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Emery Schubert receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Pause and think about it for a moment. For those unfamiliar, nothing will come to mind. But if you’ve heard the song of the same ...

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When I first began compiling this list of horny Taylor Swift lyrics three years ago, the very concept of a “horny Taylor Swift lyric” was, to many a less discerning listener, something of an oddity.