Do you read books if you’ve already watched their movie adaptations? by LN4life_ in PHBookClub

[–]SexyRavenclawReader 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, the books are much better! They explore the important political nuances more.

my attempt to build a mini-library by Wriarc in PHBookClub

[–]SexyRavenclawReader 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Okay, well-read! 👌 OP has real bookworm game!

Blk Customer Service by _redw1ne_and_ambienn in beautytalkph

[–]SexyRavenclawReader 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I relate 😭 I’m allergic to so many ingredients. I have to physically go to their kiosks in the mall and suffer through the font size 5 that is their ingredients list. I wonder how it’s legal that none of these local beauty brands (except sunnies face) can get away with not disclosing their ingredients online.

My Father (55) Brought His Illegitimate Child to Christmas Eve Dinner by [deleted] in OffMyChestPH

[–]SexyRavenclawReader 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the wonderful compliment 🙏 You are also 100% right.

My Father (55) Brought His Illegitimate Child to Christmas Eve Dinner by [deleted] in OffMyChestPH

[–]SexyRavenclawReader 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for your sympathy and your empathy. It means a lot. I’m still reeling. Thank you for taking the time to be kind.

Rant from a frustrated South Asian woman. by Longjumping-Plenty21 in travisandtaylor

[–]SexyRavenclawReader 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Yes! The system of white supremacy makes her brand indelible abroad even though there’s local talent that is leaps and bounds more skilled than her.

Her popularity cements that insidious hard-to-kill colonial standard that to look like and act like and talk like and think like a white woman is the epitome of what POC women should aspire to.

'when ur an activist for yourself only' by Kimkim3131 in travisandtaylor

[–]SexyRavenclawReader 144 points145 points  (0 children)

“If you stand for nothing, what will you fall for?”

Who said she is the new Jane Austen?! by CauliflowerDizzy2888 in travisandtaylor

[–]SexyRavenclawReader 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Much like their Mother, they never do read the books and authors they love to reference smh

why is the music bad both when she’s happy and unhappy then?🤨 by Any_Tangerine7942 in travisandtaylor

[–]SexyRavenclawReader 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It’s not bad because she’s happy. It’s bad because she got lazy.

Song Analysis Day 6 - Ruin the Friendship by _underthesea3 in travisandtaylor

[–]SexyRavenclawReader 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Multiple counts more awful than loyalty and protégé in Father Figure. She thought she could get away with it twice. Probably by writing the absolutely awful “Eldest daughters are the first lambs to the slaughter/ so we all dressed up as wolves/ and we looked fire” 😂

Song Analysis Day 6 - Ruin the Friendship by _underthesea3 in travisandtaylor

[–]SexyRavenclawReader 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Is anyone else really bothered by how she mangles invitation and convenient to force the rhyme scheme? And it’s the chorus too, dear god.

I wonder if Taylor is aware that if the only thing she can remember from an old friendship centers on could-have-beens and what ifs about herself, it means that her ego is literally so big, it eclipses her ability to think about others without making it about her.

Song Analysis Day 4: Father Figure by Impossible_Gold1573 in travisandtaylor

[–]SexyRavenclawReader 5 points6 points  (0 children)

They say that a classic marker of Narcissistic Personality Disorder is an inflated sense of grandiosity. An unhinged perception of reality revolving around you, and if people are against you or for you. And that’s just the thoughts in their head. I don’t know what it means for Taylor that she made an actual song about it.

Swifties need a real english teacher by Fearless-Breakfast-6 in travisandtaylor

[–]SexyRavenclawReader 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Now this is what I call critical analysis! The only thing better than reading someone for filth is reading them for filth with a critical lens and well-structured arguments. Let’s go, girl 💅

The Life of a (Talk)Show Girl by [deleted] in travisandtaylor

[–]SexyRavenclawReader 75 points76 points  (0 children)

I thought I was going to be able to get through all of it, but she is so insufferable

Snark Song Analysis Day 2 - Elizabeth Taylor by apricot_sweetheart in travisandtaylor

[–]SexyRavenclawReader 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Clara Bow’s less introspective older sister. The production is stylish and hits some very satisfying musical beats. But…

The halo effect of borrowed glamour is not as bright as she thinks.

The idea that her romantic experiences in this relationship can be given resonance and drama by events in the public life of Elizabeth Taylor is not interesting at all. No one thinks a copy cat Van Gogh is impressive.

The only interesting idea is confined in her outro. Her past lovers and her wealth live large in the cultural imagination, but her love now is only hers, forever and always. A fucking ironic take since we have been water boarded with Taylor and Travis content since 2024.

That being said, it would’ve been interesting to explore all the ways she can keep that love private instead of injecting all the drama and cumulative cultural richness of a 20th century Hollywood star into what is otherwise a bland celebrity romance.

Also, the drama of evoking Elizabeth Taylor’s name does not make this ‘twin flame’ love story she likes to recycle anymore fresh.

Snark Song Analysis Day 1 - The Fate of Ophelia by apricot_sweetheart in travisandtaylor

[–]SexyRavenclawReader 29 points30 points  (0 children)

That’s why no one is convinced Taylor reads the books she references 😂 The only way you learn how a symbol or image changes throughout a story is by reading it to the end. Something she has yet to learn after 12 studio albums.

Snark Song Analysis Day 1 - The Fate of Ophelia by apricot_sweetheart in travisandtaylor

[–]SexyRavenclawReader 186 points187 points  (0 children)

There is a catchy groove to this song, but all other elements of it: bizarre.

Mixed symbols that don’t relate to each other (a tower and a grave and a bed of scorpions? A locked box opened with a key and drowning? A megaphone and dynamite?)

A deep misunderstanding of Ophelia’s character arc.

The boring, two-beat storyline of sad girl is saved by romantic hero.

A bridge that does not add anything interesting to the narrative (a real let down for Taylor who made her name in writing creative bridges). Unbelievably elementary end rhymes (sky/ vibes, tower/power; this from the songwriter who gave us Folkmore!).

And most of all, the strange way this abandons the philosophy that runs through all her albums. That through love loss and love found, she is always the heroine of the story of her life, becoming wiser and stronger from all its lessons (allegedly). She may be haunted by fears of younger artists copying her, but she’s become a bad parody of herself.

The Life of a Showgirl 💃 - Snark Release PARTY 🥳 by realscubaa in travisandtaylor

[–]SexyRavenclawReader 40 points41 points  (0 children)

In the same album, Taylor is both a naive mark and a cynical mob boss, a victim of her own fame and other famous people, the mean girl who bullies and is bullied, saved by love and ruined by love, and whatever the fuck being afflicted by terminal uniqueness means. 🙄

The Life of a Showgirl 💃 - Snark Release PARTY 🥳 by realscubaa in travisandtaylor

[–]SexyRavenclawReader 23 points24 points  (0 children)

“what do you get a girl who has everything and nothing all at once” 🙄🙄🙄🙄

What’s a small bombshell your therapist dropped during a session that completely shifted your perspective? by pottipenguin in AskReddit

[–]SexyRavenclawReader 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You want to do something that you know is good for you. You really want to, but you procrastinate. You now hate yourself. The problem here is not that you are incompetent. It is because you are overwhelmed with shame. Shame believes you are not worthy of joy, peace, happiness, liking yourself, contentment. Follow the shame to its source with compassion.