Nicki Minaj and Taylor Swift’s Twitter dispute highlights social issues

Nicki Minaj and Taylor Swift found themselves embroiled in a very public Twitter spat yesterday, following Swift’s nomination for Video of the Year at the 2015 VMA awards.

Minaj, believing herself to have been unfairly snubbed by the VMA judges, took to Twitter to express her dissatisfaction with a thinly veiled jab at Swift.

Swift responded with some indignance. Despite rumours that her recent Bad Blood music video was an extended diss to pop peer Katy Perry, Swift claimed to be horrified that Minaj was attempting to “pit women against each other”.