There’s no denying that Taylor Swift dominates pop culture, but the fact that her politics align with the left, which has a stranglehold on pop culture, helps explain why colleges and universities all across the nation are featuring classes on the singer — hell, even Harvard is offering a class dedicated to Swift.
And we wonder how an entire generation can be so uninformed. But make no mistake, the driving force is Taylor Swift’s politics, with the Trump-hating singer proving to be a great platform to further advance the prescribed left-wing narrative.
“We will learn how to study fan culture, celebrity culture, adolescence, adulthood and appropriation; how to think about white texts, Southern texts, transatlantic texts, and queer subtexts. We will learn how to think about illicit affairs, and hoaxes, champagne problems and incomplete closure,” reads the Harvard class listing.
The University of Tennessee class listing says: “In our semester-long study of Taylor Swift, we will explore fan culture, celebrity culture, girlhood, music industry ethics, marketing and promotional strategies, and social media theory, along with race, sexuality, and feminism.”
Taylor Swift’s latest album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” became Spotify’s most-streamed in a single day. Swift is not only dominating streaming, but she’s becoming a topic of study in classrooms. @jolingkent has more on the “Swift effect” sweeping across college campuses. pic.twitter.com/G3XJYpNUYO
— CBS Saturday Morning (@cbssaturday) April 20, 2024
Swift did not endorse a presidential candidate in 2016 and took a lot of heat for it. After Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton, the left-leaning Guardian said of the disdain for his presidency, “But a notable voice has been missing from the chorus: that of Taylor Swift, the world’s biggest pop star. Her silence is striking, highlighting the parallels between the singer and the president: their adept use of social media to foster a diehard support base; their solipsism; their laser focus on the bottom line; their support among the ‘alt-right.’”
Prior to the election, NPR leaned hard on Swift to elicit the proper response: “So, this is happening: Some white supremacists have anointed Taylor Swift an ‘Aryan goddess,’ claiming that she secretly espouses far-right beliefs and is waiting for Donald Trump’s ascension to the presidency to make her true views known.”
Suffice it to say, Taylor Swift did not make the same mistake in 2020, as the pop diva was quick to get behind Joe Biden. And now she is held up before the nation for unchecked adulation, including being the subject of study at university.
Here’s a quick sampling of responses to the story, as seen on X:
I can’t wait to pay for these student loans.
— GoneViking (@GoneViking1) April 21, 2024
Creating a generation devoid of critical thinking skills.
— Dan (@danieltobin) April 21, 2024
You’ve been telling me you’re a genius since you were 17. In all the time I’ve known you, I still don’t know what you mean. The weekend at the college didn’t turn out like you planned. The things that pass for knowledge I don’t understand.
— Ernesto Ronin (@Ronin1021) April 21, 2024
I can see it now. Telling my grandchildren how I aced “Taylor Swift” in college but couldn’t find a job!
— Simone Campbell (@sicampbe3) April 21, 2024
You know when people make fun of gender studies degrees?
— Jerry Curlan (@WorkforLife3) April 21, 2024
That’s what happens when you sell out to the Dems.
— MissDJAmerica (@tesla_barbie) April 21, 2024
People like this prove why the rest of American’s shouldn’t have to pay their student loans. If you want to waste money on classes that get you nowhere in life, you should foot the bill
— Jiggin Jalen (@JigginJalen) April 21, 2024
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Author: Tom Tillison
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