An open letter to Taylor
Dear @taylorswift,
I’ve been listening to your music for about 5 years now and what started as an attempt to convince my parents to take me to your 1989 concert with my best friend turned into a love for your music. As someone who suffers from severe anxiety and depression every day is a struggle. That being said your music has made such an impact for me. being able to turn on one of your songs and forget about life for a while has made a world of difference. I remember the first time I purchased reputation I listened to it 20 times on repeat and never got tired of it. As a woman and a member of the LGBTQ community, your activism against homophobia and sexism is truly so influential to me. I am very lucky to have not encountered a lot of homophobia in my community, but with a half Catholic half Southern baptist extended family coming out has never been on my radar, but you being such a strong ally has made me really feel excepted for who I am. Also I never really noticed how much harder it is for women because I just thought that was just how it was. I never knew any different, but seeing you fight for what you believed in made me realize that it doesn’t have to be that way. Young girls in the future will know that it doesn’t have to be this way. Politicians, leaders, and people in power will have to come to terms with the fact that it can’t be this way. Us women are tired of living in the shadows of our male counterparts. We deserve to be treated the same as men even if that means fighting long and hard for it. So I want to thank you, Taylor, for helping me through a hard time and showing me, and so many others that we don’t have to take discrimination sitting down.
