Taylor Swift gives the shaft to a school of deaf kids.

For weeks now, Taylor Swift has been holding a contest among schools--all schools--for her to hold a concert.

During the entire duration of the contest, the Horace Mann School for the Deaf led in total votes. Sure, this was largely created out of a groundswell of funny-ha-ha people at Reddit and 4Chan. But a contest is a contest, and the Horace Mann School won the contest going away. Even the principal at Horace Mann said he was happy to have Taylor visit and play a concert at his school.

Well, Taylor doesn't find it funny, nor does she like deaf children apparently, because she's shafting the Horace Mann School and visiting the runner-up school, Harvey Mudd College.

Mind you, the rules don't state where the votes must come from. Nowhere does it say the votes must come from the school itself. Hence, this is where the groundswell for Horace Mann comes in.

Oh, don't worry though--Taylor sees a PR nightmare way before you do, so she's donating $50,000 cash and $10,000 in musical instruments to the Horace Mann School in hopes you don't hate her for ignoring special needs kids.

$10,000 in musical instruments to deaf kids. That's like giving blind people an array of Rembrandts to look at and claiming you're dedicated to those with a lack of sight.




Oh, in case you're wondering how fair Harvey Mudd College's voting was--the school has 771 full-time students, yet somehow generated tens of thousands of votes that were all on the up-and-up according to Swift's management team. Riiiiight.

Taylor Swift is holding a competition for a concert at a school, and the deaf kids are in the lead.

Taylor Swift--through promotions with various companies and blah blah blah--has a competition where people can vote for which school in the United States she'll visit to play a concert.

The Horace Mann School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Allston, MA, is currently in the lead. And leading by a marathon, too. UCLA is in second place, naturally. You can't deny the power of the Horace Mann School.

4Chan and Reddit folks are the amazing geniuses behind this, voting enough times to make sure Taylor has a captive audience.

On the plus side, Horace Mann is only a few minute jaunt from Taylor's stalking of the Kennedy family down in Hyannisport, so that works out nicely.

Shady Song Lyrics: Taylor Swift Edition

It's been awhile since we did this.

So let's hit up examining the song lyrics of Taylor Swift, for no other reason than I'm fairly certain she's ten years of hard living away from turning into Wynonna Judd.

Song: Love Story
Written By: Taylor Swift



William Shakespeare and Taylor Swift have very different interpretations of the whole Romeo & Juliet storyline. Surprising, I know, but Taylor's involves less bloodshed, while Bill's lacks an MTV appeal to 15 year old girls.