Taylor Swift is getting ready to release her new album, 1989, so she’s doing a lot of promotion in the form of interviews on TV, the radio and in magazines. Her latest spread in Canada’s Fashion isn’t really all that spectacular, but she does reiterate how uncool she feels and says that she’s not threatened by other women who ARE cool.
“Celebrities surround themselves with people who don’t know what they want and only have you to validate their lives—that’s not interesting to me. You should not be threatened by women who are pretty and charismatic and good at what they do…my girlfriends have shaped me more in the past year and a half than any other factor.
I’ve never had more friends who I can trust and rely on, but there’s always a bit of your self-perception that’s frozen in junior high, when you trained yourself to not feel cool. You never really feel like you’re a part of the ‘in’ crowd, but growing up means that matters to you less and less every day.”
I mean, look, Taylor is pedantic as hell sometimes, but I still like her. Young girls who look up to her and do read the positive shit she says will take that to heart a lot of times, and that’s what matters – even if us actual adults realize that she’s pretty full of shit.
Photos from the shoot below!
Olivia the cat! I’m not into Taylor but I am a huge fan of Olivia’s. LOVE that kitty.
“Taylor pictured with her #1 stalker…”
I’ve never been into her music but I am loving this growth into a more mature, more feminist persona. “You should not be threatened by women who are pretty and charismatic and good at what they do” is such an important thing to hear for teenage girls and I wish someone had told me when I was 15.