Why Are You Convinced It’s About Abigail? There Are So Many References That Leads Back To Taylor And

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remember when karlie kloss couldn’t walk by her girlfriend like a normal model and had to execute two spin moves on the down-and-back to blow her kisses and maximize eye contact to record that moment in her brain. incredible balance and focus. 

and how they had this moment on a bed of hearts in front of everyone.

“betty”, queer literary theory, and too much time on my hands: an essay

a.k.a., i’ve been out of school for a month & i miss in-depth literary analysis.

I’ve been seeing a lot of stuff about how we shouldn’t think too much about the queer implications of “Betty”, and as an aspiring queer literary studies phd I just… cannot vibe, u guys. Cannot vibe. So here is me, in my academic chaos, discussing the queer literary history of what Taylor Swift does in “Betty”. I’m going to start with the assumption that James is male. You may disagree with this - maybe I even do - but Taylor Swift’s pattern of speaking as a guy to a girl in her songs is what I’m considering here; “Betty” is the most blatant example of this.

In literary theory, there is something called “the triangulation of desire”. Rene Girard is considered one of the pioneers of this, and he explains it as three roles: the subject, the model, and the object. The subject does not desire the object directly, as this is, for some reason or another, non-normative desire. This can mean that the subject desires the model, who desires the object (think of a woman desiring a man who desires another woman; she obsesses over their relationship because her real desire is the woman.) This can also be a way to create a boundary between subject and object - the subject is not queer, the model is queer and the subject is merely paying attention.

One of my favorite examples of this is Walt Whitman’s poem Song of Myself, XI. In this poem, a woman watches twenty-eight men bathe from inside her house. The woman is hardly mentioned; the poem is focused on the erotic and sensual details of the male body. Whitman uses the woman as the model, so as to not directly describe his non-normative desire. It is a kind of defense so he is exempt from judgment for expressing this desire.

Considering “Betty” on its own, outside of the other two songs, it is the perfect example of a triangulation of desire. Taylor is the subject, James is the model, and Betty is the object. While James might be male (thus making the relationship a normative one), Taylor is not. She is singing/writing from his point of view, yes, but it is still Taylor singing/writing. If we take the song as “from her imagination”, she is telling a fictional story from the point of view of a guy who wants to kiss a girl – this is still a triangulation. Taylor is singing about kissing a girl and James as a male voice is not the subject, but a defensive model so she can safely desire the object.

Taylor has done this throughout her career, by switching the pronouns in the final stanzas of her songs: “she is the best thing that’s ever been mine” / “marry me juliet” / “man i didn’t kiss her and i should have”, or by making the whole song from a male point of view in “How You Get The Girl”. (I’d argue that “Betty” is more direct than HYGTG, because the former is speaking to a woman, whereas the latter is aimed at “you”.)

I’m not saying you have to believe that Taylor Swift is queer, or that this is definitive proof. I’m saying that if her lyrics were studied, outside of any context of who she is, in any kind of academia, it would be assumed that she’s queer. So maybe, before you dismiss this, consider what exactly you’re bringing to the table that makes you certain she isn’t.

if u actually read all of this… holy shit. thanks. ily

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Submission: Whether this is true or not, I find it highly suspicious that he says that “her fans are not going to be a problem”, why he is so sure about it? Is he planting the seeds of a rupture? Anyway, very interesting…

I'm just in love with this edit, the backsound and kaylor moments. You know, I love their friendship so much. I was 20-something just like Taylor and Karlie when they were always together, inseperable. They provide positive vibes in my life or maybe some other people. Please, throw away your evil comments about Karlie. She had suffered a lot. Hopefully sooner or later we can see them together again 💙

All credit goes to tiktok user g0ldentattoo (sorry I don't have tiktok, just found the video on my phone) Thanks 🥳

so the last great american dynasty is about the woman who owned taylor’s rhode island mansion before her (the one where she threw all the fourth of july parties) and the song is all the folklore about the woman who lived there and how she was a “mad woman” and then at the end of the bridge taylor says “and then it was bought by me” and switches it to her perspective and how now she’s the mad woman who owns it… i…

in honor of 1 year of lover being out, reblog with your holy trinity in the tags

Women Taylor Swift has dated or hooked up with

I haven’t seen a masterpost about all the women Taylor has dated/hooked up with, so I tried to compile one. Much of this is from kaylorevidence (see also kaylorevidence.com) who is a genius. ENORMOUS thanks also to the people who originally posted about this: @jennyboom21, @all-my-possessions, @tallcurlygirl, @karlitakloss, @taytaysbeard, @whaler13bg, @gaylorcastle, @karlieskupkake, larrienation aka @helplessgay, @svnshineswift (and everyone I’m forgetting! I’m sorry!). I’ve tried to credit every source but I’m sure I left some out so just let me know if so! In case links break, screenshots of almost everything are here.

Disclaimer: I’m sure this is riddled with errors! Repeat, I’m sure much of this is inaccurate (and furthermore it’s none of our business) but…curious minds 🤷. Some of the “sources” are laughable (The L Chat in particular) so take this with a grain or 10 of salt and do your own research too. I debated even posting this, but it seems like Tay is slowly coming out of the closet, so here we are…

According to @tallcurlygirl, these are the women Tay has dated/hooked up with:

Lacey [last name unknown] (2005)

Kelsey Morris (2005)

Emily Poe, fiddle player (aka Taymily) (2006-2007)

Claire Callaway, dancer (unknown when exactly. 2008 or 2009?)

Liz Huett, backup singer (unknown when exactly. 2008 or 2009?)

Kellie Pickler (unknown when exactly. 2009?)

Julianne Hough (late 2009-2010?)

Dianna Agron (aka Swiftgron) (2011-2013)

Karlie Kloss (aka Kaylor) (2013-present)

More detail on each one below…

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