I’ve been saying for awhile that Swifties have the same problem as guys who like Fight Club and American Psycho without realizing they’re critiques on masculinity and consumerism.

Swifties responding “it’s Actually Romantic” back at anyone who critiques her when she wrote that song as a parallel to Mean Girls is also not meant to be seen as admirable.

Now it feels like she’s providing the narrative—so there aren’t any shots to be taken.”

A billionaire who *gave herself* two out of three dark triad traits who is able to shape our media discourse is not meant to be seen in an admirable light in the same way that…

With all due respect, Taylor herself said in her Times POTY article that she has, “harnessed the power of the media, both traditional and new” and that, “She controls narrative not only in her work, but in her life…It used to feel like people were taking shots at her.

It’s along the same lines of the phrase, “hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, weak men create hard times," popularized by G. Michael Hopf which is used to justify authoritarianism and it’s everywhere on TikTok.

discarding the Man Box without simply replacing it with a ‘lite’ version, and challenging the global economic structures built on inequality and division."

"...What could actually move the needle is disentangling men’s sense of worth from breadwinning and provider roles — precisely what feminism attempts to do —

The more male value is indexed to wealth accumulation, and the harder it becomes for the average person to be financially secure, let alone wealthy, the deeper men’s sense of disempowerment."

... "Masculinity is still tightly bound to financial success, and that’s not exactly good news in an era of profound and growing economic inequality...

...Plus, they’re four times more likely to harbour anti-immigration sentiments."

"The Equimundo State of UK Men report found that men who endorse typical manosphere beliefs are also three times more likely to believe voting doesn’t matter, four times more likely to support authoritarian leaders, and six times more likely to hold anti-democratic views...

That’s my b. I asked for more Fall weather.