sarah

august cared more about james than james ever did about her and that makes me the saddest. james talks about her in such a nonchalant and unfeeling way (“like a figment of my worst intentions” “it was just a summer thing” “slept next to her but dreamt of you all summer long”) while august talks about james with such adoration and hope and hurt (“never needed anything more” “to live for the hope of it all / cancel plans just in case you call” “so much for summer love and saying us”). it’s the story of wanting someone who never intended to keep you in the first place. justice for august

*listens to a song off folklore* oh shit this is my favourite track *listens to the next song* oh shit this is my favourite track *listens to the next song* oh shit this is my favourite track *listens to the next song* oh shit this is my favourite track* listens to the next song* oh shit this is my favourite track *listens to the next song* oh shit this is my-

it strikes me that reputation and folklore are both written in lowercase and have black and white aesthetics. but while reputation was an album about taylor dealing with the reputation that the world had created for her, folklore is an album that’s about her creating her own stories, not only about herself but also about other people and things that she’s never personally experienced. it’s like reputation was the stories that the world told about her and who she was, and now she’s kind of turning it around and creating her own stories, her own folklore. in this essay i will—