Tweets & Memes About Who’s "Badder" Than Taylor Swift Are Both Hilarious & Inspirational

Since Taylor Swift's dropped her highly anticipated album Reputation, she's seriously made herself heard in the music world. The album continues to top the Billboard Top 200 chart as the number one album and it's been extremely well received by her fans. But while T-Swift's been riding high on this wave of success, that wave has also been met with a substantial amount of criticism as well — namely on social media. So when one Twitter user decided to declare the singer that she's the "baddest", the tweet was definitely put on blast. And the tweets and memes about who's badder than Taylor Swift are seriously hilarious, but they're also so incredibly inspirational at the same time.

Social media is somewhat of a mystery, in the sense that we never really know what will go viral or have a set formula for creating viral content. And this mystery perpetuated itself the first weekend in December in the form of a tweet asking followers to name a "badder bitch" than Taylor Swift. The tweet was posted all the way back on Nov. 10, on the night of Swift's album drop. But for some reason it's gained traction in December, and people have a lot to day on who's "badder" than the singer.

The tweet was posted innocently enough, with one fan professing their admiration for Swift when her new album was released:

Name a bitch badder than Taylor Swift 😍😛😤

— (@xnulz) #

This tweet is nothing out of the ordinary. It's fine to love the artists that you love and talk about them as much as you want on Twitter and other social media platforms. But what came from other users after this tweet was posted, just under a month later, was an attempt to "de-throne" (so to speak) Swift as the "baddest b*tch" that's lived.

The tweet had users clapping back with a slew of challengers who named women that are "badder" than Swift. But for the most part, rather than mentioning other divas in the music industry, the women mentioned have made some serious sacrifices in their lives, making them "badder b*tches" than Swift.  

And to be honest, I definitely don't disagree.

There's a woman who defended freedom during the nightmare that was a Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe:

@xnulz Milada Horakova. Czechoslovakian politician & freedom fighter. Arrested by nazis in 1940 and tortured. Freed by US soldiers in 1945. Arrested again by communists in 1949. Sentenced to death in a staged hearing and hanged in 1951. Remained positive and strong to the very end.

— (@newky_perknov) #

A grandmother that needed to step up and take care of her family at a very young age:

@xnulz My grandmother. Pulled out of school age 10 to care for her 12 siblings by taking over an adult women's duties in rural Mexico. All her siblings became professionals thanks to her. She's now almost 80, has arthritis and no fingerprints. She can get away with murder if she chose.

— (@lazydraws) #

A woman who survived Auschwitz and made a name for herself:

@xnulz I RAN OUT OF SPACE. Became President of the french Constitutional Council. Elected to the Acadamie Française - 6th woman ever to do so - & she took over RACINES seat. Became president of the Fondation for the memory of the Holocaust. Buried in the Pantheon.

— (@katemilne8) #

A girl standing up against racism in Britain...  

@WichitaMark @GoddessKaliDevi @OackLee @xnulz Safiyyah Khan, British-Pakistani girl who smiled down on an ultra right protester. https://t.co/4G22Ot9wI8 And she's wearing FREE PALESTINE t-shirt while at it.

— (@pitoist) #

... and in the United States as well:

@xnulz

— (@goddesskalidevi) #

And a lot of people took the time to talk up their moms and grandmas.

@xnulz My grandmother. Pulled out of school age 10 to care for her 12 siblings by taking over an adult women's duties in rural Mexico. All her siblings became professionals thanks to her. She's now almost 80, has arthritis and no fingerprints. She can get away with murder if she chose.

— (@lazydraws) #

Even my mother is a badder bitch than Taylor Swift. Moved to Australia a couple of years after end of White Australia Policy and one of the first WoC here to build a career. Endured 7 miscarriages to give birth to me.

— (@snarkyplatypus) #

My grandmother who raised a half dozen kids, only one of which was her own, worked every day of her life. Could drink anyone under the table and survived breast cancer TWICE. And when her body finally gave out and she left us she was more afraid of what we would do without her.

— (@richardjensen46) #

Someone tried to steal my then-80yo mother's purse and she grabbed it back, called the police, and then ran the rest of her errands. 💅 https://t.co/1gwzZSTJwD

— (@cococoyote) #

Every single mom ever https://t.co/wjfqxGyTV2

— (@desdelgadillo) #

Seriously — so. Many. Amazing. Women.

@xnulz Sophie Scholl, the German student executed by the Nazis for distributing anti-war leaflets at the University of Munich in 1943 comes to mind.

— (@lotuspad) #

@xnulz Harriet Tubman, with a major head injury, freed dozens of slaves, joined the Union Army as a nurse, became an ARMED scout & spy, led a raid on Combahee Ferry that liberated 700+ slaves, married a man 22 years younger, advocated for women's suffrage. https://t.co/820HIli5l5

— (@helengravesnyc) #

@xnulz Pharaoh Hatshepsut; she one of the longest and prosperous reigns of any pharaoh (male or female). #WomenInHistory #AncientEgypt #Kemet

— (@hereticpharaoh) #

Malala Yousafzai. As a young girl campaigned for right of girls to free education in Pakistan, survived murder attempt by the Taliban for speaking out, became youngest ever Nobel Prize winner and continues to campaign on equality rights and education for women and girls today. https://t.co/VBSTh2uOSb

— (@nomadicwriter) #

@xnulz Kathrine Switzer was the first woman to run in the Boston marathon when the organizer Jock Semple realized a woman was running he tried to tackle her.

— (@catinthehat1003) #

@xnulz Nzinga, queen of the Ndongo and Matamba Kingdoms. She I s best remembered for her resistance against the Portuguese, and setting her people free from slavery.

— (@hereticpharaoh) #

People were into it.

every time i see one of those 'name a badder bitch than taylor swift' tweets describing a revolutionary women who has done great things a year gets added onto my life

— (@commiequeer) #

The cool thing about the "badder bitch than Taylor Swift" meme is that they are genuinely cool stories about badass women from history.

— (@saintsluggo) #

The "name a badder bitch than Taylor Swift" thing going around is like the women's history course I needed in high school tbh

— (@domenicahope) #

I'm fascinated and delighted how the "name a bitch badder than Taylor Swift" went from naming famous women from history to naming less-famous but equally badass women from history to naming badass women from family histories. it's a cool way our archives work, huh?

— (@bloodredrache) #

There were, of course, some Twitter users that made comments of a malicious nature, taking jabs at Swift who's not necessarily had the best public reputation. Swift's been known to attract drama wherever she goes (i.e., the infamous Kanye West outburst at the 2009 VMAs, her feuds with both Kimye, as well as Katy Perry — the list goes on and on) and reflects that in much of her music, which doesn't always sit well with people. So when one fan decides to laud her on their public social media account, it's an absolute guarantee that there are gonna be other users that will fire back — even if it is almost a month after the original post.

Of course there's no crime in loving Taylor Swift and her music, and expressing that via social media channels. But what this "backlash" against the original tweet did was provide a platform for users to discuss other women who have seriously paved the way in history and made a name for themselves. It's seriously so inspiring to have people naming women throughout history that might have been forgotten otherwise.

So while Taylor Swift is an inspiration for young girls in her own right, it's amazing to know that other, lesser-known women are not falling by the wayside. This just further proves that you don't have to be a pop diva to make a difference in the world.

Credit: Elite Daily