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Culturally Determined

Taylor's Version, with B.D. McClay

B.D. McClay — essayist, critic, and scholar of Taylor Swift Studies — helps Aryeh understand the biggest cultural phenomenon of the year. 


Recorded November 5, 2023


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LINKS


B.D.'s Substack

https://notebook.substack.com/


B.D.'s essay on illness, "The Bad Patient​"

https://www.thedriftmag.com/the-bad-patient/


B.D. on "1989 (Taylor's Version)"

https://notebook.substack.com/p/1989-revisited


Aryeh's interview with Kaitlyn Tiffany about her One Direction book

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-fangirls-remade-the-internet-with-kaitlyn-tiffany/id981282353?i=1000570796480


On the Q of the Gaylor community

https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/oyqehq/music_fan_blogging_big_reputation_how_one_taylor/?share_id=f2GVW57klA4suITkuxi6Z


Kobe Bryant on Taylor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KUa_RegHjg


Ted Gioia's open letter to Taylor

https://www.honest-broker.com/p/an-open-letter-to-taylor-swift


The Taylor fan who went to jail for refusing to serve in the IDF

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/taylor-swift-fan-account-twitter-creator-israeli-military-prison


Clare Coffey on Taylor and Bruce Springsteen

https://notebook.substack.com/p/miss-americana-and-the-heartbreak


Steven Hyden on Taylor

https://uproxx.com/indie/ask-a-music-critic-when-will-taylor-swift-popularity-fade/


Boswell the dog on Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/life_of_boswell/


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