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"I like Taylor Swift now and I feel confused about it"
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I thought it was all over when I saw Taylor Swift dancing to the song “Cruise” at the CMT Awards in 2013. As Florida Georgia Line performed their huge hit, some attendee on the opposite side of the venue filmed Taylor dancing for the entire performance and uploaded it to YouTube. The dancing was so uncomfortable that I actually believe it was the first time that I literally could not even.
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Taylor, on the other hand, has not stopped. She’s continued dancing awkwardly, creating music, making videos, and whatever the hell else she wants to do. The only difference for me is that now, I realize what I had not realized a year and a half ago: she does not care. She doesn’t need anyone’s permission to feel good about herself. She does not need approval from anyone to do what she wants to do. She makes things, and then she shares them, without worrying about other people’s opinions. And that’s why I… like… Taylor… Swift. As Jim Halpert once said, “Congratulations, Universe. You win.”
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Now I could be wrong, but at this stage in my Taylor Swift Fangirling Experience, I don’t think it’s an act. I think she’s actually that awkward. But she’s smart about it. She knows how to commercialize that awkwardness. She knows how to make other awkward people (read: a lot of insecure teenage girls) feel good about themselves and feel like it’s okay to be silly and weird. Yes she’s milking the awkwardness, but she’s doing it for a good reason. And she’s getting hella rich along the way.
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I like Taylor Swift now, and I’m over it. She’s done what she wants to do, and she hasn’t apologized for it along the way.
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There are still times where I find her slightly irksome and I’m tempted to criticize her. But then I remember that she’s up there. She’s on stage, she’s in the spotlight, she’s creating things. She’s in the arena, putting herself out there and doing what she wants, instead of standing in the shadows, swallowed by fear. I’m sure the criticism hurts, a lot. But she never lets that stop her, and that’s the important thing. She probably has more critics than most other musicians. People love to hate on her (my past self included) because some part of them recognizes that she’s sticking it to the haters and doing what she wants, and they wish they could be the same way.
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xxx
Queen remains unbothered 
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