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If you know nothing of this story, this is a great educational piece. With that being said, I want to point out that the bigger argument in this specific docu series is a moral versus legal one.

Scooter's Version is arguing "He's done nothing wrong (legally)." We don't see too much personal insight from his side of this story.

Taylor's Version is arguing a moral point. That the music industry remains patriarchal and exploitative to artists/creators, especially women. For some artists, music might just be a job, but for Taylor this is her art, her life stories, her thoughts, etc. She's incredibly vulnerable, personal and revealing in her songwriting. It is not something that should be carried so carelessly in the hands of anyone else, let alone people who were so publicly involved in creating devastating trouble in her life.

I obviously have some bias, as I'm both a woman and a long-time Taylor Swift fan. Regardless, Scooter's Version reveals nothing new to the long narrative of bad faith arguments against Taylor Swift. It's just another listen on the seemingly never-ending broken record of women-hating narratives, such as the dismissive boyfriend-frenzied titles, she's been given since the beginning of her career. As if no other artist hasn't written about their personal life before. As if no other artist (or person in general really) had to bend some of the rules to break free.

"Well-behaved women seldom make history."

I absolutely loved watching this series. I'm hoping there will be more!

Charli, Dixie and their family and friends did such a respectable move here. It is very brave and grounding to be this real. It's a nice reminder for us all to remember behind our screens and our seemingly happy lives, we are all real people with real problems, even if those problems differ from other problems.

Life is hard and being kind can answer all sorts of problem.

Massive respect and love to these girls.

In a way I didn't even realize, I needed to see this! #humbled.