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Taylor Swift is widely considered the top contemporary singer and original songwriter dominating the music world right now. 

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Really Takes Center Stage

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"One element of Madonna's career that really takes center stage is how many times she's reinvented herself. It's easier to stay in one look, one comfort zone, one musical style. It's inspiring to see someone whose only predictable quality is being unpredictable." – Taylor Swift

A Movement to Eradicate Extreme Poverty

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In September, Global Citizens, a social action platform dedicated to solving the world's biggest problems, turned NYC into an arena of advocacy, with dozens of events and activations uniting Global Citizens to learn, take action, and see world leaders commit to deliver a world without extreme poverty by 2030.

"All of a sudden, the footprint, it very much organically started to grow," [Global Citizen's Hugh] Evans, 34, tells Billboard. "We never want Global Citizen to be a night in Central Park -- it has to be a 365-day-a-year movement to eradicate extreme poverty."

Now, GC has released a Taylor Swift parody video for a cause. Bringing awareness to one of the most pressing issues in global development, the “Look What You Made Me Do” spoof draws attention to sanitation and toilet access.

Worldwide, 4.5 billion people lack access to safe and working toilets and sanitation, while 892 million people are forced to defecate outside in the open or into bodies of water.

Check out the Taylor Swift parody that has gone global here.

New York's Global Welcome Ambassador: Taylor Swift

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Like it or not, Jeremiah Moss writes an amusing piece on Taylor Swift being named New York city's "Global Welcome Ambassador."

Is Taylor Swift qualified to define what New York stands for?

I'm all for this part:

Use your voice to encourage Mayor de Blasio to control the spread of chains. Advocate for the Small Business Jobs Survival Act to protect small businesses from skyrocketing rent hikes. Encourage tourists to spend less money at chain stores and shop local instead.

Everything else?  Meh.  I think there could be better choices.

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