Michele Merritt, Ph.D. 

Questions for Discussion: 

1. What distinguishes between love and friendship? How easily are these lines blurred? How easily SHOULD they be blurred? 

2. How much of Taylor's music is rooted in "compulsory monogamy" or the idea that romantic love should only ever be between two people at one time? How much of her music about friendships/friendship breakups is also rooted in this ideology? 

3. Do you have to be friends with your lovers? Do you have to love your friends?