Weekend Listening Post (+ links)

In news that surprises no one, I, a Known Queer, am listening to Taylor Swift at the moment. Including her previous two albums - nothing since 1989 had grabbed me, but I regret to report that with the benefit of hindsight and the Discourse having moved on, I quite enjoy Lover. 'London Boy' is a bop and the person who had the long post about the improbable sequence of locations is a killjoy.

As far as Folklore goes: I want it to be known that I believe the protagonist of Betty to be a younger version of the protagonist of Fiona Apple's 'Ladies', and I will not be taking criticism on this belief. Unless, of course, someone wished to posit that Betty herself grew into the speaker of Ladies. (I am choosing to believe that Ladies is about messy bisexual poly feels, because I can.)

In non-musical news, I have once again made little progress with audiobooks and none with podcasts. Ho Hum.

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Links:

Kate Lister (inews UK), I was diagnosed with ADHD at 35: the biggest hurdle was convincing everyone it's real.

Sheldon D, on the work of Pablo Maurer (FlashBak), Photographer updates postcards of 1960s resorts in their abandoned ruins. These are fascinating as art, and for urban exploration, and with context provided as a peep into a very specific economic and social bubble of 1960s America.

Ana Valens (Daily Dot), Public sex is at the centre of a queer culture war. Set off an intense Twitter Discourse, this did.

Lucy Scholes (LitHub), A Woman Alone In London: On the Literature of Solitude

Autistic Science Person (own blog), The spoiled brat stereotype and autistic children

Marie Mutsuki Mockett (LitHub), Is there a better way for the left to talk about American Christianity? This is very, very good.