Swift Tea

"You look like Taylor Swift/In this light, we're lovin' it/You've got edge, she never did/The future's bright, dazzling" - Clara Bow, The Tortured Poets Department (2024) Welcome to your Summer Book Club: Swift Tea Academy. In the fourth and final episode, join Kat and Rita as we discuss the masters buy-back, the latest era roll-out, and the impact of diaristic storytelling on meta-narrative and parasociality.  Swift Tea Academy is kindly supported by a Literature Matters Award from Royal Society of Literature. Produced by Katalina Watt Cover Art: Daiga Ellaby on Unsplash; Design via Canva Music:  Super Friendly by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ School Bell Sound Effect by freesound_community from Pixabay

"I should've asked you questions/I should've asked you how to be/Asked you to write it down for me" - Marjorie, evermore (2020) Welcome to your Summer Book Club: Swift Tea Academy. In the third and penultimate episode, join Kat and Rita as we discuss the female forebears, both blood and icon, who influenced Taylor and remind ourselves that gossip is a feminist act and storytelling is an oral traditon at its root. Swift Tea Academy is kindly supported by a Literature Matters Award from Royal Society of Literature. Produced by Katalina Watt Cover Art: Daiga Ellaby on Unsplash; Design via Canva Music:  Super Friendly by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ School Bell Sound Effect by freesound_community from Pixabay

"So, make the friendship bracelets, take the moment and taste it/You've got no reason to be afraid" - You're On Your Own, Kid, Midnights (2022) Welcome to your Summer Book Club: Swift Tea Academy. In this second episode, join Kat and Rita as we wax lyrical and get nostalgic about female friendships and the complex intensity of bonds across girl and womanhood, neatly symbolised by the ubiqutious friendship bracelet of the Eras tour.  Swift Tea Academy is kindly supported by a Literature Matters Award from Royal Society of Literature. Produced by Katalina Watt Cover Art: Daiga Ellaby on Unsplash; Design via Canva Music:  Super Friendly by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ School Bell Sound Effect by freesound_community from Pixabay

"I'm just a girl/Trying to find her place in this world" - A Place in This World, Taylor Swift (2006) Welcome to your Summer Book Club: Swift Tea Academy. In this first episode, join Kat and Rita as we explore how girlhood can look and feel through four key Swiftian eras: The Girl on the Bleachers, Cheer Captain, Miss Americana, and The Snake. Swift Tea Academy is kindly supported by a Literature Matters Award from Royal Society of Literature. Produced by Katalina Watt Cover Art: Daiga Ellaby on Unsplash; Design via Canva Music:  Super Friendly by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

We are back from our post-Eras tour hiatus to give you the tea on our newfound mature (like a fine cheese) feelings towards the Swiftie fandom and tease some exciting new announcements for the future. Produced by Katalina Watt Cover Art: Daiga Ellaby on Unsplash; Design via Canva Music:  Too Cool by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Fireflies and Stardust by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

We come back stronger than a '90s trend to talk about the Event, the Moment, the Music Industry: The Eras Tour (Kat and Rita's Version). Produced by Katalina Watt Cover Art: Daiga Ellaby on Unsplash; Design via Canva Music:  Too Cool by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Fireflies and Stardust by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Like a Swift Track 5, Kat and Rita get in their feelings for Episode 5 and apply the "mess metre" to the beloved but often overlooked sad sister album to Folklore - our winter girl Evermore. Produced by Katalina Watt Cover Art: Daiga Ellaby on Unsplash; Design via Canva Music:  Too Cool by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Fireflies and Stardust by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Rita romances Kat over dinner in their first in-person recording to discuss a 2010s pop bible re-invented. Meeting old familiars anew and how 1989 paved the way for Swift's future experiments. Cover Art: Daiga Ellaby on Unsplash; Design via Canva Music:  Too Cool by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Fireflies and Stardust by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

A bonus minisode where Kat and Rita cover the Eras Tour Film outfits, look by look! Opinions on body suits, the best 'folkmore' dresses, and the mystery of Taylor's curls and forehead.   Cover Art: Daiga Ellaby on Unsplash; Design via Canva Music:  Too Cool by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Fireflies and Stardust by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Kat and Rita share their viewing experiences and controversial opinions on the Eras Tour Film, album by album. Hot tea moments from the updated Girl Squad (2023 edition) and learning to Live Fearlessly through the power of friendship.   Produced by Katalina Watt Cover Art: Daiga Ellaby on Unsplash; Design via Canva Music:  Too Cool by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Fireflies and Stardust by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/