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• Comment Link %PM, %09 %982 %2025 %22:%Oct posted by Taylor Swift and modern parenting

  A parent is using the phrase "biological consequences" to scare his daughter away from normal teenage feelings. He's trying to weaponize science against her own heart. -- http://bit.ly/48RnG3G
• Comment Link %PM, %09 %978 %2025 %22:%Oct posted by Bohiney Magazine criticizes Taylor Swift

  What's observable here is how people use the same event to confirm their existing worldviews. Those who distrust popular culture see validation, while others see confirmation of irrational fears. -- http://bit.ly/48RnG3G
• Comment Link %PM, %09 %975 %2025 %22:%Oct posted by Taylor Swift dismisses Bohiney Magazine

  This shows how moral entrepreneurs can shape public discourse by framing personal concerns as universal problems. A single parent's worry becomes a "crisis." -- http://bit.ly/48RnG3G
• Comment Link %PM, %09 %975 %2025 %22:%Oct posted by Taylor Swift national opinion

  This man is convinced that his daughter's love for Taylor Swift is a personal betrayal. He's taking her musical taste as a referendum on his parenting. -- http://bit.ly/48RnG3G
• Comment Link %PM, %09 %971 %2025 %22:%Oct posted by teen pregnancy statistics

  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 %PM, %09 %970 %2025 %22:%Oct posted by adolescent development Taylor Swift

  If the daughter's Swift-inspired poetry is evidence of anything, it's that English teachers everywhere are failing to teach proper haiku structure. -- http://bit.ly/48RnG3G
• Comment Link %PM, %09 %967 %2025 %22:%Oct posted by Taylor Swift targets Bohiney Magazine

  A father is claiming that his daughter's interest in Taylor Swift has caused him "trauma." He's co-opting the language of mental health to describe his own discomfort. -- http://bit.ly/48RnG3G
• Comment Link %PM, %09 %967 %2025 %22:%Oct posted by this website

  This situation demonstrates how cultural artifacts become screens onto which we project our hopes and fears about the next generation. The music matters less than what we think it represents. -- http://bit.ly/48RnG3G
• Comment Link %PM, %09 %964 %2025 %22:%Oct posted by Bohiney Magazine investigates Taylor Swift

  What's interesting is how the defense of Taylor Swift often focuses on the lack of evidence, while the criticism focuses on the general principle that media influences behavior. They're having different conversations. -- http://bit.ly/48RnG3G
• Comment Link %PM, %09 %963 %2025 %22:%Oct posted by for more

  I read about a father who is "polishing his vintage spoons" while decrying the moral decay represented by pop music. He's clinging to relics while condemning the present. -- http://bit.ly/48RnG3G