Ærin Moriarty

#swiftcraft theorist • gaylor • bird nerd • youtuber • storyteller • cognitohazard • elder queer (minors dni) • https://youtube.com/@aerinmoriarty

[aerinmoriarty]

[trapped--under--rice]

please behold the 24 Hours of Lemons race, in which you can only spend $500 total on a car to cross country race for 24 hours

named after the legendary 24 hour Le Mans race, Lemons rallies barely legal cars in an endurance race across America. had the privilege of sharing the freeway with this race and seeing the absolute art od this event

[friendly-neighborhood-patriarch]

This is so American I could CRY

[hogmilked]

oh this is nothing. some of my favorite lemons entries are:

an airplane stuck on a toyota minivan

this miata built by rocket scientists

the mr2 boat

the nyan cat bmw that i think actually played the song at all times

the homer simpson car built by uranium workers

this limo whose brakes caught on fire

the dumbest corolla and supra wearing funny hats

and so much more. 24 hours of lemons my beloved

[depsidase]

[parkayquarts]

"what if someone regrets transitioning" if you are 18 or over in free country usa you can walk into any tattoo parlor and ask for a tattoo that will be on your body forever and ever and ever and they will give it to you with the understanding that if you dont like the result or you regret it later that's your fucking problem and not theirs

[aerinmoriarty]

We let cis people do all manner of shit to their bodies that are largely irreversible* and that they might regret, including gender affirming care like boob jobs, bbls, vaginoplasties, penile enhancement, testosterone, steroids... you can disfigure yourself so that your nose caves in, your face is immobile, your ass is so big you cant get in to wipe properly, your breasts are so big your skin can't contain them, dick surgeries that very often have severe risk of deformities, and even do many procedures at once that end up killing you.

But the moment you say these procedures are because you don't identify as the gender assigned at birth, "oh no, what if you have regrets?!"

* obviously these procedures can be "undone" to a degree, but you will never get back the body you would have otherwise had without these procedures.

[reddragon733]

Ep 6: Remember This Moment

“ I, I just love it, I love being hyper-detailed and having several Overarching Themes that are woven throughout.”

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“And I think the fans have really got into that obsessive nature of my storytelling too”

Who’s doing this?! ⬆️ 🤭 🤣

Thank you for the lovely bouquet boo-K

Taylor Swift: The End of an Era

[aerinmoriarty]

Taylor Swift's Wedding is one of her best performances yet. An Anti-Wedding for the Antihero, which has kept her name solidly in the discourse even with 250th anniversary celebrations & The World Cup. Numerous aspects of the celebration confused and confounded both new Swifties and longtime Swifties alike… but one group of fans who was not surprised by this are the Performance Artlors.

While we arent a monolith with solely one perspective, in general we believe that what we see of Taylor is act where she is playing a PERSONA in order to tell a specific narrative. This is very similar to stuff Lady Gaga has done but because Taylor’s artistic persona uses her legal name Taylor Swift, fans recognize it less. People also broadly don't think shes capable of that artistry and don't pay attention when she said that she would do a LOT to prove a point.

But Taylor is a very capable artist who commands a variety of artistic mediums, who is highly regarded by some of the most talented people in show biz and at a time in her career where she’s increasingly thinking about legacy, and putting a mark on the world that future haters cannot erase. It makes sense she’s planning bigger things than dating the boy on the football team. And I don't mean marrying him, either.

[warcrimesimulator]

[aerinmoriarty]

This is why I refuse to see an OBgyn bc theyre too hardwired to protect fertility at all costs. I only see gyns who do not handle pregnancy. I don't want to endure treatments with minimal chance to improve my symptoms if there are more effective treatments that they're reluctant to use bc they can cause fertility issues. And it's not always malevolent, it's just they have a usual order of operations they go through and may not think to deviate.

Best advice: if you don't want children & have gynecological health issues, try and find a doctor who specializes in your symptoms if at all possible.

I had severe pelvic pain, and after years of ineffective treatments from obgyns, I went to see a gyn pain specialist who did not deliver babies or do prenatal care. For the first time the focus was on my wellbeing not what a man or a future baby could possibly one day want from me.

[aerinmoriarty]

One of the aspects of Taylor that I feel people notice the least is her wicked sense of humor because nobody trolls us like her. I’ve pointed out how with Eldest Daughter she hid a rickroll in a track 5. And all those times she made us think something huge was happening only to sing Maroon for the 12th time.

And no bigger troll has she done that this wedding— or, well; the whole course of this relationship has been a number of trolls, but the wedding is the climax so far. I discuss it in my latest!

[moonlight-at-dawn]

Why did “be critical of your media” turn into “find all its flaws and hate it” why did people become allergic to FUN

[sayitwithsarcophilus]

Because people confuse “critical as in critical thinking” with “critical as in criticizing something,” so they think that “look for something bad, no matter how far-fetched” is what “being critical” means.

[prismatic-bell]

They also don’t realize that “literary criticism” means…

Okay. What literary criticism IS, is like taking a mechanical clock apart to see all the gears and learn how it fits together and approach your next clock with more knowledge of what makes it tick.

What they THINK literary criticism means is, you take the clock apart and beat all the pieces with a hammer, then scream at it because it doesn’t tick for you the way it used to.

[izhunny]

OMG SOMEBODY PUT IT IN WORDS

[thepolyamorouspolymath]

And sometimes literary criticism can be PRAISE. Sometimes while deconstructing it, you discover cool shit the writer did in terms of structure or character, and it’s worthy of note that it was done and done effectively and well.

[capricorn-0mnikorn]

Yes to all of this. But especially that last addition.

I feel sorry for those people whose school took all the fun out of literature class.

[aerinmoriarty]

There's an idea in Swiftie spaces that there's nothing more loathsome than Gaylors & our theories. But the deeper you dig into Taylor's work, & the more attention you pay to the queer figures she references, the more you'll realize how Taylor-- & many celebs before her-- have hidden in plain sight. And the more clear it becomes that the continued hate train against Gaylors is motivated by homophobia, not a good faith attempt to "protect" Taylor.

[inorheona]

forget trying to explain dubstep to a victorian child, try to explain genAI to yourself from ten years ago. they invented predictive text on steroids and people take its words as gospel. ceos fully believe that glorified autocomplete can replace millions of employees and many people are fired or forced to edit machine's vomit. creative fields are in shambles, everything is slop. anyone can publicly make porn of anyone in one click, yes, including children. no, there are no consequences for that. nothing feels real. no one can apparently write an email anymore. I'd have a stroke.

[nobodys-odyssey]

During lesbian visibility week

Special thanks to @aerinmoriarty for doing the research that proved this was at the height of its use as a gay signal

[aerinmoriarty]

Woke up, chose violence, gotta special Pride Month message to Hetlors out there…

[nobodys-odyssey]

Taylor Swift: I'm dropping hairpins. I'm a friend of Dorothy. I'm obsessed with Killing Eve. I have the entire girl in red album on repeat. I write sapphic love songs. I reference queer history and art like I'm autistic and it's my special interest. When dating it's like I'll hang out with him or hang out with her. I'm James. Gay pride makes me ME. I use 100 "Deadass thought I made it obvious."-lil nas x-esque rainbow and lesbian flag colored visuals per year. I constantly use gay signals codes and flagging that have been a staple of finding community in the queer community for ages. None of my queer friends seemingly tell me to stop doing this even tho most of my team and most of my friends are queer. I use the lesbian salute every time I salute. I wrote love songs about women on an album I say is about my life.

The Most Undeucated Queer Person You Know: clearly this is the straightest woman alive.

[aerinmoriarty]

His last day as CEO was March 18, which means this photo was taken in the first half of March.

$10 says it was taken on the Ides of March, lmao

Because that would be hilarious.

[aerinmoriarty]

There's a reason that Taylor is one of the only celebs whose PR person is known by name to many fans, and why we only see Taylor and Travis when one or both of them has a big career moment they're trying to sell for fans, or when one of them is collaborating with a large brand. TayVis and the added attention and money that it provoked is a huge element of why Eras Tour was able to make enough for Taylor to repurchase her master's rights. And the entire charade is a great example of TayCapitalism: how Taylor is able to make the money she needs by selling fans a story they want to believe in, regardless of how many contradictions are occurring.

I discuss that and more in my latest:

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[kitchikishangout]

MY NAME, IS FRICKIN MOON MOON. I’D BE THE MOST IDIOTIC WOLF. ‘OH SHIT WHO BROUGHT FUCKING MOON MOON ALONG?’

[amusette]

the post that started it all

[star-spangled-jackass]

oh god

[danthefrickinking-deactivated20]

Never not reblogging.

[clarinetfool]

I’ve only seen this post in screenshots

[salamencerobot]

I’m very surprised this post hasn’t broken a million.

[merp-blerp]

Alpha Paw 🥴

[aerinmoriarty]

Just now realized I'm fucking WHITE CLAW