I’ve found that most people that “hate” her don’t actually hate her, they’ve jumped on the bandwagon. The 2 big ones I see are:
People love to hate a celebrity, and with Taylor they always said she was “too good”. Early 2010s this happened all the time.
the big one that I see
2) There’s some masculinity crap where only girly girls like Taylor Swift - if you like her at all you are immediately typecast in some people’s eyes, or in my case there was a huge “who am I” moment where it started challenging all the things I was taught. If I like Taylor Swift, does that mean that I’m ____ and ____ too? Took a long time to work through that. Now I don’t care, I went to Eras and had a blast!
Read something a while ago that went something like a boy tells another man “Real men don’t do listen to Taylor|drive small cars|whatever else they feel like today”, and the other man says “A real man doesn’t care.”
I’m simplifying a lot, not telling it well, but yes, real men don’t give two shits about what is manly or not.
Same here dude. I liked her old songs years ago but never understood the hype. Then my wife helped introduce me more to her, we went to Eras and had a blast, and now I’ve become a Swiftie.
When I was young I would’ve cared about that kind of stuff, especially because toxic masculinity is ever present (and I was conditioned to respond to it and “course correct” so I wouldn’t get shunned, etc. ). Now as an older man, I don’t give a shit anymore. I like what I like, and I really like Taylor Swift.
Yep, totally know what you mean. I went to her “Reputation” concert at the Vikings stafium in Minneapolis and still have fond memories of it. I think its going to be a good memory for life. I had so so so much fun. I went to Ariana Grande’s “Dangerous Woman” tour too and while it was fun the Reputation concert sticks out more to me.
I’ve found that most people that “hate” her don’t actually hate her, they’ve jumped on the bandwagon. The 2 big ones I see are:
the big one that I see 2) There’s some masculinity crap where only girly girls like Taylor Swift - if you like her at all you are immediately typecast in some people’s eyes, or in my case there was a huge “who am I” moment where it started challenging all the things I was taught. If I like Taylor Swift, does that mean that I’m ____ and ____ too? Took a long time to work through that. Now I don’t care, I went to Eras and had a blast!
I am a man and i like her stuff. If anyone has a problem with that then fuck 'em
Read something a while ago that went something like a boy tells another man “Real men don’t do listen to Taylor|drive small cars|whatever else they feel like today”, and the other man says “A real man doesn’t care.”
I’m simplifying a lot, not telling it well, but yes, real men don’t give two shits about what is manly or not.
Same here dude. I liked her old songs years ago but never understood the hype. Then my wife helped introduce me more to her, we went to Eras and had a blast, and now I’ve become a Swiftie.
When I was young I would’ve cared about that kind of stuff, especially because toxic masculinity is ever present (and I was conditioned to respond to it and “course correct” so I wouldn’t get shunned, etc. ). Now as an older man, I don’t give a shit anymore. I like what I like, and I really like Taylor Swift.
Yep, totally know what you mean. I went to her “Reputation” concert at the Vikings stafium in Minneapolis and still have fond memories of it. I think its going to be a good memory for life. I had so so so much fun. I went to Ariana Grande’s “Dangerous Woman” tour too and while it was fun the Reputation concert sticks out more to me.
It was so liberating when I, as a man, realized I don’t give a shit what other people think about me and allowed myself to listen to her music