Taylor Swift

The singer made news with the first real political statement of her career. It was overdue—and oddly depressing.

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How the pop icon has embraced Hollywood's long, rich tradition of nostalgia for black subjugation.

In a highly connected era where fans can easily and directly interact with famous people online, long-standing parasocial relationships have intensified and become increasingly complex to navigate.

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How a culturally conservative effort in the 1940s backfired to create the greatest engine of pop music in the world.