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https://www.thedailybeast.com/paste-magazine-publishes-t-swift-album-review-without-byline-to-duck-violent-threatsPaste Magazine on Friday published a scathing review of Taylor Swifts newest album, The Tortured Poets Departmentbut didnt include a byline for the reviews author.
Thats because the last time it published an album review for Swift, in 2019, its journalist received a deluge of hate mail that included threats of violence from readers who disagreed with the work, the magazine wrote in a statement.
That onslaught, something a segment of Swifties have become infamous for in recent years, was apparently enough to make Paste not want to risk it happening a second time. We care more about the safety of our staff than a name attached to an article, the magazine said.
As for Pastes opinion on the album itself, the it characterized it as being a relentlessly cringe flop that showed just how out of touch Swift is with her fans and the real world. Not long after the review published, a writerwho declared she had nothing to do with the pieceposted screenshots of messages she was receiving from Swifties who were adamant that she wrote the review, including one whod baselessly called her a loser.
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Autumn
(45,120 posts)Sounds kind of familiar.
Celerity
(43,491 posts)Many on this board are super new to the whole thing, and some seem to be under the incorrect notion that most all Swifties are wonderful liberal Dem/Biden fanbois and fangurlz.
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But most pressing for queer Swifties was what we call Lavendergate and its homophobic fallout. It may come as no surprise that Swifts (often conservative) fanbase tends to be homophobic. Indeed, a 2023 report on harassment dynamics within the fandom found that 28% of online accounts dedicated to Swift contribute to harassment, mass reporting, targeted attacks, and doxxing of Gaylor accounts (Swift fans, like me, who explore queer subtext in her work and life).
Autumn
(45,120 posts)Celerity
(43,491 posts)stopdiggin
(11,358 posts)that, yes - a lot of DU participants are relatively clueless about the Swift phenomenon and fan base (hand raised here).
and 2) that a decent portion of the so called 'Swifties' - border on obsessive and cult like immersion - and additionally do not fall into the category of reliable liberal Dem/Biden fangurlz - that DU denizens most likely imagined.
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maxsolomon
(33,391 posts)I'll say one thing for Swift, she cranks out product. World tour, film, now a new double record. She knows the time is now to make bank.
I won't comment on the record, because I'm a 60 year old man and her music isn't made for me. Despite her being ubiquitous for the last year, I can't name 1 TS song.
Celerity
(43,491 posts)WarGamer
(12,463 posts)I can think of a 100 more talented female singers in the modern era.
Having said that, she's ONE HELL of a performer, song writer and businesswoman.
Her business acumen looms over the mediocre voice.
And I like her influence on society...
For those who might ask...
I like a voice where I practically feel her breath on my neck... like Natalie Merchant.