Look, I will happily throw my hand up and admit that I have been - and am - as cynical as anyone about just about anything. It's the ugly side of growing up in the generation that lived with the internet in our pocket; for better or worse (worse), the social language of the internet is sarcasm and snark and, in a culture where there is never a clear and simple answer to anything - and being unabashedly "pro-stuff" isn't as cool as being "anti-stuff" - cynicism never leaves you as easily as it arrives.
I'm ashamed to say that cynicism has, at times, extended even to the monolithic and broad appeal of Taylor Swift. But - and I know that this is a rare thing to admit on the internet - I was wrong. Taylor Swift is awesome, and here's why ...
