#if i'm a bad swiftie i'm a bad swiftie

[queenofthenorths]

if someone wanted to send me a lil link i wouldn't say no

[wisefoxluminary]

Down Bad by Taylor Swift is very Deadpool x Wolverine coded

[why-the-heck-not]

feeling very Devil Wears Prada "florals? for spring? groundbreaking" seeing the "Taylor's album has emotional range!! No other artist could ever!!!"-posts as if that's not also what every other (good) artist is doing, as if conveying bunch of emotions isn't the whole main part of the job

(emotions? in music??? groundbreaking)

[marrissacooper]

The beautiful kind, making up for lost time Taking flight, making me feel right

WYLER SECRET SANTA 2022  | happy holidays elsbeth ! @laylakeating​

[tolerateit]

i'm having feelings about the way mental health has been discussed in this album and tbh none of them are good... as someone who was drawn to taylor's lyricism when i first started listening to her i'm only enjoying this album because i like the music production lol i'm straight up ignoring so many lyrics. not that there aren't any good ones it's just that so many of them are making me feel icky. idk i know it's meant to be raw or whatever but so many lyrics sound so unkind when it comes to dealing with mental health issues specifically. what do you think about it, especially since you're majoring in psychology?

This is such an interesting point, because I've been having several thoughts about the way mental health is being discussed in the fandom rn. Right from swifties giggling at the that one interview where she says "I don't need therapy. I'm sane." (as if therapy is only for someone "insane", whatever that is) and joking about the psych ward, taking the asylum and functional alcoholic lyrics in light and lowkey making fun of someone's addiction is just....disgusting? I think taylor tried to be earnest in her portrayal of her struggles but it's getting lost in translation for me, because some of the lyrics seemed to not only imply that her partner's struggles with depression or addiction were a reason for the relationship to fall apart (which is fine, that happens and is an extremely difficult process for both partners) but also point out how it's their fault for not being able to get over those struggles? I keep reiterating that I still haven't played the album in its entirety so it's possible I'm missing a few facts, but there is a very fine line between expressing your mental health issues through art in a way that is cathartic and important to the artist + inspiring to their audience and cherry picking imagery that you find the most "aesthetic" for your art with little concern over how those who actually experience these issues may perceive it + its actual public reception

[oh-hush-its-perfect]

something you guys gotta understand is that swifties are always going to praise taylor swift's albums regardless of quality due to the sunk cost fallacy. even independently of all of her previous work and all of the love and dedication that they have poured into that, the hype around the release is very poignant. one thing for which I will credit taylor swift and her team is being excellent at marketing.

for the tortured poets' department, there was an amazing roll-out that included qr codes put up in murals around north america that led to unlisted youtube shorts and spelled something out when put all together. every day during release week, one of her teams, taylornation, posted clues on their stories that led to songs on apple music, and if you looked at the lyrics and picked out the ones that were improperly capitalized and unscrambled the word, you would find a word, and all the words in order put together became a lyric on the album: "hereby conduct this post-mortem." this was alongside other easter eggs that contributed to this atmosphere of puzzle-solving— which is a very typical trend in her marketing leading up to the release of an album. it's clever and a good business strategy.

when fans devote so much time to solving these puzzles, discovering these clues, they will inevitably become emotionally attached to the album before they even hear it. if they listen to it and it sucks, they will often convince themselves that they actually like it and anyone who says otherwise is just a hater or misogynistic or whatever. and they will defend it. they will defend it even if it's awful.

[reluctantbylerblog]

I don't expect to get good feedback but I feel like I need to say this: not everything is about taylor swift. yes, her ex posted an article about gaza on his instagram story the day of her birthday. but to call that a targeted act of malice, done solely to make her look bad, in my opinion, is in very poor taste to the current situation in gaza. don't get me wrong, I love taylor, some days she's all that gets me through the day, but she is NOT the center of everyone's universe. joe alwyn called for a ceasefire LAST WEEK, along with many other celebrities, among which taylor was not one of them. I don't even keep up with what the guy is up to and even I knew he called for a ceasefire. I think it's likely, with this being her first birthday since the breakup and with her living her life much more publicly, he knew fans were going to be paying more attention to what he posted and rather than give fodder to that certain subsect of swifties that like to hate on every person that was once in her life (I'm looking at you, people who were making fun of karlie kloss for her seats at so-fi stadium) he decided instead to turn heads to the current genocide in gaza! let me repeat that: there is a genocide going on! not everyone is thinking about taylor swift rn bffr!

furthermore, if you think his speaking out makes her look bad, think about why that is. I don't think celebrities have an obligation to "speak out" just because they are celebrities, but there is no denying taylor speaking out in support of palestine could literally be a key factor in turning public opinion in palestine's favor.

using the actual human suffering of the palestinian people as a way to make things about cheap celebrity gossip and "throwing shade" just to make your favorite celebrity look good is fucking tacky and it makes me ashamed to be in this fandom. if you're going to be doing that, the least you can do is click a button every once in a while too

[magicalmyths]

Okay but if you went to the eras tour what would your bathroom song be?

[wisteriawatching]

Ok I think I have only barely alluded to this on this blog but now that the album release is approaching I would like to disclose and disclaim that I am in the thick of my own joever-esque journey, and I am TRYING not to project too much in my analysis of TTPD but also so much of it feels like a personal attack and she WANTS me to make these songs about my life, anyway I think my point here is that if something I say about TTPD rubs you the wrong way it would be cool if you could scroll past it or make your own post or some other normal human behavior 🫶 ok thanks ily bye

[edge-oftheworld]

going back through some of this fandom's history has made me realise, we really see people as black and white good or bad don't we?

[pardonmydelays]

hey!! what happened? were people hating on you bc you supported Joe? that's so wrong, I'm so sorry that happened to you :// istg this fandom really annoys me at times.. especially since they're defending her even though Joe spoke up about palestine (it's not like travis is The Great Boyfriend/Person they all think he is😭)

hi! 🤍

so here's what happened: i reblogged some posts about joe supporting palestine, then all of a sudden a lot of my mutuals unfollowed me (so i'm guessing that was the reason). apparently when you're a swiftie you are obligated to hate joe, there's no other way. i got mad, i took a little break from tumblr (mostly because everybody on my dash either hates joe & calls him joebless or talks about travis being the most incredible man ever), but i am back, i unfollowed 100+ people because i don't want to see travis on my dash, i don't want to discuss taylor's personal life 24/7, i don't want to keep shitting on joe knowing only one side of the story & i want to criticize taylor when she deserves to be criticized. i swear to god, this is the most toxic fandom i've ever been in. just like you, i don't agree with travis being the most excellent boyfriend ever & i'm tired of seeing his face on my dash. i'm staying away from the fandom at the moment because none of this is exciting anymore & i guess i cannot call myself a real swiftie because i mostly care about the music & not her new perfect relationship that's very personal & not at all public.

[liliaasyoursexyvampiredaddy]

"I know something bad happened to Taylor Swift, but swifties doxing the guy is too far"

This might make you question my morality, but a creep like that deserve it.

[thegetdownrebooter]

t*yl*r sw*ft getting dragged every 5 business days... i used to pray for times like these.

[acornered]

Love how we were all like, wow it's pretty shitty to make fun of teenagers for liking something mainstream and mediocre, maybe we shouldn't do that anymore...UNLESS IT'S THE THING THAT I PERSONALLY HATE.

[cocoabeloved]

just a quick reminder - absolutely NO joe alwyn slander/hate is welcome or allowed on my blog. it's frankly exhausting seeing how much swifties villianize him simply because of his break up of taylor. you don't even know him. neither do i, which is why i'm not going to pretend like i do. if you don't like what i said, that's respectfully not my problem. just leave the poor man alone, where's your human empathy god.

HEAVY rant down in the tags so beware.

[walkawaytall]

Joe Alwyn allegedly has said that he can tell Taylor Swift's next album is about him and he's not happy about it, and the reason he knows this is because the album is named The Tortured Poets Department and Joe publicly admits to having a group chat with a couple of guys that was called "The Tortured Man Club", and honestly, you could not have waterboarded that piece of information out of me.