attention is attention is attention

unfortunately, a taylor swift studies post

There’s this 2006 movie called The Fall that is one of those movies that sort of… disappeared… from the era of streaming. Possibly not undeservedly. (I watched it long ago, probably around 2010, because I loved Pushing Daisies and Lee Pace is in it.) Anyway, at one point there’s this terrifying stop motion bit where a group of shadowy inquisitor doctors cut open a doll’s head and pull out a bunch of wadded paper. I think of this scene basically every time I get a cold.

Which is to say: I have a cold and I’m very stupid right now. But I went on

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to talk about… well, you know, Taylor. (No points for guessing that correctly.) You can listen here (it’s behind a paywall) but I thought I’d put some thoughts below.