My Taylor Swift inspired cookbook, BAKE IT OFF, comes out on 2 October! (Yes, in perfect time for your listening parties for The Life of A Showgirl!) I am so excited to share this with you all after working so hard on it for months and testing every recipe to perfection. It's packed with glitter,… Continue reading Bake It Off: the ultimate Taylor Swift baking book
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What about Wendy? Adaptation, interrogation, and turning on the light
When Swift’s speaker sings in ‘cardigan’ that the object of the song ‘tried to change the ending, Peter losing Wendy’, she encourages us to go back and take a closer look at a story that may have been a staple of our childhoods. The line is deeply ambiguous, and has always puzzled me. It’s unclear whether he tried to change the (happy) ending, making it so that Peter instead lost Wendy; whether he tried and failed to change the (unhappy) ending of Peter losing Wendy; whether he tried to change the (unhappy) ending, but Peter lost Wendy anyway. Is Peter losing Wendy the result of his actions, or the fate he tried to change? [Click above image to read on.]
The Taylor Seminars: ‘Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus’
This week, I joined Hannah Chao and Exquisite Williams on their fantastic podcast, The Taylor Seminars. Each week, Hannah and Exquisite do a deep dive into a Taylor track, looking at the lyrics in forensic detail. Since I also run Taylor seminars, of a slightly different sort, this was a perfect match! Hannah and Exquisite… Continue reading The Taylor Seminars: ‘Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus’
The History Of Man: A Brief Analysis
For her creative assignment in English Literature (Taylor's Version), one of my students investigated all the literary references in Maisie Peters' 'The History Of Man'. To celebrate Maisie supporting Taylor at the Eras tour tonight, please enjoy this brief dive into Maisie's beautiful lyricism! Click the link below to see the full video! https://www.tiktok.com/@swifterature1989/video/7404962885304208672
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