Harvard professor reveals why Taylor Swift should be studied

Harvard University English Professor Stephanie Burt reveals why she is teaching a course on ‘Taylor Swift and Her World’.
“What we’re doing mostly is looking at how the songs work, why they work, how the words go with the music,” Professor Burt told Sky News Australia.
“Why they are so moving and so effective and what connection they make not just to other Taylor songs … but to other kinds of often older or other literary works.”
She said it can be considered a “literature course”.
“At this level of popularity, it’s sometimes a mystery how someone becomes this big, but we can say why does her work speak to so many people.”

[@trumpwonandyouknowit]

Showing the world how useless an Ivy League degree is.💯%😁

[@sypen1]

That’s a dude with a wig

[@Hannah_Rachel_and_Kotik]

Only in Harvard, of course teaching nonsense

[@MariaGomez-yr1zw]

Not the role model our youth needs

[@Hannah_Rachel_and_Kotik]

The worse one.

[@trumpwonandyouknowit]

Austin Powers, "'That's a mannnnn!'"

[@ianmcdonald3760]

What the Fuck is that guest wow

[@raecarver2382]

I think the CIA has already got that one covered.

[@trumpwonandyouknowit]

Imagine waking up intoxicated next to Stephen in dress.😮🤥😲🤣

[@sypen1]

Oh ffs I’m soo sick of her

[@OpEditorial]

Clicked on the video expecting ridiculousness, was not disappointed.

[@Hannah_Rachel_and_Kotik]

Clicked the comments to see if I'm the only person who thinks Harvard is nuts, and getting nuttier day by day and was not disappointed. Ivy league mu foot.

[@dolphmanity]

Are we just gonna ignore the fact that that's a bloke in a dress? He doesn't even have the decency to try to sound like a women.

[@nomyafiftyonefifty8081]

Do not worship false idols.

[@Nonsensically]

We know why HE wants Taylor Swift course. 😂😂😂

[@lessons9745]

I barely even got 2 mins into this video and had to leave.

[@nathantudor5763]

For all those jobs that require intimate knowledge of Taylor swift lyrics right?

[@stephenbachman132]

We don't need to study "The Whore of Babylon" why this is ridiculous she is a pop star.

[@trumpwonandyouknowit]

Ok, Stephen.

[@rnempson1]

Haha

[@IstandwithIsreal237]

this is a repost of a video from a month or two ago WTF going on over at sky

[@MysteriousCarnation]

In meltdown over Tucker?

[@johnahlers4539]

Dumb

[@positivepawpaw7564]

HAHAHAHAAAAA !! EMPLOYER - " YOUR QUALIFICATIONS? " JOB SEEKER - " I HAVE A DEGREE IN TAYLOR SWIFT " 😂

[@user-xo4rx8ov5o]

How embarrassing

[@kermitthehermit9588]

🥤🍿😳 Just choked on my popcoin. Clown world has gone into overdrive 🤡🌏

[@richardlafleur8389]

No wonder you choked - you're not supposed to eat coins!

[@jazzysnaps]

Professor ???? well there it is says it all.

[@Hannah_Rachel_and_Kotik]

Harvard is becoming the laughing stock of the world, day by day. 😂

[@micjisters]

shim

[@keefersmotherland1308]

Another useless class that doesnt help anyone.

[@Gavin-qh7li]

Fascinating I want to study the students who take this course and understand how their brain works and the Professor Steve would be a study in itself Fascinating

[@rnempson1]

Stephanie ????

[@SimonHardy-rt9ub]

With enough study the right candidate will recognise that corruption is important to international representation. Britney Spears ceded her dictatorship. I often cede my dictatorship, and it would be wise for Taylor to cede hers before damage is caused.

[@IstandwithIsreal237]

aw hell na

[@Hannah_Rachel_and_Kotik]

We all are hearing the snark in the reporter's voice that she's very politely holding back.

[@opinion8ed]

When is Swift gonna have a concert venue operated solely by solar power?

[@pittiedoglove]

Give me a break!!!

[@2Bros-OVO]

And people would pay money for this 😂😂😂

[@Seer645]

Steph sounds, Sounds like a Man….boy named Sue?

[@maisydaisy9970]

A transtesticle, that county is knacked.

[@damienbeck]

What a joke, Harvard use to have respect….why am I not surprised a guy named Stephanie is running the course…..

[@adzplus1]

What would the founders of Harvard think of this.... And why is the media trying to normalize this behavior

[@Barney_Rubble247]

Give me an hour, with her. 🤗

[@bringbacktheoldnormal1614]

If you like men go for it🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mireladler5383]

Why is this not ironic?

[@rnempson1]

That is so stupid

[@christophermorgan3261]

Nothing compared to how academics have explicated Madonna.

[@Want0nS0up]

Laura doesn’t look 100% on side with this weirdo. 🤣

[@iheartbeefs]

#snowqueen !

[@Hannah_Rachel_and_Kotik]

Someone, quick, invent immortality, because the youth of today will destroy the planet if we dont atick around to fix it.

[@orlandoaugustostock4578]

Im not a fan of her , i dont listening her music, and im tired of this kind of attention around her.

[@ZELJKO472]

It is shi*house music. How music has plummeted for quality and art. All computer, glamor and sex. No meaning and now no longer uplifting and inspiring. All cringe narcissism and self pleasure.

[@rubytuesday4564]

See you in say 40-50 years. Thyat mirror ain't talking straight, there. Ask a real human being under 15, female. You are in the miniscule minority.

[@raymondrhudy8681]

Don't care about Swift. Saw a better looking woman at the gas station today.

[@catherina2611]

Swift is a singer/songwriter, not a model and she's so hugely successful at it that people do care, millions of people. Your comment suggests a woman's worth doesn't extend past her looks. Apart from a song or 2, I dislike her music but because you and I are nobodies, nobody cares what we think.

[@Want0nS0up]

@@catherina2611 Modern pop music is soft pornography, nowadays. If Taylor Swift was ugly you wouldn’t even be hearing her songs on bimbo media.

[@positivepawpaw7564]

@@catherina2611 HAHAHAA !! ARE YOU SERIOUS ? OMFG

[@catherina2611]

@@positivepawpaw7564 Of course I was being serious. I didn't write anything that isn't either public knowledge or searchable. I suggest you do a little fact checking before you comment next time because it makes you look a little, well, stupid lol

[@drivebye2709]

"No. Taylor Swift is not a psy-op." 🙄

[@computer-training-for-seniors]

Sorry, Taylor who?

[@teripalmer9675]

Someone cares about harvard university? Come on just another woke joke. From a leading university to a joke. Its sad but true.

[@skyraider1656]

This is so sad. That is a dude. Harvard has fallen a long way.

[@communitychannel6188]

She is such a negative influence.

[@BetterDeadThanRed_Reject1984]

🤖 "Taylor Swift is not a psyop"

[@positivepawpaw7564]

AND NEITHER IS WUHAN GOF. 😜

[@BrandonubHalcomb]

It's pathetic what school systems have become

[@AnglowifeyfanForever]

Es interesante porque la cantante anglo es el producto de un principio, de la mitad o de él fin de un ciclo cultural. El Desafío es el después de Taylor