Ok but can we talk about how emo, as a genre, defied gender roles in a big way? Like, everything about the culture, from the guys wearing makeup and womens’ skinny jeans, to the way they got unabashedly emotional in spite of the “men aren’t supposed to cry” narrative they’d obviously been socialized with, was just this complete “fuck you” to the idea that there’s a certain way to be a “man”.
And a lot of their detractors called them “girly” or “gay”. And they didn’t give a fuck! Fall Out Boy has a whole song entitled “Gay Is Not A Synonym for Shitty”, which referenced a famous Pete Wentz quote, where he basically said that if you thought his band sucked, to just say it sucked, and not be a “homophobic asshole” about it.
And, then, geez, My Chemical Romance took it a step further, and Gerard Way outright kissed one of his bandmates at concerts purely to infuriate homophobes who were at his shows.
A lot of these bands were openly for LGBT rights, for womens’ rights. I remember one instance where some band MCR was touring with asked women to flash their tits in exchange for backstage passes. And Gerard was so horrified by this, and told his female fans to “spit in the faces” of misogynists in the rock scene.
Like, god, these bands were so progressive. And they still are. Right after the Pulse tragedy, Brendon Urie literally danced around in a pride flag and told his queer fans what they meant to him. Pete Wentz said that “Uma Thurman” was meant to show his female fans that they could be “badass”, too. And Gerard pretty much admitted in an interview to somewhat identifying with the label “nonbinary”.
That’s the most lasting impact that emo is going to have. Showing fans of all genders that there’s nothing wrong with being whoever the fuck you are, that there’s no specific way to be a man or woman. And, god, I just fucking love that.
“So every day during my set, when I’m playing my own shows, I talk about people that are transgender. I talk about it a lot because everyday basically I say: …”
I feel like disco and emo should team up and that should be the next big music thing, sort of a defiant apocalyptic dance party, because disco did this sort of thing too, the rejection of straight white male heteronormativity, and that was basically why it was killed, so, like, emo plus defiant zombie disco would be the perfect thing to play in the Mango Menace era.
idk if this is a weird or inappropriate thing for me to headcanon but logan is only 5’3, doesn’t go by his original first name, fights to protect a mistreated social minority, and his genetic clone is a little girl are u guys seeing this
You’re not allowed to watch the Matrix or any of it’s follow up movies. You’re not allowed to watch anything made by the Wachowski sisters. Why you might ask? Because the Wachowski sisters are trans women and we all know how you feel about them. If you like Super Jail you’re not allowed to watch that either.
Would anyone else like to add to the list of things Terfs aren’t allowed to watch and like?
~Mod Purple Guy
I just learned the CEO of sirius XM radio is a trans woman
Meowth in the Pokémon Anime was voiced by a trans women (Maddie Blaustein) TERFS can’t watch Pokemon.
TERFs can’t listen to the band Against Me!
They can’t listen to Steam Powered Giraffe–Bunny Bennett (Rabbit) is a trans woman.
– Mod Ford.
They can’t enjoy Rick Riordan books, they have a genderfluid character
THEY SURE AS HELL CAN’T ENJOY HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH
Axis of Awesome.
There is code written by trans women running on every Android phone, and every iPhone. Also every Chromebook and in the Chrome browser. So… have fun avoiding those.
Any of Jethro Tull’s albums from the beginning to 1979 – Dee Palmer, a trans woman, worked on string arrangements for quite a few of their songs in that time, and joined the band as a full member from ‘77 to ‘79.
Reblogging not only because I’m anti-terf, but also because it’s nice to see the accomplishments of so many trans women being highlighted like this!
Not allowed to watch Better Than Chocolate (seriously, one of the best films about girls who love girls), because one of the girl/girl romances features a trans woman. Also highlights the bathroom issue trans people face, showing why this can be a serious safety issue for trans people, and that the aggressors can be other marginalised people (in this case, a cisgender lesbian woman).
knitting in the dark 