It was recently announced that Taylor Swift is related to poet Emily Dickinson. It was both unexpected and unsurprising at the same time. So I thought I would do some further research on Emily and what she would be like if she were alive today. It’s interesting considering the contrast between Emily and Taylor: the former kept her writing to herself and only shared with her family and those whose reading taste she admired while the latter is one of the most well-known artists in the world exposing her innermost thoughts with millions. But the progress society has made in respecting women as artists in the past 130 years makes me wonder what kind of success Emily Dickinson would have had today, would she have kept her writing to herself or would she have been more inclined to share it with others in her own way?
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