A lengthy opinion piece published in The New York Times contains speculation Music superstar Taylor Swift's sexuality has sparked outrage on the internet. Some social media users asked the US newspaper to retract it.
A 5,000-word column published in the newspaper's opinion pages suggests that the popular singer He's sending hidden signals to his fans that he's “weird.” Despite openly identifying as heterosexual.
Neither the New York Times nor Swift's representatives immediately responded to an AFP request for comment on the article or reaction.
Speaking anonymously to CNN, a person close to Swift called the column “offensive, dishonest and inappropriate.”
Anna Marx Essay, A New York newspaper opinion editor has compiled a list of times Swift has openly suggested she is “queer,” a term commonly used to describe gender and gender identity as distinct from heterosexuality.
“In isolation, a single hairpin may be meaningless or accidental, but taken together, they are the unfolding of a ballerina's bun after a long performance,” Marx wrote.
“Those abandoned hairpins began to appear in Ms. Swift's artwork long before the queer identity was undeniably marketed in mainstream America. They suggest that she fools people into thinking she's one of us,” he says.
In 2022, Marks published another guest column speculating on the gender identity of Harry Styles, a pop star who dated Swift, examining allegations against him. Like that.
Marx opens his column on Swift Celie mentions the inner anguish of Wright, a “strange” country musician and activist who described staying in hiding for years for both professional and personal reasons.
After the article was published, Wright called it “triggering”: “It was horrible to publish it. It was provocative to read it — not because the writer mentioned I was going to end my life — but to see it talk about a person's sexuality. It's upsetting.
Ignore what he said
Swift continues her successful “Eras” tour and elevates herself to other global stars.
For months, the 34-year-old singer has been openly dating NFL player Travis Kelce, drawing new viewers to football games while the camera regularly pans to Swift.
His love life Long the subject of tabloids, fans and his songs. Swift has been linked to high-profile figures such as actors Tom Hiddleston, Jake Gyllenhaal and Joe Alwyn, as well as singers Styles, Matt Healy – the 1975 frontman – and John Mayer.
Swift has never publicly hinted at herself Although it has been speculated over the years that he identifies as “queer” or gay.
She has been an advocate for LGBTQ+ rights, saying in a 2019 interview with Vogue: “I didn't realize until recently that I could advocate for a community that I wasn't a part of.”
And in the foreword to the recent reissue of her “1989” album, Swift reflected on her vows in her twenties to “not date boys” because of media speculation that she slept with every man she spent time with.
Kayla Cagnet — director of digital content at Equal Pride, an umbrella brand of umbrella-centric media that includes The Advocate and Out — said that when it comes to celebrity news coverage, “pointing out obvious signs is not inherently a problem.”
He told AFP that he noticed signs of homosexuality and told AFP that Swift was dating Kells before the couple confirmed the news.
On the other hand, according to Cagnet, the reaction to the New York Times column “has not really focused on reading homosexuality into her work, which I think is absolutely correct, but has focused on ignoring or dismissing what she said about it. .”
Pop culture fans are always interested in who celebrities date, she continued. “It's fair to be curious about what that means about their sexuality.”
