Let’s Goooooo

ME! baby kaylor 😂 feels like light years ago

i kinda forgot about this @milelarissa-blog

The beginning of the end

before I realised that this sinkhole meant

never knowing peace again 🫠🫠🫠

I’m only halfway through your blog (binge reading hahahaha) but wanted to take a break to send you positive vibes! Loving it. This is actually one of the saddest stories ever but the way you walk us through it (I’m laughing while crying or vice versa half of the time) gives them the sunshine they deserve.

I feel like a freak saying this about two people I’ve never met but I think that we’ve seen enough of them over the years (being a public figure, what a joy) to know that these two deserve the world..

And I figured, if haters gonna hate, lovers gonna love. So hell yeah KAYLOR <3 - still processing the narrative btw (especially the kids part is not quite entering my brain - but hey if it’s true, I’m all for it). 

And I get you Taylor, I would also write a thousand songs about Karlie - what a muse. 

“It’s all part of the fucking story”

Welp maybe I’ll be right one of these days. I’m playing my part aren’t I? “Dear reader if it feels like a trap.” “The more that you say the less I know, wherever you stray I follow”

Genius

Christian Lee Hutson – Carousel Horses

Your room was covered in dayglow / Smoke rings hanging like halos / How could you know how I feel / You can identify trees / Just by looking

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September and Fall

WAIT A DAMN MINUTE 🫨🫨 So Audrey, who is Gracie’s best friend, posted this on her stories the day before 9/21 and I screen recorded it bc I t

Isn’t fall great? ✨ 🎭

karliekloss via Instagram: Looking forward to fall 💙✨

! 🙌 !

Kelly Clarkson sang Lavender Haze on her show today wearing a yellow shirt, 13 days before December 8th, the last Eras tour show. Call me suspicious. 🤨

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Bowery Ballroom NYC 10/13/2016

Well.. they go way back 🙃

Which could mean nothing. As usual 👀

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karlie kloss archive

karlie kloss and serena williams at vogue world: paris

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBUmrJBv6Ge/?igsh=c3k5Z3Z6ZG5iY3hk

Serena was there! KK's bestie! I love that!

I don’t know much about KK and Serena Williams’ relationship. I assume they were connected through Penni. Anyway, glad she had fun!

“birds of a feather we should stick together”

i used to skip class in high school to go to concerts

and pinned the tickets on my bedroom door

(which is kind of stupid come to think of it now)

(if you don’t want your parents to find out somehow)

didn’t allow me to go and see placebo

went to muse without telling

2003

i was fifteen

badass 😂

a note my dad wrote in a book he gave me

jonathan franzen - freedom

ripped the page out

because i had to leave the book behind

somewhere in australia

a backpack ain’t a hogwards trunk 🫠

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“like a bird on a wire”

Conversation with friend(s) - recycled

....

….

…

TAYLOR f*cking ALISON SWIFT

🤯🤯🤯🤯

WHAT ARE YOU DOING

i’m scared

this is starting to feel like a never ending fever dream

or more like a (girlfriend in) a coma

it’s serious i know

but please take us with you when you go

Mass movement of joy?

Sure Taylor.

It has been a blast so far..

being part of this mass movement 😭

GUYS!

i might be late to the party…

…but guess at what time taylor woke up to record the vocals for folklore?

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ehm, no not really?! 8.30 sounds reasonable 🤷‍♀️

it’s not like driving around at midnight without your headlights on

making your midnights your afternoons

or still being awake at 3 am?

you could be standing in the mirror at 4 am

talking to yourself

so yeah all things considered..

8.30 - a perfect time to wake up if you ask me

now and forevermore ☀️

My. Space.

"Cooler in theory,

but not if you force it to be"

‘Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno’ is a phrase more commonly known as ‘all for one and one for all’. It has long been associated with the tale of the three musketeers and is the unofficial motto of Switzerland.

This concept epitomises the sense of solidarity that can be reached when the individual acts in favour of the group and the group acts in favour of the individuals.

While this sounds promising in theory for the majority, in reality it can create a trap of self enforced conformity for the minority.

Most of us in this minority inherently drift apart from the majority due to a deeply rooted feeling that we don’t belong in some way. Often times learning ways to hide the parts of ourselves that are frowned upon by the collective as we float around on the periphery.

And it can take years to discover the correct language to use that accurately describes our experiences. What comes next is often not within our control as we’re forced to coexist with those who disapprove of our truth and lack of conformity.

“Maybe I'm losing my mind, but it feels like the whole world revolves around me somehow.” -Truman

In the Truman show ‘unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno’ is proudly displayed as the motto for the town of Seahaven, but it’s really just an ever-present subliminal message to reinforce Truman’s contribution to benefit the collective.

The director of the show was clouded by his desire to create something good to share with the world. Yet this inspirational message was never supposed to be used as a threat or an excuse for one person to carry the weight of the collective all alone.

That turns into ‘one for all’. Full stop. It was the realisation that the pressure to conform by giving more and more of himself to entertain the masses was a never ending cycle that ultimately became Truman’s tipping point and what finally motivated him to leave.

“So tell me everything is not about me. Butwhat if it is?” -Taylor

This experience is not unique to Truman’s fictional character. It’s actually a fine line that many of us face in our own ways. And it’s this prior experience that allows so many of us to see the same type of pain in Taylor being reflected back at us.

The key to overcoming this imbalance between the ‘all for one and one for all’ is rediscovering community. We often begin with a jumble of stories collected along the way that morph into a label. And it’s this label that allows us to find our people, to find where we belong.

The evolution of the internet and social media created online spaces that allowed many of us to coexist in communities where the minority suddenly became the majority. MySpace in particular encouraged everyone to personalise their page to create a reflection of themselves.

With the rise of other platforms, conformity gradually took over and individuality was slowly left behind. Regardless of how big or small a group becomes, uniformity amongst the majority seems to be the goal.

The Taylor Swift fandom isn’t immune to this either. We’ve all centred Taylor in our own versions of ‘all for one and one for all’ but have branched out to create varying subsections that fall under the swiftie or gaylor umbrella.

When all of these variations overlap and mingle together it creates a never ending Venn diagram, and it’s that same overlap that feels both communal and isolating all at once. The sweet spot lies with finding a balance between valuing unity and individuality.

I myself fall into the gaylor, idgaflor, performanceartlor and thetrumanshowlor communities. I also view Taylor’s story through a female, queer, neurodivergent and chronic illness lens. The combination of these facets is what makes my interpretations unique.

I’d love to invite you to consider where you fit into the community. What makes your point of view unique? The more we can recognise and celebrate the diversity within the gaylor community, the more united we will all feel in preparation for the turbulent times ahead.

When Taylor invited us to go down the rabbit hole with her I never expected to discover, let alone join in with, this amazing community. I love each and every one of you for being here. Wether you’ve inspired thoughtful conversations, made me laugh or just liked my posts, thank you 🫶🏼

‘Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno’

A tortured poet,

Kylie x