Is it acceptable to call someone "the enemy"

College Essays
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<p>Fairly self-explanatory, but I’ll elaborate. I am beginning to write an essay about an experience I had dealing with love this past year, and I think that beginning the essay with the sentence “Taylor Swift is the enemy.” would serve both as a good “hooking intro” and as an overall theme of the essay.</p>

<p>My question is, do I risk too much with an opening like this? Is it taboo, or worse, clich</p>

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<p>im not sure if this is comparable, but i read an essay in a book (the girl was accepted into good schools) and she started her essay with
“i am not barbie”
i dont think its unacceptable; but it may be clich</p>