Taylor Swift is the BEST kind of Feminist

I am not a Swiftie, at least not the teenage version of one. Lol
Instead, I am a 47 year old admirer.
I guess technically that would make me a Swiftie but I lack the raw enthusiasm that these young girls seem to display when they talk about Taylor.
However, what I lack in actual energy, I make up for in absolute respect for this amazing individual.

Now, I understand that everyone has an opinion about Taylor Swift these days because judging people from our couches has become the thing to do.
Well, I have an opinion too. 😁

I am a Mother of a 12 year old girl who is a true Swiftie. I also have a 23 year old daughter that likes Taylor as well.
I have spent the last decade singing along to Taylor's many hit songs and the songs that were not hits also.

First is the obvious, the girl can write.  Anyone who wants to dispute this fact is purely being spiteful.
I may have daughters who listen to her music but don't misunderstand me, when I am alone in my car, I'm still listening to Taylor Swift.

Why?

Because I know she is writing those songs about Me and My life that's why. LOL
She might as well be because almost every word of most of her songs fits my life perfectly.
Breakups? Oh I have have had so many.
Am I a serial dater? Yep. Or at least I use to be.
You see, most of us keep dating until we find the right guy, that's how it. works.
It has been so nice of Taylor to write a song about each of them, it has REALLY helped me get through them all. :) I'm laughing but I'm serious.

But that is her charm.

Despite everything, Taylor Swift is relatable to the average girl.

I realize she is not relatable to some of you but that is only because she doesnt hate on the same people you hate, she saves it for the people who have actually done something wrong to HER.
I love that about her. I love how she decides what is best for herself instead of allowing others to pressure her into thinking like them.

And thats what you hate about her, she refuses to go with your flow.

As a Mother, this alone makes her a winner to me. What a great message to send to our daughters.
She has told them in her own way that it doesn't matter what "everyone" thinks or what 'everyone' is doing.
She has told them that they can have their own beliefs and still succeed in this life. They can carve their own path.

 I hope her Mom is proud of her, I know she is and she really should be.

Taylor's message is being heard by millions of girls and that for Me makes her
the ultimate feminist.
Because being a feminist doesn't mean that you have to hate men or even Trump.
It's about loving yourself enough to know you don't have to hate anyone nor do you have to voice your opinion on issues you do not feel you know enough about.

Everyone keeps talking about how she has kept silent but no, she has not. She straight up said she did not feel she knew enough about politics to speak about it. With her influence that was a very responsible position for her to take but more than that it was a position she had a right to take because she lives in America.
She doesn't have to like politics if she doesn't want to and who she voted for is none of our damn business...she is a Musician not a Politician

Taylor has exercised her right to think what she wants to think and her right to do it her way and that my friend, is feminism in perfect form.

Back to her music, which is where we should be really because being a singer/songwriter/musician should mean that her music is what it is all about.

Reputation is almost my favorite album yet and it may end up being just that once I get unstuck from the songs I am stuck on at the moment and listen to the rest of her album. Lol
So far it is so good.

So here is my mini review on what I have already gotten addicted to from her new album Reputation...

'Look what you made me do'

As soon as I heard the first line I was totally sold. And for those of you trying to make this song about her not taking some sort of responsibility...Give me a break...listen to the fucking song, pay attention.

Kim and Kanye tried to take her down. He wrote a song about wanting to sleep with Taylor, she didn't ask him to write it, he did this on his own. Who gives a shit if she knew or not? Why was he writing a song like that at all about Taylor? They were suppose to friends and why is his wife defending this? Does she even know how lame she looks sticking up for her husband who is singing about how he wants to have sex with another woman? And yet this doesn't raise any feminist failure flags for you? Really? I use to like her a little but she lost me on this one.
This song is telling them that it didn't work, they didn't take her down, she is stronger than ever and all they have really done is help her make millions of dollars and an album that is now the Top Selling album of the flippin year.

Thats is what they made her do.

Onwards...

'Ready for it'

I didnt like it at first but now I cannot get the chorus out of my head.

In the middle of the night, in my dreams
You should see the things we do, baby
In the middle of the night, in my dreams
I know I'm gonna be with you
So I take my time
Are you ready for it?

I love this pop sound she has grown into, its amazing and I like Country music but I will listen to pop just to hear her.

'End Game'

I love it. She is straight rapping, I hate rap, LOL but when she does it... it sounds so good. Lol
Her writing...really is amazing.

I don't wanna touch you, I don't wanna be

Just another ex-love you don't wanna see

I don't wanna miss you (I don't wanna miss you)

Like the other girls do

I don't wanna hurt you, I just wanna be

Drinking on a beach with you all over me

I know what they all say, yeah, but I ain't tryna play

'I did something bad'

I love this song but I cannot help thinking that this is how bad she wishes she could be because I cannot see her actually being this bad. Lol Hey, but it fits my life like a damn glove. Lol


'Delicate'

I love this song, it is exactly how it is when you first get with someone. Reminds me of Out of the woods with the meaning of the lyrics but instead of asking, she has grown up and now just says what she feels and asks questions later.

Is it cool that I said all that?
Is it chill that you're in my head?
'Cause I know that it's delicate (delicate)
Is it cool that I said all that
Is it too soon to do this yet?
'Cause I know that it's delicate
Isn't it? Isn't it? Isn't it?

'Dont blame me'

This is the current song that I have on repeat all day long, no shit. I am so in love with this song. Her voice has matured so much and sounds better than ever, this song is so so good.

Don't blame me, love made me crazy
If it doesn't, you ain't doing it right
Lord, save me, my drug is my baby
I'll be using for the rest of my life

'Dress'

WOW. JUST WOW
Ok maybe more than wow. Yikes!  Taylor is now an adult and this song is so hot.

All of this silence and patience, pining and anticipation
My hands are shaking from holding back from you (ah, ah, ah)
All of this silence and patience, pining and desperately waiting
My hands are shaking from all this (ah, ha, ha, ha)

Her voice is so sultry and I love her sighs and I like boys but I have a girl crush now. Lol

'Call it what you want'

What a great song. I love how she has mixed this one up. She starts off talking about the drama and actually being accountable because she knows her actions should have been different with how she handled kanye on the phone but she is human. She is nice and sometimes being nice makes us not stand up initially when we are put on the spot about something.

My castle crumbled overnight
I brought a knife to a gunfight 
They took the crown, but it's alright

I know when she got off the phone with him she must of been thinking WTF but she didnt say that because she is nice.
She has learned a good lesson in life ...some people are dirtbags even when you are nice.
This song is an acknowledgement of knowing this but it lets us know that their drama is not what matters to her because she is loved despite their efforts to make her feel otherwise.

'New Years Day'

This song makes me happy, makes me cry, its all the feels.

So those are the songs I am currently obsessed with.
Oh wait, I forgot one...

'This is why we cant have nice things'

LOL LOL LOL
BEST SONG OF ALL.

This is what really happened and you know what? Kim and Kanye are idiots because all Taylor Swift ever did was make them two look good.
But people like that cannot have nice things..

It was so nice being friends again
There I was giving you a second chance
But you stabbed my back while shaking my hand
And therein lies the issue
Friends don't try to trick you
Get you on the phone and mind-twist you
And so I took an axe to a mended fence


***All Lyrics by Taylor Swift 2017
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So, as far as I am concerned, buying Taylor's album was so worth the money, I have at least 2 years of listening ahead of me.
I didn't take 1989 out of the cd player in my car until Reputation arrived in the mail.

Definitely worth 15 bucks.


Ok, so maybe I am a Swiftie. I am totally ok with that. :)