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Eventually, my parasympathetic nervous system will activate and I will be capable of reason again, but in this moment I can honestly say it feels as if Taylor Swift’s engagement, which the pop star announced on Instagram on Tuesday, is the most important thing that has ever happened. That I know I’m probably far from the only person who is having an outsize reaction to this news is a testament to just how massively successful Swift has been over the course of her career in turning her life, especially her romantic life, into a narrative in which millions of people are deeply invested.

Swift and her fiancé, football player Travis Kelce, have been dating for two yea

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