Twitter outraged after TIME magazine sidelines Gaza journalists, names Taylor Swift ‘person of the year’

Time magazine announced yesterday that the coveted title of ‘Person Of The Year’ 2023, went to singer Taylor Swift. The decision was met with severe backlash from the internet, who called it out as another example of how the Western media has silenced journalists in Gaza, who were risking their lives to reveal the realities of the genocide.

A Twitter user is going viral for drawing a comparison between Ukraine-Russia war and Israel’s aggression.

times person of the year when russia invaded ukraine vs when israel is committing literal genocide against palestinians pic.twitter.com/rvhzkUUXxu

— sippin on that 🇵🇸 (@vivafalastin) December 6, 2023

Twitter users were outraged at Gazan journalists like Motaz Azaiza, Plestia, Bisan and Saleh being ignored, stressing that censorship lays bare that Gazan lives are considered disposable by the western media.

the real people of the year https://t.co/SxyVlMA9J8 pic.twitter.com/QiFqXmQ1YS

— una (@alicehenryli) December 6, 2023

72 Journalists and their families have been killed by israel since october 7th, they are among the 20,000+ palestinians slaughtered. We can honor ukraine in 2022 but god forbid you honor the brown people risking their lives to show whats happening in Gaza. Screw this. https://t.co/uwg7mPzzSP

— ZAYNA🇵🇸 FREE PALESTINE (@sitcomabed) December 6, 2023

Today I choose to honor the real people of the year: the Journalists in Palestine. Their constant strength and courage in the midst of a genocide is something so admirable. They lose family and friends but never stop showing us what’s actually happening in Gaza. #freepalestine pic.twitter.com/jBCCdnNnWI

— ZAYNA🇵🇸 FREE PALESTINE (@sitcomabed) December 6, 2023

Many Twitter users are also criticising Taylor Swift to be a white feminist, after a quote from her article with Time went viral where she spoke about the intersection of capitalism and patriarchy.

“What has existed since the dawn of time? A patriarchal society. What fuels a patriarchal society? Money, flow of revenue, the economy. So actually, if we’re going to look at this in the most cynical way possible, feminine ideas becoming lucrative means that more female art will get made. It’s extremely heartening.”

She’s basically saying that her being rich is because of feminism and her “female art” (whatever that means) is justified in making money because it’s feminist. Guys look she’s such a feminist for using feminism to profit more money even if she’s a billionaire. White feminist 😵‍💫 https://t.co/SzaDsgZ7oG

— 🇵🇸🇧🇩 সব নিপীড়িত মানুষের মুক্তি Ujala/নিশিথিনী (@shimmeringolds) December 6, 2023

i'm so glad she did this interview. She's the final (girl)boss liberal white woman, and I am saying this neutrally. stuck in a vacuum, staid politics, pussy ear hats, daughter of a witch they couldn't burn https://t.co/kogXstlqjN

— Bolu Babalola is technically on leave 🍯&🌶 (@BeeBabs) December 6, 2023

she basically said.. her being a billionaire is feminism.. because.. she’s a woman ??? girl what are you even yapping about https://t.co/pf6F76ZkPJ pic.twitter.com/QQygGxnLPH

— jopping (@GIRL0FTHEMONTH) December 7, 2023