Taylor Swift is engaged – and women the world over are rejoicing. Not merely because they care about Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce or the Ralph Lauren shorts he wore at the proposal, but because, in a profound way, her story has become theirs.

Swift is not just the world’s biggest pop star; she is the diarist of millennial womanhood. Her lyrics have chronicled the teenage daydreams, the disillusioned twenties, the bitterness of wasted years, and now, at last, the rediscovery of commitment. When she said ‘yes’, millions of women projected onto her their own longing for permanence – and their own disillusionment with the cultural script they were handed.

For six years, Swift lived with British actor Joe Alwyn in a quiet domestic partnership. They were partners, not spouses; coh

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