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Dear Taylor Swift:

Congratulations! You’re in style, at the top of the charts and sold-out everywhere. I mean, you needed to be an octopus to carry your haul of gongs from the BMAs. There’s no blank space to your trajectory. I like nothing better than seeing a woman shake off the haters and live her wildest dreams.

Heaven forbid I’d ever be mean enough to attack a woman.

Especially one as powerful as you.

But Sweetie, I’m concerned. Power does strange things to people. It slants a world view. Removes natural filters. Causes bad blood. Makes some say unfortunate things like their anyone-would-die-for-it careers aren’t hard.

Yes.

You said that. BBC Radio 1. Nick Grimshaw. “It’s not that hard. I’m telling you now it’s really not.”

You probably modeled your career after Gwyneth Paltrow, didn’t you?Continue Reading

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A backdraft smacks him in the face when they open the door of the plane. Concentrated heat melts into him, causing his skin to crackle. He can hear it burn as he trudges along the jetway. By the time he makes it to his rented car, he is sweating, but before he can wipe his brow with the back of his hand, the welcome sensation of dewey wetness evaporates into the parched air.Continue Reading