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When you think of the most influential woman in the world,

who is the person that comes to mind, specifically within pop

culture? That's not really a trick question. If you ask me and like millions of girls,

quite literally all around the globe, Taylor Swift is going to be the answer to that question.

Now, she has a range of

influence that not only impacts my generation, but the generation beneath me, the generation

beneath them, the generation above me, I mean, like, there is truly no limit to the capacity in which her reach extends.

And I say all of this, not because I hate Taylor Swift, but because I used to actually be one of

those women. And if you're familiar with my content, then you're probably familiar with the

videos I have done on Taylor in the past. Should Christian women listen to Taylor Swift, my reaction to her most recent album,

The Tortured Poets Department, both of which I will link in the show notes below.

So I do tend to discuss her when these conversations of pop culture of influence come up, right?

Because of the testimony in my own life and what I was set free from once I was no longer

enslaved to the bondage of being a Swifty.

And what I mean by that is her music has such a hold on her fan base.

It's more than music.

It's more so a lifestyle.

It's truly like a cult because she can do no wrong by her fan base. And this led me down many destructive paths because there were a lot of things

that I struggled with, brokenness and addiction and heartache. And I felt like I had a lot of things that I struggled with, brokenness and addiction and heartache.

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