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Taylor Swift has been in the news quite a lot in the past week.
That’s usually the case when she releases a new album, but this time, there’s a twist:
Sales of The Life of a Showgirl have been spectacular — record-breaking, in fact — but the response to the album has been … well, mixed would be the polite way to put it.
It’s not just that Taylor is dealing with some of the first one-star reviews of her career.
It’s also the fact that even longtime fans are calling out some of the album’s lyrics as being more than a little problematic.
Taylor has been accused of bullying Charli XCX with “Actually Romantic,” in which she allegedly lashes out at her fellow pop star in brutal fashion.
Worse, Swift is accused of using racially insensitive imagery in s