Sophie Gilbert
@sophieGG
Staff writer @TheAtlantic covering TV, books, culture. Twin parent. Tabasco superfan. Brit-ish.
ID:25558984
http://sophie-gilbert.com 20-03-2009 19:24:36
4,5K Tweets
17,7K Followers
1,0K Following
this, by Sophie Gilbert, is the closest to my (still-evolving) feelings about TTPD. It is, manifestly and textually, about getting stuck in a rut, ending up in the same place whether you date a guy for 6 years or 6 weeks, and its musical stasis reflects that theatlantic.com/culture/archiv…
Taylor Swift has long constructed her identity out of archetype, cliché, and torn-up fragments of Americana. But her new album shows her straining against tropes she's outgrown, writes Sophie Gilbert: theatlantic.com/culture/archiv…
‼️This still feels surreal but I’m writing a book. Thank you to The Atlantic for giving me the space & time to write in first place. 🥹
Winner of the National Magazine Award for Reviews & Criticism: Sophie Gilbert for three essays on desire, intimacy, and female power in pop culture: “The Death of the Sex Scene,” “Porn Set Women Up From the Start” and “Madonna Forever.” Read Sophie’s work: theatlantic.com/author/sophie-…