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    ‘The Man’: Taylor’s feminism could go so much further thumbnail image

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    ‘The Man’: Taylor’s feminism could go so much further

    Taylor Swift’s ‘The Man’ promotes the idea of women being given the same standards as men, we should instead focus on not making ‘alpha male’ the standard

    ‘...Ready for it?’: How Taylor is changing modern society thumbnail image

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    ‘...Ready for it?’: How Taylor is changing modern society

    Celebrities – like Taylor Swift – are increasingly lending their fame to socio-political issues, taking their fans with them and blurring the line between celebrity and activism

    ‘Dear John’: Taylor’s responsibility to her Swifties thumbnail image

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    ‘Dear John’: Taylor’s responsibility to her Swifties

    Taylor Swift has redefined fan engagement in the digital age, but that fandom comes with a responsibility to call out Swifties behaving badly

    ‘Fearless’: How Taylor Swift is owning her narrative thumbnail image

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    ‘Fearless’: How Taylor Swift is owning her narrative

    From her teenage crushes to her feuds, Taylor Swift has been using confession, testimony and narrative to shape the public story of her life

    ‘Blank Space’: What if AI wrote the songs instead of Taylor? thumbnail image

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    ‘Blank Space’: What if AI wrote the songs instead of Taylor?

    Taylor Swift fans love the honesty, vulnerability and relatability of her lyrics – but would we have the same connection if AI wrote the words?

    ‘Anti-hero’: A philosophical take on Taylor’s existential authenticity thumbnail image

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    ‘Anti-hero’: A philosophical take on Taylor’s existential authenticity

    Taylor Swift fans adore her authenticity, but what does it actually mean to be ‘authentic’ when you are a mega-celebrity in the digital age?

    ‘The 1’: Something’s been forgotten in the Kanye-Taylor feud thumbnail image

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    ‘The 1’: Something’s been forgotten in the Kanye-Taylor feud

    There was more than one ‘victim’ from the infamous Kanye West 2009 VMA’s “I’mma let you finish” moment

    ‘Picture to burn’: The law probably won’t protect Taylor (or other women) from deepfakes thumbnail image

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    ‘Picture to burn’: The law probably won’t protect Taylor (or other women) from deepfakes

    Legal redress is hard if you fall victim to an AI-generated pornographic and abusive deepfake