For years, the Midnights singer has been photographed holding pens in a manner that’s rather unconventional.
. “This grasp that she uses, there’s two main reasons people might use that, typically,” Crow told me. “One is that they’re hypermobile, or their joints move too much. And the other one is hand pain, or rheumatoid arthritis, specifically.” Crow guessed that Swift probably doesn’t suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, but she said hypermobility is a real possibility.
“The average schoolteacher, or parent, even, would look at that and be like, ‘Why are you holding your pen like that?’ But actually, I think Taylor Swift is a great example. Obviously, she’s one of the best writers of our generation. It obviously has not stopped her from writing. And so at the end of the day, the question is, ‘Is this grasp pattern functional and efficient for long-term writing?’ ” And for Swift, it looks like it has been.