Small Minstrel Ditty

Perhaps it's selfish
I'm sharing my song,
but maybe the words
just took me too long;
when I tried to choose
between right and wrong
ideas arose
that didn't belong.

So Serious Saturday #22

Fiction needs a basis in reality. Exercising non-fiction muscles once in a while benefits an active imagination, channeling creative energies as it focuses on a subject. So Serious Saturdays will be an active place for critical essays or writing about reality in the context of real events - even when it is not written on Saturdays.

Type: Commentary

Swift Consequences

     

    The Country Music Awards and organizations related to the country music family have nominated her for many honors, but it is unclear how far Taylor Swift will walk from her country roots.

   Back in September 2014,  a senior contributor to The Federalist created a post about the possible moral consequences of T-Swift's song "Shake It Off". A decent read will review Swift's charms and public direction in these recent years.
   Where the Federalist article really shines is when it speaks about modern day value movements. True, people are more likely to argue that people should not judge, and then turn and be antagonistic to being judged themselves. Also true: the way selfishness is celebrated in the world, in part made possible by ability to post whatever and whenever to whoever.