Studies in Taylor Swift

Studies in Taylor Swift

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Studies in Taylor Swift episodes

  • Taylor Swift and Fan Fiction

    In episode 12, Clio is joined by Mireille Pardon, Assistant Professor of History at Berea College, to discuss fan fiction tropes, real person fiction, and the depiction of Taylor Swift in "Daylight" by GetMeDietCoke and "Under the Sun" by today. Also discussed is the chapter "Intimate Intertextuality and Performative Fragments in Media Fanfiction" by Kristina Busse in Fandom, Second Edition, edited by Jonathan Gray, Cornel Sandvoss, and C. Lee Harrington. Also check out "Tis the Damn Season: Taylor Swift's evermore," a compilation of very short articles written by academics for Post45.

    Mireille can be found on Twitter (https://twitter.com/pardon_mi) and TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@pardon_mi).

    Get in touch with comments, questions, or just to say hi at [email protected]. 

    Music: "Happy Strummin" by Audionautix. 
    Cover art by Finley Doyle. 

    46 min
  • Taylor Swift and Fan Fiction

    In episode 12, Clio is joined by Mireille Pardon, Assistant Professor of History at Berea College, to discuss fan fiction tropes, real person fiction, and the depiction of Taylor Swift in "Daylight" by GetMeDietCoke and "Under the Sun" by today. Also discussed is the chapter "Intimate Intertextuality and Performative Fragments in Media Fanfiction" by Kristina Busse in Fandom, Second Edition, edited by Jonathan Gray, Cornel Sandvoss, and C. Lee Harrington. Also check out "Tis the Damn Season: Taylor Swift's evermore," a compilation of very short articles written by academics for Post45.

    Mireille can be found on Twitter (https://twitter.com/pardon_mi) and TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@pardon_mi).

    Get in touch with comments, questions, or just to say hi at [email protected]. 

    Music: "Happy Strummin" by Audionautix. 
    Cover art by Finley Doyle. 

    46 min
  • Taylor Swift and Irony (The Man)

    Episode 11 asks whether there is something fundamentally ironic about gender with reference to Taylor Swift's "The Man," Søren Kierkegaard's On the Concept of Irony with Continual Reference to Socrates, and Claire Colebrook's Irony.  

    Get in touch with comments, questions, or just to say hi at [email protected]. 

    Music: "Happy Strummin" by Audionautix. 
    Cover art by Finley Doyle. 

    13 min
  • Taylor Swift and Irony (The Man)

    Episode 11 asks whether there is something fundamentally ironic about gender with reference to Taylor Swift's "The Man," Søren Kierkegaard's On the Concept of Irony with Continual Reference to Socrates, and Claire Colebrook's Irony.  

    Get in touch with comments, questions, or just to say hi at [email protected]. 

    Music: "Happy Strummin" by Audionautix. 
    Cover art by Finley Doyle. 

    13 min
  • Taylor Swift and Celebrity Studies (Bad Blood)

    In Episode 10, Clio is joined by fellow English Literature PhD Maggie Deli to discuss celebrity studies. What would Erving Goffman say about the feud between Taylor Swift and Katy Perry? What happens when Swift's art becomes political? And is Swift trying to become less of a celebrity? Mentioned briefly are the article "To See and Be Seen: Celebrity Practice on Twitter" by Alice Marwick and danah boyd and Heavenly Bodies: Film Stars and Society by Richard Dyer. 

    Get in touch with comments, questions, or just to say hi at [email protected]. 

    Music: "Happy Strummin" by Audionautix. 
    Cover art by Finley Doyle. 

    29 min
  • Taylor Swift and Celebrity Studies (Bad Blood)

    In Episode 10, Clio is joined by fellow English Literature PhD Maggie Deli to discuss celebrity studies. What would Erving Goffman say about the feud between Taylor Swift and Katy Perry? What happens when Swift's art becomes political? And is Swift trying to become less of a celebrity? Mentioned briefly are the article "To See and Be Seen: Celebrity Practice on Twitter" by Alice Marwick and danah boyd and Heavenly Bodies: Film Stars and Society by Richard Dyer. 

    Get in touch with comments, questions, or just to say hi at [email protected]. 

    Music: "Happy Strummin" by Audionautix. 
    Cover art by Finley Doyle. 

    29 min
  • Taylor Swift and Queer Affect Theory (Cruel Summer)

    Episode 9 explores the popular appeal of the theory that Taylor Swift is secretly queer through the lens of queer affect theory, with reference to Heather Love's Feeling Backward: Loss and the Politics of Queer History.

    Get in touch with comments, questions, or just to say hi at [email protected]. 

    Music: "Happy Strummin" by Audionautix. 
    Cover art by Finley Doyle. 

    12 min
  • Taylor Swift and Queer Affect Theory (Cruel Summer)

    Episode 9 explores the popular appeal of the theory that Taylor Swift is secretly queer through the lens of queer affect theory, with reference to Heather Love's Feeling Backward: Loss and the Politics of Queer History.

    Get in touch with comments, questions, or just to say hi at [email protected]. 

    Music: "Happy Strummin" by Audionautix. 
    Cover art by Finley Doyle. 

    12 min
  • Taylor Swift and Marx (Change)

    Episode 8 asks what Marx and Taylor Swift have to do with each other, with some reference to Louis Althusser. 

    Get in touch with comments, questions, or just to say hi at [email protected].

    Music: "Happy Strummin" by Audionautix.
    Cover art by Finley Doyle.

    14 min
  • Taylor Swift and Marx (Change)

    Episode 8 asks what Marx and Taylor Swift have to do with each other, with some reference to Louis Althusser. 

    Get in touch with comments, questions, or just to say hi at [email protected].

    Music: "Happy Strummin" by Audionautix.
    Cover art by Finley Doyle.

    14 min

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