Swiftie since ‘07 / My name is Gabrielle. Call me Gobby / 20 yrs old / INFJ /English and Ancient Studies major / aspiring law student / Fearless Tour 6/11/09 and Rep Tour 7/11/18 / Taylor created the season that is Fall
If you’re anything like me, you bite your nails, and laugh when you’re nervous. You promise people the world, because that’s what they want from you. You like giving them what they want…But darling, you need to stop, If you’re anything like me, You knock on wood every time you make plans. You cross your fingers, hold your breath, wish on lucky numbers and eyelashes. Your superstitions were the lone survivors of the shipwreck. Rest In Peace, to your naive bravado…If life gets too good now, Darling, it scares you. If you’re anything like me, you never wanted to lock your door, your secret garden gate or your diary drawer. Didn’t want to face the you you don’t know anymore. for fear she was much better before… But Darling, now you have to. If you’re anything like me, There’s a justice system in your head. For names you’ll never speak again, and you make your ruthless rulings. Each new enemy turns to steel, they become the bars that confine you, In your own little golden prison cell…But Darling, there is where you meet yourself. If you’re anything like me, you’ve grown to hate your pride, to love your thighs and no amount of friends at 25 will fill the empty seats at the lunch tables of your past, The teams that picked you last… But Darling, you keep trying. If you’re anything like me, you couldn’t recognize the face of your love, until they stripped you of your shiny paint, threw your victory flag away and you saw the ones who wanted you anyway…Darling, later on you will thank your stars, for that frightful day.If you’re anything like me, I’m sorry. But Darling, it’s going to be okay.
Okay, but seriously on the topic of straight people being so overly concerned about their children being exposed to homosexuality…
As some of you know, I am a makeup artist in a holistic beauty boutique in a very wealthy area of eastern New York. The week before Halloween I was offering simple costume makeup designs for both adults and children. So my last client of the evening was a 15 year old girl who came in to get her makeup done for the Halloween dance at her school. I was enjoying a conversation with both the girl and her mother when suddenly the topic of transgender came up. I got a little nervous because I have a hard time keeping my mouth shut when I hear people speaking negatively about these sorts of topics and as I mentioned, my store is in a very upscale, white, conservative area…
Anyway, the girl starts telling us that her friend prefers to be a boy now. She says it very simply and comfortably and it made me happy to see her talk about it as if it was really no big deal.
Her mother says
“How does she even know what transgender is though? She’s a little young to be making a decision like that. I really think the media is taking things too far with all this gay stuff. I’m not against it or anything, but didn’t you just tell me two boys in your class are dating too?”
The girl said that yes, two boys she knew were dating and another boy she knew was gay also. (And she also corrected the pronouns her mother used for her friend)
“I don’t mind that she knows that homosexuality is,” the mother said. “But I don’t think it should be taught at such a young age. Did you know it’s on Disney channel now?”
It took me a moment to respond, I just kept painting the girl’s face until I could figure out what I wanted to say.
“Well,” I said. “We tend to teach heterosexuality literally from the time a child is born. Most children’s books and movies are even centered around a romance of some kind like a Prince and a Princess for example. There’s rarely a children’s movie that comes out where the main male and female character don’t end up marrying each other in the end. If we don’t have a problem flooding our children’s minds with heterosexuality from the time they are able to sit up and watch a movie on their own, what is so wrong with showing them two boys or two girls being in love? We aren’t showing them sex. We aren’t showing them anything inappropriate. Since when is love inappropriate? If we show them love in all it’s forms (be it gay or straight) from an early age, they will see that it’s all perfectly normal and natural and maybe we can finally put homophobic the past…”
The woman considered this for a second and then said “I just feel like they see it and then they start to think that they might be too.”
“And maybe they are. But isn’t it better for them to know that it’s okay? They aren’t hurting anyone.”
Then the girl said. “No ones going around just thinking they are gay because they know what gay is, mom. I know what a chicken is, that doesn’t mean I’m going to wake up tomorrow and start clucking.”
I loved this kid. I hope she does well in all of her endeavors
I’m not going to wake up tomorrow and start clucking
stop believing that you ran out of time to shape yourself into who you want to be! stop believing that its ruined! stop believing you don’t have potential! you are not a fixed being! you have endless opportunities to grow.
“The point being, despite our need to simplify and generalize absolutely everyone and everything in this life, humans are intrinsically impossible to simplify. We are never just good or just bad. We are mosaics of our worst selves and our best selves, our deepest secrets and our favorite stories to tell at a dinner party, existing somewhere between our well-lit profile photo and our drivers license shot. We are all a mixture of our selfishness and generosity, loyalty and self-preservation, pragmatism and impulsiveness. I’ve been in the public eye since I was 15 years old. On the beautiful, lovely side of that, I’ve been so lucky to make music for living and look out into crowds of loving, vibrant people. On the other side of the coin, my mistakes have been used against me, my heartbreaks have been used as entertainment, and my songwriting has been trivialized as ‘oversharing’.”
“When this album comes out, gossip blogs will scour the lyrics for the men they can attribute to each song, as if the inspiration for music is as simple and basic as a paternity test. There will be slideshows of photos backing up each incorrect theory, because it’s 2017 and if you didn’t see a picture of it, it couldn’t have happened right?”
“Let me say it again, louder for those in the back…”
“We think we know someone, but the truth is that we only know the version of them that they have chosen to show us.”
I am a domestic violence survivor. Yes, I may have been through a lot but I’m still standing.
I recently got out of a 2 and a half year relationship with an abusive partner. I am one of many women who have had to endure violence of any sort. We are strong. We are enough.
My mission is for women to know that they are stronger than the abuse they have been through. We are not just a statistic, we are human beings with complex stories and backgrounds. We can teach the world so much about how to value and accept women for who they are.
I am going through university to become a teacher. I want my students to know that they can tell me anything, and I will be there for them. I want to empower them to speak out about the things that matter to them. I hope I can teach them more than just English, Math, Science, etcetera. I hope I can teach them how to be good, respectful people who love their fellow human beings. I hope I can do this all because @taylorswift has taught me to be strong.
If anyone I follow EVER wants to talk, I’m always here. I love you all.
So proud of what you did and for having the courage to post about it and maybe help someone else👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
this is so beautiful. i am so incredible proud of you. i am deeply sorry for what you endured. you are so strong. sending you so much love. @taylorswift@taylornation
I am so proud of you and @taylorswift would be too.
SUCH AN INSPIRING MESSAGE! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THIS WITH US!
I’m very sorry that you had to go through that, but we are very proud of you for sharing your story. Good luck with university and with your journey! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
honeslty I don’t think Taylor understands how much control and power she has over me like Taylor nation could send me a message telling me to be at a dark ally behind Denny’s at 1:13am in the middle of bumwho Kentucky and I’d be out of here so fast y’all wouldn’t even get the chance to say bye
