#swiftposium

[awkwardtaylorswiftdancing]

TUMBLR. It's been a minute.

Who's still out there??

With most social media platforms looking bleak and chock full of fascist-kneeling overlords these days, tumblr still feels like a weird little light

Can we get back into this again? Please??

Let start spending more time over here again and see what happens.

In the meantime, here are some gifs from the footage I took during my very very wet eras tour show at Foxboro, MA in 2023.

In 2024, I presented at the @taylorswift academic conference Swiftposium at the University of Melbourne. (Some of you were there and I nearly died of joy.)

I published a version of my presentation on my substack which can be found here:

Myth, Misogyny, Storytelling and Taylor Swift -LizGrammaticas

and give a follow to the substack over here too if you're interested in the long form way of life. grammaticas.substack.com

With love & hope for a brighter internet,

-Liz, your humble archivist of awkward taylor swift dancing gifs.

Pre-getting even more drenched at my Eras show in Foxboro, MA. *

(*my friend and I were lucky enough to get facevalue excellent seats for under $500 including fees. It was our only show, but what a show it was. Part of me still breaks for not having seen the TTPD set but again...WE GOT A REALLY REALLY REALLY GREAT SHOW EXPERIENCE. We were lucky enough to be able to swing that price. Transparency is helpful given how BONKERS the Eras ticketing was... 😭😭😭..but oh my god oh my god she made it worth every penny)

[thefabelmans2022]

am i misremembering or was taylor's last american boyfriend conor kennedy

[ts1989fanatic]

Taylor Swift: Australia to host academic conference on pop icon

Taylor Swift onstage during the Eras Tour

Australia is set to hold a world-first international academic symposium on the impact of Taylor Swift.

The "Swiftposium" will explore the megastar's influence on everything from the music industry to culture and the economy.

Organisers of the three-day event hope it will draw researchers from across the Asia-Pacific region.

It will be held in February - the same week Swift brings her record-breaking Eras Tour to Australia.

Swift - who shot to stardom as a teenager - has found herself at the centre of huge cultural moments and debates throughout her career.

The 33-year-old has become one of the highest-earning and most-decorated artists of all time, all while igniting conversations about everything from streaming royalties and music ownership to misogyny and cancel culture.

Such is the effect of Swift's current Eras Tour that she has crashed ticketing sites, experts have coined a new "Swiftonomics" trend, and places like Victoria in Australia have rushed through scalping law reform.

"She's quite a phenomenon," Swiftposium organiser Jennifer Beckett from the University of Melbourne told the BBC.

And so, while the idea for the event started with a half-serious tweet earlier this year, it quickly won the backing of seven universities across Australia and New Zealand.

"Taylor Swift really does have a very concrete impact globally, across things that affect all of us," Dr Beckett said, pointing to things like the role of women in industry, entertainment law, and even GDP.

"World leaders are begging for her to bring the Eras Tour to their country because of the economic benefits that it brings," she added.

While Swift has been the subject of university courses in the US, this is the first time a global symposium is being held to discuss her influence.

Organisers hope the conference will explore themes like the fandom phenomenon, Swift's team's "marketing masterclass", and the singer-songwriter's impact on discussions of gender, identity, race, and intersectionality. Critical analysis of her brand and influence is also welcome, they say.

The speakers will be finalised over the coming months, and plans for a ticketed event for fans to take part in is in the works.

But they have saved a Blank Space in the line-up for the superstar herself, if she wants to drop in.

"If Taylor Swift wants to come… I think all of us would have to spend some time picking our jaws up from the ground, but that invitation is definitely there," Dr Beckett said.

"TayTay if you want to come, we'd love to have you."

[mikrofwno]

Swiftposium: Ακαδημαϊκοί σε συνέδριο στη Μελβούρνη ανέλυσαν το φαινόμενο Τέιλορ Σουίφτ

Τη στιγμή που η Taylor Swift παρακολουθούσε το Super Bowl και πανηγύριζε τη νίκη των Kansas City Chiefs με τον σύντροφό της, Travis Kelce, κατά την διάρκεια του αγώνα με τους San Francisco 49ers, ερευνητές στο Πανεπιστήμιο της Μελβούρνης διοργάνωναν ένα άλλο μεγάλο γεγονός: το “Swiftposium”, ένα τριήμερο διεθνές ακαδημαϊκό συνέδριο αφιερωμένο στην πολιτιστική επίδραση της τραγουδίστριας. Αρχικά,…

[ebonynightclubblog]

Australian University to Host International Academic Symposium on Impact of Taylor Swift

[Ebony Nightclub] Rolling Stone Music News: The Swiftposium 2024 will examine the star's influence on the music industry, pop culture, and the economy http://dlvr.it/SwQYT8

[notesonartistry]

This is an interesting fact about the use of Taylor's lyrics in speeches. Not surprising, just interesting to see quantified:

"Men were more likely to quote the singer, she discovered, but they tended to use the lyrics in political attack or mockery, whereas women were far more likely to use them to support topics of debate."

[thefabelmans2022]

and what if i were to submit a paper for swiftposium 2024 the world's first academic conference on taylor swift. what then.

[notesonartistry]

Anyone wanna go to a Swiftposium???

[notesonartistry]

Turned out to be great timing for the Swiftposium!!