taylor-swift?t=109) something for the better. I'm like, sure, she has in the capitalistic sense. She's making more money [1:55](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/UfOdtv7F1V8u/en/olivia-rodrigo-s-women-s-rights-festival-sparks-criticism-of-taylor-swift?t=115) than an artist ever has before. But Taylor Swift's legacy is ticketmaster. It's variant sales. It's [2:02](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/UfOdtv7F1V8u/en/olivia-rodrigo-s-women-s-rights-festival-sparks-criticism-of-taylor-swift?t=122) suing younger artists. Olivia Rodrigo just proved once again that if a pop star wants to advance [2:07](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/UfOdtv7F1V8u/en/olivia-rodrigo-s-women-s-rights-festival-sparks-criticism-of-taylor-swift?t=127) women's rights, you can do it. It's not impossible. And Taylor Swift, one of the richest women on the [2:14](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/UfOdtv7F1V8u/en/olivia-rodrigo-s-women-s-rights-festival-sparks-criticism-of-taylor-swift?t=134) planet is choosing not to do it. So yeah, I'm just looking forward to all the excuses why a 23 year [2:19](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/UfOdtv7F1V8u/en/olivia-rodrigo-s-women-s-rights-festival-sparks-criticism-of-taylor-swift?t=139) old Disney star can do this, but a billionaire can't. Like, you know what, to be fair, she has a [2:23](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/UfOdtv7F1V8u/en/olivia-rodrigo-s-women-s-rights-festival-sparks-criticism-of-taylor-swift?t=143) lot more important things to do like getting married at Madison Square Garden. Like, come on.