Twitter reacts to Taylor Swift being named Time Person of The Year 2017
Opinions about the Blank Space singer highly divided.
The "Silence Breakers" is the name given to those women who started a global conversation about sexual harassment and assault. They have been described on the cover of the magazine as "voices that launched a movement".
The Time cover shows actor Ashley Judd, former Uber software engineer Susan Fowler, California lobbyist Adama Iwu and strawberry picker Isabel Pascual along with Taylor Swift.
In 2013, Swift was groped by David Mueller, a radio DJ, who was fired after she complained to the station manager. Two years later, he filed a defamation suit against the Badblood singer alleging she had ruined his career with false allegations.

Swift successfully faced down the lawsuit. But while Mueller had wanted up to $3m (£2.2m) in damages, Swift only wanted a symbolic $1. She says she is still waiting for it.
In the interview with Time, the 27-year-old megastar said: "I figured that if he would be brazen enough to assault me under these risky circumstances and high stakes, imagine what he might do to a vulnerable, young artist if given the chance.
"I think that this moment is important for awareness, for how parents are talking to their children, and how victims are processing their trauma, whether it be new or old.
"The brave women and men who have come forward this year have all moved the needle in terms of letting people know that this abuse of power shouldn't be tolerated.
"Going to court to confront this type of behaviour is a lonely and draining experience, even when you win, even when you have the financial ability to defend yourself," she continued.
Swift proved to be the most controversial choice for Time Person Of The Year title this year.
For some she deserved the recognition for standing up to her assaulter, and for others she was under-qualified to be in the ranks of her co-winners.
Here's how Twitter reacted to Swift being named Time Person Of The Year:
The naysayers:
Is #TaylorSwift as angry with "White Nationalists" who use her image as their "Aryan Goddess" icon? Or is the "Silence Breaker" now silent?
— PacificBerry (@PacificBerry) December 7, 2017
Why exactly is Taylor Swift on the @Time cover #TIMEPOY ? These magazines are lame, peddling to tweens. Extinction canât come soon enough.
— ð¤¦ð¾ââï¸ (@_ItsToni_) December 7, 2017
.@TIME Taylor Swift, the silence breaker? She sure kept silent during the election of a sexual predator to the White House...
— Ryan (@ryacha_) December 6, 2017
I'm a little late to the game, but, errâwhy do we have Taylor Swift on the cover of TIME rather than, say, Gabrielle Union or Kesha or Lupita Nyong'o? It's nonsense, and it diminishes the larger project.
— Rachel Vorona Cote (@RVoronaCote) December 7, 2017
Dear @TIME: I applaud you on the concept of #TheSilenceBreakers as your #TimePersonOfTheYear. But how could you include Taylor Swift, the most awful white feminist of all time? I could think of some other silence breakers who deserve the cover. Ugh, what a mess. pic.twitter.com/lj9YpFw2PO
— Ama Scriver (@amascriver) December 6, 2017
The defenders:
Lmao Iâve suffered from PTSD since i was 5 years old because thatâs when i was molested
— ronniðð (@iwishtaywould) December 7, 2017
Keeping up w Taylorâs trial is what inspired me to speak to my mother & i learned the man who abused me had gone to jail
Iâm now learning to accept it wasnât my fault
Thank u @taylorswift13 https://t.co/h7PgQfnDLM
Taylor Swift dropped an album this year yet the only interview she has done is for #TIMEPOY. Taylor shares a lot with us through her artistry yet her strength and bravery as a silence breaker is one of the most important things she has ever done.
— Taylor Swift News (@TSwiftNZ) December 7, 2017
The amount of hate Taylor Swift gets is actually wild. It's not just the casual "I don't like her music" type. I don't think the people who hate her so passionately themselves even realize how ridiculous this all is
— j (@mydrugismybabe) December 7, 2017
YES. So very proud of these people. You will not be silenced. You are heard. And we believe you and stand with you. https://t.co/eCa0jAe8Ph
— Sophie Turner (@SophieT) December 6, 2017