Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
A Complex History of Lesbians in Atlanta and Charlotte
thegavoice.comIn her new book, “Drastic Dykes and Accidental Activists: Queer Women in the Urban South,” LaShonda Mims explores the history of queer women in Atlanta and Charlotte following World War II.
Uniting Southern women’s history with urban history, the book serves as an imaginatively constructed archive of feminist newsletters, queer bar guides, oral histories, and political rhetoric to explore the complex history of lesbian life in the South.
In an interview with Georgia Voice, Mims dived into the complexities of this history, from racial archival inequities to the controversial importance of corporate support, and what readers can expect when they pick up “Drastic Dykes and Accidental Activists.” Quotes have been edited for clarity. Tell me a little bit about your background. There was a delay before I could get my doctorate due to being a lesbian and being in a lesbian relationship and fighting custody battles for my biological son.
That shaped a lot about how my path went. During my doctorate, I won a [$20,000] grant. It was for nontraditional women in the academy and first [generation college students].
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