Taylor Swift’s Hollow Victory

2015-5-11 Swift img01The New York Times claims that Taylor Swift’s “Blank Space…serves to assert both her power and her primness.”  Jessica Valenti from The Guardian lauds the music video’s portrayal as, “the woman we’ve been waiting for.”

What would John Paul II say?  One of GoodTrueBeautiful’s authors analyze the work in context of Theology of the Body:

The “Blank Space” music video shows us the culture’s solution to exploitative love: Be the exploiter. Taylor Swift wants viewers to perceive her as master of her and her lover’s fate. Early in the video, she shouts, “I love the players, and you—love—the game!” Unable to escape the players, she tries to defeat them by becoming the best player of all.

Read more: Taylor Swift and the Emptiness of Disordered Desire

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A humble student of art, Whitetail aspires to make and do for the glory of her Lord. Her greatest treasures are her family, friends, and teachers. She writes to flash a bright warning to the world.

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