The Thing That Is Striking Me The Most About This Album Is Just How Messy And Human It Is. She’s Not

I can’t imagine not viewing this album through a queer lens

the more i listen to TTPD the more convinced I become shes not talking about being in love in any of the songs at all & all the references to muses are just red herrings for fans to look past, & shes really just talking about her relationship with the music industry & her fanbase

connecting the dots...

okok. theory. taylor is an astrology girlie. what if she is using this "portal" to reinvent herself in the public eye and be more openly true & authentically queer? 'do you want to know where i was april 29' etc etc

Haven’t seen this on here yet so here’s a reminder of the time Taylor depicted herself as one of the few depictions of Sappho in the willow music video. In a glass closet no less 🤭

Until 1979, being gay was considered a mental illness, for which they’d send people…..to the psych ward.

um. so i wound up working on a full annotation & analysis essay of this song & all the references it makes to other songs/literature (that i could find at least) & how it ties into the theme of this album being a critique of the music industry and her fans idolization of her & so so much more &&&& it is nearly 4am and i need to sleep butttt should i post it when i finish. yay or nay.

can we talk about 'the albatross' reference to 'candle in the wind'??

"Wise men once said / 'Wild winds are death to the candle'"

like??

Also this album plays with humor in ways Taylor hasn't experimented with before and as with everything else she tries, she absolutely NAILS how to do it in a tasteful way.

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It actually blows my mind thay the general public can't admit hits different is gay. "I can still melt your world, Argumentative Antithetical Dream girl" is the same as "I can still melt your world, girl" like guys come on. It doesn't have to be a big deal either like it can be about a girl it's ok