<aside> 🌈 Queer History: Elsa Gidlow was the first poet in America to publish openly lesbian poetry in 1923. One of her most famous poems, “On A Grey Thread” likens her queer love with an “electric gold thread”
In 1998 a documentary called “Golden Threads” documented a group for lesbian elders by the same name, you can watch the documentary here: https://youtu.be/WQ6YjM3VS3I
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<aside> 💡 Analysis - Big Sur’s history includes a gold rush in the mid to late 1800s
https://theheinrichteam.com/history-of-big-sur/
https://bigcreekreserve.ucsc.edu/about/big-creek-oral-history---the-rough-land-to-the-south.pdf
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<aside> 👸 Relevance to Taylor’s Life: Karlie was on a magazine cover with the headline (translated to English) - “the midas touch and who owns it. The golden girl of fashion”
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<aside> ➕ See also: Sun/sunshine/daylight
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Tied Together With A Smile: You cry but you don’t tell anyone that you might not be the golden one
Taylor’s blog posts: “I’m so excited, I think to the awards.. I’m going to wear a gold dress. Because my album just went gold.. I was thinking about colors and then it just hit me. I think gold is my new favorite color right now. haha. You all are so amazing, and I just want you to know that I appreciate you. I really really do.”
https://tswiftmyspace.tumblr.com/post/4319249397/more-from-the-road
https://www.tumblr.com/terri9274/168885934554/everything-you-know-is-wrong
