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What does Taylor Swift have in common with Dictators?

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Madelyn
December 07, 2023

Hey everybody, its me, Madelyn, crawling out of the depths from who the hell knows where!! Shoutout to Bailey for handling the past MONTH of newsletters! ❤️ She is actual superwoman. Anyway!! I was trying to come up with a topic for todays letter and at first I was going to deep dive into why the hell we need a checkbook and how tf to balance that bish, but turns out…..with todays digital banking and everything being on our phones…its not really a need anymore besides for niche things. I mean I think it would still be a good idea to have for emergencies and what not, but other than that, digital banking is where its at! My mind then kept circling back to how Taylor Swift earned the honorable title of person of the year for Time magazine!! Did you happen to see who else was in the run for the title?

Mother <3

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  • Not how to balance a checkbook

  • Time’s Person of The Year

Girl, It’s Vladmir Putin

Bad Man ^

How the hell did Vladdy get on this list? People everywhere are left confused and disoriented. Since when was Putin (a literal dictator) on a list with Barbie and TayTay? I discovered this… Apparently “Time’s Person of The Year” doesn’t mean they are a good person or helped the world in anyway. It just takes into account who had the most influence in the last 12 months, good or bad.

This got me thinking… when did Time start doing this? Who was the first person of the year? Can I be person of the year? Can you? Can WE?

WHO??? (Watch “I Think You Should Leave” on Netflix!!!)

How Did We Get Here?

Well it all started in the 1920’s when Time started losing relevancy and launched this gimmicky campaign to keep readers engaged, and it worked! Did you know that the winner of this title doesn’t even have to be an individual. The “person” can be a group or concept too…like okay lol ya’ll lost me there. I don’t get it, but I do understand it.

The first person to earn this bewildering yet honorable title was a man named Charles Lindbergh. He was an aviator, military officer, author, inventor and an environmental activist. He was a badass in those ways (other ways…not so much.) He made history on May 20-21, 1927, by completing the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in a single-engine, custom-built monoplane. Lindbergh's flight from New York to Paris shot him to international fame and marked a significant achievement in aviation.

In the years leading up to World War II, Charles Lindbergh, despite his celebrated achievements in aviation, faced a looooot of controversy due to his isolationist views. These views, advocating against U.S. involvement in the war, were met with criticism.. Lindbergh's reputation was further muddled by his association with eugenics—a movement centered on selective breeding for genetic enhancement—and accusations of making anti-Semitic remarks.❌ These aspects of his life and beliefs have contributed to the debated legacy of the renowned aviator.

I Can’t Make This Up…

Say Vladmir Putin did win the title…this wouldn’t have been the first dictator to be named person of the year. ADOLF HITLER was named it back in 1938!?!? Hold on buddy, it gets worse. Stalin was named it TWICE!!! Like get our poetic genius girly off this list with these people!! Okay, okay, it’s not all bad. U.S. Scientists were named it in 1960, American women earned the title in 1957??? Martin Luther King JR was named in 1963!

✨Taylor’s Impact👑

She’s basically unavoidable when you tap into any social media apps on your phone. Tik toks, her songs used on reels or headlines spewing her business with Travis Kelce. She has broken more records than any single human or band in the music industry. Seismograms were sent out to measure the actual impact of Taylor’s fan’s cheers! Someone who gets people that hype is doing so many things right! This year alone she had 3 number 1 albums on the charts, she became a billionaire, she even saved our asses from having another 2008 incident with how much revenue she was raking in to these cities. Oh, I almost forgot, she was granted many keys to cities while on tour and even had streets named after her. Icon!!! Taylor’s successes are almost too many to name…that’s why I linked the article at the bottom. 😉 (Plus it would be illegal not to.)

So turns out you really don’t have to be a saintly goodie-two-shoes to be named Time’s Person of the Year, you can be a power hungry psychotic man with a tiny mustache and still get it! 👍

Thank you readers for falling down this little rabbit hole with me, I appreciate it! Until next time, try to be a good person, floss, and drive safe. Love you all!

❤️You know you love me, xoxo Madelyn (Bailey has been getting me into Gossip Girl lately lol)

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