"Queer syntax is reciprocal" Sometimes you just read about something you're very familiar with in a new way and it hits you all over again. I highly recommend this essay for a bit of queer joy for the Gaylor's and HR fans! From @/ openbookopen on instagram.

I am exceedingly excited for this! And so sorry, all I see is a square peg and a round hole. I am ruined by heated rivalry.

I just got a wave of parasocial sadness for Taylor. I imagine that she gets to see Connor and Hudson enjoying this rise to fame and being embraced by the queer community without ever having to say anything.

We can't fix whatever is going on right now, but we can give a little bit of support!

92% of the way there! Just need a little bit more to finish, less than $200!!!

Do I trauma dump on the tl about my own heated rivalry when I was 25 and had no idea I was a chaotic bisexual? Unfortunately, it doesn't have a happy ending. But I kinda want to write a fic about it.

Why was I wide awake for about 5 hours last night? Was there a planet in retrograde or something?

Help! What is happening?!? Harry, what was that!?

alison watching all of her songs being set to edits about fictional closeted men

One of the reasons why this show guts me, it hits so close to home. Anyone else recognize the logo?

Good morning! For @defector.com, I wrote about what @rachelreidwrites.bsky.social's "Game Changers" books, and the resulting TV show, have meant to me as a lifelong hockey fan with an increasingly... complicated... relationship to the men's pro game.

For my oomfs that don't know about hockey or the NHL, but love the show. Co-sign everything here:

It is so important to me that eps 2 and 4 start with montages, because Shane and Ilya live their lives waiting for the small in-between moments, and then at the cottage starts with one long take 😭 Ok, I need to go to sleep now. But all the call backs to other episodes!!!

I stayed up to watch and so glad I did! That was the most tenderest bit of TV I've ever seen. I liked the subtle changes Jacob added! Shane needed that moment with his mom.

I haven't been on tiktok in awhile, and I swear that every video of someone's opinion was just incredibly annoying. And in that moment I felt very connected to Taylor's Eldest Daughter. Just feeling very over the internet and hot takes right now.

Tried to watch the eras doc and, I think I was bored. I turned it off. 😬 I think my Taylor hyperfixation is actually all the online Gaylor/PAlor peeps. So thank you all for your service 🫡 I will be enjoying the eras doc through your eyes!

Well, whatever it takes I suppose!

Feeling not interested in Taylor's documentary because it isn't for the Dear Readers. We already know what she's trying to say, because said it in different ways a million little times. But I should probably watch anyway to take my mind off of will you ☝️cometomtcottagethissummer 😊😃

Suddenly, being very loud about your queerness is not something an actual queer person would do. It’s like which is it. It can’t be both.

I love HR so much but couldn't help cracking up at how uncomfortable on the ice Connor looked.

seeing gaylor oomfs getting into heated rivalry is making so happy as a hockey obsessed partially closeted canadian. watching this show after growing up playing girls' hockey as a kid in the late 90's and early 2000's is quite heady.

If the absolute legend that made this doesn't make themselves known to the community, I am going to put on my clown nose and say Taylor's team made it.

Have all her recent appearances and papwalks been in mostly black?

If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features." There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.

CBC once again called the Ksi Lisims LNG project “Indigenous-led” on the National last night, despite the fact that it’s 100% American-owned by a Texas shell company, Western LNG. Yikes!!!!! Anyway, here’s a very funny video that breaks this down: youtu.be/Lt6Hmp9ndkI?...

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Alarm bells are definitely ringing. It'll be for something a year from now though.

my spidey senses are tingling. -ppl recently discussing how Sabrina got Eric Adams indicted which lead to Zohran -Taylor in NY right after the election, frequently, and with Gigi first -t-rump tiktok using Taylor's music TWICE to try and bait? What is going on behind the scenes?

i was scrolling back through pop base for something else, and i... there's just so many little queer coincidences and yes, I remember gaylors talking about this when it came out, but I don't remember this direct tie that Jacob made.

Its about legally labeling Swifties Terrorists, labeling Swiftie merch as gang paraphernalia, giving law enforcement the directive that Swifties are a hostile element that should be suppressed. Much the way theyre currently trying to label trans people and ideologies as a terrorist group.

she's being baited They know the pressure is on her to speak up so they are doing things to try to make that happen and if she doesnt it makes her fans more and more angry at her (which they are right to be, but it does still serve trump's interests because that's where we are apparently)

i thought today would be the day I could listen to ruin the friendship without crying, but it was not. I need some soup to recover. 😭 My advice 😭 is always 😭 ruin 😭 the friendship better that than regret soup for all time

They did it! Ahhhh!

I have another shit post:

Ok, some rapid fire thoughts I had recently, and are not in order or fully related: TFOO could be about Chely Wright. She saved herself from going crazy from all the men around her gaslighting her and her lack of agency. She almost died. She came out, wow. 1/3

So when do i get to listen to ruin the friendship without crying because wtf taylor

So interesting how before father figure she talks about how sacred song writing is and respecting that process 👀

i love cancelled mainly bc i imagine her strutting with a bunch of drag queens and queer people and POC who are the people ACTUALLY being cancelled in our society rn and the image is just too powerful… “they’re the ones with matching scars”

Lol

TW: self harm I don't like this connection my brain made: "We're the ones with matching scars." And how her wrists and arms look on her cover. (Someone else originally pointed out this for the cover!)

So let me get this straight: She gave them a MM and Shellback record (because they are tired of Jack), talked about Trav, gave basic lyrics (because TTPD was “too wordy” and required a dictionary), yet they are STILL unhappy??

I finally got one! Going to send the rick roll link! I'll see what they say.

I thought it'd be like a nod to this scene, it's like a direct one to one

The youtube bar thingy is an opened door :O

Seeing long time gaylors (not performance artlors) being absolutely crushed by this album over on the bad place 😬 Are we the crazy ones for thinking it's the bait and switch? Am I still crazy for holding out hope? She is still a mastermind, right?

I haven't listened to any leaks yet, so I'm going on vibes. But based on how mean Director Taylor was to Show Girl Taylor (Is She Really The Problem?) I think Director Taylor has been in charge for awhile.

Calm down, everyone. It's not purple glitter, it's midnight blue glitter!

It's on youtube music too, which is sooo weird. They take forever to post lyrics or lyric videos.

From someone on Twitter!