Good morning! I am writing this with a cup of coffee while continuously looking over my shoulder because, drumroll please, it is cool enough in the very early mornings to just open my windows/doors! I am thrilled, also Alexei (my cat son) would absolutely make a break for it if the screen door presented him with even the slightest opportunity (Anya prefers strolls on the roof 🙃).
The fall is on her way! Get your PSLs and long scarves and flannels and apple recipes ready, because it’s time to shine, while being cozy. Here’s some news.
+ Yes, we put Xs on our ID, but what’s it like?
Having an “Xwp_postsgender marker has helped me realize that most people don’t look at the gender marker when they’re checking ID. For the first couple of months, I expected to get questions from people checking my ID, but I haven’t gotten any. I went through airport security dozens of times last year and didn’t have the gender marker questioned once. So I’m not sure whether people understand what it means. (My friends were, of course, very excited when I showed them my changed ID soon after I got it!)
+ Some thoughts on the intersection of sexuality studies and genetic, aka is there a gay gene and so what?
+ *Professor Quirrell voice* DRAAAAAG QUEEEEEEEENS! AT VERMONT PRIDE! Just thought you should know.
+ Jennifer Kent’s lesbian murder movie is getting close to making a deal with Amazon studios.
+ What is VSCO Girl culture??? Apparently lesbian.
+ An inclusive show highlighting queer style kicked off NYFW
+ Just the queer necessities in this month’s Billboard Pride Playlist.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3XBQpLbBas5wOTfdpddnv2
+ Someone created a bisexual chair for all you nonmonosexual homies who sit all akimbo.
+🗣️ A review of The Highwomen’s first album. They’re a country supergroup taking over featuring the likes of Brandi Carlile, Maren Morris, and more. Speaking of, remember their first video??? CALL 911!!!!
+ Okay, also they cover Fleetwood Mac’s “The Chain” for this new movie that’s clearly aimed at lesbians, specifically me.
Have a happy Sunday and a happier week. Ask yourself, “what if it goes right?” instead of “what if it goes wrong?” at least once! Sit outside in the morning and feel amazed at the cool air! Even here, in Austin, if I sit outside before 7:15, it’s a beautiful 74º most days! Enjoy the beginnings of fall, but also, it’s still summer so do you! I love you, I’ll see you next week.
That highwomen video is cute but why are country music videos always so bizarre?
Cause they’re crafting a visual mythos of a rural and/or working class Americana that varies in theme from rebellion in some form to straight up jingoist pap.
I don’t have the empirical data, but music videos of female country musicians tend to skew towards the rebellion and defiance side.
Red Neck Woman lyrically is about defiance of cultural expectations of femininity and class norms, visually it supports this with AVT mudding and the women in the audience drinking and having a good rowdy time instead of being a nice quiet civilizing influence to the menfolk.
Anytime women are having a good rowdy time is a kind of defiance.
That song was god awful. I showed it to my firefighter gf and she wouldn’t stop rolling her eyes and asking why they have their helmets on.
Because they’re not actual firefighters fighting actual fires.
via GIPHY
That Bosnia pride link went to an article about people marching against Bosnian Pride :(
removed it! thank you!
I saw clip of Two of Us on YouTube and it looks good! I’m a sucker for a French movie – even though my French is atrocious at best nowadays – and this one seems fraught with angst. I’ll probably end up crying my way through it.
more High Women content!
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/597496/
I went and saw The Kitchen because of this article. I loved it. Badass women with great music!