she’s the albatross she is here to destroy you btw. if you even care

THINKING ABOUT HER

there is such a devastation in the realization of 'little did you know your home's really only the town you're just a guest in' knowing you moved your life to somewhere else for the one you love, with the intent of building a new home for yourself. you start off as a welcome guest and hope it'll become home, but then you start to feel unwelcome. and when that love starts to feel like a cage, a prison, 'little did you know your home's really only the town you'll get arrested' and the only escape in the narrator's mind, is blowing that up, and bolting.

(and, taylor and florence's voices are gorgeous together!!!)

TAYLOR SWIFT | The Eras Tour, Paris Night 1

i’m lonely but i’m good i’m bitter but i swear i’m fine 🤝 i’m fine with my spite and my tears and my beers and my candles

Wind in my hair, I was there, I was there Down the stairs, I was there, I was there Sacred prayer, I was there, I was there It was rare, you remember it.

— ALL TOO WELL TAYLOR SWIFT: THE ERAS TOUR (2023)

"A lot of the songs on The Tortured Poets Department deal with the idea of heartbreak, or loss, in a metaphor of something else. The metaphor in Down Bad is that I was comparing sort of the idea of being like, love-bombed, where someone like, you know, rocks your world and dazzles you and then just kind of abandons you, as an alien abduction, where you were abducted by aliens, like this girl was abducted by aliens, but she wanted to stay with them. And then when they drop her off back in her hometown, she's like, 'Wait, no. Where are you going? I liked it there! It was weird but it was cool. Come back' and so she's just like, the girl, the character in the song, just felt like, had just been exposed to a whole different galaxy and universe she didn't know was possible. How can you just put me back where I was before?"

Arizona voters enshrine abortion access in state constitution

thank god

To the men who voted for Donald Trump today:

When your girlfriend gets pregnant, and you’re not ready to become a father, and you’re forced into a position that cripples you emotionally, financially and irreversibly, remember: you did this.

When your sister’s pregnancy turns out to be ectopic, and she can’t get the life-saving medical care she needs and dies a completely pointless, preventable death, remember: you did this.

When your 12-year-old daughter is raped by her soccer coach — after he’s legally allowed to strip off her pants and peep at her genitals, because the existence of trans kids terrifies you — and she steals your shotgun and kills herself in your garage, remember, first and foremost: you did this.

Hundreds of thousands of people are going to die because of the decision you made today.

You did that.

if you're feeling powerless right now—and god knows I am—here's a reminder you can donate to the National Network of Abortion Funds, the Trans Law Center, Gaza Soup Kitchen, the Palestine Children's Relief Fund, and hundreds of other charities that will work to mitigate the damage that has been and will continue to be inflicted

life continues. we still have the capacity to do good, important work. that matters

Two things to prop up right now: