Taylor Swift's conflict with Scooter Braun has nothing to do with feminism.

It is symbolic of the music industry, which has no boundaries, which exploits emotion and consciously manipulates the public, and where trust is a laughable concept.

Ms. Swift, who is almost 30, also has a silly habit of aggressing on people as much as she wants and then retreating into the role of a naive, tearful teenager when something doesn't go her way.  Unfortunately, American pop culture encourages women to have this dichotomy; I noticed it about myself a few years ago and decided "This is the result of brainwashing.  This is not my personality.  It is not how I want to be, and it's not how I want to treat other people."

Her contention that the people who didn't write her music but who definitely had a part in making her rich from it have done nothing for her other than to take advantage of her tenderest feelings expressed through the arduous process of writing them down reveals her myopia about her wealth.  Money isn't "everything," but there is no country in the world where it isn't the difference between a nice life and a painful life.

Scooter Braun is a misogynist and a bully and a jerk.  There.  I don't need to emote over those facts.

There is nothing preventing these ADULTS from having a meeting with their lawyers and discussing the terms by which Ms. Swift can regain the rights to her music.  There isn't really a reason that he can't just give them to her, but nobody can make him do that, and I certainly won't lose sleep if she has to pay for them.