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Thank you Beth! I do have a theory- the vitriol against Swift really seemed to take off when she and Kelce became an item. Swift upends Theo Bro notions of the Trad wife/doting cheerleader girlfriend. Kelce upends the macho football player notions by being (seemingly) comfortable with a famous and successful woman as a partner. Their mutuality is anathema.

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yesssss! Brilliant insight.

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Love it! I’ve got a lot of feelings and thoughts on Swift. I think her power as an artist is what is most intimidating and evokes hateful criticism. Lament can be untamable and if it takes a turn towards anger our culture seems to think it’s not feminine anymore. As she says, “No one likes a mad woman.”

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Well said. Reminds me of a favorite Beyoncé line; "would you rather be jealous or crazy?"

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Excellent!

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This is the most thoughtful, common sense reflection I’ve read. Thanks, Beth.

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thanks!

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Well said, Beth. Swift can also be brutal with herself, a lying drunken narcissist who fakes altruism "like some kind of congressman." ("Anti-hero")

I defended her in a different key, so to speak, here: https://pierrewhalon.medium.com/me-a-swiftie-57fd67d7c1ee?sk=18ca4616818d97127897b97a87f1909b

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yes, all that power!

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