Media has always been espoused to culture and culture to media. Ever since writing and cave drawings existed, the way we entertain ourselves and others has directly influenced the way we live and what we believe in. While rarely one movie or one painting changes the whole dynamic of the way we live our lives and the culture we are engrained in, in today’s day and age, some celebrities manage to make quite an indelible imprint. One of those celebrities is Taylor Swift. I first heard about Taylor Swift in my cousins’ basement in the small farm town of Hartlyville in Southern Alberta. I was eleven or so and wasn’t too interested in country music sung by an up and coming teenage girl. She came to dominate the country music scene in the next few years, writing her own music and lyrics. I firmly resisted as others, boys and girls around me, jumped on her bandwagon. I finally succumbed after my sister would blast T-Swift’s then recently released album...
It’s not so much what you believe in but how you live your beliefs that matter.