E48: Mad Women + “The Tortured Poets Department”

2024-08-14

“I was supposed to be sent away.” Today’s Summer School episode has us revisiting Episode 23: Mad Women (Spotify | Apple). We’ve discussed examples of mad women in Taylor’s Discography, but there hath been no woman scorned like the one in The Tortured Poet’s Department. After all, Taylor herself called it Female Rage: The Musical. But what about the other definitions of “madness” too? From the manic feeling of “Florida!!!” to the rage in “thanK you aIMee,” we get into it all in this week's episode! Subscribe to our Substack to get new episode updates: aptaylorswift.substack.co...

“I was supposed to be sent away.” Today’s Summer School episode has us revisiting Episode 23: Mad Women (Spotify | Apple). We’ve discussed examples of mad women in Taylor’s Discography, but there hath been no woman scorned like the one in The Tortured Poet’s Department. After all, Taylor herself called it Female Rage: The Musical. But what about the other definitions of “madness” too? From the manic feeling of “Florida!!!” to the rage in “thanK you aIMee,” we get into it all in this week's episode!

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Mentioned in this episode:

Episode 23 - Mad Women

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Harry Potter

Mad Men

Florence + the Machine

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Crime and Punishment by Dsotevyskey

Donald Glover stand up about crazy exes

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Episode Highlights:

[00:50] Introducing Mad Women

[02:20] Fortnight

[10:28] Florida!!!

[17:00] ThanK You aIMee

[29:03] I Look In People’s Windows

[37:28] The Prophecy

[42:50] Honorable Mentions

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