Happy (only slightly belated) full moon! If you enjoyed Taylor Swift’s powerful new album, folklore, you won’t want to miss this in-depth analysis brought to you by Linda and her sister Amber.
Our theme song is “Moon and Spruce” by Sarah Little Drum.
Here’s a listening guide for the episode. (For a description of our segments, go here.)
Taylor-ed Slacks and/or The Nap Dress (0:00 – 4:25)
Introduction (4:25 – 22:35)
“Are You a Good Witch or a Bad Witch?” (22:55 – 47:05)
“Bald Heads and Queer Noses” (47:25 – 1:02:50)
“Round About the Cauldron Go”/ “Treguna Mekoides Trecorum Sadis Dee!” (1:03:05 – 1:18:57)
Links
- How Victorian Women Were Oppressed through Psychiatry (The Atlantic)
- The Yellow Wallpaper (The Conversation)
- Dixie Chicks’ Gaslighter (The Ringer)
- Origins of Gaslighting (The World)
- Taylor Swift’s Sexual Assault Trial (Washington Post)
- What is a Nap Dress (Huff Post)
- Folklore’s 8 Album Covers (Vulture)
- Witchcore (see also “cottagecore” and “naturecore”)
- “Safe and Sound” (Taylor Swift’s Hunger Games track)
- Miss Americana (documentary on Netflix)
- History of Rebekah Harkness (Twitter thread by Rachel Syme)
- Phone Call with Kanye West (Vox)
- “The Man” by Taylor Swift
- AOC’s Speech Responding to Ted Yoho (Slate)
- Taylor Swift Changes Merch After Accusation of Theft (Stereogum)
Witches in Britches 