When was the last time you listened to Cher Lloyd?
Some Thoughts On The Eras Tour Film
Hi, it's me, a veteran gig-goer, film fan, and card(igan)-carrying Swiftie, here to break down the Eras tour movie and tell you what you want to know. Beware setlist spoilers and biased criticism.
In Defence of Gaylor
Taking stan wars seriously 2k23
Podcasts: The Ultimate Edutainment
What podcasts do I recommend, and what makes a good podcast to me?
Mama Cass Elliot: What Does An Icon Represent?
Mama Cass Elliot was a powerhouse voice - and a trailblazer. A fat woman in entertainment, a single mother, a career girl – but it’s not what she was in her life so much as what she represented to her audience that’s interesting to me.
The Biographical Imperative: Reading Paul Simon like we’d read Taylor Swift
The way we read Swift is gendered and somewhat modern: her 'eras' align with the aesthetics she presents, and stan culture has dissected every relationship she's ever had until we're all sure who or what inspired every song. What if we read other Grammy royals this way?
The Who?Siers: what it means to follow a band beyond success.
In the halcyon days of 2014 I went to a small gig by a band used to even smaller gigs. On the recording of that gig you can hear the incredulity in their voices multiple times over the course of the evening as the crowd go wild, singing and dancing with abandon. This is a... Continue Reading →
Contemporary Female Pop Musicians As Mental Health Motivation.
Stan culture doesn’t mean turning your back on the problematic things a person’s image embodies. It means being inspired by what a person’s image opens up to you, taking what it means in the popular consciousness and seeing how it can send you in a direction that makes your life better.
Celebrities with single names: an academic analysis.
We as a society often hold up celebrities with a single name as the epitome of success as they are evoked as an individual by so little, showing how transcendent they are, but perhaps we are overlooking the inherent paternalistic and racist subtleties of denying a person their full name in the media?
Protected: The Definitive Guide to Taylor Swift’s Complete Works (circa 2015)
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Late Romantic 