10 Taylor Swift friendship bracelets to keep your spirits up after election season

“Because these things will change | Can you feel it now? | These walls that they put up to hold us back will fall down | It's a revolution, the time will come | For us to finally win | And we'll sing hallelujah, we'll sing hallelujah.”

This past week I, like many Americans, have been dealing with feelings of sadness, fear, and confusion (an exact list that has been acknowledged by a text from the Harris-Walz campaign). I am deeply shaken by the non-existent standards of decency that apply to the presidency, and reflecting on how once again, a woman who is in every sense of the word more qualified being passed over for a man — and a clearly uninformed abuser and felon at that. I’m wondering if I should have done more, as I’m sure many people are, if life in general weren’t keeping us busy. There’s a long and difficult road ahead, and we are searching for ways to express our worries and stand together more than ever.


In the weeks leading up to the election, I took to making a lot of politically themed Swiftie friendship bracelets. Taylor Swift’s fandom has transcended all definitions, with stories about people sharing “Swifty Voter” and “Get Out The Vote” friendship bracelets cropping up in recent months. In summary, we utilized the fandom’s traditions to further vital causes and implore people to help.