i am the fire

Additional reminder that there are always going to be people who think YOU are a horrible person, sometimes by virtue of being a Democrat, or queer, or being pro-choice...

Not to take away from OP rightfully calling out the grossness of that attitude, because far too many actually think a version of this, but moldy cookie looks like another one of those “far right wing men LARPing as radical feminists to satisfy their humiliation fetish” people that @senatortedcruz encountered the other day:

What about the final version of the flag by the original creator?

I’ve been thinking about The Fate of Ophelia and how poignant the title is for Showgirl the album and Taylor’s story. Ophelia is only depicted in artworks and only becomes “important” for the characters of Hamlet after her death. That was the fate of Ophelia: to only be shown care for after suffering. It’s what people do with pop stars. It harkens back to her past relationship. And I love what Taylor did with the cover art, with her looking the viewer in the eye and refusing to die. Refusing to suffer solely for art, or die to make space for others. And the album end with her saying “I’m immortal now”. Like, that’s such a cool throughline!