gift link https://wapo.st/4lOxePW Opinion Editorial Board Why Taylor Swift’s love story defies the gravity of spectacle Travis Kelce’s proposal is part of a great love story. America is happy to say yes to new romantics. Yesterday at 6:38 p.m. EDT The world knows the stories of Taylor Swift’s heartbreaks all too well. She has been singing about relationships since releasing her first album when she was 16 in 2006. Swift sometimes sounded like she’d given up hope on fairy tales. Maybe that’s why her Tuesday announcement that she said yes to Travis Kelce’s marriage proposal has caused such a joyous sensation at the end of a cruel summer. Most celebrity relationships seem destined to crash and burn. Theirs defies the gravity of spectacle. As America’s sweethearts, they are the closest thing to royalty in our republic. Neither is a nepo baby. They’re self-made and exceptionally self-disciplined. She’s clearly the smarter of the pair, and he’s secure about that. (Take note, single men.) Their union is a merger of two great American pastimes: football and music. They are avatars of America’s soft power and cultural hegemony. As Swift enters her engagement era, the intensity of the reaction has been like snow on a beach: weird but beautiful. The president even weighed in during a Cabinet meeting. The engagement announcement has created one of those increasingly rare monocultural moments that transcend generational, class and political divides. Perhaps that’s why so many feel this love is ours. In her cardigan, under the bleachers, she longed for a Romeo to get on one knee. He didn’t arrive on a white horse. He was a tight end who saw sparks fly when he watched her perform at Arrowhead Stadium. Soon, she returned to Kansas City to cheer him on from the stands in a red-lip, classic thing that he liked. Now, she has found her endgame, her first string. No more crying in the bathroom for some dude whose name she now cannot remember. No more teardrops on her guitar. No more going back to December. This August did not slip away. The haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate. The Philadelphia Eagles might point out that Swift is the only one in the couple to get a ring this year. Other football fans will no doubt grumble again next week when TV broadcasts of Chiefs games cut away to show her reacting to Kelce’s catches. But Swift is just going to shake it off. She got to roll out the news on her own terms, and it has sparked interesting conversations about marriage, gender roles and wealth — all while giving Americans something to celebrate in a tumultuous year. The guy on the Chiefs turned a friendship bracelet into a promise, as the all-American romance comes back stronger than a ’90s trend. Swift would marry Kelce even if he gave her a paper ring, though she got a jewel that makes the whole place shimmer. In the engagement photos they posted on Instagram, she has a smile that could light up this whole town. May their love never go out of style.
I was going to ask who gives a Sh$t about this, but then I scroll the feed to find Os Trig, and Salvy giving each other reach arounds so I guess I got my answer right there.
did you know homophobic allusions like this one often come from hidden homosexuals who are confused about their own identity.
@Os Trigonum Why is this in the D&D? Yes it's a big story. So what? Swift is arguably the biggest pop star and Kelce plays for the best NFL team of the last decade
The Washington Post is just another daily big city newspaper. If you don't have a reason for putting in the D&D I don't care. I was just wondering
well, it IS the biggest story of the century. And people are obviously interested because they are commenting in this thread. So why not in the D&D?
There is nothing to debate. It's just a pop culture story about a pop star. You don't post in the Hangout?
Nothing, other than I'm tired of it but I get it. The reason I asked about it being in this forum is I wondered was I missing something
