listen, i’m an artist. i understand the necessity of criticism when it comes to art as means for growth and development. however! if your “criticism” is that she only writes good music when she’s sad/because of her ex-boyfriend, i’m no longer listening to you because that isn’t a

gayton mckenzie is in every portfolio’s business EXCEPT arts and culture

last time i rant about this, but if "sleepless in the onyx night now my skies are opalite" is a drag about travis's black exes and taylor being white, then "he was sunshine i was midnight rain" means joe was white and taylor sees herself as a black woman... according to yall.

"this album isn't relatable to anyone" i just saw a edit of minions and gru to father figure bffr

what bugs me is swifties writ large DO have an over-consumerism problem but it’s not because we’re a bunch of helpless toddlers who don’t know we’re being marketed to. matt’s also a bad messenger for this but he could at least recognize he’s speaking to adults with agency here

what’s wrong babe you’ve barely touched your potential even though all your elementary teachers really liked you and said you were gifted and that you were going to do great things

there’s an observable decline in conversational quality where i will legit be presenting facts backed by tangible data and someone will respond with their opinion as if the the data is my opinion. it’s very frustrating and i don’t want to talk to yall anymore.

the past two years have really exposed people who see boycotts as a tool to police others rather than as a means of achieving meaningful political impact. it is sickening to see them be so uncritical about this

the phrase “to be loved is to be worth the inconvenience” really radicalized me because i find it so true whenever i think of my friends

Friends. Having actual friends. Not familiar acquaintances or online mutuals. Real Friends. One of the best hacks for a fulfilling life.

deleting later but my hot take of the day is that you can be there for your friends without expecting anything in return but you can also be sad when they dont show up for you

white people acting shocked at south africa’s high unemployment & inequality and blaming it solely on the ANC is something i’ll never entertain - the ANC hasn’t fixed the structural exclusion that’s the result of colonialism & apartheid but it’s not the root cause of it

there is drama going on on TikTok right now and I really don’t wanna get involved because it will only end badly for me…. but also I have so many thoughts

Please, read books. Not just captions, or carousel posts, or what made it to the top of your feed. Read books. Long ones. Complex ones. You cannot build a mind with weight on the back of social media ephemerals. Intellectual depth demands patience.

years ago i saw a tweet saying smth like "we're not close enough to a revolutionary moment for the cleavages between different socialists to matter. you're living vicariously thru century-old beef. live in the united states & organize according to reality" i think abt that a lot