Yesterday, Taylor Swift was featured as one of 2017's Silence Breakers, Time's Person of the Year, after her sexual assault trial against former radio DJ David Mueller in the summer. Swift talked about her experience in her first interview about the trial in the issue and appeared alongside other sexual assault and harassment survivors on the cover.
But some people, in part because of Swift's silence during the #metoo movement and apolitical public image, took issue with her inclusion in the issue. Game of Thrones' Sophie Turner saw this commentary on Twitter and shut it down with a one-word response to one critic's tweet.
Turner herself tweeted her support of all the people in the issue and retweeted another person's post that contained a little jab to President Donald Trump:
Alyssa Bailey is the senior news and strategy editor at ELLE.com, where she oversees coverage of celebrities and royals (particularly Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton). She previously held positions at InStyle and Cosmopolitan. When she's not working, she loves running around Central Park, making people take #ootd pics of her, and exploring New York City.
