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Spotlight
Taylor Swift: Blame and fame
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She broke Ticketmaster, she's caused seismic activity, and she pulled Lana del Rey to collect an award with her on stage – how dare she?
Lately, she has seemingly become Earth's biggest polluter, with commentators around the world pointing the finger at her for jetting to and from concerts around the world, without a care in the world for the CO2 emissions her private jet is spewing out.
“They say fame comes with a price to pay and after watching Miss Americana, you realise that,” says Swiftie Tamara Llasat, 34, who works in customer service and as an editorial reader.
All the bad press reminds fans of Swift's “Reputation Era” back in 2016, where tabloids were ripping her apart for her feuds with Katy Perry, Kim Kardashian, and Kanye West. It might sound like old news, but people are still concerned with who she dates too. [...]
The “aws” and “ohs” followed when she started dating National Football League (NFL) player Travis Kelce.
The problem now? She's taking attention off the game and emitting so much CO2 on her trips to see her beau and touring that she's basically responsible for climate change.
“Last time I checked, nowhere it said that the global warming issue had to be solved by Taylor Swift. Using her name is a strategy to get views, reads, and interactions,” says Llasat. “More than 500 hundred private planes took off from Las Vegas once the Super Bowl ended. But whose name was on the news?”
Swift is by no means on the top 10 of most polluting personalities, not even now that she has become a billionaire, as reported by Bloomberg.
“Does any man have this much pearl-clutching happening when men fly private? Can she do anything right? The way we hold female celebrities up to such a higher standard of everything than male ones is horrifying,” says Michelle Minnikin, 45, an organisational psychologist and author based in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Lately, she has seemingly become Earth's biggest polluter, with commentators around the world pointing the finger at her for jetting to and from concerts around the world, without a care in the world for the CO2 emissions her private jet is spewing out.
“They say fame comes with a price to pay and after watching Miss Americana, you realise that,” says Swiftie Tamara Llasat, 34, who works in customer service and as an editorial reader.
All the bad press reminds fans of Swift's “Reputation Era” back in 2016, where tabloids were ripping her apart for her feuds with Katy Perry, Kim Kardashian, and Kanye West. It might sound like old news, but people are still concerned with who she dates too. [...]
The “aws” and “ohs” followed when she started dating National Football League (NFL) player Travis Kelce.
The problem now? She's taking attention off the game and emitting so much CO2 on her trips to see her beau and touring that she's basically responsible for climate change.
“Last time I checked, nowhere it said that the global warming issue had to be solved by Taylor Swift. Using her name is a strategy to get views, reads, and interactions,” says Llasat. “More than 500 hundred private planes took off from Las Vegas once the Super Bowl ended. But whose name was on the news?”
Swift is by no means on the top 10 of most polluting personalities, not even now that she has become a billionaire, as reported by Bloomberg.
“Does any man have this much pearl-clutching happening when men fly private? Can she do anything right? The way we hold female celebrities up to such a higher standard of everything than male ones is horrifying,” says Michelle Minnikin, 45, an organisational psychologist and author based in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
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Poster from Miss Americana, 2020.
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PATH A
B1
1-A
What is Taylor Swift blamed for? Quote the text.
2-A
Identify passages where people defend Taylor
Swift.
3-A
In the video, how does she describe the
pressure to be a "nice girl"? What effect
did it have on her?
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PATH B
B2
1-B
Why do tabloids scapegoat Taylor Swift,
according to the text?
2-B
Find quotes showing the double standards
female celebrities face.
3-B
In the video, how does Taylor Swift reclaim
her voice and confidence? Describe two
specific moments.
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Let's talk this out!
4
Share your answers and sum up your findings: In what ways is Taylor Swift presented as a scapegoat?
5
Why do you think celebrities, especially women, attract so much blame and criticism in the media?
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Swifties to the rescue!
Taylor Swift is facing a wave of online hate, with people blaming her for all sorts of things. As Swifties, your mission is to defend her in a live social media discussion. Can you convince your viewers that she's being unfairly scapegoated?
Taylor Swift is facing a wave of online hate, with people blaming her for all sorts of things. As Swifties, your mission is to defend her in a live social media discussion. Can you convince your viewers that she's being unfairly scapegoated?
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