Happy Birthday: Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift

Born: December 13, 1989 in Reading, Pennsylvania, USA

If I’m in the mood to be held accountable for every single article of clothing on my body – whether it matches, if it clashes, if it’s on trend – then I go out. If I’m not interested in undergoing that kind of debate and conversation – regarding how I’m walking, whether I look tired, how my makeup is right, what’s that mark on my knee, did I hurt myself? – I just don’t go out.

[on her female fans] They’re discovering the music that tells them how they are going to live their lives and how they should feel and how it’s acceptable to feel. I think that that’s kind of exciting.

I struggle to find a woman in music who hasn’t been completely picked apart by the media, or scrutinized and criticized for aging, or criticized for fighting…