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I've mentioned how I think Taylor Swift so unapologetically lamenting being unmarried and childless is a fascinating cultural moment and I think a big part of that is that...it actually doesn't matter if you think that's her own fault.

Like of course some people are going to say her relationships have all ended because she must be selfish or bitchy or high maintenance or whatever. And that's assuming a lot but it's also sort of irrelevant. Because the lament of TTPD is not that she's an innocent victim - and I don't think she is, because she is making a choice to date in a certain way that is inherently dysfunctional for all that it's commonplace in our culture. But the lament is simply the stark reality of where it's gotten her and the fact that it's not what she wants.

At no point on this album does she claim to be blameless. But she does say, actually, it's pretty fucked up that you can date a guy for years, sleep with him for years, and then he can leave. And she's right! That is fucked up! And she doesn't have to have been perfect - no woman has to be perfect - to not deserve that.

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“they filled my cell with snakes” being a reference to the mythological Cassandra gaining the ability to see the future after snakes whispered in her ears AND Taylor’s cell(phone) getting flooded with snake (emojis)

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and yet we dance!

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made this for my grandma

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Our Lady lighting up this little nook in downtown Sacramento 🌹

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I literally can’t stop thinking about how the literal FIRST lyrics we ever heard about Joe were “Knew he was a killer first time that I saw him” and then spends every song on TTPD about how loving him was literally killing her. Idk idk idk

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Taylor Swift’s Fortnight video challenge with 14 moments of her life!

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Who's Afraid of Little Old Me? Mood

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I Can Do It Do It With a Broken Heart Mood

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This is me if you even care…

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The thing that is striking me the most about this album is just how messy and human it is. She’s not holding anything back or trying to appear one way or another. She’s just letting it all out regardless of what anyone might say. She found that trying to be polished and keep all the ugly, imperfect, human stuff in to be stifling and just said fuck it I need to do this for me. This album was an exorcism for her.

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🦢 our lady of sorrows 🕯

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Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey. Photograph by Daniel Ibanez, 2024