garbage day 11,789 Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Just now, elegidadedios said: Some people is reaching new levels of reach™️ I guess And some people don't put thought into their media consumption Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiritBunny 3,679 Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Omg the Maga princess is still alive girls! Straight whites are the only ones safe I fear! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegidadedios 4,491 Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 (edited) 10 minutes ago, vanna shintuyu said: And some people don't put thought into their media consumption Well I do but to be honest I care much more about people dying/being hatred because of their race than about the potential possibility of a chick slightly singing in a "racist metaphor" key (with no reliable proof of being true, just twisting reasonings to fit a certain narrative) Edited February 6 by elegidadedios 3 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flippy 13,998 Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 (edited) 17 hours ago, Flippy said: I’m so excited! My favorite off TLOASG! Why are you sad, @SpiritBunny? Edited February 6 by Flippy TMBT 3.22.11 // TBTWB 1.17.13 // ArtRAVE 6.3.14 // C2CT 5.28.15 // TJWT 8.13.17 // CWT 9.8.22 // TMB 7.22.25 & 7.24.25 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyxGaGa 3,134 Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 like someone affiliated with donald trump and the right is nicki minaj that what it looks like pls stop assuming everything is right wing ITS CLEAR AS DAY WHAT IS RIGHT WING/RACIST stop conflating everything as it when it’s evident and clear as fking day who and what they say Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyxGaGa 3,134 Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 talk about media literacy try more hysterics than anything 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alestevens 142 Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 (edited) On 2/4/2026 at 9:20 PM, LGAte said: I think this song dog whistles pro-whiteness. and I think people who say that’s a bad take….should consider how smart Taylor is…and how weird it is to write a song about this in that way. Let’s be very clear. because I know people will come for me….but even if “Opalite” wasn’t written with intentional racism, it is still deeply ignorant, and that matters even more when you are someone with the power, wealth, platform, and self-proclaimed “mastermind” status of Taylor Swift. Context matters. This is a song about a man whose dating history was primarily women of color. Then he dates Taylor. Suddenly his life becomes “opalite,” a white, translucent, glowing gemstone associated with purity and light. That framing is not neutral. The narrative becomes: he dates Black and brown women, then he dates Taylor, and now his world is luminous, rare, elevated, purified. You do not get to write that and pretend it exists in a vacuum. This is classic aestheticized whiteness. Not overt racism. Not slurs. But symbolic hierarchy. Whiteness as restoration. Whiteness as upgrade. Whiteness as glow. And before anyone says “she didn’t mean it like that,” here’s the thing: Taylor wants credit as a high-brow lyricist. She markets herself as hyper-intentional. She dissects metaphors. She plants easter eggs. She controls narrative. She literally calls herself a mastermind. A real high-brow lyricist thinks about cultural context. A real high-brow lyricist asks how this reads in the real world, what it implies, and what it reinforces, especially when you are a white billionaire writing about a man’s romantic past with women of color. She could have chosen literally any metaphor. She chose a white gemstone. That is not accidental in outcome, even if it was accidental in intent. And intent does not erase impact. What makes this worse is the privilege baked into it. Taylor lives in a bubble where she gets to romanticize her own desirability without ever having to sit with how that story lands for Black women. The song centers her elevation while implicitly downgrading the women who came before. That is textbook white feminism. It is also why people are right to side-eye who she’s aligning herself with this era. When your art starts leaning into purity imagery, hierarchy narratives, and romanticized superiority, people are allowed to ask questions. Especially in a political climate where MAGA aesthetics thrive on coded language rather than explicit statements. Dog whistles do not announce themselves. They arrive wrapped in poetry. So no, this is not about calling Taylor a cartoon villain or pretending she is wearing a hood. It is about acknowledging that she used imagery that reinforces a racialized hierarchy, failed to interrogate it, and released it anyway. If you want the praise of being a serious lyricist, you also inherit the responsibility. She missed that responsibility here, and that deserves to be called out. I mean, even if the overall aesthetic associated with the song being light blue didnt give it away, a quick google search would show you Opalite is for the most part, well, light blue. The fact that you wrote all that over nothing tho, gotta appreciate the commitment! Edited February 6 by alestevens 1 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisboyisamonster 1,217 Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 I am not a huge fan of the new album amd think it's among her weaker work but do really like a few songs. I used to be a much bigger fan and do think her image / my liking of her has taken a dip with the Blake Lively drama, her capitalist tendencies etc. HOWEVER - some of these internet theories on her being a white supremacist are out of control.... I listen to the song Opalite and I literally hear the colour sparkling through the lyrics/production. Not some big statement on white people. I'm not even white. We need to calm down and go touch grass. Not everyone is as evil as some of us would like to project... 2 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllusionLover 7,390 Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 New billboard in México 13 | this is my dancefloor i fought for, your voice is louder, it echoes Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
River 124,982 Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 20 hours ago, Teletubby said: She's not dumb, but the people who interpret the lyrics of this song that way are. she's comparing onyx to being depressed and opalite to being happy and it has nothing to do with his ex. But at the same time the imaginary that black = bad and white = good was historically racist and quietly controlled the social narrative to associate this color with poc negatively and to dehumanize them. that’s why in recent years purple/green/red became the colors that represents evil and villains. So the idea of the still holds an old racist idea. So sploosh your juice all over me you Riverboy Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
River 124,982 Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 7 hours ago, thisboyisamonster said: I am not a huge fan of the new album amd think it's among her weaker work but do really like a few songs. I used to be a much bigger fan and do think her image / my liking of her has taken a dip with the Blake Lively drama, her capitalist tendencies etc. HOWEVER - some of these internet theories on her being a white supremacist are out of control.... I listen to the song Opalite and I literally hear the colour sparkling through the lyrics/production. Not some big statement on white people. I'm not even white. We need to calm down and go touch grass. Not everyone is as evil as some of us would like to project... That’s very dumb lol So sploosh your juice all over me you Riverboy Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teletubby 159,960 Posted February 6 Author Share Posted February 6 (edited) 43 minutes ago, River said: But at the same time the imaginary that black = bad and white = good was historically racist and quietly controlled the social narrative to associate this color with poc negatively and to dehumanize them. that’s why in recent years purple/green/red became the colors that represents evil and villains. So the idea of the still holds an old racist idea. so Paint It Black by The Rolling Stones, The Blackest Day by Lana .. are racist songs too? Edited February 6 by Teletubby No One Cares About You 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegidadedios 4,491 Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 I just read it as in a metaphor of what sky makes you feel ladies a dark night can be lonely and a light day can feel warm idk 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
River 124,982 Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 6 minutes ago, Teletubby said: so Paint It Black by The Rolling Stones, The Blackest Day by Lana .. are racist songs too? Depends on the context and metaphors So sploosh your juice all over me you Riverboy Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teletubby 159,960 Posted February 6 Author Share Posted February 6 (edited) https://music.apple.com/us/music-video/opalite/1874387735 Edited February 6 by Teletubby No One Cares About You Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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