Despite secretly battling an eating disorder, Taylor Swift has seemingly managed to take control of her health and happiness by changing her mindset, no longer bending to meet society's expectations of what she should look like.
In Miss Americana, the "Lover" songstress, whose record Lover contained a lot of details about her relationships, lamented the pressure put on women to maintain a certain appearance, saying, "There's always some standard of beauty that you're not meeting." Calling the expectations "f***ing impossible," Swift continued, "If you're thin enough, then you don't have that a** that everybody wants. But if you have enough weight on you to have an a**, then your stomach isn't flat enough."
According to Swift, she still feels pressured to look thin, especially when faced with unflattering paparazzi photos (via USA Today). However, the superstar refuses to allow herself to fall back into what she calls a "hate spiral." Talking to the Miss Americana cameras, Swift said, "I caught myself starting to do it yesterday, and I was like, 'Nope, we don't do that anymore ... Because it's better to think you look fat than to look sick.'"
