Taylor Swift knows that the only way to respond when someone tries to slap you down is to slap back. With all your might. Photo: AFP
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.
