@sailorseaweed: Did y’all really forget they used to call her Aryan goddess? #taylorswift #taylorswiftnecklace #swifties #antifacism #taylorswiftmerch

AndyM604🇨🇦 :

I don’t get it because she’s been so vocally against Trump and supportive of the LGBT… community, among other things. This all seems so weird. Not supporting or attacking her btw.

Mitsos :

The issue is not a necklace. It is the semiotics of the entire package: lightning bolts on the chain, an eight-pointed star at the center, and accompanying merchandise reading “Protect the Family.” Lightning bolts historically symbolize domination and punitive power, visually identical to the insignia of the SS. The eight-pointed star carries connotations of “pure light” and “rebirth,” while the number eight frequently substitutes for the letter H in coded extremist symbolism. Combined with “Protect the Family,” the message aestheticizes a specific conservative fantasy of racial, moral, and patriarchal order—the same logic embedded in lyrics like “got the whole block lookin’ like you.” The silent removal of the product from her site confirms recognition of controversy without accountability. Nothing of this scale “slips through.” Such ambiguity is strategic plausible deniability: one audience reads “retro glam,” another decodes the signal. This is not oversight; it is design. The aesthetic sells cultural nostalgia under the guise of purity, repackaging hierarchical ideals as family values.

Dave Fryatt :

Have a day off love.

yolotzin :

the necklace has 12 bolts for her 13 albums, there's your easter egg

Bobbie Dee :

The extent to which people dig to find something that isn’t actually there simply amazes me.

_saikisbitch1_ :

I am not a taylor swift fan at all but Y’ALL ARE REACHING FOR THE STARS RN

Cathy🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸 :

Give me a break!

Just JROB :

keithmcc0709 :

Ok. She goes in the studio and says “ let’s make a N*zi dance album” along with hate merch. Two weeks later she donates 100k to a child with cancer. Like a N*zi would. This is why we lose elections. Get used to losing!!!!

MyAnimalsMom :

I mean Taylor Swift has made part of her career off of symbolism so in that respect yes this is weird and if she did not do this on purpose, she should’ve known better because she has used symbolism so much

Anna lingus :

HELL YEAH 👏👏👏👏👏 LOVE IT

Honeybadger :

So people aren't allowed to wear anything with lightning bolts now?

Loulou :

It is a reach - a big one - there’s no cross

randall🫟 :

do you know what an ss symbol looks like

Elly :

There are 12 bolts. The matching bracelet has 5. When you put it on the bolts are not next to each other.

BillyBanks :

Molls :

The merch has never had Easter eggs in it. lol.

airwr3cka_ :

There are actually 12 lightning bolts on the necklace.

Charlie Irons :

Okay, on this doll show me where the Taylor Swift hurt you...

Kung_Fu2022 :

The Auseklis cross is a powerful symbol that drives away evil. This symbol is associated with the sky, the stars, and night. Auseklis was the name of a Pagan deity in Latvian mythology who represented new life. His symbol, an 8-pointed star, is believed to bring light to banish away the darkness and provide protection.

blind weeb😈🦯 :

Not only that, but if it indeed has 12 lightning bolts, or 13, or 14 or however goddamn many, that box is more than long enough to have slid down two more lightning bolts to make 10. It would still look odd, but not as glaringly obvious.

OdioIlCaldo :

even if we were to believe that it was a complete mistake, the fact that this mistake happens lets me know that she does not have a diverse enough team where this could have been stopped in time. because otherwise either she was aware from the beginning and decided to do this, or she was made aware and still decided to give the go ahead. any of the options are good

redzinnia :

It does have symbolism, just not what you think. Look up Inanna. It's Taylor Swift for God's sake. She's referencing the Goddess.