It has been A WEEK! Just seven days after the midnight release of Taylor Swift's twelfth album, The Life of a Showgirl has inexplicably become her most controversial. But are the lyrics really that offensive? Or is it the listeners who got... weird? Look, we're not talking about the intentional spicy lines, like Actually Romantic seemingly igniting a feud with Charli XCX, letting everyone know she might have her more controversial friends' backs on CANCELLED!, or getting dirtier than she's ever gotten singing about Travis Kelce's Wood. All that we expected. No, these are takes we could never have anticipated because, well... frankly they're such leaps in logic they defy reason! Contents [hide] 1 Tradwife Propaganda 2 Promoting Eugenics 3 Homophobia 4 Racism & Misogynoir 5 Not Political Enough?? 6 The WILDEST Takes Tradwife Propaganda Listeners are interpreting her desire to get married and have children as... conservative tradwife propaganda. Um... WHAT?!? Y'all. The patriarchal tradwife thing is not about wanting a husband and kids. It's actually the opposite! That's about women being forced into the position of being a full-time wife and baby factory - because they're seen as the property of men. Taylor saying she wants that stuff for herself is making a choice. Related: Taylor 'Braced' For 'Drama' As She Picks Bridesmaids For Travis Kelce Wedding! As this fan succinctly explains: "The whole point of feminism is that we want women to do whatever they want to do." @mariaisalright genuinely the craziest take I've heard, go touch grass. #lifeofashowgirl #motherhood #marriage ♬ original sound - mariagabriela Taylor isn't being anti-feminist here. She's just telling everyone what she wants. Which we should all be fine with. LOVE IS LOVE, remember that? It works the other way, too! Also, let's not forget, even if Tay retired right now she'd remain one of the most successful humans in their chosen field OF ALL TIME. That's not what a tradwife is. Tradwives are basically teenagers drafted into marriage like chattel. Taylor looks great, but let's not forget she's 35 years old! And richer than her husband-to-be by A LOT. This ain't that. Oh, and Tay herself said she's NOT retiring just because she got married. And in fact she finds that assumption "shockingly offensive" by the way. Promoting Eugenics Also from WI$H LI$T? Some "fans" somehow pulled the idea Taylor wants to propagate the white race like she's Elon Musk. Why? Because she sang about wanting to: "Have a couple kids, got the whole block looking like you" See, Trav is a white man, so she clearly is saying she only wants everyone on the block to be white. And voila, the song about not being into modern materialistic desires is actually... promoting eugenics. Yeah. It's all too real. IM ACTUALLY SOBBING WHAT THE FUCK IS SHE TALKING ABOUT ?????????? pic.twitter.com/8JtAEiCoS3 - faithmae is a showgirl???? (@yailslut) October 10, 2025 You can see a lot more about that theory and the Swifties blasting it HERE. (Oh, and also take a listen to Kylie Kelce hilariously explaining why that's much funnier if you know the Kelces and their frustratingly dominant genes.) Also, here's a response we really love from Saints tight end Juwan Johnson and his wife Chanen... @juandchan And nothing like me???????? #juandchan ♬ original sound - songlyricss87 So. Cute. Too bad Juwan is clearly a white supremacist, right? Y'all see how ridiculous you sound now?? Homophobia In her track Actually Romantic, Tay takes a new tactic on the diss track. She likens someone's nonstop, compulsive hatred of her to, well... a romantic obsession. She's basically saying that Charli XCX - or whoever it's about, more than one person in all likelihood - talking about her all the time doesn't feel dangerous, it's harmless. It's even flattering, like a crush. But there's a contingent who are just champing at the bit to call out Taylor for being homophobic, so they say it's gay panic. They figure since she's a woman and Charli is a woman, she's basically calling someone gay as an insult... Forget the fact Taylor loves the LGBTQ community, was the first pop star to cast a trans actor as a love interest in a music video, and has been vocal politically mostly about this topic. She doesn't speak about politics much, but she did tweet in 2021 that she had her "Fingers crossed and praying that the Senate will see trans and lgbtq rights as basic human rights." In 2018, she also spoke out against the anti-LGBT legislation of Tennessee congresswoman Marsha Blackburn, saying: "I believe in the fight for LGBTQ rights, and that any form of discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender is WRONG. I believe that the systemic racism we still see in this country towards people of color is terrifying, sickening and prevalent. I cannot vote for someone who will not be willing to fight for dignity for ALL Americans, no matter their skin color, gender or who they love." You can listen to what she's explicitly saying about the matte