Taylor Swift endorses Joe Biden. Properly this time.

Politics   Back on election day 2016, Taylor Swift posted a photograph of herself voting but despite the implications of the sweater she was wearing it wasn't until after election day that it was confirmed that she had voted for Hilary Clinton.  

In the documentary Miss Americana, we see the back and forth with her management over how political she should be with Taylor clearly very angry that she'd essentially been muzzled by nervous men not wanting have her image tarnished with right wing fans (even though her silence had led a whole lot of racists to believe she was on their side).

It's been a long four years on this occasion time, Taylor isn't being subtle about it:

I spoke to @vmagazine about why I’ll be voting for Joe Biden for president. So apt that it’s come out on the night of the VP debate. Gonna be watching and supporting @KamalaHarris by yelling at the tv a lot. And I also have custom cookies 🍪💪😘

📷 @inezandvinoodh pic.twitter.com/DByvIgKocr

— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) October 7, 2020

The article in the magazine or at least what must be a preview of it is on their website and she says pretty much what we're all thinking.  We need this to stop.

Is Taylor Swift gay?

Music As I let the new Swift album roll over me in waves, I've been seeking wild interpretations of the lyrics. Come on board this Vulture deep dive into into the song betty and what Taylor might be saying about herself (sorry about the pure click bate in the title, Twitter clickers). As with the best conspiracy theories / literary criticism, there's plenty in here which seems plausible and even a mike-drop moment in relation to Karlie Kloss.  Is it true?  Perhaps like Shakespeare's "sonnets", we'll never truly know, and that's ok.  It's not really any of our business.
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I Know Places.

Music Hermione Hobby of The Guardian on her brush with celebrity as she held hands with Taylor Swift on leaving a restaurant interview:

"Taylor – I suppose we were now on post-selfie first-name terms – must have seen my terror. She asked in a droll and gentle way if I was “ready for a photo shoot” then took my hand firmly and out we strode. Cameras flashed, voices rose and, like the Red Sea parting, the crowd shifted to allow her into the waiting Suburban. And then I was on my own, walking towards the subway feeling dizzy."

The column also explains why Twitter's pretty much the only "forum" I visit now.