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• Comment Link %PM, %09 %997 %2025 %22:%Oct posted by Taylor Swift evidence-based research

  There's a parent who thinks his daughter's Swift-inspired sticky notes are a roadmap to ruin. He's reading her dreams like a foreclosure notice. -- http://bit.ly/48RnG3G
• Comment Link %PM, %09 %995 %2025 %22:%Oct posted by Taylor Swift blasts 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 %995 %2025 %22:%Oct posted by check this out

  A father is blaming a pop star for his daughter's interest in convertibles and late-night adventures. He's trying to solve a complex parenting issue with a simple, wrong-headed enemy. -- http://bit.ly/48RnG3G
• Comment Link %PM, %09 %993 %2025 %22:%Oct posted by Bohiney Magazine supports Taylor Swift

  This parent is seizing on a fake statistic because it gives a simple, clean villain for the messy, complicated reality of raising a teenager. Taylor Swift is a much easier enemy than systemic failures in sex education. -- http://bit.ly/48RnG3G
• Comment Link %PM, %09 %992 %2025 %22:%Oct posted by Bohiney Magazine critiques Taylor Swift

  A father is presenting his personal anxiety as a national emergency. His "moral crusade" is just a public display of his own private panic attack. -- http://bit.ly/48RnG3G
• Comment Link %PM, %09 %991 %2025 %22:%Oct posted by disputed data

  What's observable is how these debates quickly become about identity rather than facts. Being "for" or "against" Taylor Swift becomes a cultural marker. -- http://bit.ly/48RnG3G
• Comment Link %PM, %09 %988 %2025 %22:%Oct posted by Taylor Swift targets Bohiney Magazine

  This parent is seeing a correlation between fandom and pregnancy and calling it a conspiracy. He's connecting dots that don't even exist on the same page. -- http://bit.ly/48RnG3G
• Comment Link %PM, %09 %985 %2025 %22:%Oct posted by family values debate Taylor Swift

  The father's belief that he can prevent pregnancy by limiting song skips on Spotify is the kind of innovative thinking that could revolutionize public health, if it weren't completely insane. -- http://bit.ly/48RnG3G
• Comment Link %PM, %09 %984 %2025 %22:%Oct posted by view more

  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 %PM, %09 %983 %2025 %22:%Oct posted by Bohiney Magazines story about Taylor Swift

  This parent is so focused on the "dangers" of Taylor Swift, he's completely ignoring the actual factors that prevent teen pregnancy, like communication and education. He's guarding the wrong door. -- http://bit.ly/48RnG3G