by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
I only write this because I’ve been listening to Taylor Swift’s Reputation on repeat on Spotify and I kind of have her on the mind. Anyway, the thing about Swift is she the exact center of mass media, of pop culture. She also is an avatar for the hopes and dreams of a generation or more of American women. As such, there is a curious event (or two) that hasn’t happen.
Why hasn’t Taylor Swift had a kid yet?
Or, more specifically, why hasn’t Taylor Swift gotten married and knocked out a few kids.
Her hoards of giddy female fans — Taylor is a regular Oprah in that regard — are beginning to reach that moment in their life when they’re settling down, getting married and starting families. If Swift is to maintain a stranglehold on their devotion and admiration — and stay relatable — she’s going to have to do something similar as well.
Before I go on, I have to address the surreal attempts on the part of Swifties to “prove” that Swift has had lesbian affairs with the likes of Karlie Kloss and others. I believe — especially with Kloss — that these rumors are true. But not in the way Taylor Swift’s fans might want.
I just think Swift and Kloss were modern wealthy celebrity women and, as such, they occasionally slept together out of drunken curiosity if nothing else. It’s my understanding that female same-sex relationships among the elite are so common that even to point them out is trey goche. So any “relationship” that Tay-Tay had with Kloss was far more of a lulz than her fans might think.
Anyway, the key reason why I like Tay-Tay so much is the fact that the’s the center of pop culture. She’s comfort food for the middle brow middle class. She doesn’t really challenge you and occasionally she runs emotionally naked through her lyrics.
It will be interesting to see when she happens to pop out a kid or two.
