so confusing to be a girl, so easy to be a bitch - by noam

Like many people around the world, I dedicated around an hour of my day today to listen to Taylor Swift’s new album, The Life of a Showgirl. As an ex-swiftie, one that used to be a diehard fan and now is unable to shake old habits, I initially listened to it solely out of curiosity; I wanted to know what the internet will be buzzing about for the next few weeks. My general thoughts on the album aside (for now), once I’ve reached track 7, “Actually Romantic,” I had to pause and listen again. Well, well, well. Hello, Regina George. Bullying is not a pretty color on you. The song is an obvious dig at Charli XCX, presumably a response for her “Sympathy is a knife.” But while Charli is centering her own feelings and insecurities that stem from a close proximity to Swift, Taylor’s reply lacks that same complexity and only highlights her pettiness. Although Brat is at times written off as an album of club music for people that do coke, at its core there is a vulnerability hard to shake off, e

Like many people around the world, I dedicated around an hour of my day today to listen to Taylor Swift’s new album, The Life of a Showgirl. As an ex-swiftie, one that used to be a diehard fan and now is unable to shake old habits, I initially listened to it solely out of curiosity; I wanted to know what the internet will be buzzing about for the next few weeks. My general thoughts on the album aside (for now), once I’ve reached track 7, “Actually Romantic,” I had to pause and listen again. Well, well, well. Hello, Regina George. Bullying is not a pretty color on you. The song is an obvious di