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I awakened screaming and panting, only to realize it wasnt a dream.
As a lowercase girl myself, the significance of this cannot be understated.
Knowing that, lets talk about every song onfolklore.
the 1
We open with an emotionally devastating blast to the face.
the 1 is just oiling you up for your own annihilation.
cardigan is not only the official sweater of bisexuality (theyre versatile) but the first ofmanyqueer-coded songs onfolklore.
ACAB, comrade!!
exile (feat.
Bon Iver, despite every other letter on the album being lowercase.
As a lowercase swiftie, this is displeasing to me.
bon iver: Do you think youre better than Taylor?
Youre better than her album theme, her artistic vision, her ten Grammys?
Youre better than all lowercase girls??
my tears ricochet
my tears ricochet is everything.
my tears ricochet is my personality, my religion, my scripture.
I threw my copy ofThe Bell Jarin the trash.
These texts, these films, these heirlooms?
Theyre no use to me now.
There is just my tears ricochet.
This was very hurtful to me, a mirrorball.
seven
You know what Ididntneed to stew about in my self-isolation echo chamber of trauma?
The scars of my youth.
Like, I dont need this right now.
This song is beautiful but Im good.
august is that fugue state: Its beautiful, evocative, a successful astral projection.
Both this is me trying and The Archer fromLoversound like they were recorded in a musty locker room.
This one goes out to all the reverb lesbians I know youre out there.
Anyway, illicit affairs is about how having an affair and lying kills you a million little times.
But as the meme goes, I aint reading all that.
Im happy for u tho.
Or sorry that happened.
Do you see my face in the neighbors lawn?
Or does she mouth, Fuck you forever?
Im worried were going to find out mad woman is about, like … Rainn Wilson.
epiphany sounds like a choral arrangement of hexed porcelain dolls and is about witnessing trauma.
In Swifts liner notes, shewroteabout her grandfather Dean landing at Guadalcanal in 1942.
That doesnt matter to me because, like I said, I cant read.
But sure, lets pretend for a second that betty is from Jamess POV.
I dont care about that.
Heres what I care about: You know whats gay?
Creating a fictional male character and wearing him like an outfit to sing a song about kissing a girl.
Its getting dark out and my meat supply ran out three days ago.
