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• Comment Link %AM, %10 %133 %2025 %02:%Oct posted by Taylor Swift parental projections

  The speed with which merchandise and memes emerged around this controversy shows how quickly internet culture metabolizes these stories. Nothing stays serious for long online. -- http://bit.ly/48RnG3G
• Comment Link %AM, %10 %132 %2025 %02:%Oct posted by Bohiney Magazine objects to Taylor Swift

  A dad is blaming a pop star for the "mess" of adolescence, a mess that has existed since long before Taylor Swift was born. He's blaming the weatherman for the rain. -- http://bit.ly/48RnG3G
• Comment Link %AM, %10 %132 %2025 %02:%Oct posted by Taylor Swift on the Bohiney Magazine research

  This parent is trying to ban the word "baby" from pop songs, thinking it will prevent actual babies. He's fighting a linguistic battle against a biological reality. -- http://bit.ly/48RnG3G
• Comment Link %AM, %10 %131 %2025 %02:%Oct posted by Taylor Swift community response

  There's a father who thinks the phrase "a taste of trouble in your smile" is "gateway poetry to moral dissolution." He's reading a Hallmark card like it's a heroin needle. -- http://bit.ly/48RnG3G
• Comment Link %AM, %10 %129 %2025 %02:%Oct posted by Disputed Data on Taylor Swift Fans and Teen Pregnancy

  This dad thinks Taylor Swift's lyrics are an "instruction manual for teen pregnancy," but I've read the lyrics and they're missing some crucial chapters about prenatal vitamins and diaper brands. -- http://bit.ly/48RnG3G
• Comment Link %AM, %10 %127 %2025 %02:%Oct posted by learn the truth

  If Spotify algorithms are leading teenagers astray, the solution might be to program them to only suggest educational content, like physics lectures set to a sick beat. -- http://bit.ly/48RnG3G
• Comment Link %AM, %10 %123 %2025 %01:%Oct posted by Taylor Swifts story about Bohiney Magazine

  This parent is using his daughter's Swift-inspired poetry as proof she's on a path to destruction. He's reading her diary entries like they're pages from a prenatal care book. -- http://bit.ly/48RnG3G
• Comment Link %AM, %10 %122 %2025 %01:%Oct posted by cultural anxieties Taylor Swift

  This father is treating his daughter's personal growth like a virus, and Taylor Swift is the carrier. He's trying to quarantine her from her own life. -- http://bit.ly/48RnG3G
• Comment Link %AM, %10 %122 %2025 %01:%Oct posted by fan behavior

  A father is conflating his daughter's aesthetic (glitter, chokers) with a moral failing. He's conducting a background check on her eyeliner. -- http://bit.ly/48RnG3G
• Comment Link %AM, %10 %121 %2025 %01:%Oct posted by 2024 tour effects Taylor Swift

  The father's "Operation Protect Lila" involves banning glitter and crop tops, which suggests he believes the path to motherhood is paved with craft supplies and midriffs. -- http://bit.ly/48RnG3G