Gaylor, writer, painter, dreamer, smoke ring afficionado & an overall mess. 30s, refuses to grow up. Trans rights are human rights. Tumblr: fists-on-up
These always make me emotional because the risk of having proof like this was so extreme. These pictures could mean being jailed, beaten, or killed. But they did it anyway because their love was bigger than their fear.
It's depressing that 95% of people completely miss how clever this line is. People applaud her songwriting, which is great, but they're only hearing half of it & it drives me crazy.
"Taylor would just come out if she's queer! She can do what she wants!"
Taylor: "They raised me in an asylum. They put me in a cage. They imprisoned me. They took out all of my teeth."
Reminder that I as a white person would never say "BLM makes me, me" & if you understand why that would be wrong you should understand that an ally would never say this.
Are we going to talk about how Sleeping Beauty was cursed to prick her hand on the spinning wheel? And how sleeping beauties is the Met Gala theme? And about sleeping so long in a 20 year dark night but now I see - [SNIPED BY TREE PAINE]
I said this in a comment yesterday but I can't stop thinking about it. She's acknowledged & honored these affectionate Sapphic couples because she kissed a girl at a concert once & it blew up her life. I NEED her to get another chance.
I'm still shocked she had the nerve to do this. Gay men doing what she says, wearing the infamous boyfriend shirt, doing a choreographed performance & we're crazy???
Taylor Swift: "my muse is a hoax, a myth, a legend, a ghost, a phantom, a con, a secret, a curse, counterfeit, forbidden, and would be a scandal if you found out."
Fans: "all of those gay rumors are a hoax & the muse is the man in headlines with her."
A ๐งต to put everything in perspective. We're meant to belive that Taylor "Mastermind" Swift, PhD, ACCIDENTALLY portrayed herself as two of the like 5 depictions of Sappho that exist, used lavender to describe her love,
I can't comment but this moment where they subtly entangle their arms for just a second is exactly what "our secret moments in a crowded room" means to me.
Since everyone's talking about the '14 VSFS lately, did y'all know that Karlie did this Loie Fuller-esque flourish at the end of the runway? In the televised version the camera's on Taylor when it happens.
Just a reminder for those who celebrate the Garden Gate anniversary - if one were to sneak around to the BACK garden gate of Karlie's West Village home, they'd be walking on cobblestones. Possibly broken ones. Possibly in high heels.
It's 2028, your wife comes up and wraps her arms around your waist as you're stirring your iced coffee, your cats have turned the dining room table into a boxing ring, a Florence + the Machine vinyl plays from the other room, it's a regular Sunday and your heart is full.
The first time I kissed a girl I realized why most songs, movies, books were about love & attraction & that the whole world wasn't just exaggerating it like some sick joke. This line makes me think of that.
In honor of new voice notes, let's talk about Taylor saying The Man is about how her life would be different if she'd been a man & *dated the same people*.
Of course I *want* a gaylors only secret sessions, I'm just saying we're all so God damn neurodivergent we won't be able to process any of the lyrics without a print out or subtitles.
WAIT A GOD DAMN MINUTE. Y'ALL GET IN HERE. I'm not saying whose arm this is but I AM saying whose arm it's not. Joe has a fucking birthmark. When his arm is positioned like that it's more on the inside & would be visible.
I'm a
ComingOutIsn'tSomethingWeDoOnceSoShe'sOutToManyButWasContractuallyForbiddenFromExplicitlySayingItUntilExileEndedAndNowShe'sGoingToBlowUpTheIndustryForDoingThatToHerlor
... Ready For It? Is Taylor's angry, resentful acknowledgement that she has no choice but to enter into a long term bearding relationship with Joe. She spells out exactly "how this is going to go" if you strip away the sick beat & sexiness. A lyrical analysis ๐งต
It's fucking heartbreaking that a young singer/songwriter was advised to change lyrics & get into "relationships" with men to explain her work. That made portrayed her as a serial dater & made people scramble to figure out which month long fling inspired such vulnerable /1
"they're just colors!"
"it's sunset themed!"
The woman put a dyke on a bike in a gay pride video dressed as the lesbian pride flag in front of a lesbian pride camper.
Be for fucking real.
This is my favorite "she's an ally!" proof because people are oblivious to politician-speak. Imagine asking your partner if they cheated & they say "to be a faithful partner means to not cheat".
two years ago today, on her podcast, becca tilley revealed that taylor was the first person to know about her relationship with hayley kiyoko outside of family and friends & described โout of the woodsโ as a song she felt encompassed her experience and relationship
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Cannot believe tomorrow is the final night in
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! In the meantime, should we go look for more missing outfits? Let us know which one we should look for first! ๐ค
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Someone tell Tree it's actually MORE suspicious to suddenly avoid the word "family" when talking about new albums & band members when she's said it the same way for 4 months.
Reminder that the purple glitter Taylor says means she's "not normal", that she tries to hide behind activism, is on the faces of all of the gay pride people. It's also literally what makes ME!, ME! in the gif.
Jason Kelce's wife voiced her frustrations about Harrison Butker's speech; he responded:
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Sure is a coincidence that Karlie notoriously loved to record everything & that was the only period Taylor had tons of lovey home videos of herself & her never pictured but publicly known & definitely male partner.
No because all I imagine is Karlie being excited to show Taylor the footage she took during the show
โBabe look at what I did while you were performingโ๐ฅฒ๐ฅฒ
Two people are arguing. One says to the other, "Bet I could still beat your ass, punk ass bitch."
Are they calling themselves a punk ass bitch? Are they saying "... BECAUSE I'M YOUR punk ass bitch"? Are both interpretations valid?
No one in the world would think this. Stop it.
I've made a handy chart that covers most anti gaylor talking points because I'm sick of them acting like two completely different things are exactly the same. They won't read it, but feel free to use it.
If, before the time period of the Vogue article, Taylor "didn't know she could advocate for communities she's not a part of", any prior advocacy must have been for communities she WAS a part of.
Like her advocacy for the queer community.
The Vogue quote is gaylor proof.
Taylor: sings about secret love no one can find out about for over almost 2 decades. Tells fans they don't actually know her, they only know what she's shown them.
Fans: all of the songs are about her public relationships we all know about because that's what she's shown us.
As an elder gaylor, I want to expand on this because it's so important. Queer people have a history of both dying alone & dying with a partner who was invisible. A depressing but vital ๐งต
I apologize in advance, but impressionism was characterized by coming out into the daylight to paint vs doing it indoors. The point was to highlight the effects of daylight & color.
If you think Taylor read & hated the NYT piece that featured a hairpin in the main image & discussed at length why her use of the term was taken to mean she's queer, & then chose to show herself chained in a locked room like this, maybe it's you who thinks she's a bad person.
So if But Daddy I Love Him isn't about him, So High School isn't about him, & The Alchemy isn't about him OR Matty, then who's driving the space ship ๐ค
Taylor for the last year: I was a lonely, alone millennial woman watching TV alone & drinking alone & it was lonely because I was alone.
The world, just now: hey wait a minute
9 years ago today, Taylor kissed a girl she loved at a concert & it turned her life upside down. Now when she sees girls kissing at her concerts, she looks at them like this.
If a man says another man is attractive he's branded gay forever. If a woman writes love songs to a woman & says gay pride makes her, her it's just allyship, a phase, she's confused, you're misunderstanding, straight women kiss women too, stop sexualizing her.