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2023 Was the Year Taylor Swift Became Insufferable

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Swift was omnipresent in 2023. But embedded in her ascension to cultural goddess is a self-mythologizing that we’re increasingly, disturbingly reluctant to challenge.

Coleman Spilde
Coleman Spilde 

Entertainment Critic

A photo illustration showing Taylor Swift throughout 2023.
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