TAYLOR

As in...Swift! We are big Swifties here at Ribbon Magazine and felt as if Blondie needed a category all to herself! We are putting our glitter gel pens to work to create album rankings, lyrical analyses, opinion pieces on Taylor’s reputation (wink wink), and so much more! I don’t think you’re ready for it.

Abby McMorris Abby McMorris

Travis Puts the Color Back in Taylor’s Face

As a long-time Swiftie, lover of love, and a tortured poet myself, it was enthralling witnessing Travis Kelce accompany Taylor Swift on stage, symbolically putting the color back in her face and loving her back to life. Unpacking the artistic meaning behind Kelce’s cameo with Swift during The Eras Tour is inspiring, as is realizing the bar Kelce set for women everywhere looking for their long-time lover — if he wanted to, he would.

Photo by Gareth Cattermole

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The Dazzling “It Girl” Curse

Through her art, specifically through songs like “Clara Bow,” Swift demands we change the “It Girl” curse by challenging us to recognize the past in order to change the future.

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