Taylor Swift was a natural pick for Time magazine 's "Person of the Year." Her “Eras” tour revealed her as a once-in-a-generation celebrity, in the same league as Michael Jackson and Elvis.

Some conservative commentators were displeased with the political or cultural valence of this choice.

I see it differently: Swift’s central role in our culture is an opportunity for a much-needed pro-family revolution.

Consider our culture’s situation first.

Marriage rates and birthrates are at record lows. Many millennials find the idea of parenthood impossibly terrifying, and opinion journals are bombarding us every day with cases against marriage and having children.

“Those who panic over the rise in the number of single Americans do not see that this statistic includes lives of hard-won independence,” one pro-divorce, anti-marriage op-ed in the New York Times explained in 2022.

“The family as we know it is … an anti-queer factory for producing productive workers, rife with power asymmetries and violence,” wrote feminist siren Sophie Lewis.

The spirit of our popular culture is anti-family.

Now consider Taylor Swift’s situation:

She is in the early stages of a very promising relationship with a very all-American guy, Travis Kelce, an NFL tight end. Swift openly gushes over her boyfriend and he’s loving in return.

It’s entirely possible that Swift and Kelce could get engaged in 2024. Also, there’s no reason to believe that they would do as most young couples do these days and drag out their engagement. Her “Eras” tour ends tomorrow. His season will be over in February at the latest. They have the resources and they can, if they wish, make the time to rapidly plan a wedding in mid-2024.

Also, they would have no reason to delay starting a family. She doesn’t need to work, and taking a break after a tour is normal. Finally, he’s nearing retirement age and can soon dedicate himself full time to a family.

So picture this 2024 for Taylor and Travis:

The Chiefs make it to the Super Bowl with Swift in the stands at every game. After they win the Super Bowl, she runs down to the field, he produces a ring and proposes. She says yes.

They get married in June in a massive cultural spectacle, sort of America’s version of a royal wedding.

They take a great American honeymoon, and in the fall, right around opening day, they announce they are expecting their first child in 2025.

She takes a break from touring while he plays his final few seasons, and they have a couple more children. In this time, she writes all sorts of songs about motherhood, about married life, about seeing a brutal football player become a tender dad.

Then he retires and becomes a full-time dad while she returns to full-time music. The whole family travels with her on most of her tours, especially before the kids are school-age.

A full embrace of family life by the biggest celebrity in the world could trigger a massive boom in marriage and baby-making in America — which is what we definitely need.

The 2024 "Person of the Year" would become the woman of the century.