Cultural critic Camille Paglia wrote an essay in which she describes Taylor Swift as being a 'Nazi Barbie' whose model girl squad is nothing more than a performance prop.

The opinion piece published in the Hollywood Reporter on Thursday says that the girl squad mentality doesn't empower women and instead promotes elitism.

'In our wide-open modern era of independent careers, girl squads can help women advance if they avoid presenting a silly, regressive public image — as in the tittering, tongues-out mugging of Swift's bear-hugging posse,' wrote Paglia.

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Criticism: Cultural critic Camille Paglia (right) wrote an essay in which she describes Taylor Swift (left) as being a 'Nazi Barbie' whose model girl squad is nothing more than a performance prop.

Girl squad: 'In our wide-open modern era of independent careers, girl squads can help women advance if they avoid presenting a silly, regressive public image — as in the tittering, tongues-out mugging of Swift's bear-hugging posse,' wrote Paglia. Pictured here is Swift with her bevy of beauties

'Swift herself should retire that obnoxious Nazi Barbie routine of wheeling out friends and celebrities as performance props,' she added.

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Paglia said that girls in modern squads should mentor one another and share their creative gifts.

Paglia added that women should study male friendships.

'Women need to study the immensely productive dynamic of male bonding in history. With their results-oriented teamwork, men largely have escaped the sexual jealousy, emotionalism and spiteful turf wars that sometimes dog women,' she wrote.

Paglia said that instead of focusing on 'socializing' women need to focus 'like a laser' on their own creative gifts.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Camille Puglia, 68, is one of the world's leading cultural critics who writes about pop culture, religion, and politics.

'Writing about Taylor Swift is a horrific ordeal for me because her twinkly persona is such a scary flashback to the fascist blondes who ruled the social scene during my youth,' she says.

Taylor Swift has no affiliation with the Nazi party though made headlines when she posed up next swastika s[porting model AJ English at Katy Perry’s 25th birthday party in 2009.

The singer's spokesperson defended the star for posing with the model after the image surfaced online and said that Swift posed for hundreds of photos and didn’t know the model before the party.

Controversy: Taylor Swift has no affiliation with the Nazi party though made headlines when she posed up next swastika s[porting model AJ English at Katy Perry’s 25th birthday party in 2009

According to reports, model AJ English who was wearing the offensive T-shirt came forward to say that the mark on his shirt started out as an 'X' but was 'perverted' as the night went on.

English, 22, said it's possible the singer did not see the Nazi symbol on his chest when he pulled her in for a photo.

Swift hasn’t been attending any of Katy Perry’s birthday parties recently.

The Bad Blood video was criticized by the Fireworks crooner for her girl squad. 'Finding it ironic to parade the pit women against other women argument about as one unmeasurably capitalizes on the take down of a woman...' she said.

It has been rumoured for months that the leggy country singer's hit single Bad Blood was directed at Katy over unresolved personal issues between the two.