What does she have to gain from this? š
The answer is money, connections, publicity and a beard.
I want to include that I donāt think any of those reasons are evil. People come on social media suited up for war as if those things are evil and unethical. They are not. Everyone gets in a tizzy about being ālied toā by Taylor. āShe wouldnāt lie to usā implying a different reality than what she is showing is interpreted as an admonishment of her character. As if youāre not a real fan because you know the difference between performance and truth. As if fans or the general public are deserving of every facet of her life.
Taylor has made a huge connection with NFL. She has unlocked new fans, brought her own fans into football which they wouldnāt necessarily be into if it werenāt for her. New fans and a different facet of society most likely a new facet of old fan group of white Christian conservatives. Which I do believe is a big factor as to why she is working with Travis as we get into an election cycle with a possibility of T*ump being on the ballot. Part of me believes she will be done with the Travis a few months after the superbowl. Another part wonders if itāll continue into next football season. Coinciding with the election.
I wonder if they offered to pay her to play the superbowl and she proposed a different alternative because she does not own all her music. This way is both beneficial to NFL and Taylor.
Now to the beard part. For whatever reasons that we are not privy to, the girls have decided to continue bearding. There are a lot of factors why this is but I wonāt get into too much theorizing or āspeculationā. When I am annoyed by this itās because I donāt feel itās necessary for Taylor to beard at this time. As Iāve mentioned I do not know why they have decided this. I feel disheartened as a fan when she beards like this because it plays into this āwagā narrative especially with white Christian conservatives. I want them to live in the light. I want Karlie to not be treated as she is by Taylorās fans. I still dislike the betrayal narrative. Itās contrived and silly. Because I donāt know why they have chosen this current path and we can all speculate and theorize until the cows come home as to why itās happening and how much longer this stuff will take, how ever many hints or sources theorize what will happenā¦this is what is actually happening. So that is why when I share my thoughts itās because I am living in the present of what I am being shown.
