The Archer

I'll be one of the many saying,

You made us proud...

“Hold on to the memories,

they will hold on to you

I want to just bring up the reason why these selfie nights started and continue to exist to this day. These are a just handful of asks from just a few nights ago. This fandom is extremely racist. It is. There’s no getting around it. You may not see it, it may not affect you personally, but it’s here. This type of talk is not okay. And I know that this is the Internet. Asks can be deleted. Anonymous can be turned off. But that isn’t the point. The point is that this shit shouldn’t be happening. It’s not fair that we can’t even have one safe space on the web to escape from the real life racist bullshit that we have to deal with on the daily. It’s not fair that some white fans get so angry at the thought of black people being here, listening to Taylor. What, you don’t want to share her? Grow up.

This fandom is majority rules white. There’s no getting around that fact. I just wish some of you could be kinder. Sending these kinds of messages to black bloggers who are just minding our business is not okay. Standing around and just watching black bloggers get this kind of violently racist hate is not okay. Being a person of color in this fandom is exhausting at times. It’s downright terrible. These are just asks that I’ve received/one that I’ve seen in just the last week. I’ve had this blog for years. I’ve been called the n word, I’ve seen my friends and people I admire get called the n word, to go hang, to go die, that Taylor doesn’t love us. It’s sickening. I know this fandom is full of trolls who think getting a rise out of people is funny, but this isn’t the way to do it. We don’t deserve this. So if you’re wondering why selfie nights became a thing, still are a thing, and why they “have to clog your dash every month”, it’s because we as people of color deserve one night where we get to feel beautiful and appreciated by our peers in a space where we’re constantly reminded how much we don’t truly belong in.

I ask the traffic lights if it'll be alright

everything that happens in those rooms is literally the narrative of those albums.

Red room (red): her man makes her jealous/maybe cheating, the Taylor from the yellow room (fearless) is out of place, lots of friends

Black attic (rep): she holes up with just her lover and private time with nobody else

Pink room (lover): she's happy and close with him but also has happy time to herself here, a balance, happiness

Blue room (1989): when her fame spiked and her life became a fishbowl of voyeurs and any lover she had entered the fishbowl alongside her

Green room (debut): he's just putting up a frame showing they just began, she just plays instruments innocently enjoying her time with her lover, no real understanding of love yet

Purple (speak now): SHE IS JUST IN IT ALONE SINGING & PLAYING PIANO BECAUSE SHE WROTE IT BY HERSELF (they also have the cute dinner and dance in here, like the love she fantasized about on this album)

Yellow (fearless): playing board games and living life upsidedown - this one is the only one im not sure about? maybe that's the era where her life literally turned upsidedown from fame???