<![CDATA[As I said in my letters: Dear Swiftie]]>https://scribblesfromthewindowseat.substack.com/s/dear-readerhttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_40O!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F910d5abc-a010-4030-af98-c8f54b5d37e9_736x736.pngAs I said in my letters: Dear Swiftiehttps://scribblesfromthewindowseat.substack.com/s/dear-readerSubstackThu, 16 Apr 2026 21:30:24 GMT<![CDATA[letter 22✉️ | a literary analysis of Taylor Swift’s RED album💌🧣 |]]>https://scribblesfromthewindowseat.substack.com/p/letter-22-a-literary-analysis-ofhttps://scribblesfromthewindowseat.substack.com/p/letter-22-a-literary-analysis-ofSun, 04 Jan 2026 07:01:50 GMTLet me say that again. IT IS SO MUCH MORE THAN A POP ALBUM.

Released in 2012, Red marked a pivotal transition in Taylor Swift’s artistic identity, bridging her country roots with pop experimentation while deepening her lyrical complexity. Beyond its genre hybridity, Red operates as a literary text: a collection of emotional vignettes that explore love, …

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]]><![CDATA[letter nineteen ✉️ | The Life of a Showgirl❤️‍🔥 | an update on my take on it✨ and the phenomenon of how every Taylor Swift's album needs time to be understood | 🎭 💃]]>https://scribblesfromthewindowseat.substack.com/p/letter-nineteen-the-life-of-a-showgirlhttps://scribblesfromthewindowseat.substack.com/p/letter-nineteen-the-life-of-a-showgirlSun, 28 Dec 2025 07:00:38 GMTNot too long ago, I wrote an essay about The Life of a Showgirl, stating more or less how I think it is one of her weakest albums to this day; you can read the essay here:

I am not ashamed to say that my opinion on the album has drastically changed. For sure, it hasn’t reached my top 5 favorites, but I now understand why she went as far as to call it a …

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]]><![CDATA[letter thirteen 💌| on being a swiftie | a love letter to Taylor Swift 🫶]]>https://scribblesfromthewindowseat.substack.com/p/letter-thirteen-on-being-a-swiftiehttps://scribblesfromthewindowseat.substack.com/p/letter-thirteen-on-being-a-swiftieThu, 06 Nov 2025 11:54:23 GMTI have been a fan of Taylor’s music since I watched the “Love Story” music video in my living room on the MTV channel after school. I remember being mesmerised by her and thinking that this must be a real-life princess. However, I was about 12 and right at the age when princesses stopped being cool. Then I naturally developed an obsession with Twilight …

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]]><![CDATA[✉️ letter eleven | 🌲Folklore The Reading List: Modern Book Recommendations for Each Track🌲📚🎶]]>https://scribblesfromthewindowseat.substack.com/p/letter-eleven-folklore-the-readinghttps://scribblesfromthewindowseat.substack.com/p/letter-eleven-folklore-the-readingThu, 16 Oct 2025 08:44:08 GMTA few months ago, I wrote a literary analysis on folklore and in the end i paired each track with a book that mirrored its themes.

You can read it here:

Most of those book pairings, were classics. But a lovely reader here asked if I could do the same with modern books instead. So I looked into booktok, and the books on my shelves and here it is.

Note: I …

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]]><![CDATA[letter ten | ❤️‍🔥The Life of A Showgirl; a critical thinking analysis 🎭💃✨]]>https://scribblesfromthewindowseat.substack.com/p/letter-ten-the-life-of-a-showgirlhttps://scribblesfromthewindowseat.substack.com/p/letter-ten-the-life-of-a-showgirlSat, 04 Oct 2025 14:46:15 GMTListen, I am going to start by saying two things;

One is that, you are allowed to like and dislike any art you consume (and yes, music is art) and agreeing with the masses was never what art was about. So, if you feel offended by whatever I, or the internet in general, say about this album then I urge you to look inwards.

and two is that, I love Taylor S…

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]]><![CDATA[✉️ letter seven 📚| this pain wouldn’t be forevermore: a literary analysis of Taylor Swift’s evermore + book recommendations 📖🕯️]]>https://scribblesfromthewindowseat.substack.com/p/letter-seven-this-pain-wouldnt-behttps://scribblesfromthewindowseat.substack.com/p/letter-seven-this-pain-wouldnt-beSun, 17 Aug 2025 07:00:53 GMT

Can't not think of all the cost
And the things that will be lost
Oh, can we just get a pause?
To be certain we'll be tall again
Whether weather be the frost
Or the violence of the dog days
I'm on waves, out being tossed
Is there a line that I could just go cross?

I meant to send this letter before TTPD, but fate had it so that evermore had to be overlooked, aga…

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]]><![CDATA[✉️ letter six | out of the oven and into a tidal wave. Out of the Tortured Poets Department and into a new era ❤️‍🔥| a literary analysis of Taylor's Swift's TTPD + book recommendations📚🎶]]>https://scribblesfromthewindowseat.substack.com/p/letter-six-out-of-the-oven-and-intohttps://scribblesfromthewindowseat.substack.com/p/letter-six-out-of-the-oven-and-intoTue, 12 Aug 2025 13:54:12 GMT

There will come a day when you realize that some things needed to shatter in order to bloom, and those things were always supposed to be you. Hope is the thing that is blooming over the cracks, when no one is looking.
There is a poem about everything in life. As many as the stars at night, as long as there are eyes to look up and ponder, and many as the…

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]]><![CDATA[✉️ letter five | 🌲 A Walk Through the Folklorian Woods: A Literary Analysis of Taylor Swift’s "folklore" + a curated reading list inspired by each song 🌲📚🎶 ]]>https://scribblesfromthewindowseat.substack.com/p/letter-five-a-walk-through-the-folklorianhttps://scribblesfromthewindowseat.substack.com/p/letter-five-a-walk-through-the-folklorianTue, 05 Aug 2025 12:42:00 GMTPicture this; it’s the 24th of July 2020. A girl wakes up, in the heart of pandemic, tucked away for months into her home that’s simmering hot and too big to contain the fear growing in her front door, with every outing she doesn’t dare to attempt. Waves are crashing somewhere in the distance, turquoise masks are lingering in every surface, a thread of …

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