The Feminist Critique of Mad Woman

We are getting angry and witchy today with mad woman from Taylor Swift’s 2020 album, folklore. Uncle Jerry teaches us where the word hysteria comes from, how women have been written about for centuries, and how sometimes, we make our own monsters.
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Works Cited:
The Madwoman in the Attic – Sandra M. Gilbert and Susan Gubar – Aff Link (amzn.to/3PET9hT)
In Medias Res: Definition and Examples To Start a Story in the Middle (thewritepractice.com/in-medias-res)
Dramatic Monologue (poetryfoundation.org/education/glossary/dramat…)
Orion and Scorpius (chandra.harvard.edu/photo/constellations/scorp…)
The Mourning Bride – William Congreve (britannica.com/topic/The-Mourning-Bride)
Summa Theologica – Thomas Aquinas (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summa_Theologica)
Handlyng Synne – Robert Manning of Brunne (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handlyng_Synne)
Christian Caldwell, Woman Witchhunter (edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/crime/edinburg…)
Cassandra x mad woman x I Did Something Bad (youtube.com/watch?v=a2RHIfD4wcc)

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