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The feeling is so real :(

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Just made this meme, literally my life lol xx

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The Impact That Taylor Swift Has Had On My Life - My Beliefs + Storytime

I am one of the biggest swifties you will ever meet. And I'm sorry (not sorry), this will be a bit of a rant.

In my eyes, Taylor is the kind of woman that the parents of this generation should want their kids to look up to. Taylor is a beautiful, kind, intelligent, aspirational, creative, caring, pure, inspirational, funny, confident, sweet, raw, successful woman. I feel like the people who hate on her are just people who have never given her a chance. In this day and age, musicians are often over-the-top or "fake" for the media, but Taylor isn't. For some reason, because Taylor acts more human for the cameras, people find a need to hate. Personally, that's something that I love about her : her real, pure demeanor despite all the paparazzi and fame surrounding her. It inspires me to be resilient and confident. I think to myself "If Taylor can be herself in front of billions of people, I can definitely be myself in front of my class (for example)".

Not only this, but her talent is unmatched. She had a dream and she worked for it and now look at where she is. She used her talent, drive and passion for her artform to dominate the music industry for the past 18 or so years, and that's really credible. The fact that she's only 35, but has achieved so much and is no where near finished, is insane to me. She's a great example of a strong woman who knew what she wanted and didn't stop working until everybody knew her name. My 81 year old grandad does not listen to any music from after the 1970s, he does not watch the news, doesn't have anything to do with modern pop culture or anything like that, and he still knew the name "Taylor Swift". He didn't know who she was, but he knew her name.

The way Taylor evokes so much raw emotion through her songs is so healing for me. When I'm feeling really happy, I'll listen to 1989. When I'm feeling really romantic, I'll listen to Speak Now. When I'm feeling like a baddie, I'll listen to Reputation. When I'm feeling heartbroken, I'll listen to TTPD. When I'm feeling disregarded in any way, I'll listen to Folklore. I could go on. Her lyrics are poetic genius. She knows how to capture any raw human emotion and express it in a way nobody else can. She uses metaphors and other writing techniques that explain certain confusing feelings in such clear ways. She provides a way for me to express myself and let out my emotions, positive and negative. She spreads positive messages, she shares negative experiences, she stands up for herself, she lets us cry and smile and laugh and dance and scream out in anger... and it's like she's sitting next to us and understands. Her music is like that older sister we all never knew we needed. It puts a comforting arm around us when we're sad, it encourages us when we don't feel enough, it parties with us when we're celebrating. I've been through so many hard phases in my life. A lot of trauma, a lot of heartbreak, a lot of stress, a lot of grief, a lot of self-hatred. It's been a lot. But Taylor has given me an outlet for my negative emotions and then provided me with a way to cheer myself up and bring in those positive emotions. I feel more confident talking about my deteriorating mental health when I'm struggling, and feel like I can really open up and seek help.

I feel like anyone can love Taylor. There is genuinely nothing not to love. Even if her style of music "isn't for you", that does not mean you can diss her as a person. She's a human being like the rest of us, and she's been through tough times too. That's why her music is so relatable, because she feels things so deeply and is so open and trusting and raw for us. The whole "Kanye drama" was a lot. I can still tell occasionally. Whenever I listen to Reputation, I think to myself "F*ck you Kanye. How dare you make a young woman feel that way about herself. What gives you the f*cking right?" and I feel for Taylor. You can side with whoever you want in that fight, but at the end of the day, you're choosing between a talented, good-natured woman or a power-abusing, selfish older man. What gives anyone the right to disrespect an innocent girl like that? Let alone a man of his age and in his current situation? F*cking nothing gives him that right. I will stand by that until the day I die. You can't diss Taylor over that feud with Kanye, because that's manipulating facts. As a woman, I find it comforting knowing that other women out there (in and out of the public eye) are going through the same things I go through. The same disrespect, the same abuse etc. It's not right. I hate it. But if we stand together, we can fight it. That's something Taylor has demonstrated.

I could say so much more. I could mention her incredible endurance and dedication to The Eras Tour. I could mention her highly generous and admirable charity work. I could mention her love and devotion for her fans. I could mention so much more about the wonderful woman that is Miss Taylor Allison Swift.

I want to thank her for everything. I've been listening to her obsessively since I was 9, and my life has been so much better since. I will never stop listening, I will never stop spreading Taylor's positive messages and image, I will never stop believing in what is morally good and wholesome, I will never stop being me. And that's all thanks to Taylor >3