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I want to say that with trans folk now being at risk of the fucking death sentence in Florida....
The time for community is Now. The time to start planning and organizing how to get our rights back is NOW. bring it up at your local LGBT craft events or book club or support group or whatever. Tell your friends. Spread the word. And maybe see which ones will have the safety and resources you'll need should a Lavender Hunt happen in your area.
And on the scarier end of reality....
This is fucking terrifying. Lots of people are at risk. Personally, I'm terrified this rhetoric will spread much like Trumpism did. I'm scared for my gf and I'm fucking scared for myself because we know historically that it isn't just trans folk on HRT or drag performers that they go after.
And you have every right to do whatever you need to protect yourself.
I'm not going to shame folks who quit HRT, who take the rainbows out of their bio, the people who start saying partner instead of revealing a gender, or anyone else taking a few steps towards the safety that the closet provides. WE shouldn't.
I fucking love you. And we'll be okay as long as we're together, okay?
We keep us safe
being infantilized and being demonized aren't mutually exclusive lol. people will do whichever is most expedient for them in the moment
classic scifi novels by men r always like. page 1 here's a cool scifi idea i had. page 2 i hate women so much it's unreal
trans people shouldn’t have to look cis to be respected
WHICH ONE OF YALL MADE THIS 😂😂😂
"I hope you live without the need to dominate, and without the need to be dominated. I hope you are never victims, but I hope you have no power over other people. And when you fail, and are defeated, and in pain, and in the dark, then I hope you will remember that darkness is your country, where you live, where no wars are fought and no wars are won, but where the future is. Our roots are in the dark; the earth is our country. Why did we look up for blessing — instead of around, and down? What hope we have lies there. Not in the sky full of orbiting spy-eyes and weaponry, but in the earth we have looked down upon. Not from above, but from below. Not in the light that blinds, but in the dark that nourishes, where human beings grow human souls."
– Ursula K. Le Guin, A Left-Handed Commencement Address
After 3 weeks of barely sleeping bc my dog was dealing with a health issue that kept us both up, I can finally reflect on the full impact of Still Life and the WeekofNastalgia that song inspired. One, I've never seen so many reaction YTers crying in reaction vids. Two, I've never cried over a song like that myself. Three, even if I didn't know BIGBANG the bittersweet, sad-but-hopeful farewell to the past that it was would have gotten me. It's a gorgeous song.
I think it's a song everyone who has aged out of their 'youth', no matter what that means to them, or has had to say goodbye to a major phase in their life, would find meaningful. It's so deep, so emotional, so beautiful. TOP's moment of turning to face the camera, mask off, after everything he went through, with the lyrics "For Life"-- I don't have words. What a powerful moment. BIGBANG are forever my favorite musical artists.
I reflected on my life more with this song in one week than I have in a long time. But it was good. I wonder how many of us move forward bc we have to but never give ourselves the time to really say goodbye.
I realized I've moved on from so many things, people, places, phases, even ideas about myself--good, bad, confusing, hard, sweet, wonderful, painful, tedious, exhausting, terrifying, minute moments of my life--but hadn't let myself mourn, reflect, remember, bury, or let go of once and for all. Still Life was a prompt to do so, and the soundtrack of that for me.
Goodbye to the past segments and themes of my life. It's a beautiful, haunting song. But it also felt like a new beginning.
I love BIGBANG's humility, I love their musicality, I love their lyrics and the passion for and maturity of their sense of music. What a group. Once in a generation. I hope so much we get more of their group music, but I can't wait for whatever they do. TOP's wine, potential record label, and first solo album are incredible endeavors I will fully support. I can't wait to hear a full album of his music, on his terms.
I recommend listening to Still Life if you have ever had to say goodbye or to move on. Or if you, like me, are standing on the edge of the rest of your life and are feeling all at once hopeful, sad, exhausted, finally excited, scared, but ready.
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holy shit BIGBANG is back after four years would you believe!! and it is ART, it is emotional, this is not a drill. like look at them their hair is super long fuck 😳 they really reinvented themselves i’m so proud
…and then of course there’s TOP dancing on the moon with a rabbit mask on LMAO
I think it's a good bye to the old big bang, and their youth as well. I think that this is just telling us that big bang is different. We can mourn the old big bang, but happier times are coming. And just because it's different doesn't mean it's sad.
