HER REPUTATION

BY BRANDY LEIGH

Tom Hiddleston and pop princess Taylor Swift’s romance was splashed all over tabloid magazine covers. The couple, nicknamed “Hiddleswift” was only together for about three months, from June to September of 2016.

But, a lot happened in those three months. They traveled the globe, met each other’s families, threw an epic Fourth of July bash, complete with Tom wearing a t-shirt declaring his love for Taylor, and they practically lived together for several weeks (a first for the Grammy winning Swift).

So, it was surprising that after such a fast-paced start, the couple, or more specifically,Taylor ended things once Tom returned to Australia to finish filming his latest movie, Thor: Ragnarok.

While we could blame the breakup on the fact that they became so serious so quickly, or just bad timing considering Taylor had only ended her relationship with DJ and record producer Calvin Harris just two weeks before she and Tom were caught kissing on the beach near her Rhode Island home last June, it seems as though it isn’t quite over for Tom. Some are speculating that Tom is still carrying a torch for his former flame.

Why do those close to the actor believe he isn’t over their breakup yet? Well, apparently Tom can’t stand it when someone insults Taylor. He recently hit the roof when the BBC published a report blaming Taylor for Tom losing out on the role of James Bond. He even blocks his own fans on social media if they say anything unkind about his former love.

Since shooting to stardom in 2011, Hiddleston has been dubbed, “the internet’s boyfriend” and has amassed a legion of female fans that were none too happy when he started dating the pop star last summer. Some fans tweeted him and begged him to dump the singer, whom many felt was beneath the Eton-educated, Shakespearean actor. But Tom only responded by blocking them and continues to block anyone who dare shades his ex-girlfriend.

Perhaps it’s not surprising that he still has feelings toward Swift. After all, in his most recent GQ interview, the actor gushed about his former girlfriend and many thought he came across as a man still pining for his ex.

We aren’t sure if Taylor reciprocates Tom’s feelings or if there is hope for a reconciliation, but we know that they remain friendly. Tom confirmed to People magazine at this year’s Emmys that he and Taylor are still friends and he was recently spotted hanging out with Taylor’s bestie Ed Sheeran. So, at least we can be sure there won’t be any “Bad Blood” songs about their breakup.

THEN WATCH THE DUMPLING ONE

it is based on Christian Boltanski’s Personnes installation 

as this album is connected to the Sweol ferry tragedy where hundreds of people died (BTS have also donated 100mil won to charities to help families of the victims, it was done without the media knowing but it got out) 

this pile represents all the lives that were lost, all the children, the wives, the husbands, the boyfriends, the daughters, the girlfriends, the friends, the families. it is a way of remembering or ‘recognizing’ all those who were lost that day. all the people who had lives, who had names, who had a family, these are their ‘clothing’. this is a grave

“Sixty-nine camps, but there are no tents and no living people, only thousands of old clothes lying face down on the floor. Is this where they fell or where they were laid? The irresistible metaphor springs literal in the visitor’s mind, as if clothes could have bodies or faces.

You walk, you look, you search for evidence among the mildewed raincoats and threadbare denim. Here is a corduroy jacket, almost new, and a faded gabardine; there is a baby’s knitted cardigan. They were young, they were old, they were not ready to die, poor departed souls who leave nothing behind but shucked garments. Mown down, laid out in groups, they have all met a terrible end. This is apparent without a single bloodstain or name; Boltanski’s evidence is both more and less than proof.

And as you walk, the sense is of honouring the dead, of trying to observe the details of each and every one. These grouped clothes may represent mass graves, or corpses arrayed for identification in the school gym, but they also constitute a kind of cemetery. For the experience is just the same: that there is nobody here and yet the place is crowded.

What is japan even doing…

BTS AU Series #1 - Namjin/Zombie Apocalypse