Results for: be the change
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Charting Celesbian Breakup Albums: “Cheap Queen” and “Valentine”
Queer celebrity breakup albums are just the next phase of evolution from reading into celebrity post-breakup tweets. Because after all, what is a breakup album if not just a really long subtweet?
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Eight LGBTQ+ Country Music Singers on Pride and Queering Country
Harlan Howard said “All you need to write a country song is three chords and the truth” — I’m pretty sure queer folks have a lot of truth to tell.
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Five Things to do While Listening to Jasmin Savoy Brown’s “Orange Wine”
This song is well-suited for so many licentious scenarios.
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Exploring the Horniest Songs Ever Written
Join me on this wet ride to Horny Jail.
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Ranking The National Songs by How Much I’ve Cried to Them
Trying to get sober was like pulling teeth.
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Netflix’s “Ladies First” Recenters the Women of Hip-Hop in Their Complex Grit, Beauty, and Honesty
Ladies First reinstates Black women as the founders, experts, contributors who quite literally built hip-hop that they are.
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The Double Lives of Queer Church Musicians
Many of my colleagues and I have left church music leadership entirely.
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Taylor Swift’s Red (Emily Dickinson’s Version)
I never met a straight person who pines like these two!
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Creative Interviewing Creatives: Mint Simon Is the Non-Binary Voice the Music Industry and Queer Community Both Need
Mint Simon, the brand new solo project from the lead singer of alternative pop trio Caveboy, talks with me about finding fluidity in gender and sexuality during quarantine and re-emerging more themselves than ever.
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Somebody Loves You Baby: When Patti LaBelle Taught Me Black Femme Desire
After the song’s gentle teasing passes, Patti exclaims, “it’s me,” the somebody who loves you. I think of the women I have loved, despite the ways we have hurt each other.
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Queer Your Ears: Ten of the Best Albums Released by Queer and Trans Artists in 2021
Mental health was a major theme this year lyrically, as were some of the topics that can never be approached too many times — being gay, being in love, breaking up, struggling with identity, struggling with adulthood, struggling with self-sabotage.
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Seeing Bikini Kill Made Me Feel Like I Was 16 Again
Bikini Kill opened a door for me, a door that has stayed open ever since.
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With Chart-Topping Christian Album “Preacher’s Kid,” Semler Offers Companionship to Lonely Queers
‘”I thought if we could maybe get it into the top 40 on some Christian charts, then people who need it might find it and find comfort in it,” they said. “For anyone who has felt ostracized in the name of God, I was hopeful that I could share my story so they know they’re not alone. I felt so alone for a long time. I hope other people might find a bit of companionship.”
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Anishinaabe/Cree Artist Jayli Wolf on What Her New Single Says About the Sixties Scoop
Jayli Wolf talks about the video for her new single “Child of the Government” drawing from her family’s experiences of the Sixties Scoop, as well as how her bisexual identity impacts her relationships and career.
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Snuggling With Our Sadness: A Cold Months Playlist by the Team
“I have seasonal affective disorder which is what I call my year round depression when it’s winter. So, sure, Tidal is always one of my go-to sad girl albums, but it just feels so right this time of year!”
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Playlist: Musical Theatre for the End of Capitalism
We can end capitalism, and we will do it with showtunes! Because, to quote famed lesbian Elphaba, “Nobody in all of Oz, no wizard that there is or was, is EVER gonna bring me down!”
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Creative Interviewing Creatives: Mila Jam Is the Artivist the World Needs Right Now
“Most production companies and organizations feel like they check off their list of requirements by having one of us in the room. We need more inclusivity in lead roles, as well as behind the scenes. There is a lack of positive representations of black trans women. Why are we not celebrating the accomplishments of a demographic of women that overcome extreme adversity? We are beyond prostitution. We are more than secrets.”
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MALLRAT Is for Millennials Who Miss Emo & Their New Album Is the Balm We All Need
Emo is less of a genre than it is a state of mind. For MALLRAT, a queer and emotional three-piece band, it’s also a spiritual release, a community-builder, and a comfort.
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Are You Ten Years Ago: We Remember Tegan & Sara’s “The Con,” Which Changed Our Lives
“I was nineteen when The Con came out, and boy did I ever feel her in my heart.”
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Taylor Swift’s “evermore” Songs, Ranked by Gay Subtext
On Friday, December 11th, the Taylor Swift gay subtext industrial complex sprang into action when she dropped another surprise album during quarantine.