From All Too Well to Dear John , Taylor Swift’s songs are known for their reflections on love and relationships gone bad. It’s a common theme in her songwriting, and despite her newly engaged status, Swift still touches on relationships past, including her experience of being ghosted, which she sings about on the track Actually Romantic from her new album.

Ghosting is when a person unilaterally and abruptly ends communication with another, disappearing from their life without explanation or closure. And while we don’t hear any more details about Swift’s experience of being ghosted in the album, it does raise questions about the politics of ghosting: Is it OK to ghost someone? Are there rules we should follow? And if we ghost someone, can we come back?

Who can be ghosted? And what i

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