Saga of Swift

Over the past couple of years, I have not been the biggest Taylor Swift fan. When she first came out with her debut record, I was her prime audience. I was in middle school and was obsessed with Hannah Montana. So, of course, I would like this country singer who looked kind of like me (the blonde hair at least). I have bought every record she's ever released, with the last three being the day it came out. I loved her records and thought that she was a cool chick. I didn't have any issues with her.

This was until 1989 came out, and her public image became more public than I was ever used to seeing her. Maybe it was because I wasn't about all the tabloids or she just wasn't in the celebrity mainstream news as often. And if she was, it was just gossip, nothing based in reality. When 1989 was released, something about her public image shifted. The term squad came into popular culture and her definition of it is something I cannot personally relate to. Seeing her post all of these Instagram photos of her with her best friends all the time and being so supportive of every single person in her group (which there are way too many to count), I didn't know what to necessarily make of it. And if I had to be honest, it kind of made me not like her. I thought she was annoying because it was all maneuvering in a way where I can kind of see the puzzle pieces being placed. It was just too much.

And then she started dating Calvin Harris. I thought they were super cute, though I wasn't really following it. It wasn't until they broke up and she started seeing Tom Hiddleston, when I realized why I didn't like her as a public figure anymore. They went everywhere together they went to Italy they went to England and all the places where you would expect the most romantic love to happen. The paparazzi photos of them were too good to be true. I didn't like her because I knew too much. No one should be in the headlines every day. And if they are there something wrong. It seemed as though every week there was at least two stories of her and her new relationship that was true because we could actually see what was going on. It was this strange dynamic of controlling and celebrity image colliding in a way we aren't used to seeing. 

And then she was gone. She was no longer in the headlines every day. The past year, it appears Taylor has shifted her life to make sure she has the privacy she needs to live the most for filling life she can. And the more she's not in the news, The more I like her. I like it when there's a bit of mystery because the artists want to actually have privacy and have there be a curtain in between them and people who admire the work. I like the people who were come out when they're promoting Mia work and leave when they are not. Taylor has now become more private and I respect her decision to not leave it as public as she did a couple of years ago.

All this being said, when I heard about the Taylor Swift and DJ sexual assault allegations, I wasn't sure what to make of it. Not to say Taylor is wrong but I didn't know enough or maybe I wasn't paying attention to really have a strong opinion on it. That was until this whole civil trial came up. When I read through A few articles and tweets, I realize how important what Taylor is doing really is. She didn't have to do it. She could've easily blown it off and said you're stupid, I just paid the guy and called it a day. But she didn't because things changed after that moments. That guy shouldn't have grabbed her ass in the first place. But he did and that's how she's on the stand today, being her badass self not letting this guy or his lawyers get to her. She is strong confident and not backing down from telling the story and not letting him get away with the inappropriate and disgusting actions he caused to her. 

I may not always be a fan of Taylor Swift but this last year and with this trial has shown me that perceptions are rarely accurate and people can always change. What Taylor doing is admirable and powerful for all women, to speak up when injustice has been done to us because of the gender we have been born into or have chosen. Being a female shouldn't make us targets for this despicable behavior. Taylor knows this, both from her experience and as a woman with Power, she is willing to make it known that any man who causes harm should not and will not be let's go. There are consequences for your actions and suing someone doesn't help.