The singer references years of 'slut shaming' and her focus on female friendships in the liner notes of her new album.
In her writing, the now-33-year-old"Shake It Off" singer offers a candid remembrance of her life and career at age 24, as she began her evolution from country darling to pop star while working on what would become her fan-favorite and critically hailedalbum. At the time, she shares, she had begun learning hard lessons about dating in the spotlight.
She continues,"It became clear to me that for me there was no such thing as casual dating, or even having a male friend who you platonically hang out with. If I was seen with him, it was assumed I was sleeping with him. And so I swore off hanging out with guys, dating, flirting, or anything that could be weaponized against me by a culture that claimed to believe in liberating women but consistently treated me with the harsh moral codes of the Victorian era." .
What followed was a subset of Swifties who created the narrative known as"Gaylor," speculating that Swift could be bisexual and romantically involved with some of the women in her squad. "You, who heard the wink and humor in 'Blank Space' and maybe even empathized with the pain behind the satire," she writes."You, who saw the seeds of allyship and advocating for equality in 'Welcome to New York.' You, who knew that maybe a girl who surrounds herself with female friends in adulthood is making up for a lack of them in childhood. ." show in Los Angeles, which completed the first leg of the record-breaking tour. The trek grossed an estimate $2.
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