#did you see her pride wig in yntcd

[it-was-maroon]

I know it won’t happen, but I need a rep prologue that just says “I’m a girl kisser, xoxo Taylor”

[bybdolan]

i was def on the “shes coming out” boat with yntcd and then after sitting with it i literally just see it as a way to be like “see im an ally!! im a good person” like comparing mean tweets to like homophobia (not saying social media bullying isnt bad) but like tbh it feels like she just threw that in like the first verse and second verse being about like internet culture it makes no sense to add homophobia to it like i want to believe taylor always has the best intentions n doesnt know how to properly execute (not saying she shouldnt be criticized) but yeah :/ whole things feel so performative and an add on (especially with her trying to have it make sense on lover ‘i think love is equality’)

Yea... And like. I see why people would think Taylor was going to come out and there are still things that make me go 👀 (the bi wig... "Gay pride makes me me"...) but since we can't actually know if any plans were scrapped yadda yadda this is just me reacting to what we actually GOT in that era and. Well. It is ironic that YNTCD is perhaps Taylor's straightest song because the whole "comparing my twitter haters to homophobia" thing is bafflingly tone-deaf. I think her intentions were good because Taylor has often shown a genuinely deep understanding of LGBT+ issues in speeches etc., she has been actively championing LGBT+ rights for years, and the reach of the petition probably matters more than people's opinions on twitter, HOWEVER when we look at her rainbow aesthetic all throughout the Lover era when knowing that she had a song about LGBT+ rights to promote.... It's kind of giving "companies during pride month"? If that makes sense? Again, I am not trying to say that she is a bad person for releasing and promoting YNTCD, I know it meant and means a lot to queer people and I think it did what she wanted it to do. But when looking back on her aesthetic during the era and all those rainbow pins and the rainbow clothing whatever I can't shake the feeling that, to some extent, the idea of queer rights as an aesthetic was at play here. I am preeetty sure Taylor has continued her allyship since Lover was released, so I don't want to insinuate that she "used" the cause for her era, I am just saying that I find it icky to make gay rights part of the branding for an album, especially as a presumably straight woman (you could talk to me about "community i am not a part of" for hours and I'd still think that a casual reader would interpret it as her saying she is heterosexual). If Taylor is a closeted gay superstar (which is... Not that impossible of an idea to entertain) and her Coming Out plans were scrapped, I cannot imagine what she felt and feels like. But with the way things worked out, I don't see a gay woman wearing rainbow clothing because she is planning to come out; I see a straight woman wearing rainbow clothing because she has a song to promote. And I don't know how to feel about that.