Getty Images. -- NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) July 23, 2015. @taylorswift13. You can find our Community Guidelines in full here. July 23, 11:32 AM: The madness finally begins to end. But by trying to shift the conversation from racism to sexism, Swift misses Minaj's point as well. Millions rely on Vox’s explainers to understand an increasingly chaotic world. On Thursday morning, two days after this kerfuffle began, Taylor Swift apologized for misunderstanding the tweet. I'm sorry, Nicki. Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile. Just one of the many eye opening portions of this truth telling article. You're invited to any stage I'm ever on. Sign up for the The existing Open Comments threads will continue to exist for those who do not subscribe to Independent Premium. Finding it ironic to parade the pit women against other women argument about as one unmeasurably capitalizes on the take down of a woman... July 23, 7:32 AM: After an interview in which Ed Sheeran describes Nicki Minaj's argument as "redundant" starts to go viral, Sheeran protests by saying that his comments were "taken out of context." If your video celebrates women with very slim bodies, you will be nominated for vid of the year. July 21, 5:39 PM: …And then gets more specific, aiming at videos that celebrate "women with very slim bodies" that were nominated for video of the year. Billboard is a subsidiary of Valence Media, LLC. I'm so glad u guys get to see how this stuff works. The hell that is remote learning, explained in a comic. The most obvious example of this usually involves flare-ups between white women and women of color, who all experience society's ingrained sexism as women but don't all experience society's ingrained racism. Voices Nicki Minaj, Taylor Swift and the catfight that completely missed the point. July 22, 1:52 PM: Nicki Minaj begins promoting articles describing why she was right to call out the music industry's underlying racism, and why Taylor Swift was wrong to call her out. I’m sorry, Nicki”), Still, the suggestion that raising the issue of racism is somehow unsisterly had already done its work. U must not be reading my tweets. Want an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium. VMAs is the new WWF!! They just have to use what power they have to safeguard other women’s opportunities to be heard. @taylorswift13 ❤️❤️❤️. @taylorswift13??? The legal theories of Amy Coney Barrett, explained. Taylor Swift and Nicki Minaj have gotten themselves into a public disagreement over the latter’s lack of a MTV Video Music Award nod for video of the year. Except that Minaj — who did receive three other VMA nominations in lower ballot categories — was passed over, while Swift was nominated for the overstuffed, overhyped "Bad Blood" video, filled with celebrity cameos and a far cry from essentially any other music video she released in the past year: Here were the five nominees MTV arrived at: In terms of sheer artistic impact, this is a pretty weak crop. Taylor Swift apologized to Nicki Minaj on Twitter, two days after the singers exchanged bitter words about the MTV VMA nominations. . The MTV Video Music Awards are now primarily known in the public consciousness as a platform for unusually bananas musical performances. Women don’t always have to agree, let alone be bezzy mates in order to advance equality. Naturally, since this is 2015, Swift launched her reply on Twitter, where everybody could see it. @NICKIMINAJ, That means so much Taylor, thank you. Solidarity within the sisterhood shouldn't mean all women must agree with other For her part, Minaj said Swift wasn't on her mind at all: Huh? Even mtv did a post on the choreo @MTV remember? He later admits that he "definitely said it wrong" and apologizes. @BuzzFeedUK that's taken out of context and not what I was saying was redundant at all. U couldn't go on social media w/o seeing ppl doing the cover art, choreo, outfits for Halloween...an impact like that & no VOTY nomination? July 21, 9:45 PM: Bruno Mars, a video of the year nominee for "Uptown Funk," leaps into the fray with a joking lambast of Ed Sheeran. “Jeremy Corbyn dresses like a geography teacher” or variations thereof, has become a cliché of Labour leadership journalism, but why? Billboard is part of MRC Media and Info, a division of MRC. It’s unlike you to pit women against each other. If I was a different "kind" of artist, Anaconda would be nominated for best choreo and vid of the year as well. When you view Minaj's tweets in this context, it seems much more likely that she simply wasn't even thinking about Swift when she wrote her tweets. Jason Lipshutz pic.twitter.com/benDpg6CGc, To be sure, Swift's remarks are particularly rich, considering she's nominated for a video for a song widely rumored to be about her apparent blood feud with fellow pop singer Katy Perry. https://t.co/5yUtYZZn3m, -- NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) July 21, 2015, July 21, 3:23 PM: After discussing the "Anaconda" video's lack of a video of the year nod, Nicki Minaj alludes to "'other' girls" getting nominated for the top prize…. It made sense to assume they would both be nominated. The Taylor Swift and Nicki Minaj Twitter feud, explained, Late Tuesday afternoon, acclaimed pop star, sent an emotionally wounded retort to fellow acclaimed pop star.