‘When they point to the pictures, / Please tell them my name’: Taylor Swift’s Self-Authorship (2006–2018)

Nicola Watkinson
Nov 4 · 33 min read

NB: This essay was originally written for publication in 2018. I am conscious that the recent release of Lover (2019) complicates my argument in this piece, and will be writing a follow-up, also to be published here.

reputation (2017)

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