I don’t defend Taylor Swift because I’m parasocial. I defend her because 90% of the discourse around her is rooted in pure misogyny. I know she doesn’t need ME to defend her. I do it because much of the hate she gets is a representation of far bigger issues of sexism and misogyny
My favorite part about writing is that first spark of an idea. It can happen at any time, for any reason. The idea for the Opalite music video crash landed into my imagination when I was doing promo for The Life of a Showgirl. I was a guest on one of my favorite shows, @TheGNShow. For those of you who aren’t familiar, it’s a UK late night show where Graham Norton (the insanely charismatic and lovable host) invites a random group of actors, entertainers, musicians, etc to be on his show and we all sit there and chat like it’s a dinner party. They even serve wine. Anyway. I remember thinking I got ridiculously lucky with the group I was paired with. Cillian Murphy, Domhnall Gleeson, Greta Lee, Jodie Turner-Smith, and @LewisCapaldi. All people whose work I’ve admired from afar. When we were all talking during the broadcast, Domhnall made a light hearted joke about wanting to be in one of my music videos. He’s Irish! He was joking! Except that in that moment during the interview, I was instantly struck with an *idea*. And so a week later he received an email script I’d written for the Opalite video, where he was playing the starring role. I had this thought that it would be wild if all of our fellow guests on the Graham Norton show that night, including Graham himself, could be a part of it too. Like a school group project but for adults and it isn’t mandatory. To my delight, everyone from the show made the effort to time travel back to the 90’s with us and help with this video. You might even recognize some friendly faces from The Eras Tour. I got to work with one of my favorite people in the world, Rodrigo Prieto, again! I had more fun than I ever imagined - Made new friends, metaphors, and fashion choices. It was an absolute thrill to create this story and these characters. Shot on film. The Opalite video is out now on Spotify & Apple Music.
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GUDEA found that many posts linking Taylor Swift and ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ to pro-Trump views and nazism came from a tiny cluster of bot-like accounts, Rolling Stone reports.
Many claims originated on alt-right forums, like 4chan, before migrating to bigger social media apps.
Honestly can’t think of a better way to celebrate my (almost) birthday than to relive the Eras Tour with you! This time we’re going backstage. "The End of an Era", a 6-episode behind-the-scenes docuseries, streams on @DisneyPlus beginning Dec 12 🫶
my mom was the chef who cooked this pasta, and was so excited to cook for Charli Xcx and her friends. This happened a year ago but she still gets chills thinking about the sight of her pasta being thrown around with the bare hands of this disgusting group of people. Shame on you @charli_xcx
“I don’t deserve this award” *continues submitting her work*
“Why are you a billionaire” *is a multi millionaire*
“People release too many vinyl versions” *releases 20 of them for her last album*
taylor swift donated so much money to my city’s food bank when she toured here that the food bank still talks about the impact it’s making to this day… she was here 2 1/2 years ago
See the eras tour donated to foodbanks every city it went to a years worth of supply and to carbon pollution reduction but Taylor Swift's team never did a press conference about it.
This is pure performative activism.