I'm so excited to share some content from my new book, Stars Around My Scars: The Annotated Poetry of Taylor Swift, out tomorrow (28 January)! If you haven't yet ordered a copy, I'm hoping this will convince you to do so! For each of the 46 songs included in the book (you can find my… Continue reading A preview of my new book
Month: January 2025
On being, and not being, The Man: modern-day vindications of gender rights
As preparation for one of our seminars in English Literature (Taylor's Version) — in which we look at connections between writing, gender, and power, focusing on Taylor Swift's 'The Man', 'mad woman', 'Dear John', 'Hits Different', and 'the last great american dynasty' — I ask students to write a modern-day version of 'A Vindication of… Continue reading On being, and not being, The Man: modern-day vindications of gender rights
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