— v (@ViralMaterial) August 23, 2021
Taylor Swift finally joined TikTok and everybody just wanted to talk about her Reformation dress (the yellow one). Is this one of the “sundresses to get railed in”? [RCFA]
Will the royals come out for next month’s London premiere of No Time to Die? The premiere is happening at the Royal Albert Hall. [LaineyGossip]
Padma Lakshmi dragged that racist WaPo food critic. [Dlisted]
I chuckled at several of these useless & amazing signs!! [OMG Blog]
Minnie Driver tells a lovely story about Robin Williams. [Pajiba]
The Greta Constantine Resort collection is very dramatic. [Go Fug Yourself]
Wow, Matt Damon’s LA mansion is really nice. [Just Jared]
A review of Nine Perfect Strangers, which sounds terrible. [Buzzfeed]
Racists are going to Australia to restart their careers. [Gawker]
Elliot Page got matching tattoos with Mae Martin. [Towleroad]
Whoa, did Tori Spelling finally get her implants fixed? [Seriously OMG]
This is Tay’s second TikTok:
📹 | Taylor Swift via TikTok – “*little did she know* #swifttok #catsoftiktok #meow” https://t.co/g5dZ24KMMT pic.twitter.com/KQ4MVbWpTn
— Taylor Swift News 🧣 (@TSwiftNZ) August 25, 2021
Seeing Taylor in that dress just reminds me that she got implants, and makes me wonder why we demonize some celebrities for cosmetic surgeries while we just pretend it didn’t happen for others. I believe Taylor Swift is recovering from an eating disorder, but based on the fact her boobs are so much bigger now proportionally I think she did get implants, and that’s okay! But swifties will die on the hill that it’s just weight gain- same for Beyoncé’s butt implants that are “clearly just because she’s had kids.”
I’d rather plastic surgery didnt exist outside of reconstruction, but it does, so I think the take should be to treat everyone who has it the same? Getting plastic surgery is a personal choice and doesn’t make you a bad person (arguments can be made for vain or shallow, but also for insecure and trying to fit in).
I guess my thing is- they aren’t shilling weight loss teas, but they also perpetuate unrealistic body types and standards. We shouldn’t just pretend otherwise.
I’m a swiftie but I do believe she got implants – during the 1989 era, so the “it’s just weight gain” theory holds no water since that came after. I also don’t have any issues with people getting surgery unless they start to look totally different, like Kylie Kardashian (and I know that’s filters too but it’s definitely not ALL filters). And even then, I feel more sadness that people think they need that much surgery rather than judgment or contempt for them.
I don’t know if she got implants or not, but she did go from a size 0 in 1989 era to a size 6 currently. And yes, that does mean your breasts and butt are bigger, and you can exercise to keep your core tight and make yourself look quite proportional with that kind of weight gain if you’re as tall as she is.
During the 1989 era, when she was very thin, the implants were super obvious – they look a lor more natural now actually, that could be due to weight gain or even just that the implants have settled.
I had a boob reduction 2.5 years ago and it took a good 8 months for my boobs to settle and look more like natural boobs and not overly hard, weirdly square-shaped ones!
@OriginalLala: How did the reduction go for you, if you don’t mind me asking?
I have a chronic illness in addition to my uncomfortably large breasts and I’ve always daydreamed about having a reduction one day to help relieve my neck/shoulder/back pain, but am concerned about the recovery period as I’ve never had any surgery other than ear tubes as a child. I know pain and have unfortunately developed a high tolerance for it, but the squishy bits are really foreign to me.
@Terra – the recovery wasn’t bad at all! I am unable to take morphine so all i took was extra strength OTC Tylenol as pain relief (if you tolerate morphine I recommend taking it, the Tylenol wasn’t the best for pain management). You can’t move your arms much for the first few weeks, and the incisions are long (essentially armpit to armpit and around each nipple), mine were held together with glue and tape so no stitches to remove and no tubes or anything. I would do it again in a heartbeat and even ask to go smaller!
the only thing I wish my Dr had been more open about is that reductions are apparently notorious for scar tissue formation and other kinds of benign breast lumps. I’ve had several cysts/lumps in my breasts since the reduction and some are mixed cyst/scar tissue which can look bad on ultrasound/mammos and sometimes need to be biopsied, so if you do get one, keep that in mind!
On the plus side, I have very perky breasts, no need to regularly wear bras anymore, and no more shoulder pain!
@OriginalLala: Woo, that’s really wonderful to hear! I am able to take opiates – I take hydrocodone for pain management – so I’ll keep that in mind, thanks.
The scar tissue thing makes sense and reminds me of my grandmother. She was one of the first women in Texas to get breast implants way back when. She’s dealt with mammogram difficulties due to her the abundance of scar tissue in and around her breasts. She had two sets – the second when one of the first burst and had to be removed and replaced. Then BOTH of the second set burst and one *gangrened* inside her body.
They were the OG silicone implants and that’s how I know the “silicone poisoning isn’t real” spiel is nonsense. She had her implants removed for good 1993 and to this day she gets tiny little round sores, usually on her hands and wrists, where silicone works its way outside of her body. That’s one of the reasons I’ve hesitated for so long even though I know they’re two entirely different procedures. Mental block, I guess.
Back OT, though – I’d KILL to be able to not wear a bra. Goodness, that’s a dream right there. I’m so glad to hear that it worked out so well for you! It gives me hope. Thanks, again!
@terra I had a breast reduction when I was 21 (so many, many years ago) and I can honestly say it was one of the best things I’ve ever done. It made such a difference in my comfort, activities, overall life.
For me, the worst part of recovery was a few days of nausea from the anesthesia; have since learned I just don’t react to it well. You have to wear a compression bra (easiest analogy is if felt like wearing a super small sports bra) for several weeks, can’t lift anything more than a plate or glass for 6-8 weeks or so, and for the first couple weeks going over bumps in a car was uncomfortable. But I also wasn’t on heavy pain meds after the first week, took Tylenol as needed and even then it wasn’t very often. I echo the previous comment about scar tissue but I’ve been fortunate no, cysts issues with mammograms; only once did I have to have one redone as they wanted to be sure what they say on the image was scar tissue and nothing more. Unfortunately aging does eventually cause them to droop a bit so can’t go brakes forever, lol.
Good luck if you opt to proceed…no regrets for me at all!
I’m a fan of Taylor’s and 100 percent believe she got implants, possibly changing sizes twice. I think a lot of her fans are aware of this unless they’re teenyboppers because it’s obvious.
I think when it comes to “demonizing” certain celebs for their plastic surgery — boob jobs are common. Many, many celebrities have gotten them. I do take issue with celebrities like the Kardashians, though, who move their entire face around and pretend it’s just makeup. I feel like there’s a difference.
Taylor specifically DENIED having a boob job though. I remember that denial because along with the denial the source also told us how much Taylor loves going braless because her boobs are still perky sans bra because my eyes almost rolled out of my head at that comment. If that is not a formally flat chested girl who has NO IDEA what larger natural breasts are actually like talking I’ll eat my hat. So I don’t really see how Taylor flat out denying her very obvious boob jobs is much different from the “it’s just makeup” claims? Both are only further fuelling the unrealistic beauty and body standards.
I don’t think Taylor or anyone else should be shamed for having a boob job but her claim that her boobs are natural is so disingenuous imho.
@Case- I mean I’m just a regular 34 year old and I’ve wanted a boob job for YEARS. The size is good I just want them to sit nicely. And roundly. If I had the money and the time off work and the tolerance for pain I would do it, so I’m not going to fault celebs for doing it.
A former co-worker got one and went from a A to a C and she was thrilled. I say whatever makes you happy and doesn’t hurt other people.
Exactly @case of course she got a boob and nose job but it’s not kardishen levels so I give her a pass
Her suddenly larger bewbs were a point of discussion during the summer of Hiddleswift, IIRC.
Good God I’m getting old. I literally clutched my non-existent pearls upon reading “a sundress to get railed in”. I imagine it’s exactly what it sounds like, but thats really a thing now?
Lmao! I actually looked up that term because I had never heard it before.
@VavaVoom, same!
Hahah – I thought the same thing!
Sigh – I’m either old or a prude?
(Probably both)
LOL there was a Reductress article with that as the heading recently. Hilarious site, if you’ve not heard of it… worth a read 🙂
Tori could have scored a gig on Botched with her wonk boob job. If she did get them fixed I’m shocked she isn’t trying to profit from it. She should have. She needs the money for her divorce.
I don’t think she got them fixed. Judged by the uncanny valley aspect of the rest of the pic–she looks like a blurred mannequin of herself–I think it’s just extreme photo-shopping to make them look better.
I think so too, that photo is…unsettling.
Whoa. Unsettling is right. She’s really leaning into the Khloe Kardashian vibe, isn’t she?
What a weird thing for a food critic to say…and to keep saying. Isn’t he supposed to have a discerning palate? I can understand not liking a particular spice – I think I’m one of 3 people on the planet who can taste cream of tartar, so snickerdoodles make me gag – but dissing practically an entire subcontinent?
Completely agree with you, and also—I didn’t know that was why I didn’t like snickerdoodles!
It was absolutely awful.
I actually started to read that article when it was first published (I often check out WaPo news and lifestyle features) couldn’t get more than a couple of paragraphs before I bailed because the whole premise of the article was stupid/ juvenile/ sophomoric “you can’t make me” blather from an adult man.
Seeing the whole thing now in its incredible ignorant myopic self-centered bigotry, I am absolutely stunned that someone actually wrote that, someone at WaPo actually approved it and that anyone for a nanosecond thought it was “funny”. WT Everloving F were they thinking?!?
This would have been considered out of bounds YEARS ago (and it would have always been awful)
The actual food editors and food critics over at WaPo have been vocal about having nothing to do with that “humor” column
But I am amazed that some commenters over there are actually *defending* it, saying it was just a joke (headdesk)
Gene is not a food critic, he’s a terrible (unfunny) columnist. The real food critics at WaPo were probably HORRIFIED.
I’m just here to say the cat lady clip was funny and I love my kitty! Although I don”t think she really loves me unless I am holding a treat or canned food.
2 cats is a party! LOL, my 2 have been beating the stuffing out of each other all morning.
Nine Perfect Strangers isn’t as good as it should be, but it’s a fun hate-watch.
Padma Lakshmi is the best thing about Twitter for me. She’s right on.
Oh my God, now TikTok? I honestly can’t with her. It is like being in a cult. Whenever I hear way better singers or see way better entertainers, I ask myself how this women became the biggest artist of the last decade. And don’t even start with her so called awesome lyrics….
came back to ask- what is the “sundresses to get railed in” reference?? I googled it and the search results instantly made me regret my choice.
Yeah, I’m not looking it up, sounds very unpleasant, lol.
I want to know too!
Re: my joke about the “a sundress to get railed in” is just a joke going around Twitter, like every woman is looking for the perfect sundress which will enable them to get laid
As a former employee of Reformation, please don’t support that brand. It was one of the most toxic work environments I’ve ever been a part of (at a corporate level). Gaslighting employees, lying about sustainability, and not paying vendors.
Good to know. I’ll quit lusting after the Karen wrap dress (not the toxic sort of Karen, just the name of the piece) in the lemon tree print.
Oh dear, I own a couple of their dresses, no more though. The first dress she wore, the white one is really cool, Magnolia Pearl, cool brand for artists.
Geez…It really saddens me to see so many people commenting about Taylor Swift’s breasts. Why does it matter to you? She’s promoting music and she’s not using her breasts to do so. She’s not talking about them. Why should you? Just curious. Don’t get it.
Two cats are a party!
God, I agree 100 percent. Beyond tired of plastic surgery talk. Who cares.
What is WRONG with that “food critic” guy, or whatever he is? How did he ever win a Pulitzer?
In addition to his obnoxious stance on Indian food, his palate is just….off. He doesn’t like balsamic vinegar, sweet pickles, or anchovies? None of them? I couldn’t live without balsamic vinegar and I don’t want a potato salad without sweet pickles, lol. I can understand not liking one or two of those things but not liking any of them is just weird.
I mean, if you’re going to come for a spice or herb, come for cilantro. Some love it and some think it tastes like soap, and that’s fair.