in conclusion: men are trash

#WeStandWithTaylor

#WeStandWithTaylor @taylorswift

Taylor wrote Speak Now BY HERSELF and she doesn’t even own it... this is fucking gross

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@taylorswift WE LOVE U

I was there in 2009 when Taylor was ripped off one of her awards.

I was there in 2013 when Taylor was slutshamed for dating guys.

I was there in 2015 when Taylor was manipulated and stabbed behind her back.

I was there in 2017 when Taylor went through a lawsuit because she was sexually assaulted.

I am there today as two men are taking credits for her art.

And I will never leave.

I’ll always support my baby

we all love you so much taylor

We are here and we love you. @taylorswift

We all love you @taylorswift. The Swifties will always be by your side.

I was shocked to wake up to this this morning. I am standing with @taylorswift always ❤️

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For years I asked, pleaded for a chance to own my work. Instead I was given an opportunity to sign back up to Big Machine Records and ‘earn’ one album back at a time, one for every new one I turned in. I walked away because I knew once I signed that contract, Scott Borchetta would sell the label, thereby selling me and my future. I had to make the excruciating choice to leave behind my past. Music I wrote on my bedroom floor and videos I dreamed up and paid for from the money I earned playing in bars, then clubs, then arenas, then stadiums. 

Some fun facts about today’s news: I learned about Scooter Braun’s purchase of my masters as it was announced to the world. All I could think about was the incessant, manipulative bullying I’ve received at his hands for years. 

Like when Kim Kardashian orchestrated an illegally recorded snippet of a phone call to be leaked and then Scooter got his two clients together to bully me online about it. (See photo) Or when his client, Kanye West, organized a revenge porn music video which strips my body naked. Now Scooter has stripped me of my life’s work, that I wasn’t given an opportunity to buy. Essentially, my musical legacy is about to lie in the hands of someone who tried to dismantle it.

This is my worst case scenario. This is what happens when you sign a deal at fifteen to someone for whom the term ‘loyalty’ is clearly just a contractual concept. And when that man says ‘Music has value’, he means its value is beholden to men who had no part in creating it. 

When I left my masters in Scott’s hands, I made peace with the fact that eventually he would sell them. Never in my worst nightmares did I imagine the buyer would be Scooter. Any time Scott Borchetta has heard the words ‘Scooter Braun’ escape my lips, it was when I was either crying or trying not to. He knew what he was doing; they both did. Controlling a woman who didn’t want to be associated with them. In perpetuity. That means forever. 

Thankfully, I am now signed to a label that believes I should own anything I create. Thankfully, I left my past in Scott’s hands and not my future. And hopefully, young artists or kids with musical dreams will read this and learn about how to better protect themselves in a negotiation. You deserve to own the art you make.

I will always be proud of my past work. But for a healthier option, Lover will be out August 23. 

Sad and grossed out,

Taylor

This is crazy ! This shows how powerful men will manipulate a young girl with big dreams just to get money out of her and treat her like a product. Disgusting. Just know @taylorswift that we will always have your back no matter what. ❤️

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Just when I thought this couldn’t get any better @taylorswift

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OMG @taylorswift ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🤭🤭🤭😮😮😮😮

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ARE YOU READY FOR IT ?!!!

@taylorswift thank you so much for writing that essay and for sharing with us 30 lessons you’ve learned. Just want you to know that we love and appreciate you for putting your heart and effort into writing all of that. WE LOVE YOU so much and we will always have your back even in the darkest of times, just know that will always be there for you. ❤️ @taylorswift

Guys please reblog ❤️ @taylorswift

Step into the daylight and let it go.

I turn 18 this year and what you wrote helped me so much !!! @taylorswift