The Christian Tendrils of But Daddy I Love Him

The Swiftie and The Scholar · May 14, 2026 · 1h 21m

Buckle up for a long one! We are flooring it through the fences today with But Daddy I Love Him from Taylor Swift’s 2024 album, The Tortured Poets Department. We discuss common movie tropes, conservative small towns, and the lyrics Angela wants to have tattooed from this song.

Works Cited:

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell – Susanna Clarke – Aff Link

East of Eden – John Steinbeck – Aff Link

Rebel With a Cause (1955)

The Notebook (2004)

Inside Daisy Clover (1965)

How The West Was Won (1962)

Anaphora

Epiphora (or epistrophe)

the Cambridge ladies who live in furnished souls – e.e. cummings

Footloose…