As someone who has raised two daughters during the age of Taylor Swift, I have a lot of mixed feelings about her music.
While it is admittedly unfair to blame anyone for their thrall over a certain demographic, it is also unfair to expect any adult human to endure countless talent-show renditions of “Love Story” and “You Belong With Me” without some lasting trauma. Ditto the endless gridlock-trapped replays of “Shake It Off” and “I Knew You Were Trouble” and subsequent conversations about why it is or is not OK for Swift to commit lyric revenge on past romantic partners.
On the one hand, I am grateful for all the maternal bonding moments she has provided; on the other, I cannot read another take about “the scarf” without developing a noticeable twitch.
