Grant Me Moral Personhood, But Not Yet: my problem with Taylor Swift

What happened to my wedding cake?!

There’s a scene in Taylor Swift’s recent music video for “I Bet You Think About Me” that I find both disturbing and quintessentially Taylor. It happens about one minute and thirteen seconds in, and it involves Taylor, a wedding cake and a little girl. Some of you already know what scene I’m talking about. Others will need this context: The song, “I Bet You Think About Me” was written by Taylor about a decade ago for Red (2012). The song is written from the point of view of a sassy ex: 3 AM and I'm still awake, I'll bet you're just fine Fast asleep in your city that's better than mine…

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