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Taylor Swift is trying to rebrand herself from an "innocent girl who cries while writing love songs" to a "heartless tyrant who sits on a golden throne surrounded by snakes," but the internet isn't buying it. When @xnulz posted a still from Swift's music video "Look What You Made Me Do," asking people to "Name a badder bitch than Taylor Swift," they started an unstoppable storm of stories celebrating strong women throughout history.

From determined politicians and activists to artists and performers, these women have been pushing society to change for the better long before Taylor Swift dropped her album Reputation. Bored Panda has compiled some of the most hilarious and inspirational replies to the challenge. Scroll down to check out the responses, upvote your favorites and let us know if you agree with the Internet on this one in the comments.

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Sonia Braska
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What is f****d up is that I was born and raised in Poland but never heard of her untill now. All the war heroes we talked about in school were men.

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Ellis
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Today we have women living with 40+ cats, back then we had women living with 10k horses. *those were the days*

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Nancy E
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You're right about Taylor. Your mom was an every day hero !

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Bitva za Sevastopol, or Battle for Sevastopol is a movie about her. Great woman.

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anarkzie
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It may not be PC to say it but you got to respect someone who just tells it like it is.

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Nyssa Link
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

heck yeah!! you know what a badas biatch this makes her?! First of all to be Indonesia's Minister, second to be incorrupt enough not to take bribe from the illegal fishing boat and sink them instead unlikely many of our politicians who'd done complete opposite. Third, everything else that she has done in her position #badderthantaylor

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Nyssa Link
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

hell yeah! no 6 producers can do what every mother has done!!!

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Ellis
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Don’t mess with a woman who has been through it all and who has nothing left to lose

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Oilibhia Muirchú
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As an Irish woman I completely agree with you Muiscon, Mary Robinson made her name by campaigning tirelessly in the 70s for women's rights and in the 80s for the right to abortion. I know this as a fact because my mother worked with her. We have had referenda about abortion. And the politicians have done their job by putting it forward. I am ashamed to say no one is to blame but the voters of Ireland. It was the voters of Ireland that said no.

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Mini Skafsgaard
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

this is second time she's mentioned on this list but this woman deserves to mentioned in a lot of other places

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Kiro
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You don't get much more epic than "Queen of the Hurricanes"

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Nancy E
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

All these stories of brave every day people give me hope !

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Tracey Tait
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

To this day the Army gives out the Molly Pitcher award to spouses for volunteer service to the Armed Forces.

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J Browne
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ok I mentioned this earlier but here's what Grace did in part...Grace O'Malley an Irish Piratess who held off the English, got Queen Elizabeth to side with her against the Queen's own captain, robbed and stole many English ships with her men, married twice, taking her second husband's fort as collateral as she declared divorce to him. Had a lover- a Spanish sailor from the Armada when it broke apart on the Irish shores, had a child on board ship and then got up and led her men to victory when they were losing as she was giving birth. She died peacefully at a late age too :)