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Words by Jessica Barrett<\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-1179298988-scaled.jpg” alt=”Jennifer Aniston” title_text=”Celebrity Sightings In New York City – October 06, 2019″ force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n It would have been almost impossible to miss the fact that Taylor Swift has dropped a new album. Her highly anticipated release, The Tortured Poets Department, was also accompanied by a surprise second album of bonus tracks, meaning that Swifties had 15 extra songs to plough through – and joyfully plough through them all they did. The album became Spotify\u2019s most streamed album in a single day on its first day of release, sparked column inches from music critics and exploded on social media, trending on every platform.<\/p>\n That\u2019s perhaps not a surprise. Being a fan of Taylor Swift, or even an observer on the sidelines of her panoptic pop culture presence, means being aware of the folklore attached to each album (one of her eleven original albums is even called folklore). Every word, pause and metaphor gets analysed in real time, with Swifties gleefully uncovering the 34-year-old\u2019s so-called \u2018Easter Eggs\u2019 (little mysteries which are initially concealed from listeners until they can figure out their double meaning) via forums and social media. Scrutinising their findings is a beloved pastime of her fans. The unique thing about Taylor Swift, is that she is documenting her own life through her music so rapidly, it is almost instantaneous. Fans can predict what subject matter her new material will cover: so well documented is every aspect of her life as it happens. And so, fans were expecting TTPD to be a heartbreak album – and it is one, just not entirely in the way they were imagining it would be.<\/p>\n Although Swift is currently very happily, very publicly, dating NFL player Travis Kelce – and has been since last summer – the timing of her lyric writing coincided with the end of her six-year relationship with The Favourite actor Joe Alwyn in April last year, with whom she had been living in his native London for many years. At Alwyn\u2019s request, they kept their long term relationship as far out of the public eye as any other relationship Swift has ever been in. (No \u2018I heart TS\u2019 singlet for Alwyn, for example, as the singer\u2019s ex Tom Hiddleston once wore). And yet we saw it through her lyrics: the beginning of their romance had been documented in the Reputation album (Gorgeous is thought to be about how the spark she felt when they first met at the Met Gala in 2016), the 2019 album Lover references their happy times. But, now, the break up songs have arrived on TTPD. ITAL So long, London<\/em>\u00a0and loml<\/em>\u00a0are thought to be most specifically about Alwyn, with another song called The Black Dog \u2013 thought to be about seeing Alwyn at the Vauxhall pub of the same name after their break up (\u2018And so I watch as you walk into some bar called The Black Dog and pierce new holes in my heart). Alwyn has never spoken about their break up, and after the album\u2019s release a source close to him told The Daily Mail, \u2018Regardless of what [Taylor] does, he will still not respond because he has removed himself from her narrative and is very glad he did.\u2019 His own dating life has been uneventful since his split from Swift, though he has been linked to his co-star on forthcoming film The Brutalist, Emma Laird.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”custom-quote” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_2_font=”Libre Bodoni|||on|||||” header_2_text_align=”center” header_2_text_color=”#333333″ header_2_font_size=”40px” header_2_line_height=”1.2em” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n Alwyn aside, the 1975 singer Matty Healy has also entered the TTPD chat with gusto. Despite the fact the pair dated for little over a month, their whirlwind affair last summer is thought to have inspired no less than four songs on TTPD, including one which details, \u2018I love you, it\u2019s ruining my life, I touched you for only a fortnight… I call you up but you won\u2019t pick up\u2026\u2019. Meme-makers fell upon the idea that Alwyn had waited all year to see how their break up was interpreted by Swift, only to find himself superseded in Swift folklore by a four week fling with a man who once ate raw meat onstage (although as Grazia went to press there were rumours that Swift and Healy had actually first had sparks in 2014, something neither of them have commented on). Like Alwyn, Healy has kept schtum on any lyrics aimed at him \u2013 though unlike Alwyn he has less of a desire to keep out of the spotlight, and insiders have suggested Healy has \u2018thoughts to share\u2019 on the romance, and the songs he\u2019s inspired.<\/p>\n Along with the adoration she gets from her fans for how she shares her romantic life with her fans via her lyrics, however, Swift is simultaneously criticised and mocked for it. Talk show host Ellen Degeneres once infamously beamed the faces of men Swift had been rumoured to be romantically linked with and urged her to comment on each one, as the singer blushed with anguish, Her critics love nothing more than pointing out how many celebrities she has dated in a derogatory way – as if Leonardo DiCaprio and Pete Davidson aren\u2019t slapped on the back for the same thing. Male artists have \u2018muses\u2019 while Swift has \u2018exes\u2019, and despite being a self-made billionaire with the most Best Album Grammys of any other artist, Swift is often faced with the depressingly reductive industry joke that men should steer clear if they don\u2019t want to be the subject of a new album.<\/p>\n On that note, then, is Travis Kelce worried? Insiders say not. Kelce is unique amongst Swift\u2019s exes in that he is said to actively enjoy being in the public eye, has a thick skin and – most importantly \u2013 the pair are thought to be far more serious than anyone could have imagined when the rather unlikely couple first met. Almost a year after being introduced by a mutual friend, engagement rumours are currently doing the rounds in the US press. Sounds like a new album is being inspired as we speak\u2026<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”custom-quote” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_2_font=”Libre Bodoni|||on|||||” header_2_text_align=”center” header_2_text_color=”#333333″ header_2_font_size=”40px” header_2_line_height=”1.2em” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n Looking at the comments under my This Morning clip, it\u2019s hard to ignore that a lot of them come from women. I think we all have elements of internalised misogyny that we\u2019re unlearning, and many would do well to acknowledge that within themselves. It\u2019s the culture we\u2019ve grown up in, told that boys like girls who leave \u2018just the right amount\u2019 to the imagination. Opening my phone each morning, I\u2019m still faced with an array of tabloid headlines about \u2018flaunting figures\u2019 and \u2018leggy displays\u2019, as if our bodies are objects to be displayed rather than just the vessels that carry us through life. From dress codes to get into bars to our flawed judicial systems that always seem to ask, \u2018But what was she wearing?\u2019, it\u2019s clear that the sexualisation of women is systemic.<\/p>\n When my son was born, everyone told me \u2018He\u2019ll be a heartbreaker!\u2019 When my daughter was born, it was \u2018You\u2019ll have to lock her up.\u2019 I can\u2019t help but think, if we\u2019re going to lock one of the genders up, why not lock up the gender that committed 98% of sexual offences in the year ending March 2020? With incel culture on the rise and men like Andrew Tate celebrated globally, raising good men feels even more of a responsibility than raising daughters.<\/p>\n My message is this: we need to stop putting the onus on women, telling them that by simply existing, they attract attention. When you repeatedly tell little girls to cover up to avoid unwanted attention, you tell her that her body is shameful. That little girl grows up to believe that it\u2019s our responsibility to not get harassed.<\/p>\n Women are consistently dubbed attention seekers \u2013 but maybe consider that we don\u2019t actually want the attention that we\u2019re given. And maybe, our bodies shouldn\u2019t be the focus anyway. It\u2019s a clich\u00e9, but our bodies are the least interesting thing about us \u2013 and I can promise that what we say is far more interesting.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider color=”#111111″ divider_position=”center” divider_weight=”2px” module_class=”custom-divider” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text module_class=”credit-texts” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|||on|||||” text_orientation=”center” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n Photo: <\/b>Getty<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ module_class=”flatplan-affiliate-links” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”25px|20px|25px|20px|true|true” hover_enabled=”0″ border_width_all=”15px” border_color_all=”#f7f7f7″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text module_class=”fp-product-name” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Placeholder-Image.jpg” title_text=”Placeholder Image” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Your content goes here. Edit or remove this text inline or in the module Content settings. You can also style every aspect of this content in the module Design settings and even apply custom CSS to this text in the module Advanced settings.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text module_class=”fp-product-description” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Sasha Fierce may just be an onstage persona, but you\u2019d better believe Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s claws are out if she\u2019s not adequately hydrated. According to insiders, while the superstar is on tour, she asks for her water to be chilled to 21\u00b0C and served through $900 titanium straws. At least she\u2019s saving on plastic, if not expenses.<\/p>\n It\u2019s said that Justin Timberlake\u2019s rider includes the edict that all doorknobs on doors he walks through be wiped down and disinfected every two hours. What\u2019s more, he apparently refuses to share an elevator with anyone else \u2013 which, like a lonely lift heading for the basement floor \u2013 only makes him go down in our estimation.<\/p>\n Poor Tom Cruise \u2013 all he wanted was to eat his dinner in peace when he docked at the five-star Forza Mare hotel in Montenegro in 2012 and asked management to clear out all the guests. The manager politely declined, and the actor was forced to enjoy his seafood feast on his yacht instead. Oh, the indignity.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/IMG_6510-Edit_HI_RES-scaled.jpg” title_text=”IMG_6510-Edit_HI_RES” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" XXXX<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2783,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feature"],"acf":[],"modified_by":"kschwarz","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2813"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2819,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2813\/revisions\/2819"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}‘Her critics love nothing more than pointing out how many celebrities she has dated in a derogatory way’<\/h2>\n
‘Women are consistently dubbed attention seekers \u2013 but maybe consider that we don\u2019t actually want the attention that we\u2019re given’<\/span><\/h2>\n
FASHION & STUFF<\/h2>\n