More important than asking “why doesn’t this person want me?” Is asking “why am I attracted to someone who isn’t interested in me and doesn’t value me?”
i think a lot of the initial misogynistic backlash toward taylor swift was sourced in the fact that she was a teenage girl taking agency of her own narrative and holding men accountable for their actions. naming and shaming dudes in such a public forum functioned for her as a way of forcing them to face consequences for treating women like garbage. women are expected to sit passively and allow men to view them as objects, and place their own needs before their girlfriends’, so of course men were going to get angry when taylor named men she had a valid reason to dislike–her public image was v sourced in the idea that either guys were going to treat her like a human or pay for it. how infuriating for misogynists
— Kamari Guthrie, director of communications for Vote.org, about an unprecedented spike in new voter registrations after Taylor’s Instagram post - The Cut (October 9th 2018)
I love the fact Taylor referred to herself as a disco ball because all the lighting and good energy bounces of her anyway and it’s like if anyone of us were having a bad day the good vibes and energy from her is bouncing towards us
