Queen of Freedom

my mind is a creative mess

[yousaveeveryonebutwhosavesyou]

[afloweroffreedom]

why am I crying?

I am suffocating

I can't feel a thing

My body is aching for affection

I am just a shell filled with air

The pain is there but never near

So tell me please:

How will I ever care?

[therealcammie]

[afloweroffreedom]

I'm getting scared

Even if spring is almost ready

I am no longer in the mood of it

Most of the day I am laying in bed

I have no idea if it is sadness or something else

It's hard not being scared

I tried to imagine how it was a year ago

My recollection is hidden deep in my head

Maybe disappearance will solve the problem

Would they see it

Would they be able to feel my absence?

[saphore]

your last words before you die are the 3rd line of the last song you listened to. what are we saying ladies?

[afloweroffreedom]

'Cause it ain't over, until she sings

[t-a-r-0-t]

Hey, stop scrolling.

Everyone who is reading this: I’m so glad you’re alive. I’m so proud of you. You are loved. I’m here. Don’t give up, we’re almost there.

Pass it on.

[afloweroffreedom]

Realization

When reality hits you, it smacks you in the face with a box full of dynamite.

And it is not just a memory coming back. It is a fact that may ruin a friendship along the way

[marsixm]

hey if ur reading this and ur in a bad spot mentally or anything i hope u feel better soon and have a good day

[taylorswift]

For years I asked, pleaded for a chance to own my work. Instead I was given an opportunity to sign back up to Big Machine Records and ‘earn’ one album back at a time, one for every new one I turned in. I walked away because I knew once I signed that contract, Scott Borchetta would sell the label, thereby selling me and my future. I had to make the excruciating choice to leave behind my past. Music I wrote on my bedroom floor and videos I dreamed up and paid for from the money I earned playing in bars, then clubs, then arenas, then stadiums. 

Some fun facts about today’s news: I learned about Scooter Braun’s purchase of my masters as it was announced to the world. All I could think about was the incessant, manipulative bullying I’ve received at his hands for years. 

Like when Kim Kardashian orchestrated an illegally recorded snippet of a phone call to be leaked and then Scooter got his two clients together to bully me online about it. (See photo) Or when his client, Kanye West, organized a revenge porn music video which strips my body naked. Now Scooter has stripped me of my life’s work, that I wasn’t given an opportunity to buy. Essentially, my musical legacy is about to lie in the hands of someone who tried to dismantle it.

This is my worst case scenario. This is what happens when you sign a deal at fifteen to someone for whom the term ‘loyalty’ is clearly just a contractual concept. And when that man says ‘Music has value’, he means its value is beholden to men who had no part in creating it. 

When I left my masters in Scott’s hands, I made peace with the fact that eventually he would sell them. Never in my worst nightmares did I imagine the buyer would be Scooter. Any time Scott Borchetta has heard the words ‘Scooter Braun’ escape my lips, it was when I was either crying or trying not to. He knew what he was doing; they both did. Controlling a woman who didn’t want to be associated with them. In perpetuity. That means forever. 

Thankfully, I am now signed to a label that believes I should own anything I create. Thankfully, I left my past in Scott’s hands and not my future. And hopefully, young artists or kids with musical dreams will read this and learn about how to better protect themselves in a negotiation. You deserve to own the art you make.

I will always be proud of my past work. But for a healthier option, Lover will be out August 23. 

Sad and grossed out,

💔

Taylor

[iloveluek]

“The man with the golden boots, the man with the golden hair, but most importantly, the man with the golden heart.”

- Ashton introducing Luke at 5sos3 in Toronto

[queereyegifs]

[theclownandtheflame]

This picture gets 10x better when I remember that Ben said he could only eat through straws while on Skrull makeup.

There’s a high chance this scene was improvised and the man was just hungry.

[bebx]

Reblog if you’re also scared so we can cuddle and comfort each other online ❤️

[bluesteelstan]

“I met him a few times and I knew he was really, really happy with the way the last 10 years had been able to really cater to his characters. How the filmmaking and technology kind of caught up to them and you got this amazing decade of filmmaking that is thanks to him. So I know he enjoyed that very much and being in them. He always said to me, ‘Bucky’s one of the good guys, you have to remember that,’ and I always smiled when I heard that. I still think about that.”

— Sebastian Stan told us the memory of Stan Lee he always thinks about with a smile (x)

[kingoftieland]

Stan Lee certainly created a character he would be proud to call his son. 👨‍👦

[afloweroffreedom]

A rebels heart

You had it going good for your whole life.

It crashed once. It happened twice and it did something. I had an amazing night with my friends and strangers.

Thank you

[afloweroffreedom]

Never forgotten. But is it really?

I know it has been 15 years now and i was only little. But i just realized how much i miss grocery shopping with you.

I know it has been 12 years now and I was only little. But i just realized how much I miss watching that one italian show.

I know it has been 8 years now and it was not that long ago but I can see the reminder of that same day you left everyday for the rest of my life.

I know many people will leave me in my life permanently. But going to heaven... i hope it will not happen again for the longest years.