The NYT should be ashamed of its gross Taylor Swift op-ed speculating she’s a lesbian
nypost.coman out-of-its-mind 4,764-word op-ed analyzing why Taylor Swift might be a lesbian or bisexual.Yes, the equivalent of 13 pages of a novel was spent on a yucky wild goose chase to out a famous woman who has a famous boyfriend.No, we’re not back in homophobic 1985.
It’s still supposedly enlightened 2024!If you read that highfalutin crock in the morning paper, you’d be forgiven for thinking you were still asleep — it was that bonkers.As I cross-country skied through the endless article, many questions popped up.How did a creepy, irresponsibly speculative analysis of years of pop lyrics, flamboyant costumes and out-of-context interview quotes wind up in a publication that once ran a lofty ad campaign proclaiming, “Truth.
It’s more important now than ever.”?How was the following sentence allowed to run in the New York Times opinion section? “What if the ‘Lover Era’ was merely Ms.
Swift’s attempt to douse her work — and herself — in rainbows, as so many baby queers feel compelled to do as they come out to the world?”Why are readers paying for the Times when they can get this “Is she?
