I’m only a few years older than Taylor and this track gives me heavy high school flashbacks. Which kind of makes me wonder, when is Taylor going to be done with high school? Non-specific threats and dressup driven rebellion are the bread and butter of bored 14 year olds, but Taylor is twice that age. Move on, love.

what did we make her do

I haven’t listened to this garbage yet. Can someone actually tell me what it is she was made to do?

It’s totally possible to be both (I was, a long time ago) but it’s impossible to be a womanizer and a feminist, which is really the grosser accusation here.

Exactly. That’s just supporting this whole shitshow—that everybody in Whedon’s life has to collude to minimize the damage HE did. He deserves to have his kids understand that he did things wrong. That doesn’t mean they should never speak to or have a relationship with him again, but it’s crap to let them grow up…

For the first time in this country’s history, white people are occasionally made to watch their fucking mouths, keep their hands to themselves, wait their turn. It feels like an outrage and like something is being taken away from them, even though they still have much of the privilege they always have. They’re just…

Stop with the bullshit Fox News talking points.

He isn’t saying that you are the enemy; he is saying that you are the beneficiary of centuries of race-based exploitation that resulted in wealth accumulating with white people. Probably inevitable when you mix capitalism and institutional racism.

Wow just a few days to issue a “heartfelt I need space from me too” apology yet ignores legal correspondence for 5 months.

I’m honestly surprised that in the bottom gif that she even bothers to lift her leg of her own volition. Why not just let them pose her like a jointed Barbie?

Ok I saw Mariah in Anaheim just last week, and “she looks like her feet hurt” is the best descriptor ever. She got pushed out in a throne, and sang at least one song while sitting in it. I felt worried every time she moved because her heels were so high and her dress so long. And she left in the middle of her set to…

No great singer keeps the voice forever, but many sustained long careers working around it and modifying their style (which is itself work). The most obvious examples are Rosemary Clooney and Frank Sinatra - both of whom sold out concerts to the end, though their voices weren’t what they’d once been.

She could...but I’m still gonna need her to have a little oomph and look like she wants to be there. Adele doesn’t dance, but she puts feeling into her performances.

No one sabotaged her New Years Eve performance. There was an equipment failure that probably could have been avoided if she’d done a sound check.

Considering that Elon Musk seemed to have some sort of creepy obsession with Amber Heard, this isn’t surprising. He probably spent a little time with her, learned that she was human and not some mythical creature, and got bored.

You have a point. His behavior and his “business card,” are just another way for a guy to tell random young women,. “I want to fuck you, and there’s nothing you can do about that.” It’s just another version of catcalling.

This entire thing is stupid. How exactly do people think children audition for movies? And what the fuck is wrong with people that they think “make-believe” is an exclusively first-world thing?!

Hm. Based on the transcript, I think Vanity Fair did mischaracterize what she said. The magazine made it sound like the children had no idea what was going on, but the direct quote says that the casting directors told the children upfront that they were going to play a game where they would be given something to take…