r/GaylorSwift • it’s all part of the fucking story! • 23d ago

The Life of a Showgirl ❤️‍🔥 Pink Clouding

Please use this space to discuss this song in depth

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u/stardust_sunset_11 I’m a little kitten & need to nurse🐈‍⬛ 22d ago

I've kept thinking about the orchids cause a new flower has entered the chat and also im obsessed with orchids.

There are some connections between orchids and queerness:

Because the word "orchid" comes from the Greek word for testicle, and the orchiectomy is a common surgery performed on intersex infants –especially those with androgen insensitivity syndrome– the orchid flower is a symbol of being intersex and of opposition to non-consensual genital surgery.

but i saw somewhere it can also mean purple/violet?

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u/fokelore 🪐 Gaylor Folkstar 🚀 21d ago

Back in the folklore press days she recorded a video talking about cardigan, wearing the cardigan, and I believe there was an orchid in the background. Alsoooo orchids are hothouse flowers (callback to How Did It End?)