To celebrate the launch of the Journal of Deliberative Democracy, @delibdemjournal here's a thread of Taylor Swift as deldem books.

BONUS: I am matching the book w TS tunes.

Thank you to my forever love @charlie_set for the challenge & @MammaPia for fact checking.

On the importance of deliberation to heal division: 'Band-Aids don't fix bullet holes. You say sorry just for show. If you live like that, you live with ghosts.'

Swift, T. (2015) 'Bad Blood.' 1989. Nashville: Big Machine. 

@DelibNet

On random selection: 'I've got a list of names and yours is in red, underlined' 

Swift, T. (2017) 'Look what you made me do.’ Reputation. Nashville: Big Machine. 

@KimGron @maija_setala

On the limits of instrumental rationality: 'And I'm like I just I mean this is exhausting, you know.'

Swift, T. (2012) 'We are never getting back together.' Red. Nashville: Big Machine.

@DelDemUCan because Dryzek is not on Twitter

On the value of reason-giving: 'Boys will be boys, then. Where are the wise men? Darling, I'm scared.'

Swift, T. (2019) 'Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince.'  Lover. Nashville: Big Machine.

On blind deference to minipublics: ‘Trouble, trouble, trouble.’

Swift, T. (2012) 'I knew you were trouble.’ Red. Nashville: Big Machine.

On deliberative democracy in uncertain times: 'Second, third and hundredth chances, balancing on breaking branches.'

Swift, T. and Vernon, J. (2020) 'Exile.’ Folklore. New York: Republic.  

OUT NOW!! https://delibdemjournal.org/31/volume/16/issue/1/