In a response to an op-ed in the WaPo, Salon’s Amanda Marcotte points out the double standard applied in the WaPo article: It paints men as hapless bystanders who are excluded from female-centric pop culture, putting the onus on women to provide entertainment for men lest they are deprived of any amusement in life.
The most impressive thing to me about Taylor Swift is that she sang 44 songs a show, three nights a week in different cities, for months.
That’s a hell of a dedication to craft to be able to pull that off.
Her music has zero emotional affect on or interest for me, but I respect the hell out of her musicianship.