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Taylor Swift maybe rules the Billboard charts, but according to Twitter, she has a long way to go.
Updated : Dec 06, 2017, 11:59 AM IST
There takes very little for something to become a Tweetstorm. One Taylor Swift question posed to the Twitterverse turned into a collection of tweets praising strong, empowered women around the globe.
Twitter user @xnulz tweeted an image of Taylor Swift from the music video of her song 'Look What You Made Me Do,' from her latest album Reputation. They captioned the image, "Name a bitch badder than Taylor Swift."
Name a bitch badder than Taylor Swift pic.twitter.com/AkSyQBUIME
— Nutella (@xnulz) November 10, 2017
Initial responses to the tweet was funny gifs about the cleaning lady from the show Family Guy. Or the Gormint Aunty.
The cleaning lady from Family Guy pic.twitter.com/6X5mfCoJNC
— Annon (@soundsannon) November 11, 2017
Hi!! pic.twitter.com/IWpdyfjwcX
— Karaan H Boradhara (@RedManchester46) December 4, 2017
But as more and more people started to get involved the examples of the likes of Carrie Fisher, Rosa Parks, sniper Lyudmila Pavlichenko started to pop in the thread.
People also talked about their mothers, sisters, daughters and a lot of women counted themselves better than the 'Gorgeous' singer.
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
and Dr. @maejemison pic.twitter.com/AxXZRflWay
— stephanie vacher (@awesome) December 3, 2017
my mum escaped the civil war in sudan and became a refugee in UK, went to college, graduated 1st from Biomedicine, invited for a science conference in Baltimore&now a lap lead in Manchester uni all while taking care of 3 kids, my dad working in Yemen and all her family in Sudan https://t.co/LRoURHpRAg
— maab (@justmaab_) December 4, 2017
Julia Child joined the OSS during World War Two, worked directly for Wild Bill Donovan, developed shark repellant, earned the Emblem of Meritorious Civilian Service for her work at in Chunking, China, THEN mastered French cuisine and became America's most famous chef. https://t.co/MdfXHZwh6L
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) December 4, 2017
Susan B. Anthony was a leading anti-slavery crusader and worked with Harriet Tubman on the underground railroad. She founded the National Women Suffrage Association and was prosecuted for attempting to vote. https://t.co/O8I9ZpJ42Y
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) December 4, 2017
Heiza Shankal is a Yazidi who was enslaved by Islamic State, she was repeatedly raped & tortured before escaping. She then joined a women's resistance unit & vowed to take revenge on militants who slaughtered her people. https://t.co/HwbQbX1EvQ
— Rita Panahi (@RitaPanahi) December 4, 2017
Carrie Fisher fought through the stigmas Hollywood put against her while battling bi-polar disorder and she doctored about every movie you loved growing up. She managed to educate people about mental health issues and be a support system for her fans. https://t.co/XKA665WjND
— rachel leishman (@RachelLeishman) December 4, 2017
My daughter Sadie Margaret. She was born premature at 24 weeks of life. We were told she was going to die on 7 different occasions. On every single occasion she fought for each breath & made it through. She lived for almost two years. We lost her in June. She was fierce! https://t.co/jHYLgt2Ldu
— Otis W. Pickett (@OtisWPickett) December 4, 2017
Some light-hearted Tweeple included Disney princess like Moana, Star Wars characters like Jyn Erso in the list.
Moana of Motunui was only 16 when she set across the sea with no sailing experience to return the heart of Te Fiti to save her people https://t.co/ri6QTu5iof
— zeek (@zachstrebs) December 4, 2017
Jyn Erso, a resistance fighter raised by Saw Gerrera who led Rogue One during the Battle of Scarif and who was instrumental in securing the Death Star blueprints that would prove monumental in the fate of the Rebel Alliance despite their initial lack of support. https://t.co/UVd84htQrS
— wikipedia brown (@eveewing) December 3, 2017
A Taylor Swift fan sneaked this one in
Me for going thru her presale https://t.co/uJQfrEBlYv
— brenda //2 days (@urillusionist) December 6, 2017
The original tweet was posted on November 10. On December 6, the tweet has become viral and is still garnering a response from everyone. You can check them all out here.
In the meantime, Taylor Swift topped the Billboard 200 chart for the third week in a row with her album Reputation. She sold another 147,000 album units in the week ending Nov. 30, according to figures from Nielsen Music.