Swiftian Semiotics
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Thank god I’m not alone. Sorry moot
October 3, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Thank god I’m not alone. Sorry moot
Honorable Mention
June 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Honorable Mention
One wildness
One herself
The shade of one woman (wildness) taking over & causing chaos (smashing the guitar). After running around freely across epochs (eras) the protagonist (herself) has become uncomfortable with her life so she destroys the house (burning down the lover house)
One herself
The shade of one woman (wildness) taking over & causing chaos (smashing the guitar). After running around freely across epochs (eras) the protagonist (herself) has become uncomfortable with her life so she destroys the house (burning down the lover house)
June 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
One wildness
One herself
The shade of one woman (wildness) taking over & causing chaos (smashing the guitar). After running around freely across epochs (eras) the protagonist (herself) has become uncomfortable with her life so she destroys the house (burning down the lover house)
One herself
The shade of one woman (wildness) taking over & causing chaos (smashing the guitar). After running around freely across epochs (eras) the protagonist (herself) has become uncomfortable with her life so she destroys the house (burning down the lover house)
Sibyl: a woman in ancient times supposed to utter the oracles and prophecies of a god (literary: a woman able to foretell the future)
maw of the world = The world will eat you alive
She has learned how to play this part. She can't stop now. She will go on forever.
Stone fissure:
maw of the world = The world will eat you alive
She has learned how to play this part. She can't stop now. She will go on forever.
Stone fissure:
June 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Sibyl: a woman in ancient times supposed to utter the oracles and prophecies of a god (literary: a woman able to foretell the future)
maw of the world = The world will eat you alive
She has learned how to play this part. She can't stop now. She will go on forever.
Stone fissure:
maw of the world = The world will eat you alive
She has learned how to play this part. She can't stop now. She will go on forever.
Stone fissure:
You may have noticed Cassandra mentioned a lot in the screenshots from the book. She is mentioned and referred to SEVERAL times throughout the book (didn't have room for all the mentions here).
June 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
You may have noticed Cassandra mentioned a lot in the screenshots from the book. She is mentioned and referred to SEVERAL times throughout the book (didn't have room for all the mentions here).
I Look in People's Windows
June 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I Look in People's Windows
I Can do it with a Broken Heart
June 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I Can do it with a Broken Heart
This feels so reminiscent of the prophecy and the constant reference to cages.
She dances within the inch given, even though the prophecy has been laid.
She dances within the inch given, even though the prophecy has been laid.
June 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
This feels so reminiscent of the prophecy and the constant reference to cages.
She dances within the inch given, even though the prophecy has been laid.
She dances within the inch given, even though the prophecy has been laid.
Snow on the Beach
June 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Snow on the Beach
TTPD Colour Palette
June 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
TTPD Colour Palette
Passages that prove to me that Taylor is our modern Sappho
I feel like all of these sentiments have been repeated about Taylor for her whole career.
I feel like all of these sentiments have been repeated about Taylor for her whole career.
June 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Passages that prove to me that Taylor is our modern Sappho
I feel like all of these sentiments have been repeated about Taylor for her whole career.
I feel like all of these sentiments have been repeated about Taylor for her whole career.
I had this underlined and marked, but I didn't have anything solid to connect it to, until the anon spade-riddles received yesterday about Lighthouses....
June 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I had this underlined and marked, but I didn't have anything solid to connect it to, until the anon spade-riddles received yesterday about Lighthouses....
self explanatory
See my other thread about Big Taylor!
See my other thread about Big Taylor!
June 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
self explanatory
See my other thread about Big Taylor!
See my other thread about Big Taylor!
Lina is often described as molten throughout the book, which I can't figure out why I feel it is related to Taylor, but I feel like it may be the reference to Te Fiti in the Karma music video, who is a volcano.
The book also refers to her high button boots and her being a poet.
The book also refers to her high button boots and her being a poet.
June 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Lina is often described as molten throughout the book, which I can't figure out why I feel it is related to Taylor, but I feel like it may be the reference to Te Fiti in the Karma music video, who is a volcano.
The book also refers to her high button boots and her being a poet.
The book also refers to her high button boots and her being a poet.
There is a constant draw back to this idea of burning their house down especially in the context of attempting to escape patriarchal expectations A Trousseau is a collection of linens stored away for when she marries
Connection to Grecian studies and literature is strong in TTPD
Connection to Grecian studies and literature is strong in TTPD
June 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
There is a constant draw back to this idea of burning their house down especially in the context of attempting to escape patriarchal expectations A Trousseau is a collection of linens stored away for when she marries
Connection to Grecian studies and literature is strong in TTPD
Connection to Grecian studies and literature is strong in TTPD
A lot of the book takes place in Paris, seen as a refuge for lesbians, spending time in their garden courtyards (secret gardens) away from the prying eyes of men. Natalie was the 'ring leader' of the Paris lesbians, and loved to bring the gay women she encountered into her circle
June 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
A lot of the book takes place in Paris, seen as a refuge for lesbians, spending time in their garden courtyards (secret gardens) away from the prying eyes of men. Natalie was the 'ring leader' of the Paris lesbians, and loved to bring the gay women she encountered into her circle
I can not help but feel a connection to the work here. Connections to Who's Afraid of Little Old Me. Being willed into heteronormativity, especially those of a certain class meaning an upper class.
June 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I can not help but feel a connection to the work here. Connections to Who's Afraid of Little Old Me. Being willed into heteronormativity, especially those of a certain class meaning an upper class.
"that 1950s shit they want from me" and "at least the dolls are beautiful"
The fact that the Lover house is very obviously a doll house.
I don't think that it is book but maybe because of the play. This idea that she was "playing house" and playing the role of domestic partner?
The fact that the Lover house is very obviously a doll house.
I don't think that it is book but maybe because of the play. This idea that she was "playing house" and playing the role of domestic partner?
June 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
"that 1950s shit they want from me" and "at least the dolls are beautiful"
The fact that the Lover house is very obviously a doll house.
I don't think that it is book but maybe because of the play. This idea that she was "playing house" and playing the role of domestic partner?
The fact that the Lover house is very obviously a doll house.
I don't think that it is book but maybe because of the play. This idea that she was "playing house" and playing the role of domestic partner?
The topic of this Doll House play comes up a few times in the book. It is a real play, just as most of the figures in this book are real people who have been fictionalized.
I could not help but think of a few different lines from Taylor's work when reading about this play.
I could not help but think of a few different lines from Taylor's work when reading about this play.
June 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The topic of this Doll House play comes up a few times in the book. It is a real play, just as most of the figures in this book are real people who have been fictionalized.
I could not help but think of a few different lines from Taylor's work when reading about this play.
I could not help but think of a few different lines from Taylor's work when reading about this play.
After she dives into the stage, there is am image of her swimming across the long runway. The was end very specifically on a black shoreline at the top of the stage. We then see Taylor climbing the ladder into her cloud of fantasy.
The ladder has been discussed several times
The ladder has been discussed several times
June 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
After she dives into the stage, there is am image of her swimming across the long runway. The was end very specifically on a black shoreline at the top of the stage. We then see Taylor climbing the ladder into her cloud of fantasy.
The ladder has been discussed several times
The ladder has been discussed several times
This line is when I started to feel as though the connections may be more than a coincidence.
A poet who stands at the door sill and dives into the waves of the sea. Swimming to a shore of her invention.
Could she have gotten this idea from the book?
A poet who stands at the door sill and dives into the waves of the sea. Swimming to a shore of her invention.
Could she have gotten this idea from the book?
June 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
This line is when I started to feel as though the connections may be more than a coincidence.
A poet who stands at the door sill and dives into the waves of the sea. Swimming to a shore of her invention.
Could she have gotten this idea from the book?
A poet who stands at the door sill and dives into the waves of the sea. Swimming to a shore of her invention.
Could she have gotten this idea from the book?
The book states that X is an ordinary girl with "normal breasts" insinuating that her actions of homosexuality and violence are surprising given that she looks like a feminine girl. As Hollywood's original "It" girl she looks the part but isn't acting like it & must be locked up
June 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The book states that X is an ordinary girl with "normal breasts" insinuating that her actions of homosexuality and violence are surprising given that she looks like a feminine girl. As Hollywood's original "It" girl she looks the part but isn't acting like it & must be locked up
Near the beginning, there is a case study of a girl called X. She was sent to an asylum for not being a “willing housewife” and attempting to set fire her her family home.
Both of these themes appear in her work post publication of the book.
Both of these themes appear in her work post publication of the book.
June 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Near the beginning, there is a case study of a girl called X. She was sent to an asylum for not being a “willing housewife” and attempting to set fire her her family home.
Both of these themes appear in her work post publication of the book.
Both of these themes appear in her work post publication of the book.
It’s part of a code of messages. They follow similar threads
May 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM
It’s part of a code of messages. They follow similar threads