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27. TS 💕 instagram.com/lovegrimeyxx

[hashbrownswift]

this just came up on my photo memories - REP tour Sydney - exactly 4 years ago 🥺

[sleepeys]

licherally cannot explain to adults these days that im actually so cool with the idea of being "just an employee" somewhere as long as i am paid enough to live comfortably and i also like the job. "but dont you want to be rich?? dont you want to always be striving for more???" like that sounds EXHAUSTING and i like having friends so

[traegorn]

I used to be ambitious, and dated someone for like a year and half in college who kept pressing me to do more. Kept trying to get me to focus on my political aspirations, and discouraged me from spending time on anything else. It was... it was not a healthy relationship.

And then we broke up.

And I met the woman who I ended up marrying, and the idea of grinding a hundred hours a week suddenly seemed a lot less appealing to me. So I ended up taking a boring office job out of college, and I swear... I cannot imagine living a happier life. We live comfortably, we take multiple vacations in the Northwoods every year, and I have time for hobbies and my creative projects.

My ex on the other hand... uh... works in the White House? That was an odd thing to run across on the internet. I mean, good for her I guess.

But I bet I'm happier though.

[inqorporeal]

A lot of people don’t seem to understand the appeal of applying for -- and getting -- precisely the job you want, with no intention to advance because that’s where you want to be.

One of the reasons I backed out of joining the Navy in ‘99 was being told that there was an expectation that I would constantly be working towards promotions (ahahahahaha fuck that, I just wanted to be an electrician on an aircraft carrier or something; I had no desire to be in charge of people. Also, I don’t take orders well when I can’t see a reason for following them). When I worked at a casino, I was told that if I didn’t improve my attitude, I would never be promoted from cashier, as if I had any desire to go from a lucrative hourly wage (we were on 60 hour weeks while they were expanding, and  the OT pay was amazing) to a salaried wage with no overtime. I was 19 and saving for college, and my response was, “Being a manager in a place like this is meaningless”. My current manager hates being a manager; it takes time and energy away from the actual work he’d rather be doing.

Some people define their success by climbing a figurative ladder, “getting ahead” as if having a career has to be a massive competition. Capitalism loves to push this definition. It’s not that there’s anything inherently wrong with being ambitious; but it’s a tool in an already toxic system which encourages people to think only of themselves and consider everyone else who disrupts their advancement as a threat. I’ve seen friendships and relationships get ruined because of it.

But there’s limited room at the top. Not everyone can be promoted; not everyone should be promoted. The phrase “rising to the level of one’s incompetence” exists for a reason. Every job needs people who are happy to just... do the job and not treat it as an onerous task that they want to move on from, and people should feel comfortable defining their success in their own ways.

[ohgaylor]

Pt. 1 of That’s Gay Tay — a list of incredibly 🌈 things Taylor has done artistically & publicly

spent all Lesbian Visibility Day saying “ME! Out Now,” where in the music video she is seen dancing in a rainbow kaleidoscope, leading a massive pride parade under a rainbow sky, rejecting an engagement ring for a cat (among other things!)

explicitly equated herself with gay pride, saying / illustraiting that it is something that makes “me, me!”

made a surprise appearance at Stonewall Inn during pride month

wore this at Wango Tango during Pride Month in 2019

flew on a rainbow-horned caticorn wearing a rainbow shirt while a bearded man literally rode on the coat-tails of her success

sang “don’t step on our gowns” and repeatedly incorporates herself within the queer community (ie. the yntcd music video, pride month posts / speeches throughout the years) and the way she makes it a point to address the delicacy of coming out

described her first re-recording release as “this first outing”

danced around in rainbows for two entire eras (rep & lover)

expressed public support for / aligns herself with queer artists (girl in red, Hayley Kiyoko, Tegan and Sara, Troye Sivan, among many others) and queer media (Killing Eve, Booksmart, Queer Eye)

featured numerous queer artists / celebrities in YNTCD music video (Ellen DeGeneres, Laverne Cox, Queer Eye’s Karamo Brown, Antoni Porowski, Jonathan van Ness, Bobby Berk and Tan France, RuPaul, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Justin Mikita, Billy Porter, Adam Lambert, Adam Rippon, Hayley Kiyoko, Todrick Hall, Chester Lockhart, Dexter Mayfield, Hannah Hart)

+ bonus — Hannah Hart’s tweet about gorgeous >> appearance in YNTCD music video

advocated for the Equality Act / denounced homophobic politicians)

gets away with saying all kinds of things

also this and this and also these

plus these particular advertisements

continuously wears rainbows / pride colors (wango tango | yntcd hair | yntcd heels | yntcd daisy dream boots | wildest dreams (taylor’s version) shirt | reputation magazine | endgame dress | 1989 tour jacket | delicate reputation dresses version 1 & version 2 | gma outfit | yntcd after party | these shoes in the at&t 2017 ad and on and on and on)

regularly employs queer tropes and closet motifs (more on this in another post)

and that’s just scratching the surface. this doesn’t even account for her lyrics, music videos, public beards/private relationships, and commentary and analyses about her art

[qosmical]

1989 BY TAYLOR SWIFT:  LYRICS AS AI-GENERATED ART

[kitconnor]

THE TAYLOR OWNED™ DISCOGRAPHY

[likedaylighht]

Let’s be honest though, if you were put on the spot rn and had to name one and ONLY ONE song as your ultimate favorite Taylor Swift song could you do it and what song would it be?

[queenofbadlands]

favourite lyrics from 

evermore

[midsummerknife]

taylor swift gif challenge 🤍 speak now era

(without using any gifs of the speak now era)

[emmaduerrewatson]

TAYLOR SWIFT ALBUMS ⇒ Created by Artificial Intelligence Art App DREAM

[tswiftsedits]

Taylor Swift performs at ANZ Stadium on November 2, 2018 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Don Arnold/TAS18/Getty Images)

[lovestory]

Sacred prayer, I was there, I was there….

[melodramasarchive]

owned by taylor swift.

[danceundersparklinglights]

Me every morning I wake up to see the locals are discovering more Taylor gems:

[yourivygrows]

when andrea said to taylor “i’m so proud of you for taking the shitbag of shit they gave you, and you made it into this” like that’s it that’s why reputation is my beloved

[portuguesetswift]

reputation i love you so much you showed everyone that there really is a rainbow that comes after the storm!!!!! they took the crown but it’s alright!!!!! i’m doing better than i ever was!!!!!! would you run away with me yes!!!!!!!!! my one and only my lifeline!!!!!!! baby all at once this is enough!!!!!!!! younger than my exes but he acts like such a man SO!!!!!!!! here’s the truth from my red lips!!!!!!! if a man talks shit than i own him nothing!!!!!!! HE AIN’T READING WHAT THEY CALL ME LATELY!!!!!! something happened for the first time in the darkest little paradise!!!!!!! stay here honey i don’t wanna share!!!!!!!!!! maybe i got mine but you’ll all get yours!!!!! honestly baby who’s counting who’s counting 1 2 3!!!!!!!! you should think about the consequence of u touching my hand in a darkened room!!!!!!! and a circus ain’t a love story and we’re both sorry!!!!! don’t read the last page BUT I STAY!!!!!!!! you gave me some of my best memories and i can’t believe you’re 4 already time is fake and i went to the rep tour yesterday.... anyways happy birthday to u girlie love u

[tswiftsedits]

Taylor Swift performs at ANZ Stadium on November 2, 2018 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Don Arnold/TAS18/Getty Images)

[lovestory]

3 years since this bitch ripped off her fake lashes and had the audacity to do this right in front of me