Anti-Hero: noun: a central character in a story, movie, or drama who lacks conventional heroic attributes. Taylor Swift thinks of herself as an indefensible anti-hero, and she tells us all about it in this smash hit from 2022. But how can a person who receives so much love live with so much self-hatred? In this new series, Mental Cages, your hosts dig deep behind the songs that are inspired by Taylor's own struggles with depression, anxiety, and self-loathing. *Explicit: Language, Self Harm, Mental Health --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/taylearning-podcast/support