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I deffo wouldn’t be able to go on tour and sing the songs I wrote about and with my now ex boyfriend and not burst into tears every 5 mins so I’ve gotta give props to Taylor for handing herself the last few weeks and seeming really happy and upbeat like how the hell is she doing that

She is a pro.

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Leighton & Alicia

The Sex Lives of College Girls s01e09

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LEIGHTON & ALICIA in THE SEX LIVES OF COLLEGE GIRLS S01E09

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i hate you booktok i hate you overly organised bookshelves i hate you hard cover supremacists i hate you reading challenges i hate you colleen hoover i hate you people who can only seem to read ya or romance i hate you same style of cover in every modern book i hate you rupi kaur i hate you plain boring prose i hate you buying books just for the "aesthetic" i love you pretentiousness i love you being a snob

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on the enormity of love and desire when you are alone

lucille clifton "climbing" | richard siken "birds hover the trampled field" | diary of franz kafka, jan 24 1915 | laurie halse anderson on 'moby dick' | 300122 by @ryebreadgf | richard siken "litany in which certain things are crossed out" | jenny holzer inflammatory essay "untitled (oh lord when you are alone)" | mitski "love me more" | richard siken "planet of love" | haruki murakami "norwegian wood"

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I love you female chemists, I love you female plumbers, I love you female biologists, I love you female professors, I love you female presidents, I love you female astronauts, I love you female athletes, I love you female politicians, I love you female electricians, I love you female metal workers, I love you female farmers, I love you female doctors, I love you female dentists, I love you female coders, I love you female mathematicians, I love you female construction workers, I love you female CEOs, I love you female mechanics, I love you female engineers, I love you female mayors, I love you female business owners, I love you female writers, I love you female activists, I love you female fighters, I love you female wood workers, I love you female veterinarians, I love you female pilots, I love you female firefighters, I love you female judges

and a very special I love yous to the tomboys. to the little girls forced into dresses and heels and makeup. to the weird little girls that just wanna play sports and pick up bugs. to the girls that love science. to the little girls that hate their long hair because it gets in the way of their activities. to the girls forced to go to church. i love you so much, it gets better.

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You can’t fully relax when you’re wearing makeup. You can’t just rest your face in your hand or rub your eyes or scratch your chin or wipe your mouth. You can’t eat without worrying about messing up your makeup. You can’t get sweaty without worrying about messing up your makeup. You can’t blow your nose / wipe your nose without worrying about messing up your makeup. You can’t swim without worrying about messing up your makeup. You can’t cry without worrying about messing up your makeup. You can’t indulge in the simple joys of going out in the rain or nuzzling your face in your cat’s fur without worrying about messing up your makeup. You can’t just casually get into bed and roll over to rest your face on the pillow without worrying about messing up your makeup. 

By wearing makeup, you force yourself to be hyperaware of your face at all times. You have to learn to suppress the urge to rub your eyes or rest your chin in your hand. It’s tiring.

I’m so glad I never got into makeup.

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RUE & JULES in EUPHORIA 2.04

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sam, just hire some writers already

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EUPHORIA 2.03 | RUMINATIONS: BIG AND LITTLE BULLIES

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No because I'm honestly SOOOO tired of this older generation of male artists who clearly don't listen to Taylor all that much trying to discredit the hard work she puts into every song she writes.

He describes her music as "endlessly upbeat" as if she didn't pour her deepest fears and regrets into albums like folklore or evermore? Hell even her RERECORDED albums offer more of an insight to the darker parts of her life than some artists EVER give their audience.

These old dusty men can never truly see a woman being an incredible artist and songwriter. They always assume there's somebody else (probably a man) doing all the hard work, and she's just a pretty face that gets to smile and take the credit and dance around on stage.

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Phoebe responds to Taylor via tiktok

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losing it over the way the very first night says ‘didn’t read the note on the polaroid picture, they don’t know how much i miss her you’ AND THEN proceeds to use the EXACT SAME not-rhyme for the second verse with ‘they don’t know about the words we whisper, they don’t know how much i miss her you’ like besties that song is as gay as ivy seven dorothea and the rest of the gang

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Taylor Swift and Jimmy Fallon play Box of Lies