Never not thinking about how when Lorde was questioned about a possible relationship with Jack she called it βheteronormative bullshitβ but when a radio host asked if she and Taylor were lesbians she said βso what if we areβ
Taylor Alison Swift beating the gay allegations by dressing in rainbow jewels, dancing sexily with another woman, pansexual lighting, featuring her rumoured new gf, and not ending up with the prince. Ok
The thing is: the queer stuff comes from Taylor, not from us, we just highlight it. Itβs not like weβre out here projecting onto every super famous celeb. Weβre not claiming Gayonce or Lana Del Gay. Weβre Gaylors because Taylor is so loud
I read recently that lots of younger lesbians are becoming TERFs??? So I just wanted to check with Gaylors that we are all on the same pro trans rights page?? Iβm honestly struggling to believe that young sapphic culture is terfy (also for the record I am old and bi) π³οΈββ§οΈ
*makes whole album aesthetic 70s*
βLavendar Haze is an obscure reference from the 40s/50s and definitely NOT that well known lesbian 70s referenceβ
Obsessed with the βTaylor loves all her fans so muchβ discourse gritting up against βfuck you wine moms and fuck fans who donβt like who I date and fuck everyone who makes me a god and also I drugged you all, you canβt quit me, fuck youβ
Taylor is LITERALLY like all the Kens were interchangeable and I ghosted them but then you my dream girl came along and I fell so hard now Iβm heartbroken forever and people STILL donβt see it
Iβm sorry straights but queers literally own lavendar. That includes bisexuals who basically invented purple. Watch out cos Lavendar Haze is gonna be a queer song, confirmed by the need for Taylorβs hostage video explanation
Been thinking about why lavendergate feels so much worse than other denials and itβs because it involves making us feel crazy about our understanding of the world (based on queer history) not just our interpretation of Taylor (based on her lyrics etc)
Rewatched Taylorβs 73 Questions With Vogue video today and forgot that when the dude asks her where he should take his wife for their anniversary she says Big Sur π
So maybe did Taylor make sure Joe got a Grammy *just* to spite Calvin Harris (perhaps to say βlook what a GOOD beard gets!β)?? Makes a lot of sense when you see Bowery listed on Sweet Nothing (Calvin had a hit of the same name)
Hetlors will be like βshe explained track one three and four because itβs 1 and 3 ie 13 and 4, so sheβs starting her tour on the 13th of the fourth monthβ but then when you press them on the lyrics βyou wonβt have to cry or hide in the closetβ itβs just a song
FYI when hetlors claim weβre βsexualisingβ Taylor for saying sheβs gay theyβre equating queerness with being sexual. Straightness is an assumed default identity/way of being seen as not about sex and often about love. But queers are accused of being hyper sexual. Itβs Homophobia
Before gaylors start, that was not a Gaylor video. It was a gay panic video that can easily be seen as a video freaking out over the Collab. And anyone mentioning hashtags, you know the chances she read the caption is low. She might not even know what a Gaylor is for what we know
Do you think maybe Taylor thought this would just give her plausible deniability with straight fans and Gaylors would look at the mad men reference and see the Betty hint and not get mad. Like, do you think she thought this would go down better
The amount of hetlor quote tweets claiming this is a reach and itβs βjust a fontβ π« Every little thing Taylor does is an Easter egg unless itβs gay
the βin that lavender hazeβ long sleeve tee from taylorβs most recent merch drop used the font MARSHA (named after queen Marsha P. Johnson), which was used for the sign of the Stonewall Inn! credit to @/barbarelleh on tik tok
Iβm always like βbut why wonβt Taylor just come OUT alreadyβ and then I go to her concerts and see who her main fanbase is and Iβm like βoooohβ
Can you imagine having a fanbase like Taylor with so many homophobes and weird doppelgΓ€ngers. No wonder she wants to squeeze every last cent from them
Finding queer narratives in straight culture has always been a survival mechanism. Thatβs why we have βfriend of Dorothyβ: from a queer reading of Wizard of Oz. Itβs not weird to analyse Taylorβs lyrics through a queer lens and also not weird to think and hope she might be queer
One thing articles about Gaylors almost never get right is how much we actually love Taylor. Itβs not just about queer reading her music, we LOVE her music
Today i mentioned Gaylor to my hairdresser, with no actual explanations, and he literally thought about it for one second before agreeing that itβs obvious