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The TS backlash is epic. 15k notes on this. Why now I wonder?

https://www.tumblr.com/porcelain-rob0t/748200295601946624/miss-swift-you-are-not-a-tortured-poet-you-are-a?source=share

On the scale of things 15k likes or reblogs is not that many - and I wouldn't be surprised if criticism of Taylor Swift had been hitting those numbers since tumblr existed.

But it's also not surprising that when someone is really ubiquitious - that more people have opinions about them.

What stands out to me about that post is that it's so silly. I know this is the piss on the poor website - but Taylor Swift is very explicitly not calling herself a tortured poet on this album.

#Suggesting that there's a conflict between poetry and wealth #shows a real lack of understanding of the material basis of the Western canon and the image of the tortured poem

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#fun #not the puzzle #although I'm glad for people who enjoy it #but hte live album

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Do you have freddie reign kinda questions about max and clifford? I accept whatever truth he's living but the names are all very interesting for sure

Not really anon - I don't have any questions about Freddie Reign as a name.

But Max and Clifford? Given that Simon Cowell only distanced him from Max Clifford after his 2014 conviction. It's quite high on the list of things I want to know.

#So many questions #some will be revealed with time #I worry that this isn't significant enough #that we'll never get any clues

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This new puritanism culture is odd. I can't remember any of Amy Winehouse's fans saying they couldn't listen to Back to Black because all the songs are about her villainous ex, yet so many TS fans are furious that she's dared to write about being in love with Matty Healy.

I have a lot of thoughts about this - some of which are jumbled together.

I think it's important not to overstate the importance of the loudest most annoying people on twitter. I'm not sure there are that many people who couldn't listen to this album - although I'm sure they do exist. It's also worth noting the saying you're not listening to an album is very different, from not listening to an album.

And if people aren't listening to Taylor's latest album, for any reason at all, that doesn't matter very much. Any particular piece of art is definitely optional.

But I do think there are some wider social, cultural and political changes going on that contribute to the fact that some people are expecting other people to care that they're not listening to the Taylor Swift album because they think that one of the subjects of the is bad (and they of course are good).

I think there's an ever tightening knot - where we can see and judge so much in so many people - and read so many judgements. And what that does is reduce the space for anyone to do anything (except judge others).

I was really struck at the Grammys - about the intense criticism of Taylor for not paying sufficient attention to the person presenting the award to her. I couldn't remember any time where that had been commented on before. In general, it seemed like it was accepted that people who received awards were a bit overwhelmed and the whole point was that moment was supposed to be about them. But, then the Oscars and a new norm had been created - and the question of whether an winner had paid the right level of attention to the presenter had become a normal question.

And that dynamic is repeated in every area of our lives (or every area of our life that is digitally documented). Everything is everyone's business. I think we have to assume that people who are so invested in judging other people - must feel that judged themselves.

I'm a big believer in structural solutions to these problems - but I have no idea what that would look like at this time.

#As I've said #I think the songs she wrote #were the best possible response

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this substack piece by a journalist who was mistakenly identified as the writer of a negative ttpd review, and harassed as a consequence, is so good, especially this part:

For many, the nature of fandom is one of identity, a sole marker not only of one’s taste but of their ethics. [...] Their followers must protect at all costs, with no room for doubt. It's tedious and the implicit demand for a cultural hegemony that prizes unflinching commitment over the true curiosity of art, to use an academic term, f*cking sucks.

also the way she touches on gamergate, how we see this in basically every large fandom, how fans know they can control editorial decisions, the way this reflects how internet culture wars lead to radicalization, how there is no way to balance or fix this in sight.

#i think this is generally pretty strong #although i do think the fact that this is actually all about the fans and identification #rather than actually protecting the artists #could be brought out more

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It be like that sometimes

#the algorithm delivered this tweet to me yesterday #sometimes the algorithm knows what it's doing

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23/4/24 The Music Venue Trust has hit back at Manchester’s Co-Op Live for saying some grassroots venues are “poorly run” – despite having had to delay its own opening this week.

Co-Op Live, which cost £365million, is set to become the UK’s largest indoor arena when it opens, with a capacity of 23,500.

The venue’s executive director Gary Roden spoke to the BBC recently, where he discussed the proposed £1 ticket levy on all gigs arena-sized and above, to help secure the future of grassroots venues and artists.

Roden said that he was “very aware it’s a hot topic”, and that he was “embracing the conversation”, but that he believed the levy was “too simplistic”.

The report suggests that he thinks support should come directly from the government, and added that while he acknowledges the financial pressures on small venues, he thinks some of them are poorly run.

-> full article here at nme.com

Music Venue Trust CEO Mark Davyd on twitter 20/4/24 :

linking to this article:

20/4/24 Bosses of the UK's largest arena have apologised for cancelling tickets to a test show hours before it was due to start.

It comes after organisers at Co-op Live in Manchester said they had to cut capacity for a preview concert by Rick Astley to allow them to test the 23,500-seater venue "effectively".

Those affected have instead been invited to the Black Keys show at the £365m arena next week.

Co-op Live is set to be officially opened by comedian Peter Kay on Tuesday.

-> full article here at bbc.com

and then the day before the official opening night..

22/4/24 Organisers at Manchester’s new Co-Op Live arena have postponed their opening Peter Kay shows.

[..]

A statement from the venue said: “Following our first test event on Saturday, regretfully we have made the difficult decision to reschedule our two opening performances by Peter Kay. It is critical to ensure we have a consistent total power supply to our fully electric sustainable venue, the completion of which is a few days behind.

-> full article here at nme.com

#Well worth reading #all of it

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Hi! My college is planning an encampment in protest for Gaza and I am going to be somewhat involved (not sitting in but helping with what they need and checking for police etc). This is my first time doing a sort of big thing like this and I am pretty scared. Do you have any advice?

You're doing something incredibly important anon - and you already have everything you need. That's my main advice - you've got this.

Of course you're scared - you're doing something important and risky (and most important things are risky). And there's so much you have no control over. You can't control the police, you can't control university administration, you can't control journalists, you can't control members of the public, you can't control other protesters. You've chosen to take the risks, for really good reasons - and like so many people before you - you're protesting while scared.

So much important work has been done by people who feel just as you do now. I think it can be easy to imagine that people in the past had some extraordinary qualities to do extraordinary things. I think it's really important to fight back on that model - and instead understand that you don't have to be extraordinary to make a difference - you just have to be there.

Huge love and solidarity.

#At some point #maybe not now #you might like to read more about student movements and what has come of them #if you google 'they should have served that cup of coffee' #with ebook #you'll get a great place to start #but there are so many #I loved Bettina Apetheker's autobiography #But read them to deepen your understanding #that you have everything you need #to do what needs to be done

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Nick Grimshaw explaining that he is not Marty Healy even though many articles are suggesting he is.

#I love it #oh nick #oh Matty #oh Taylor

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Eleanor via her IG story 🖤

18 April 2024

#prev tags is the question #I do find it very funny #whatever the truth elounor was unconvincing to the last

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Louis with a fan in Los Angeles recently. (19 April 2024)

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#hope everyone had fun

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I haven't listened either (busy day not anti-leaks) but I loathed the fandom response to matty and now am excited to hear ttpd if everyone is reading it as about him

I think there's a discussion to be had about understanding it as being about Matty and understanding it as being about Taylor's experience of her feelings for Matty. But it's definitely one of the two. Really curious to hear what you

Really curious what you think now it's out. I do think her doing exactly what she's always done and talking about her life and experiences is the strongest possible response to the bullshit

#Oh Taylor #I have seen so many annoying takes

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#oh Harry #oh greenwashing

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„I’ll tell you something right now I’d rather burn my whole world down then listen to one more second of all of this bitching and moaning I’ll tell you something about my good name it’s mine alone to disgrace I don’t cater to all these vipers dressed empath clothing god save the most judgmental creeps who say they want what’s best for me“

I want to write something like „Ralph, she wrote TTPD for you!!!“ but that’s a ridiculous thing to say but she also kinda did??

Lets say that I really agree with her - on several different levels. I love it as a sentiment. I particularly love it as a bridge of a Taylor Swift song - and everything that implies about girls and young women singing it together. (Although like Mean I think there is a fraught aspect to it as we all need to understand that singing the song doesn't magically stop us from enacting it). I love it as her reaction to what was going on while she was dating Matty Healy (which I think it was in part - although I think she captures much more of it). And most of all I love that she's saying it all - using all of her skills.

#Oh Taylor #everything I could ask for in a Taylor album at this moment #I love how much she's prepared to talk about being Taylor Swift #she understands the importance of specificity #and it's far more relatable for her to be more specific about being Taylor Swift #than to pretend she's not

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harry and taylor recently in japan !

#Hope they had fun

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“these people cage you”

“no i’m not coming to my senses”

“you judgemental creeps”

“i’d rather burn my whole life down than listen to one more second of all this bitching and moaning”

“i know i’m crazy but he’s the one i wanted”

You tell them Taylor

#this album is everything I could ever want from s Taylor album

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Louis liked Danielle’s Instagram post about her dog’s 10th birthday! (18 April 2024)

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#Max and Clifford #one of the many things I have so many questions about