This is Taylor Swift during her Speak Now era. Back then, she used to wear her makeup in a smokey cat-eye style that made her eyes look more squinty and a bit more “exotic and sultry.”
On a rainy, New York City spring evening, my co-worker Carla (not her real name) and I were rushing to catch the last commuter bus back to New Jersey at Penn Station. Other commuters were milling about in a wet crush, the floor slippery with streaks of mud. Our sneakers were soaked through and seizing in audible squelches as we made our way down to our gate.