When I met @taylorswift13 for the first time thirteen years ago, she was twenty-two years old. She was a twenty-two-year-old baby with the emotional intelligence of someone wise beyond her years. She reached out to me, a mom who fought so hard through her son’s cancer diagnosis and then his death. She reached out because the love story between a mother and a child impacted her. I fell in love with a twenty-two-year-old girl because of her bold, bleeding heart and genuine words-not because she was one of the biggest stars on the planet, but because she was just Taylor. Since then, it has been an endless stream of love that never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined. Last week, I was in London with @AllCharisma for something she was working on. The next thing I knew, we were in the Royal Suite at Wembley Stadium to watch the masterpiece that is the Era’s tour. We were treated like royalty (literally). I am still trying to process what happened, the words said, and how I spent the evening dancing next to @florencemachine. This life without Ronan is painful beyond measure, but through experiences like this, I am reminded that he is everywhere. Taylor tethered him to this world in a way I could have never done alone. I am forever grateful for the magic that exists, which I often cannot explain, but in my heart, I know it is because of Ronan and Taylor. He is still here, creating mischief, such as making it pour down rain as soon as we stepped out of Wembley Stadium that night. This is all due to a twenty-two-year-old girl who took a chance on a wildcard grieving mother who was me. I am forever grateful for a love that transcends time and for you, Taylor Alison Swift. Thank you for still being here and never forgetting a little boy’s bright blue eyes. I love you to the moon and back. #ronan #fuckcancer
Taylor Swift has donated enough money to cover the food bills for an entire year across 11 food banks and 8 community pantries in Liverpool.
She has done this for every city she's toured in the UK meaning she’s done more than the govt has in 14 years to eradicate food poverty.
1. I literally don’t even know who the @nytimes is for. Canceling my subscription, finally
If you want accurate coverage of Israel / Palestine + the Middle East at large, I recommend the following outlets:
Rest in peace Donald Sutherland, my favorite role of his was the big hearted girl dad Mr Bennett. So much grace and tenderness in this performance, this scene makes me emotional every time.
Incredibly powerful op-ed: "I realize, though, that when I cross the King Hussein Bridge from Jordan into the West Bank, I will return to my designation as a potential terrorist. I cease to be a junior at Brown University, a student of archaeology and mathematics, a San Francisco Giants fan, a Balkan history nerd. My entire identity will be reduced to my capacity for violence, not as a human being, but as a Palestinian." https://t.co/WTChkIKZeL
i went to a beach and saw whales jumping in and out of the water. whales are my favorite animal so, i started hysterically crying and i mean bawling my eyes out and a child came up to me and said “are you crying because you’re too old to be at the beach?” so there’s that.