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Interview with Liz Rose: Liz Rose On Co-Writing Taylor Swift's First Hit 'Tim McGraw' | 10 Years Of Taylor Love how she came up with the song in the 9th grade math class. You haven't listened to her old albums? You're missing out on a lot of great songs. LOL I can't believe it's been 10 years already and her career is still going strong. And I still believe her best is yet to come. That's kind of crazy considering all the success she's already had. I admit she wasn't on my radar when she first started. I liked her songs but I wasn't a huge fan or anything. I didn't become a huge fan until 2013.

Fantastic episode, especially the ending with Dany burning all those Dothraki men and then walking out of the fire. I love it whenever she spews her "Mother of Dragons" speech because she can back it up. She took over the Dothraki people in such an epic way! GOT has always been about the journey and not the destination. I suppose she should have miraculously acquired an army in season 2 and been at KL by finale? And, then what? We end the show there? I kid but, seriously, this is not network TV fantasy fantasy. Dany was a nobody woman. Every bitter step of the way was to show the battle to get to the point where she is now. Perhaps most important of all was not to get the army but to win the support and love of all those cities and people before attempting Westeros. That way, she has that power behind her, on top of her army. And we've seen how that's not easy. How does the end of season 1 dovetail into her being where she is now? The scenes consciously echoed one another but where Dany is, in terms of development, is miles and miles ahead. Yup! I agree, I don't see Dany being in the same place as season 1. She's amassing this huge army throughout her journey back to Westeros. I've been enjoying this season more because it feels like they're leading up to something big and that there's actual movement.

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Done! Very happy the show is moving to the CW. Hopefully now the show will be more serialized and of course more crossovers.

I counted 8 songs. But I just prefer if artists start their tour at least 2 months after their album drops. I guess it doesn't really affect me if I don't go to those concerts. Luckily that hasn't happened to me yet. LOL

Why is her concert so soon? Her album just came out last week! I mean, give some time for your fans to memorize your songs! LOL

Yay! Jon Snow is alive! We all knew it. LOL I just want to see a reunion with Jon/Sansa/Arya/Bran - those Starks deserve something good after all they went through and what happened to their family. Can't wait to see Ramsey die - I hope it's in a spectacular manner.

I did like parts of the crossover, particularly whenever The Flash/Supergirl interacted, but The Flash's entrance and exit were pretty weak. There was no real point for having The Flash crossover. I really believe the CBS execs are holding this show back. It would be so much better if it was on the CW.

I'm on two sides here. On one side, I do think that for smaller tournaments where both men and women only have to play best of 3 sets, it should be equal pay. But for Grandslams, men have to play best of 5 sets (I personally would like to see women play 5 sets in Grandslams too; I know they can handle it). On the other side, it does make sense that whatever sex brings in the most ratings for that tournament, should get higher a pay. But ratings are dependent to what the matches are, so it would be hard to do it his way.

Yeah, because it was illegal. To me, what a person does within the legal limits of the league is fair game. If other players, or analysts think it's wrong for players to do things/use things to help then heal or win, I would just give a big middle finger to them. If it's legal, do it. How many "illegal" wins did Maria have? Less than 10 maybe? That not big of a deal (to me). I think she should give all her winnings in 2016 back - maybe spread out the money to the opponents she beat.

Most athletes take stuff to heal faster, or improve their game as long as it's within the rules/limits. If you don't think they do that, then you're really naive. What Maria did before January 1, 2016 was legit and within the rules. She didn't lose her Porshe deal yet - like Nike, they've just suspended those contracts.

Wow, I think that's ridiculous. Is that for first time offence and multiple offences? The four major sports in North America aren't even that strict.

2-4 years is so excessive. I've never heard of someone getting suspended that long for a first time drug offence.

Oh yeah, for sure, every athlete should be aware of the banned substance list for their sport, especially for someone like Maria, who I believe is the highest paid woman in sports. Also, if you've been taking something for 10 years, you don't automatically think it will be added to the banned list (and if you don't know it's also known as another name), but it's your responsibility to check. In this case, I think 6 months to a year would be a reasonable suspension. Imagine if she had won the Aussie Open - it would've been a bigger story than it already is.

It's not that big of an issue. She's been taking the substance since 2006, and it was only put on the banned substance list on January 1, 2016. She made the mistake of not checking her email that provided the new banned list. This might hurt her a tiny bit but enough to lose her endorsements, or her championships coming into question.

Already? "When We Were Young" was just released last month! I found it a bit weird she didn't perform/promote that song at the Grammys.

There's always something different, or a little bit different, between albums. Like with Red, you could see where she was going. I think album 6 will be something like Red - a mix of the old (1989) and a few songs to see where she is going. Unless of course she sticks with a "sonically cohesive" (a term she used a lot when mentioning 1989) sound. Whatever she does, I think she'll be smart and not upset the core fanbase by doing something off-the-wall, totally different.

I do know what Demi/Selena/Taylor used to be close, and they had this on-and-off friendship. Taylor and Demi both dated Joe Jonas, so that could've been an issue. There's this infamous clip, from I think 2010, where someone asks Demi, "How's Selena doing?" and Demi replies, "Ask Taylor." LOL The last time all three were together (that we know of) is when they posted about their facetime together, I think this was around 2013. Demi and Taylor were scene shopping together that year. The last time they were together publicly was when they took pictures together at the 2014 VMAs. So the last I heard of Demi/Taylor, I thought they were cool. But you asked about Demi/Selena....I don't fellow Demi or Selena, so I don't really know about their relationship. I don't remember reading any recent Demi/Selena stories from the mainstream press.

And there's nothing wrong with that. She doesn't have to be political. There's a lot of people who think celebrities don't need to insert themselves into politics. She has acknowledge that she is a powerful woman. She wrote two very well received letters: one in the Wall Street Journal, and the other is the letter to Apple. She also made a career move to pop when her team wanted her to still have a foot in country. Building your own successful career, steering your own ship, making decisions that make you happy - why can't this be a great example of feminism? And maybe she will. Why does she have to pick one now? Is there a timetable, a how-to book on how to be a feminist? Taylor is a very savvy person who is doing great things, and will continue to do great things in the future. No. The "I send text messages now" was about dealing with misunderstandings. And so far, she has learned from her mistake, as proven by these last two weeks with Kanye and Demi.

What "mean girl clique"? What have they done? First, things are taken out of context all the time in articles. When she gives that Madeleine Albright quote, she doesn't say Tina and Amy, nor does she allude to them. Secondly, this was years before Taylor's feminist stance. The "attack" was provoked, so she was merely responding. She's allowed to defend herself. And the song, as shown in the video, is about doing something after your friend betrays you. It's not like all of a sudden, she lashed out at something without cause. Granted, it was something small like stealing dancers, but Taylor used that anger to write a song. She didn't go to Twitter to rant, instead she wrote a #1 song and created an award winning video. Again, how? That was a misunderstanding where she thought someone was coming at her, so she was just defending herself. She was wrong and she apologized publicly and privately. That doesn't mean you have to speak up for every single female issue. I'm so sick of feminist police who tell other people what they should be doing.

Can you find me a quote? I honestly don't remember reading/hearing that from her. The Rolling Stone interview where she talked about Bad Blood? What other instances?

Who cares! There's not one definition on how one should be a feminist. Let Taylor do it her way. Let Demi do it her way. Let people do it their own way. Your way might not be the same as other people.