I Blame Taylor Swift (Straps on feminist skirt) Yes, I've had time to remember my many inspirations for writing a YA sci-fi/romance novel. Taylor Swift was one of them and she contributed to it...not directly, though. I do have a couple of her albums, though - full disclosure - not because I sometimes get the feeling to listen to some Taylor. (Fine, I have three of her albums, Fearless is the best, IMHO) She was able to relay in a very dorky, but honest way what teenage naivete feels like. For me, a big dumb male, the first album (Fearless) was a heart on the sleeve offering of what exactly goes on in a typical 16 year old girl's head. It's like entering a fantasy world. From this I began to extrapolate how the other half of humanity thinks. I also started thinking about the different lives the two genders lead. Gender, Fear, and Love Your average common white male hardly ever needs to fear anything. If I ask any white man when he last feared for his safety...
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