The new Netflix original series Ginny & Georgia is receiving backlash after making a sexist comment about singer Taylor Swift in a recent episode that has fans and Swift herself in a spiral on Twitter.

      This series has gained attention for its diversity, inclusivity, and positive messages being spread. However, the positivity of the show is being questioned after main character, Ginny, comments on Swift. In the show’s finale, Ginny, played by Antonia Gentry, and her mom Georgia, played by Brianne Howey, get in a fight after Georgia finds more things about Ginny’s life and relationships than she would have liked to have been shared. In a fit of anger and frustration, Ginny mutters, “What do you care? You go through men faster than Taylor Swift.”

      This line took over the internet almost instantly and caused major controversy. Fans of Swift ran to Twitter to defend the singer until she had spoken out, and since her tweet criticizing the show’s comment, fans have backed her up and supported her response. 

     In the tweet sent by Swift, she criticizes Netflix, and says, “Hey Ginny & Georgia, 2010 called and it wants its lazy, deeply sexist joke back. How about we stop degrading hard working women… Also, Netflix, after Miss Americana, this outfit doesn’t look cute on you. Happy Women’s History month I guess.”

      Swift references her documentary that was put on Netflix in January of last year, where she spoke about her personal-life and struggles. A main point she had made was her relationships and dating life, and the decade-long struggle for her to be taken seriously as an artist, rather than perceived as a young woman on dating sprees, a narrative created that she has no control over.

      Fan of the singer, senior Juls Jackson was disgusted by the comment made. “I think it’s super disrespectful because this is the second time they have done this to her after filming her documentary for the company. I wish the whole ‘serial dater Taylor Swift’ narrative wasn’t something that was widely known and used because it’s honestly sexist. It’s also not their business who she has dated or how many men she has dated,” says Jackson. She adds that Swift is a “brilliant icon for many young women” and she wishes that the comments and attacks would come to a stop.

      Gentry has since spoken out about the comment, saying that she feels her character “reflects all of life’s contradictions and imperfections,” as she explained on an Instagram post. She adds that her character “makes mistakes – morally, mentally, physically, emotionally – and not just within herself, but within the broken world she lives in.”