Tag: Opinion
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How Taylor Swift helped me unpack (and unlearn) my internalized misogyny
Being seated in the only row of Singapore National Stadium without a roof would have required a special kind of bad luck. Unfortunately, I had that in spades. Hours before my Eras Tour show, I got caught in the middle of a sudden and vicious thunderstorm that ruined the face I painted and the ensemble…
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Look what Taylor made the gays do
Gay men love a diva. For us, it’s empowerment and a sense of belonging. A diva is allowed to emote, to feel their feelings and to express them however they want. And a diva allows their fabulousness to overflow as much, or as little, as they want. I mean, what’s not to adore? Lest we…
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Can we be “Softcore Swifties” anymore?
In 2006, 11-year-old me was convinced she’d just heard the best album of all time. Growing up on the old-school country classics wasn’t cool — but that all changed when a teenager with impeccable blonde curls and a blinged-out packaged it for millennial tweens. I rode Taylor Swift’s metaphorical white horse all the way through…
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Tayism: The Hottest New Destination is Taylor Swift
If you’ve been on TikTok in the last few months, you probably witnessed the Euro Summer. A glitzy, glamorous daily update of your favorite microinfluencer’s PTO, the Euro Summer showcases the Pinterest board aesthetic of travel. But unlike previous summers, thousands of videos have showcased a surprise guest on the creator’s trip—Taylor Swift. Ticketmaster left…
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In My Divorce Era: How to Have a Taylor Swift Divorce Party
According to Divorce.com, the divorce rate for millennials is 23 out of 1000 people, which means that out of your Sunday brunch crew, at least one person will see their marriage transition to divorce in the next few years. When that happens, you need to be ready to help them Shake It Off and Begin…
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Taylor Swift and the Intimacy We Crave
The California sun drenched me in the backseat of the car while my dad drove and my mom rode shotgun. It was just the three of us on that day in the late-2000s, and I had the rare luxury of playing whatever CD I chose, which, inevitably, is Taylor Swift’s self-titled debut album. Often, we…
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The Rise of the Middle-Aged Swiftie
It’s been 17 years since my 6-year-old daughter came home from elementary school and said, “Mommy, you have to listen to this singer—I really like her!” The singer in question? A teenage Taylor Swift. Swift was new on the music scene, and some of us (it’s me, hi) were convinced Taylor was going to be…
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I Swear I Wasn’t Going to Be a Taylor Swift Fan
I wasn’t going to be a Taylor Swift fan. Once upon a time, I bought her first album back before she was ever known, but I never listened to it. I wasn’t going to listen to a country singer. Throughout the years, there was a small part of me that wondered if I was missing…
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Taylor Swift: Not a God. Not a Sacrifice.
When God appeared before Abraham in his old age to tell him he would have a son, Abraham laughed, and after that laughter Isaac was named. Of the forefathers in the Bible, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, it is Isaac we know the least about. The Bible does not bother to tell us much about Isaac,…
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Third Places (Taylor’s Version): Fandom and the rise of a new type of community
Very few artists could ever hope to change the face of music quite like Taylor Swift has. The Eras Tour, concluding its Europe leg in late August and heading into its final leg in October, is a prime example of this. What other artist could get away with a celebration of their career mid-career? The…
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