Yes, Taylor Swift is just as genius as Mary Shelley

As an enormous fan of both Mary Shelley and Taylor Swift, as well as the author of a gothic novel myself, I could not keep myself from inviting

Henry Oliver

onto a Substack Live to discuss his essay, “No, Taylor Swift is not Mary Shelley” which was itself a rebut of “Why Taylor Swift’s gothic work is as important as the novels of Mary Shelley or Bram Stoker.” With great love and adoration for Henry whose perspective I greatly admire and respect, of course, I came determined to thwart his case. (Spoiler alert: I did not succeed. We walked away two Mary Shelley fans one Taylor Swift fan…)

I’ll try not to keep writing about Taylor Swift but sometimes I can’t help myself. Here are previous essays I’ve written on the topic:

I watched the Super Bowl because of Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift doesn't want her photo taken