NEW YORK (AFP) - Another day, another Taylor Swift media circus: talk of the pop phenomenon is omnipresent, from her forthcoming concert film to her dating life to her wildly successful global tour.
And as the 33-year-old's power grows all-consuming, renewed discussion of her potential political weight has followed.
The presence of Swift -- who got her start in country before becoming one of pop's most dominant forces -- at two of his games saw television ratings spike and sales of the NFL player's jersey soar 400 percent. "What she was able to accomplish in getting young people activated to consider that they have a voice and they should have a voice in the next election, I think it's profoundly powerful."Swift's toe-dips into politics have been heavily scrutinized, garnering both criticism and praise; her years-long reticence to voice political opinions received the same treatment.
She said handlers urged her against wading into politics, telling her it could damage her career, particularly in the country music industry, which despite its complexities is often associated with conservatism. "Misogyny is ingrained in people from the time they are born," she told the magazine Maxim in 2015, at age 25.
For Jackson, who has studied the power of celebrity endorsements, such attacks on a figure of Swift's stature is, on its face,"hilarious."
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