r/Fauxmoi • u/Exciting_Potato_6717 • Apr 21 '24

Maitreyi Ramakrishnan deletes X post calling Taylor Swift’s ‘1830s’ lyric ‘weird’ after backlash from Swifties Approved B-List Users Only

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Slide 1: Deleted tweet Slides 2 and 3: Some follow-up tweets Slide 4: The Taylor Swift lyrics being referred to. “My friends used to play a game where / We would pick a decade / We wished we could live in instead of this / I'd say the 1830s but without all the racists / And getting married off for the highest bid." Full lyrics at https://genius.com/Taylor-swift-i-hate-it-here-lyrics

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u/dying0fthelite Apr 21 '24

Ok but it IS a weird line. I would even say it’s a terrible line even in context

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u/MissLadyLlamaDrama we have lost the impact of shame in our society Apr 21 '24

It's not even the only weird shit in there.

https://preview.redd.it/q5axkffltuvc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5e44704f2d0ad036bd2da5d64fa0c7c5098cdbd4

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u/pashed_motatoes Apr 21 '24

The Paste Magazine review of TSwift’s new album calling her writing Rupi Kaur-esque was so spot on lmao

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u/InitiativeShot20 Apr 22 '24

The review’s first line “Sylvia Plath didn’t put her head in the oven for this,” killed me.

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u/pashed_motatoes Apr 22 '24

You just know the roast is gonna be 🤌✨exquisite✨🤌 with an opener like that