She’s everywhere right now. I’m not even going to say who she is but unless you are living securely under a rock, you know of whom I speak. She has bothered us as collective species for a long time. Back in the day when she began in Country Music and sang Tim McGraw at one of their annual award shows with the actual Tim McGraw sitting in the front row, her fans were blown away. Then after finishing the song and watching her go off stage, right up to him to shake his hand and say, “Hi, I’m Taylor.” We knew this person was going places.

The young artist with a small but increasing platform back then in 2006, is now, in 2024 very literally the most talked about woman on planet earth and part of the reason that is so is because stupid people who think of themselves as enlightened and above the rest of mankind are saying crap like this.

I have questions.

1)Taylor Swift grew up in church?! What does that even mean?? Is she Lutheran? Catholic? Methodist? Baptist? Does it matter?

2)She has publicly claimed to be a Christian. Didn’t you say she grew up in church?

3) She’s didn’t like a politician and spoke out against said politician while publicly claiming to be a Christian. What kind of Christian are you looking for??

4)Taylor Swift’s parents are Conservative?? What does that even mean?? How do you know that?? Because they didn’t want her to speak out?? They didn’t want her to speak out FOR HER OWN SAFETY from the likes of YOU!

5)How did Jesus succeed for her?? Isn’t she considered promiscuous by you?? Aren’t her songs about all those relationships??

6)She is not enough because she keeps raising the bar for success??? Wait, isn’t that a goal of ALL good Republicans???

7)Satan and Witchcraft await?? And that is because she is…successful??? Dating Travis Kelce??? Do they offer mental healthcare for employees where you work? Seriously.

Taylor Swift is successful.

It has nothing to do with Jesus.

I am here to say that after 18 years of following her career and listening to her music, I’m still here because she’s just that good. I’m still here because she is still putting out music that speaks to me. I’m turning 63 in a month and can say without a doubt she’s successful because she is a good person doing good work and a whole lot of us have put down some serious cash to buy her music and attend her concerts FOR A LONG TIME. And guess what? We who have witnessed her proven character (something the Bible actually talks about) are still here.

We are still here because quite honestly, when the idiots are out there screaming over and over again that the sky is falling, she is dealing with her real life and telling us about it. 

We are still here because we happen to like it that she likes her parents and her parents support her without making anything about them. 

We are still here because this woman while being very very successful, doesn’t make us hate ourselves.

We are still here because we need the gift of her music.

This is why she’s here too.

The best thing that could have happened to Travis Kelce is to be matched by partner who does not need his life but instead wants a relationship with him. The best thing for Taylor Swift is equally to have a partner who doesn’t need her life but wants a relationship with her.

We are still here because at the end of the day, the material success that these two have achieved is just a sideshow and yet because it is, we can enjoy that show with them.