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Actor Ruby Rose Defends Taylor Swift From Claims She's Pushing Conservative 'Tradwife' Agenda On Fans
Swift, who recently got engaged to football player Travis Kelce, sings a lot about marriage and settling down, themes that sting considering "the far-right Christian conservatism creeping across the U.S. that’s trying to convince women that their only purpose in life is to get married and have babies."
Indeed, on Showgirl, Swift occasionally dreams out loud about domestic life. In “Eldest Daughter,” she admits, “When I said I don’t believe in marriage, that was a lie,” while on “Wi$h Li$t,” she says she wants to “have a couple kids, got the whole block looking like you … got me dreaming ’bout a driveway with a basketball hoop.”
Tousignant's piece, titled, "The Life of a Tradwife," said Swift has now released songs with "tradwife lyrics," comparing them to some of the lyrics of Swift's previous songs on albums like Lover and Midnights. She said the "sophistication" in the lyrics of some of Swift's older output "lies in the vulnerability of finding 'the one' without throwing her previous self under the bus."
A "tradwife"—short for “traditional wife” or “traditional housewife”—is a woman who embraces conventional gender roles within marriage, often prioritizing homemaking, child-rearing, and domestic duties over a professional career.
While many self-described tradwives avoid explicit political commentary, their content has been linked to broader alt-right and far-right movements. Black feminist scholars in particular have observed that by presenting traditionalism as an “apolitical” lifestyle choice, some influencers help normalize ideologies rooted in patriarchy, white supremacy, and rigid gender hierarchies.
But Rose was not happy about these accusations and took to Threads to shut them down, writing:
“As someone who has spent many nights discussing the world, social injustice and life, with The Show Girl herself. I refuse to say her name in the same sentence as the hate group, Wackadoodles, are conspiring to attach her to. But what I will say is this -"
"Given her public position against Trump, and his against her. If you are falling for the propaganda “Trad wife” “X,y,z” claims, you are most definitely walking into the biggest man made, rage bait, black hole."
"Stop it. It’s not true, and it’s incredibly stupid. It’s also embarrassing and hurtful to see energy put into this. Keep that energy and let’s take it where it’s necessary and needed."
You can see her posts below.
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Rose said Swift "used to scroll go fund me like a social media app. Clicking ‘reach their donation’ like the ‘like’ button" in response to a social media user who said they disagreed with a friend who said Swift's billionaire status outweighs her generosity.
You can see her post below.
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Notably, Swift previously endorsed former Vice President Kamala Harris during last year's election, and political scientists have previously observed the sway her endorsements have had on prior election cycles.
She has also been targeted by President Donald Trump on more than one occasion for this reason and Trump earlier this year made headlines after declaring he alone is responsible for why she is no longer, by his estimation, "hot." And just prior to that, he made a petty dig at Swift during his speech for the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles' visit to the White House.
However, Rose's posts received a mixed response—clearly people are split down the middle about Swift and an album they don't feel stands up against her previous work.
Swift has not commented on Rose's posts.
Onlookers Horrified After Man Drops His Pants And Pees On Sacred Altar At St. Peter's Basilica
The Altar of the Confession is directly above the tomb of St. Peter, the first Pope, and is where the Pope conducts mass.
As such, it is incredibly sacred to Catholics, so the man's, uh, rest stop has left many furious, including Vatican City police, who hauled him away.
The man has yet to be identified and is believed to still be in custody after being dragged off by the cops.
The incident took place on Friday, Oct. 10, around 9:30 a.m. local time in the church in Vatican City, according to Italian outlet Il Tempo. The man reportedly circumvented barriers that surround the altar, climbed the steps and urinated on the holy structure.
Efforts to repair his desecration of the holy site were ongoing long after he and his bare backside were removed from the building.
In the aftermath, Pope Leo ordered priests to immediately perform purification rights in order to "restore the holiness of the place and ask forgiveness from God.”
After meeting with Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, one of the basilica's senior managers, it was decided that it would be temporarily closed while priests anointed the altar with holy water while reciting certain prayers and readings from the Book of Psalms.
On social media, pretty much everyone was appalled by the incident.
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This is the third time in two years that the Altar of the Confession has been desecrated by a visitor.
In February a man damaged several sacred candelabras while shouting profanity, and in 2023 a Polish man stripped naked on the altar to protest the war in Ukraine.