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<aside> 🌈 Queer History: Emily Dickinson’s poem “Tell all the truth but tell it slant” uses a simile of lightning to describe truth and it’s illuminating nature and how you might need to explain it in a softer way so that children aren’t scared of the lightning/the truth. For further analysis of this poem within the context of Taylor’s art, check out these themes: Not Straight/Spiral/Crooked/Curve/Bent/Twist/Slant Truth/Honest/True

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<aside> 👸 Relevance to Taylor’s Life: Karlie’s Carolina Herrera perfume is in a lightning bolt shaped bottle

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<aside> ➕ See also: Storm/stormy/thunder Electricity/Electrified Flashing Lights/Camera Flashes/Camera

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Debut

Fearless

Speak Now

Red

1989

• Shake It Off - I never miss a beat I’m lightning on my feet
• Wonderland (original lyrics) - I turned around to find you and you were nowhere to be found. There was screaming and lightning And I haven't been back since I had to leave you there...
• Lightning in Style MV - 13 Feb 2015

• Bad Blood MV - 17th of May 2015 - Lightning flashes after the glitch as the final fight scene commences (at this point in the video)

  

• Lightning in Wildest Dreams MV - 31st Aug 2015

Lightning flashes throughout the bridge, mixed with images of Taylor kissing the love interest, Taylor with the lion (Karlie is a Leo) and Taylor with the giraffe (Karlie describes herself as a giraffe)