Taylor Swift grew to become the topic of a complete article attempting to determine if she was a part of the LGBTQ+ neighborhood โฆ and apparently, individuals in her world are fairly pissed about it.
The NYT just lately revealed an op-ed by author Anna Marks โ who identifies as queer โ and it is titled, โLook What We Made Taylor Swift Do.โ The total premise of the piece is a deep dive into hypothesis that TS would possibly, maybe, be one thing aside from straight.
โThe first time I viewed โLoverโ through the prism of queerness, I felt delirious, almost insane. I kept wondering whether what I was perceiving in her work was truly there or if it was merely a mirage, born of earnest projection,โ writes Anna Marks. Read: https://t.co/rrKHWOqqav
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Marks refers to moments she perceives as Taylor โdropping hairpinsโ (aka, dropping clues about being LGBTQ+) all through her profession โฆ writing, โIn isolation, a single dropped hairpin is perhaps meaningless or accidental, but considered together, theyโre the unfurling of a ballerina bun after a long performance.โ
She provides, โThose dropped hairpins began to appear in Ms. Swiftโs artistry long before queer identity was undeniably marketable to mainstream America. They suggest to queer people that she is one of us.โ If it feels like a attain, Taylorโs camp appears to really feel the identical method.
While Taylor has actually confirmed herself to be ally to the LGBTQ+ neighborhood, sheโs by no means explicitly indicated sheโs into something however dudes โ in reality, her courting report proves that.
That level was hit dwelling by somebody near Taylor, who instructed CNN โฆ โBecause of her massive success, in this moment there is a Taylor-shaped hole in peopleโs ethics. This article wouldnโt have been allowed to be written about Shawn Mendes or any male artist whose sexuality has been questioned by fans.โ
This individual provides, โThere seems to be no boundary some journalists wonโt cross when writing about Taylor, regardless of how invasive, untrue, and inappropriate it is โ all under the protective veil of an โopinion piece.'โ
There have, in reality, been assume items written about male pop stars and their sexuality โฆ specifically, Harry Styles, Bad Bunny, and so forth. But this level is effectively taken โ simply go away or not itโs, individuals.
You can clearly be supportive of queer individuals with out essentially being queer your self.
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