In another of my ‘when fandoms collide’ moments – author, radio presenter, stand up and classicist Natalie Haynes has just created a thread pairing Taylor Swift songs with goddesses from the pantheon!
Hooray! And ht to @ StefArchivist who sent me this first thing, knowing I’d be in awe!
Having moved comfortably from country into pop, Taylor released 1989 – an album bourne out of confidence that she’ll survive her greatest fears.
Brimming with similar levels of confidence is the never shy Aphrodite.
She’s got a blank space, baby, and she’ll write your name. Taylor’s 1989 Era is Aphrodite, goddess of love and desire. Nobody knows better How You Get the Girl, and if you pray to her nicely, she might even tell you.
Aphrodite is responsible for all your Wildest Dreams, imbuing us with uncontrollable desire at a moment’s notice. Depicted countless times in every art form, this goddess never goes out of Style. And of course she’s worshipped by all New Romantics.
Aphrodite is laughter-loving, and her beauty and perfection are untouched by whatever happens to her: she can simply Shake It Off. Don’t try to argue with her, though. You don’t want to have Bad Blood with this goddess.
But when she falls she falls hard, like for the beautiful Adonis. But will these two lovers ever manage to get Out of the Woods…?
Find out in Divine Might, out now!
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