Core Memories With the Swiftie Dads

In 2023, Paul Scheer spent a few days talking to fathers who accompanied their daughters to Taylor Swift's Eras Tour in LA, either as concert-goers or just chauffeurs. I love this video. One of the dads summed up the vibe of being there for your loved ones, even if it's maybe not entirely your thing:

Life is moments. Life has nothing to do with money, nothing to do with things. Life is dancing, that is life! It's when you feel happy. Their happiness is my happiness.

Elizabeth Spiers wrote about the Swiftie Dads on Bluesky:

This is a model for what actual masculinity should be. Men don't need to spend more time in caves beating their chests with other men; they need to take their daughters to a meaningful thing and talk to them about it.

These guys taking their daughters to Taylor Swift concerts — and unabashedly enjoying it! — are the model. They are being themselves and not treating their daughters' interests as stupid or aberrant or a thing they should be patted on the back for participating in.

See also The Joy of Fortnite. (thx, caroline)

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