For my blog, I chose the article “Taylor Swift: Combating Typical, Scandalous Celebrity Behavior,” by Katie Huston. The article is basically saying that Tayor Swift is a better song-writer than people might have given her credit for. By analyzing the song “Fifteen,” by her, the author of the article talks about Taylor’s ulterior motives. According to Hurston, Taylor is telling her audience that at 15 you don’t know what you’re going to be, and that you shouldn’t rush growing up, like the other teen celebritites, like Lindsey Lohan and Miley Cyrus are encouraging. Because of this assessment, Hurst says that Taylor is different than most sing/song writers because she is trying to keep teenagers young while they still can be instead of trying to grow up too fast. Swift doesn’t completely ignore the stresses of the teenage years, she simply states that there are more important things that will happen to you in the future and that it doesn’t matter if you date the most popular football player, because it’s not going to define you. I also like how Hurst mentioned that celebrities today don’t exhibit kind, caring, intelligent personalities. She said that celebrities are now focused solely on being attractive to the opposite sex. This argument is very timely because Taylor Swift is popular right now, and she will be popular for a while because he career is just beginning. I find her argument compelling because I am getting sick of Miley Cyrus and Lindsey Lohan and the bad examples they are setting for kids today. And it is relevant because bad role models are becoming more and more of a problem. As technology increases, so does exposure to the media at a younger age. It is important now more than ever that children and teens have a good role model to look up to.
I read this article too! Its very interesting.
ReplyDeleteWell...it caught my eye. I'm a huge fan of her and her music. She's just so different from the rest of Hollywood, and that's one of the main reasons why I love her so much.
ReplyDeleteI agree. While I usually am not drawn to teen singers (they typically just make me think of the drama that I left in highschool), Taylor Swift does a good job of appealing to young people without being to... angsty? Yeah, angsty is the word.
ReplyDeleteI read this article also. I agree there are not many "role models" for teens these days.
ReplyDeleteI would have to agree as well, this article seems very interesting and perhaps had I remembered to blog, I would have read it myself. Teens need better role models.
ReplyDeleteindia, if i could like your comment, i would. but the fact is, Taylor relates to her audience, without complaining about it or setting a bad example
ReplyDelete