Feisty Fridays: Taylor Swift’s Engagement and the Myth of the Fairytale Ending

05/09/2025 10 min

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Episode Synopsis

The headlines called it her fairytale ending — but what does Taylor Swift’s engagement really say about how we view women’s worth?In this Feisty Friday mini-sode of The Feisty Heroine Podcast, Rachel unpacks why society still treats engagement as the ultimate achievement for women, even for someone as wildly successful as Taylor.✨ You’ll hear:How the media frames powerful women as “complete” only when partnered.The double bind successful women face in dating and relationships.Why this narrative keeps so many of us stuck chasing someone else’s timeline.A feisty reframe for celebrating women without reducing them to their love lives.This isn’t about tearing down Taylor’s joy — it’s about questioning why her love story is treated as the pinnacle of her success, and what that means for the rest of us.💡 Whether you’re single, divorced, childfree, a single mom, or partnered, this is your reminder: you are already enough.

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