Question - why did you feel the need to give “context” to Adele’s press for this album compared to Taylor’s for 1989? Is that not the exact “pitting women against each other” situation Adele was addressing (and hoping to avoid) via her earlier quote?

All of this needs to become common knowledge for folks. I have a very prominent scar on my forearm from a third degree burn. There’s no hiding it - it’s right on the top of my arm, so total strangers see it all the time (cashiers, wait staff, etc). Somehow people take this as an invitation to exclaim “Oh my GOSH! What…