Anveeroy 56,916 Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 It is in the refrain, though, that Swift identifies herself most confidently as one of Plath’s risen women. Echoing the Lady Lazarus with nine lives who asserts, “Dying/Is an art, like everything else/I do it exceptionally well”, Swift recounts, “But I got smarter, I got harder in the nick of time/Honey, I rose up from the dead, I do it all the time.” Both women acknowledge the rapacity of public interest in their lives. Swift’s 2014 singles “Blank Space” and “Shake It Off” satirise the media portrayal of her as “a girl who’s crazy but seductive but glamorous but nuts but manipulative”, and Plath’s "Lady Lazarus" turns the tables on “the peanut-crunching crowd”, exploiting them as they seek to exploit her: “There is a charge/For the eyeing of my scars, there is a charge/For the hearing of my heart.” The woman formerly consumed by the male gaze becomes the consumer as she warns: “Out of the ash/I rise with my red hair/And I eat men like air.” Swift similarly warms to her new role as a femme fatale as she half-threatens, half-promises: “I’ll be the actress starring in your bad dreams.” More @ http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/taylor-swift-look-what-you-made-me-do-sylvia-plath-poet-songwriter-lyrics-singer-a7957011.html Stream Kylie-Janet Discographies! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anveeroy 56,916 Posted September 21, 2017 Author Share Posted September 21, 2017 I am a big literature enthusiastic and I would say, Enough is enough Stream Kylie-Janet Discographies! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroglamx 5,087 Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 who dares compare Taylor to the legendary Sylvia Plath, come on world... Pink flamingos always fascinated me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anveeroy 56,916 Posted September 21, 2017 Author Share Posted September 21, 2017 Just now, retroglamx said: who dares compare Taylor to the legendary Sylvia Plath, come on world... it's so pathetic! Stream Kylie-Janet Discographies! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryusei 59,929 Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 why are people making so many unnecessary articles about her Musery Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juvi 1,639 Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 like.......................................................................................... no. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sister 9,907 Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 I. Choke. The future's uncertain and the end is always near. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GypsyBabe 22,836 Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 This made my inner writer nauseous. The genius that is Sylvia Plath should not even be in the same sentence as Taylor Swift. ⚯͛ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
migamiga 12,067 Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 yeah and I'm the second coming of christ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antichrist 9,818 Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 6 minutes ago, F AM E said: yeah and I'm the second coming of christ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miracle 14,068 Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 31 minutes ago, Anveeroy said: I am a big literature enthusiastic and I would say, Enough is enough thisx1000 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earthling 3,667 Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 I thought this was some freelance writer's attempt but it's actually a university professor's article *she switched baristas. ☕️ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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