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.
Ireland Baldwin Shares Rape, Abortion Experiences in Wake of Roe v. Wade Being Overturned
etonline.comIreland Baldwin is sharing her own experiences with abortion about the Supreme Court's decision on Roe v. Wade. The 26-year-old model took to TikTok Sunday to tell her story in an effort to help other women feel supported and loved amid Friday's ruling, which made abortion illegal in several states across the nation.«I am only now sharing my story because I want other women to feel supported and loved, whether they want to share their own story or not,» Baldwin said after noting that she saw others on TikTok prompting women to share their abortion stories. «I'm not here to tell this story today, but I was raped when I was a teenager, and I was completely unconscious when it happened, and it changed the course of the rest of my life.»She continued, «I never told anyone at the time, not for years.
The only person who knew was a nurse that treated me shortly after. And I didn't even tell my own boyfriend at the time. Not my parents.
No one.»Keeping that secret, Baldwin said, caused a lot of hurt and a lot of pain to her and the people she loved. After drinking, partying and self-medicating to distract herself from the pain, Baldwin said she ended up spiraling, finding herself in abusive and toxic relationships and friendships.After the Supreme Court's decision Friday, Baldwin started thinking about what her life would have been like if she had become pregnant during that pivotal moment in her life.«Seeing so many other brave women share their stories, got me thinking what my life would have been like if I had become pregnant, and if I had to raise a maybe during everything I was going through at the time,» Baldwin wondered aloud. «Mind you, I have medical resources, money and support that a lot of women do not have access.
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