Lana, Taylor and anti-institutional realignment Recently, I...

Lana, Taylor and anti-institutional realignment Recently, I watched the Grammys and learned more about Lana Del Rey. I had no idea she was friendly with Taylor Swift, or that she and Taylor shared the same producer. These women have been pop stars for over a decade: Taylor the… Show more

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Thanks to my two young daughters and a handful of 20-something women I’ve worked with during my time at InsideHook, I’ve developed quite a fondness for Taylor Swift and her ability to speak to multiple generations of women in a way that makes them feel seen and understood in a way that is deeply moving and life-affirming.

At the end of the day,

She’s modeling radical self-acceptance on the world’s largest stage, giving the audience a space to revisit their own joy or pain, once dismissed or forgotten.

Sam Lansky • Is TIME's 2023 Person of the Year

Over the past 13 years, Swift has perfected the pop culture feedback loop: Sheshares updates about her life and drops hints about new music, which fans thengobble up and re-promote with their own theories, which Swift then re-shares on herTumblr or incorporates into future clues. [...] "I've trained them to be that way," shesays of her fans' astute... See more

Sam Lansky • Is TIME's 2023 Person of the Year

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