Taylor Swift is gay appreciation post

If you aren’t angry for her, you should be.

here goes...

i think it’s quite telling that many swifties, including myself, cannot even post something where we mention that we often find queer themes/subtexts in taylor’s music with tags that other swifties use. when i use #taylorswift, i am bombarded by crowds of fans who tell me i am intrusive and disgusting.

first off, i want to know what the fuck is so disgusting about lesbianism? i want to know why it is permissible for straight swifties* to speak openly about taylor's sex life and not find their behavior encroaching, but the second i mention a lyric that strikes me as sapphic, i am being invasive?

i am not out here screaming TAYLOR SWIFT IS FUCKING GAY IF YOU OBJECT YOU'RE A LOUSY, HOMOPHOBIC BITCH IN DENIAL!!! i am simply pointing out how accurately taylor depicts the queer experience.

the only times i use examples from things in taylor's life that are not her songs are when there are obvious themes/motifs that stem from her music into her interviews, photoshoots, comments, and hidden messages. i interpret lyrics the way i interpret them, you interpret them the way you interpret them. all i am doing is noting queer themes in her songs, songs she puts out for the world to hear and explicate any way we wish.

i am analyzing what she deliberately puts out into the world, not her.

not to mention, she wants us to analyze these songs. she has said so before. she intentionally puts hidden messages in her album booklets, along with dropping hints as to who and what her songs are about.

if she was so uncomfortable with some of us interpreting her music as queer, with some of us interpreting certain things she says and/or uses visuals to represent as queer, don't you think she would say it? it would take mere seconds to log onto twitter and tell us to quit what we are doing. but she doesn't. straight swifties* are so incredibly defensive, and for what?

i see a lot of "well, everyone who interprets her music as gay is gay themselves, they're just projecting 🙄" and of course, i can't speak for everyone, but i know that taylor's music and the way she describes things resonate with queer swifties (myself included) in certain ways because we have experienced the things she describes. we have had to hide who we are, what we want, and who we are with. we relate to songs in which taylor expresses her fear of people finding her out because that is many of our everyday realities.

a lot of what makes many of us flock to any kind of gaylor group is homophobia from other swifties. we are shunned in swiftie spaces for saying things such as "wow, cowboy like me depicts a bearding relationship in hollywood perfectly" or, "as a queer woman, i identify with i know places, it seems like taylor has experienced what i have experienced."

i want to know this: if you are allowed to take taylor's music and apply it to your life, why can't i do the same?

from the way straight swifties* talk, i guess speculation about who she is dating is perfectly acceptable, until that speculation includes her dating a woman?

i don't want to have to stay in a smaller space of swifties, i'd love to interact with larger parts of the fandom. but if you're going to come at me for interpreting music differently than you do, if you are going to be blatantly homophobic, i am going to stick with people who are willing to be open minded, who are willing to look at different perspectives and let people interpret taylor's music the way they want to.

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oh that’s super cool! and the anti hero background visuals are sorta truman show esque as well