There’s a societal expectation that women need to suffer to be creative. We need to be angry or sad to create something amazing, apparently.

Take Adele, for instance. After the Grammy Award-winning singer announced her divorce earlier this year, fans immediately reacted by saying they couldn’t wait for the “heartbreak” album to come out.

And then there’s Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge, who recently called out the assumption that her troubled character is autobiographical. “Women can make things up too! It’s not all our diaries!” she told the Guardian.

Now Taylor Swift has revealed just how toxic this way of thinking can be.

Taylor Swift reveals the one question she is sick of answering in interviews