Becky Finlayson

It is astounding to me that in 2021, shows are still using Taylor Swift’s dating life as a punchline. Even watching the scene, it seemed as if the actress delivering the line seemed wholly uncomfortable with it. I would expect so much more from FEMALE writers with FEMALE leads of a show than lazy, misogynistic, sexist writing. Taylor has had a normal dating life and has been with the same man now for four years. Even if she dated hundreds of men, her personal life should not be the subject of a “joke”. To end with the words of the woman herself: “They’d say I played the field before I found someone to commit to. And that would be okay for me to do. Every conquest I had made would make me more of a boss to you.”