Oct 1, 2026 · 44 min · 11 segments
Taylor Swift released new songs and a lesbian bar in Western Massachusetts is in shambles in a way that can only be described as CIA-adjacent, courtesy of a certain hijab-inspired secular…
Naomi HigginsHost
Jordan BarrHost
The Swifties criticism, I think, a lot of the time was valid because a lot of the stuff about her was probably rooted in sexism and stuff like that.
I think what it became... for some was this like washing of every piece of criticism of Taylor.
And that's not all Swifties, but there are some, you know, keyboard warriors who think that any, not even like, not even critiques of her like personal life or anything like that.
It was like people who would critique the music, people who would be like, well, this music isn't for me.
And I was just a bit like, and then also to, to, I don't have a favorite artist where I haven't got a song where I go, I
You know what I mean? Every single favorite artist of mine has a song where I go, well, not that one.
you have to, yeah, it's, it feels like this Stan culture, although I think it's getting very out of fashion now, but like there was this insane Stan culture where it was like all or nothing, especially with Taylor Swift.
But I never felt scared of saying that I wasn't a Swiftie because I believed in myself and you got to because no one else will.
I was just saying on Patient Zero, she's like, I know what you're going through because I went through it.
But then she's like, I was Patient Zero and I had him and I actually walked away.
The Swifties criticism, I think, a lot of the time was valid because a lot of the stuff about her was probably rooted in sexism and stuff like that.
I think what it became... for some was this like washing of every piece of criticism of Taylor.
And that's not all Swifties, but there are some, you know, keyboard warriors who think that any, not even like, not even critiques of her like personal life or anything like that.
It was like people who would critique the music, people who would be like, well, this music isn't for me.
And I was just a bit like, and then also to, to, I don't have a favorite artist where I haven't got a song where I go, I
You know what I mean? Every single favorite artist of mine has a song where I go, well, not that one.
you have to, yeah, it's, it feels like this Stan culture, although I think it's getting very out of fashion now, but like there was this insane Stan culture where it was like all or nothing, especially with Taylor Swift.
But I never felt scared of saying that I wasn't a Swiftie because I believed in myself and you got to because no one else will.
I was just saying on Patient Zero, she's like, I know what you're going through because I went through it.
But then she's like, I was Patient Zero and I had him and I actually walked away.
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