Wait For The Signal, And I’ll Meet You After Dark Show Me The Places Where Others Gave You Scars

“the lips i used to call home” but like in a bestie way

when i felt like i was an old cardigan under someone’s bed you put me on and said i was your favorite 🌼

Tea Time! We *might* be getting Blank Space (Taylor's Version) on April 16th. Here's what I know for sure: On May 11th, we're getting a single. 1989 (Taylor's Version) is coming out on May 14th. Because 1989 came out in 2014 and was her 5th studio album. The same way 4/9 was chosen because, with Fearless (Taylor's Version), she now owns 4/9 of her albums. We're getting Speak Now (Taylor's Version) on July 9th. I do not know what's happening in June. Good job on the Coney ISLAnd tea, btw!

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crazy to realise... beating 1989

Taylor and Taeok Lee

Can you believe Taylor started an era entirely about being seen on Lesbian Visibility Day, following up Delicate whose video was about being invisible to everyone except your Lover. Truly the gayest thing ever

god i know………… LESBIAN VISIBILITY DAY!!!! she spent all of lesbian visibility day yelling ME! OUT NOW!! after she’d spent all of rep era talking about being seen for who she truly is and even made the concept of invisibility fully literal in the delicate video in case her saying it in words in the rep prologue wasn’t clear enough for people… after she confirmed that delicate was for the gays and even brought back invisible.mp3 from her fucking debut album as a secret song and made a speech explicitly connecting invisibility with being closeted and coming out. and now the whole bridge and emotional climax of her most emotional and intensely personal song yet is her just repeating “they see right through me can you see right through me i see right through me” over and over… y’all……

“betty”, queer literary theory, and too much time on my hands: an essay

a.k.a., i’ve been out of school for a month & i miss in-depth literary analysis.

I’ve been seeing a lot of stuff about how we shouldn’t think too much about the queer implications of “Betty”, and as an aspiring queer literary studies phd I just… cannot vibe, u guys. Cannot vibe. So here is me, in my academic chaos, discussing the queer literary history of what Taylor Swift does in “Betty”. I’m going to start with the assumption that James is male. You may disagree with this - maybe I even do - but Taylor Swift’s pattern of speaking as a guy to a girl in her songs is what I’m considering here; “Betty” is the most blatant example of this.

In literary theory, there is something called “the triangulation of desire”. Rene Girard is considered one of the pioneers of this, and he explains it as three roles: the subject, the model, and the object. The subject does not desire the object directly, as this is, for some reason or another, non-normative desire. This can mean that the subject desires the model, who desires the object (think of a woman desiring a man who desires another woman; she obsesses over their relationship because her real desire is the woman.) This can also be a way to create a boundary between subject and object - the subject is not queer, the model is queer and the subject is merely paying attention.

One of my favorite examples of this is Walt Whitman’s poem Song of Myself, XI. In this poem, a woman watches twenty-eight men bathe from inside her house. The woman is hardly mentioned; the poem is focused on the erotic and sensual details of the male body. Whitman uses the woman as the model, so as to not directly describe his non-normative desire. It is a kind of defense so he is exempt from judgment for expressing this desire.

Considering “Betty” on its own, outside of the other two songs, it is the perfect example of a triangulation of desire. Taylor is the subject, James is the model, and Betty is the object. While James might be male (thus making the relationship a normative one), Taylor is not. She is singing/writing from his point of view, yes, but it is still Taylor singing/writing. If we take the song as “from her imagination”, she is telling a fictional story from the point of view of a guy who wants to kiss a girl – this is still a triangulation. Taylor is singing about kissing a girl and James as a male voice is not the subject, but a defensive model so she can safely desire the object.

Taylor has done this throughout her career, by switching the pronouns in the final stanzas of her songs: “she is the best thing that’s ever been mine” / “marry me juliet” / “man i didn’t kiss her and i should have”, or by making the whole song from a male point of view in “How You Get The Girl”. (I’d argue that “Betty” is more direct than HYGTG, because the former is speaking to a woman, whereas the latter is aimed at “you”.)

I’m not saying you have to believe that Taylor Swift is queer, or that this is definitive proof. I’m saying that if her lyrics were studied, outside of any context of who she is, in any kind of academia, it would be assumed that she’s queer. So maybe, before you dismiss this, consider what exactly you’re bringing to the table that makes you certain she isn’t.

if u actually read all of this… holy shit. thanks. ily

I GET SO HIGH, OH!

Women Taylor Swift has dated or hooked up with

I haven’t seen a masterpost about all the women Taylor has dated/hooked up with, so I tried to compile one. Much of this is from kaylorevidence (see also kaylorevidence.com) who is a genius. ENORMOUS thanks also to the people who originally posted about this: @jennyboom21, @all-my-possessions, @tallcurlygirl, @karlitakloss, @taytaysbeard, @whaler13bg, @gaylorcastle, @karlieskupkake, larrienation aka @helplessgay, @svnshineswift (and everyone I’m forgetting! I’m sorry!). I’ve tried to credit every source but I’m sure I left some out so just let me know if so! In case links break, screenshots of almost everything are here.

Disclaimer: I’m sure this is riddled with errors! Repeat, I’m sure much of this is inaccurate (and furthermore it’s none of our business) but…curious minds 🤷. Some of the “sources” are laughable (The L Chat in particular) so take this with a grain or 10 of salt and do your own research too. I debated even posting this, but it seems like Tay is slowly coming out of the closet, so here we are…

According to @tallcurlygirl, these are the women Tay has dated/hooked up with:

Lacey [last name unknown] (2005)

Kelsey Morris (2005)

Emily Poe, fiddle player (aka Taymily) (2006-2007)

Claire Callaway, dancer (unknown when exactly. 2008 or 2009?)

Liz Huett, backup singer (unknown when exactly. 2008 or 2009?)

Kellie Pickler (unknown when exactly. 2009?)

Julianne Hough (late 2009-2010?)

Dianna Agron (aka Swiftgron) (2011-2013)

Karlie Kloss (aka Kaylor) (2013-present)

More detail on each one below…

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