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Agree or disagree with the way in which celebrities who use their social media, their moments on awards stages or in interviews to make their views on the current political climate heard, you’ve definitely noticed that it’s been happening with increasing regularity.

You might have also noticed that the celebrity with perhaps the largest platform has remained silent on political issues: Taylor Swift. And if you ask Lola Kirke, star of Mozart in the Jungle, Swift’s silence on the issues at hand is deafening.

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“For me, it’s really important to elevate voices and causes that don’t get as much attention with whatever attention I get,” Kirke said to Vogue this week. “I totally understand why some people won’t do that; I definitely think that there are certain celebrities who really could offer more help to grassroots movements with their power — and don’t.”

So is she thinking of anyone specific?