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In her latest video, "Mean," the sweet-talking Taylor Swift sends bullies everywhere a message that's loud and clear--back off or else! Instead of threatening all her high school haters with retaliation, however, the songstress lets 'em know that someday she'll be too cool, too smart and too successful to be pushed around.
While Swift's anti-bullying message in "Mean" is one we've heard from celebrities like Demi Lovato and Adam Lambert, the Southern songstress gets major ACT points for dedicating an entire music video to the picked-on. From a football player harassed simply for loving him some fashion magazines, to a youngin' turned away from the cool table and forced to eat in the bathroom, Swift showcases the unfair and unfortunate scenarios that take place in schools across the country. In typical Swift manner, the Southern belle doesn't bemoan being bullied but instead takes a lighthearted approach to confronting haters, saying, "Someday I'll be big enough so you won't hit me...and all you're gonna be is mean."
In Teen Vogue, Swift once shared her own high school experiences with bullying, telling readers that she wasn't just humiliated for loving country music but was dumped by the popular girls for not being "cool or pretty enough." All those experiences, however, helped to shape the music she makes today, she said. And, well, the country star's doing pretty well for herself.
So, take a note from Swift's "Mean" playbook and realize that a) most bullies are "alone in life" and pick on others to hide their insecurities and b) you're already too smart, too cool and too successful to be taken down. That's what T-Swizzle did, and look where it got her...everywhere.
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