I’m glad that Taylor Swift is Time’s Person of the Year.

Yesterday, my mom sent the list of candidates. I didn’t check how legit her source was. It was a forwarded message via the Telegram messenger. The candidates were apparently China’s Xi Jinping, Putin, King Charles III, Barbie (I am guessing the actual doll that served as an inspiration for the movie), Sam Altman of OpenAI, and the actors who went on strike in Hollywood.

I replied immediately: Taylor Swift will win.

I then forgot about this topic, but this morning, my oldest son texted me this:

Note the source on Twitter. “End Wokeness”. My son just started college and is leaning right. Actually, he was even more right at high school but I notice how now he’s becoming more balanced in his views.

The ‘end wokeness’ thing is not the point, though.

I then argued with my son and told him how I agreed that Taylor deserved to be Person of the Year. I also explained that it’s not the first time Time featured a celebrity. U2 were on the cover of Time.

He then pointed to me how Taylor Swift’s cult-like status is because of the narrowness of her followers — girls and young women.

I said I don’t care about who follows her. She’s a huge force, period.