[morganvachon]

You'd be surprised. I'm not a fan of her music (if I had kids they probably would be) but she's very hands-on with her image and if it's on her tumblr page, she wrote it. I respect her as a person and from what I've seen she's very intelligent and articulate.

[aikah]

She absolutely didn't write that, she has an entire PR firm at her disposal. The same way most politicians do not write any of their speeches. Do you really think most "stars" directly manage their "own" tumblr,facebook or twitter accounts? of course not.

[maxerickson]

I got vilified as a troll on reddit for suggesting such a thing. A reply to me earnestly said something to the effect of: I don't know anything about twitter, but I'm sure <washed up star> follows <big movie franchise>.

[morganvachon]

"Swift gets her fans, and instead of keeping to herself she builds a relationship with her audience through Twitter and Instagram. She acts as her fans best friend as opposed to their untouchable celeb crush. And she does it all herself, no assistant at hand."[1]

I get why you think that way, because most celebrities do indeed hire PR firms and assistants to handle their fan relationships. Ms. Swift is unique in the fact that she doesn't, and it's documented well enough that even a non-fan like me knows about it. I wouldn't have said what I did above if I didn't know it to be true.

[1] http://www.businessinsider.com/taylor-swift-is-a-business-ge...

[ninkendo]

I'm sure she wrote it, but I'm also sure not a word of it didn't get approved by her lawyers and PR people, and they probably had to do a hefty amount of editing to ensure the tone and words are just right (and don't harm any contracts they may have with apple.)

I mean I'm sure she's great, but she's also a brand and a business in her own right. Stuff like this is too important to let an artist just go off and say whatever she feels.

[thanatropism]

> very hands-on with her image

As compared with whom? Ariana Grande? Metallica? Madonna? Jello Biafra? Efrim Menuck? Nicki Minaj?

Sure, she's probably market-positioned as "more authentic" than Paris Hilton. You shouldn't be blinded by the marketing any more than you should believe Iron Maiden to be devil-worshippers.

> intelligent and articulate.

Which usually translates to "White, non-Southern American accent". ("British" also applies, but usually to men.)

[pearjuice]

I hope you do realize companies get paid handsomely to properly manage PR and make people believe they are actually the person they are representing, writing the PR. Or do you also believe Obama writes his own speeches? In fact, you believing she actually wrote that is exactly why those PR companies are in business.

[x5n1]

She's also a multi-millionare. I doubt she has time for this and it's managed by her company, pr, and/or lawyers.

[Someone]

By that logic, Jobs didn't write http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/ or his "thoughts on music" (which seem to have disappeared from Apple.com), either.

[vacri]

There was a time when people used to calculate how much money would have to be lying on the ground for it to be worth Bill Gates' time to simply stop, lean down, and pick it up...

[sanswork]

And when asked during his last AMA BillG said he would stop, lean down and pick up any money he saw on the ground. But then he'd give it to his foundation.