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    Sally Rooney is trending again, and this time it’s because of Taylor Swift.

    Jessie Gaynor
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    May 9, 2019, 1:25pm

    As a person forced to look at Twitter as part of my job, I have heard a lot about Sally Rooney in the past. . . I want to say, two thousand years? So when her name was trending once again today, I assumed it was just because she now represents all of Book. I clicked anyway, because I am nothing if not culturally pliant.

    Here is what I saw (from Entertainment Weekly):

    This calls for a close-up:

    As I’ve said all along, Stars! They’re just like us! Or, in the parlance of the youth, I’m Star.

    Entertainment Weekly Sally Rooney she's cheer captain and i'm a lifelong marxist stars they're just like us Taylor Swift Twitter

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