We all love gossip, right? I admit that I love it too, and the first moments of the #KimExposedTaylorParty and the #TaylorSwiftIsOverParty took everyone by surprise since it is rare to see celebrities of such high importance being so open. And the rest of the world ate it up like a feast -- it is being talked about almost a week after the big exposition happened. Instead of it involving only Swift, West, and Kardashian-West, there was a snowball effect in the entertainment world, entangling Khloé Kardashian, Chloë Moretz, Selena Gomez, and Demi Lovato, to name a few. But reflecting upon it after the dust has settled and no other big reveals have come up has made me realize the real problem behind this whole public catfight. And here it is: It is essentially a celebration of two very successful and influential women tearing each other apart -- and we have no idea how this is impacting what today’s youth sees as acceptable behavior.

When Taylor Swift, the only woman to win two Album of the Year Grammys, a respected and terribly successful musician who effortlessly broke records ever since she first appeared on the music scene, and Kim Kardashian-West, a woman who has gone through terrible scrutiny ever since she first started making headlines but, at the same time, was on the cover of Forbes magazine just last week because of the success of her app, choose to publicly fight each other, they are being extraordinarily selfish. They are putting their egos in front of the massive influence they know they have on millions of their followers, and choosing to have the last word rather than choosing to spread positivity. The "taking down" of Taylor Swift is already pitching people against each other, getting Swifties to fight with every other person who is celebrating the supposed deconstruction of her facade. Because if Taylor and Kim can do it, everyone can do it, right? Not to mention the high school-like nature of the fight, happening through petty tweets (one actually involving nudity and a kind of shaming that has been done to women for so long that it is disappointing to see it coming from a woman), Snapchat stories revealing confidential information, and a flood of hateful snake emojis.

Now, why is the world so happy to see the theoretical destruction of Taylor Swift? If you don’t like her, are annoyed by how often she has been making headlines, or are not a fan of her music, that is fine. No one is asking you to become a loyal and fanatic Taylor Swift follower; I’m not one either. But why would you wish she was taken down? Where is the humanity behind the celebration of one’s image being shredded? She is successful and talented, an incredible lyricist, and she is known for her music -- as long as she continues doing what she does well enough to pay her bills, people shouldn’t care. You’ll probably tell me you hate the fact she is constantly dating someone new, or how hideous it was of her to move on so quickly from Calvin Harris to Tom Hiddleston -- but I can promise you she probably would rather not be known for that if she had the option. Her personal life making headlines is not her fault, but the fault of the media which feels the obligation to regard celebrities, successful women especially, with extreme criticism.

As a parting note: Please remember that whatever happened between Kim, Kanye, and Taylor was not close to being an example of how you should settle conflicts in your own life. Additionally, please choose to celebrate people’s successes and applaud their achievements rather than celebrating when something goes wrong in their life. Also remember that, despite all the “big reveals” no one except for the three of them knows the whole story, so there is no point in taking sides or emotionally investing yourself in this dispute. Now let’s go back to living our own lives, while Kim helps make her app and stars in her family’s reality show, Kanye goes on tour and is a celebrated and progressive musician, and Taylor enjoys her life beside her new boyfriend before making another album that will take the world by storm.