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Disney but just the Queer Mood™ Songs, a full Spotify Playlist

Open to updates should anyone notice a song I missed!

Tracklist with specific lyrics that fuck us all up under the cut:

KEY: A general list of which songs resonate with people. The 🏳️‍🌈is for general songs; if you relate to a song but don’t see ur emoji beneath it, send me a message and I’ll add it!

🏳️‍🌈 General Queer Anthem 🌈 Gays specifically have related to this song ❤️ Gay Men specifically have related to this song 🧡 Lesbians specifically have related to this song 💕 Bisexuals/Pansexuals specifically have related to this song 💜 Asexuals/Ace-spectrum people specifically have related to this song 💚 Aromatics/Aro-spectrum people specifically have related to this song 🤍 Trans people have specifically related to this song 🖤 Nonbinary/Genderqueer people have specifically related to this song 💗 Polyamorous people have specifically related to this song

Know Who You Are - Moana

🏳️‍🌈

They have stolen the heart from inside you But this does not define you This is not who you are You know who you are...

I Wonder - Sleeping Beauty

🌈🧡

I wonder, I wonder, I wonder why each little bird has a someone To sing to, sweet things to, A gay little love melody I wonder, I wonder, I wonder if my heart keeps singing, Will my song go winging To someone, who'll find me And bring back a love song to me...

Mother Knows Best - Tangled

🏳️‍🌈 honestly this is just... a general song for some of our shitty relationships to guardian figures...

It's a scary world out there Mother knows best One way or another Something will go wrong, I swear

Me, I'm just your mother, what do I know? I only bathed and changed and nursed you Go ahead and leave me, I deserve it Let me die alone here, be my guest When it's too late You'll see, just wait Mother knows best

Don't forget it You'll regret it...

Dangerous to Dream - Frozen Broadway Production

🏳️‍🌈

I can't be what you expect of me But I'm trying every day with all I do and do not say Here on the edge of the abyss Knowing everything in my whole life has lead to this And so I pull inside myself, close the walls, put up my guard I've practiced every single day for this So why is it so hard?

I can't dwell on what we've lost And our secrecy and silence comes at such a cost

I wish I could tell the truth Show you who's behind the door I wish you knew what all this pantomime And pageantry was for

It's dangerous to wish I could make choices of my own Dangerous to even have that thought I'm dangerous just standing here for everyone to see If I let go of rules who knows how dangerous I'd be?

Reflection - Mulan

🏳️‍🌈🤍🖤- literally everyone requested this. everyone. so im just copy-pasting the entire lyrics sorry not sorry

Look at me, I will never pass for a perfect bride Or a perfect daughter Can it be I'm not meant to play this part? Now I see that if I were truly to be myself I would break my family's heart

Who is that girl I see staring straight back at me? Why is my reflection someone I don't know? Somehow I cannot hide who I am, though I’ve tried When will my reflection show who I am inside?

How I pray that a time will come I can free myself From their expectations On that day, I'll discover someway to be myself And to make my family proud They want a docile lamb No one knows who I am Must there be a secret me I'm forced to hide? Must I pretend that I'm Someone else for all time? When will my reflection show Who I am inside? When will my reflection show Who I am inside?

Everything I Ever Thought I Knew - Tangled: The Series

🏳️‍🌈 when u realize u might not be straight lol

I thought no one could love me And how could I have known? I was wrong, oh so wrong

Everything I ever thought I knew Where I've been, where I'm going Everything I counted on turned out to be untrue Could've guessed, should've known, now I do

If none of it was really me then who am I supposed to be?

I guess I'm someone else now I wonder who I am

God Help the Outcasts - Hunchback of Notre Dame

🏳️‍🌈...yeah. yeah

Yes, I know I'm just an outcast I shouldn't speak to You Still, I see Your face and wonder Were You once an outcast, too?

God help the outcasts, hungry from birth Show them the mercy they don't find on Earth God help my people, they look to You, still God help the outcasts or nobody will

I ask for nothing, I can get by But I know so many less lucky than I Please help my people, the poor and downtrod I thought we all were the children of God

Belle (Reprise) - Beauty and the Beast

🌈 when a cishet thinks ur interested smh

Madame Gaston! Can't you just see it? Madame Gaston! His little wife No, sir! Not me! I guarantee it I want much more than this provincial life!

I want adventure in the great wide somewhere I want it more than I can tell And for once it might be grand To have someone understand I want so much more than they've got planned...

Part of Your World - The Little Mermaid

🌈 SO many people requested this one guys it’s not even funny

Wandering free, wish I could be Part of that world

Betcha on land, they understand Bet they don't reprimand their daughters Bright young women, sick of swimming Ready to stand

When's it my turn? Wouldn't I love, Love to explore that shore up above?

One Jump Ahead (Reprise) - Aladdin

🏳️‍🌈

Riff-raff, street rat I don't buy that If only they'd look closer

Would they see a poor boy? No, siree They'd find out There's so much more to me...

Proud of Your Boy - Aladdin Broadway Production

🏳️‍🌈❤️🤍

That I've been one rotten kid Some son, some pride and some joy But I'll get over these lousin' up Messin' up, screwin' up times...

Water flows under the bridge Let it pass, let it go There's no good reason that you should believe me Not yet, I know, but

Someday and soon I'll make you proud of your boy Though I can't make myself taller Or smarter or handsome or wise I'll do my best, what else can I do? Since I wasn't born perfect like Dad or you...

Someone’s Waiting for You - The Rescuers

🏳️‍🌈

Be brave, little one Make a wish for each sad little tear Hold your head up though no one is near Someone's waiting for you

Always keep a little prayer in your pocket And you're sure to see the light Soon there'll be joy and happiness And your little world will be bright

Have faith, little one Til your hopes and your wishes come true

Stick to the Status Quo - High School Musical

🏳️‍🌈 🌈 YOU ALL KNOW EXACTLY WHY THIS IS HERE

No, no, no, stick to the stuff you know It is better by far to keep things as they are Don't mess with the flow, no no Stick to the status quo

Into the Unknown - Frozen 2

🏳️‍🌈

I can hear you, but I won't Some look for trouble while others don't There's a thousand reasons I should go about my day And ignore your whispers which I wish would go away

I've had my adventure, I don't need something new I'm afraid of what I'm risking if I follow you

Or are you someone out there who's a little bit like me? Who knows deep down I'm not where I'm meant to be? Every day's a little harder as I feel my power grow Don't you know there's part of me that longs to go

Where are you going? Don't leave me alone How do I follow you Into the unknown?

Go the Distance - Hercules

🏳️‍🌈

I have often dreamed of a far off place Where a great, warm welcome will be waiting for me

And a voice keeps saying This is where I'm meant to be

I am on my way, I can go the distance I don't care how far, somehow I'll be strong I know every mile will be worth my while I would go most anywhere to find where I belong

Tomorrow - Annie

🏳️‍🌈 - betcha didnt know disney had an annie movie did u

The sun will come out tomorrow Bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow There'll be sun

When I'm stuck in a day that's gray and lonely, I just stick out my chin and grin and say, oh, The sun’ll come out tomorrow So you gotta hang on til tomorrow, come what may...

Learn Me Right - Brave

🏳️‍🌈💜💚

Though I may speak some tongue of old Or even spit out some holy word I have no strength with which to speak When you sit me down and see I’m weak

We will run and scream you will dance with me We'll fulfill our dreams, and we'll be free We will be who we are, and they’ll heal our scars Sadness will be far away...

Strange Sight - Tinkerbell and the Legend of the Neverbeast

🏳️‍🌈

You stand in the light You're wrong, but you're right And my heart's beating wildly Strange how I'm scared but delighted Afraid, but excited too

I will understand you Strange how I'm drawn to the danger I reach out my hand to you

If you're caught in the shadows and turned all around Lost in the darkness, you will be found If you hear my voice, follow the sound Cause I'm here to guide you home...

I Don’t Dance - High School Musical 2

🌈 ❤️ 💕 okay so if you weren’t here for the high school musical tumblr revival you may be confused but listen... it’s about being mlm...

Step up to the plate, start swinging

I wanna play ball Now that’s all, this is what I do It ain’t no dance that you can show me

I’ve got what it takes playin’ my game So you best skin that pitch you gonna throw me, yeah I’ll show you how I swing

I can prove it to you ‘til you know it’s true Cause I can swing it, I can bring it to the diamond too You’re talking a lot, show me what you got Stop, swing!

Kiss the Girl - cover of The Little Mermaid

this version is sung by a girl so 🧡💕

There you see her, sitting there across the way She don't got a lot to say but there's something about her And you don't know why, but you're dying to try You wanna kiss the girl

Yes, you want her Look at her, you know you do It's possible she want you too There is one way to ask her...

Can You Feel the Love Tonight - The Lion King

🏳️‍🌈

An enchanted moment And it sees me through It's enough for this restless warrior Just to be with you

There's a time for everyone if they only learn That the twisting kaleidoscope moves us all in turn There's a rhyme and reason to the wild outdoors When the heart of this star-crossed voyager Beats in time with yours

And can you feel the love tonight? It is where we are It's enough for this wide-eyed wanderer That we got this far And can you feel the love tonight? How it's laid to rest It's enough to make kings and vagabonds Believe the very best

Beauty and the Beast - Beauty and the Beast

🏳️‍🌈- a lot of queer people tend to empathize with “beastly” characters so we all latched the fuck onto this movie huh

Just a little change, small to say the least Both a little scared, neither one prepared

Ever just the same, ever a surprise Ever as before, ever just as sure As the sun will rise

Tale as old as time, tune as old as song Bittersweet and strange, finding you can change Learning you were wrong...

Healing Incantation - Tangled

🏳️‍🌈🤍🖤

Heal what has been hurt Change the fates' design Save what has been lost Bring back what once was mine

So Close - Enchanted

🏳️‍🌈🌈

A life goes by, romantic dreams will stop So I bid mine goodbye and never knew So close was waiting waiting here with you And now, forever, I know All that I wanted to hold you so close

Oh, how could I face the faceless days If I should lose you now?

So close to reaching that famous happy end Almost believing this one's not pretend Let’s go on dreaming though we know we are So close, so close, and still So far...

If Only - Descendants

🏳️‍🌈🌈

A million thoughts in my head Should I let my heart keep listening? Cause up 'til now, I've walked the line Nothing lost but something missing I can't decide what's wrong, what's right Which way should I go?

Every step, every word With every hour I'm feeling in To something new, something brave To someone I've never been

Will you still be with me When the magic's all run out?

If only I knew what my heart was telling me Don't know what I'm feeling Is this just a dream? If only I could read the signs in front of me I could find the way to who I'm meant to be

Wherever You Are - Pooh’s Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin

🏳️‍🌈- out of context could be interpreted as romantic, esp since the credits version is a duet (🌈 💕) but the original context is friendship so honestly it’s very 💜💚

I'm out here in the dark, all alone and wide awake Come and find me I'm empty and I'm cold, and my heart's about to break Come and find me

I need you to come here and find me Cause without you, I'm totally lost I've hung a wish on every star It hasn't done much good so far I can only dream of you

But when the morning comes and the sun begins to rise, I will lose you Because it’s just a dream, when I open up my eyes, I will lose you

I used to believe in forever, But forever is too good to be true I've hung a wish on every star It hasn't done much good so far

I don't know what else to do Except to try to dream of you And wonder, if you're dreaming too Wherever you are

I Won’t Say (I’m In Love) - Hercules

🏳️‍🌈 🌈 💕

If there's a prize for rotten judgment, I guess I've already won that

Who d'you think you're kiddin'? He's the earth and heaven to ya Try to keep it hidden Honey, we can see right through ya Girl, you can't conceal it We know how you feel And who you're thinking of

I thought my heart had learned its lesson It feels so good when you start out My head is screaming "Get a grip, girl!" Unless you're dying to cry your heart out

You keep on denying Who you are and how you're feeling Baby, we're not buying Hon, we saw you hit the ceiling

This scene won't play I won't say I'm in love

At least out loud, I won't say I'm in love

Endless Night - The Lion King Broadway Production

🏳️‍🌈🤍 🖤

Where has the starlight gone? Dark is the day How can I find my way home? Home is an empty dream, lost to the night Father, I feel so alone

When will the dawning break, oh, endless night Sleepless I dream of the day

I know that the night must end And that the sun will rise I know that the clouds must clear And that the sun will shine

Set Yourself Free - Tangled: The Series

🏳️‍🌈🤍

There's much more inside of you than anyone can see And now the choice is yours Life waits beyond the doors So step on through, the time has come And only you can set yourself free!

No one else can tell you what to do Or who to be! No one gets to say if you will stay or go

Look inside your heart and find the key... And set yourself free!

Bound up by your worries Trapped by your mistakes Forced to play a role you never chose Why not test your limits? You've got what it takes Let it out and follow where it goes

No more letting someone else define you to a "T" You know that you are strong You've known it all along So seize the day, let down your hair You’ll find a way to set yourself free!

So look to the horizon Open up your wings! Fly away to find your destiny... And set yourself free!

Speechless - Aladdin 2019 Remake

🏳️‍🌈 ALL OF US ALL OF US

Here comes a wave meant to wash me away A tide that is taking me under

Cause I'll breathe when they try to suffocate me! Don't you underestimate me! Cause I know that I won't go speechless!

Written in stone, every rule, every word Centuries old and unbending "Stay in your place, better seen and not heard," Well, now that story is ending

Try to lock me in this cage! I won't just lay me down and die! I will take these broken wings And watch me burn across the sky!

I’m Still Here (Jim’s Theme) - Treasure Planet

🏳️‍🌈❤️🤍

I am a question to the world Not an answer to be heard Or a moment that's held in your arms

You don't know me And I'll never be what you want me to be

And what do you think you'd understand I'm a boy - No, I'm a man You can't take me and throw me away And how can you learn what's never shown Yeah, you stand here on your own They don't know me, cause I’m not here

And I want to tell you who I am Can you help me be a man They can't break me As long as I know who I am

They can't tell me who to be 'Cause I'm not what they see Yeah, the world is still sleepin' While I keep on dreaming for me And their words are just whispers and lies That I'll never believe!

Crossing the Line - cover of Tangled: the Series

🏳️‍🌈 🧡 tfw when u are DONE with that fuckin closet

This has to stop now This thing where you think that you've been my friend And don't even hear how you condescend The way you've always done

How I've tried to jump that great divide! But I've never got the chances you were given You don't know how much I've been denied Well, I'm not being patient anymore

I'm crossing the line! And I'm done holding back So look out, clear the track, it's my turn! I'm taking what's mine Every drop, every smidge If I'm burning a bridge, let it burn! But I'm crossing the line...

Let it Go - Frozen

🏳️‍🌈 listen. i do not have to explain this one. you all know exactly why it’s here. we were all tiny gays in 2013 losing our shit in the theater for no discernable reason why. we know

Couldn't keep it in, Heaven knows I tried

Don't let them in, don't let them see Be the good girl you always have to be Conceal, don't feel, don't let them know Well, now they know!

Let it go! Let it go! Turn away and slam the door! I don't care what they're going to say!

It's funny how some distance makes everything seem small And the fears that once controlled me can't get to me at all!

No right, no wrong, no rules for me I'm free!

I'm never going back, the past is in the past!

Let it go! Let it go! And I'll rise like the break of dawn Let it go! Let it go! That perfect girl is gone!

This is Me - Camp Rock

🏳️‍🌈 🧡 💕 🤍

I've always been the kind of girl that hid my face So afraid to tell the world what I've got to say But I have this dream right inside of me I'm gonna let it show it's time To let you know It's to let you know

Do you know what it's like to feel so in the dark? To dream about a life where you're the shining star

This is real, this is me I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be, now Gonna let the light shine on me Now I've found who I am there's no way to hold it in No more hiding who I wanna be...

Breaking Free - High School Musical

🏳️‍🌈 🖤

You know the world can see us In a way that's different than who we are Creating space between us 'Till we're separate hearts But your faith it gives me strength Strength to believe

Soarin, flyin There’s not a star in heaven that we can’t reach If we’re trying, yeah we’re breaking free We’re running, climbin To get to the place, to be all that we can be Now’s the time, so we’re breaking free

True To Your Heart - Mulan

🏳️‍🌈 🌈

Baby, I knew at once that you were meant for me Deep in my soul, I know that I'm your destiny Though you're unsure Why fight the tide Don't think so much Let your heart decide

True to your heart You must be true to your heart That's when the heavens'll part And, baby, shower you with my love Open your eyes Your heart can tell you no lies And when you're true to your heart I know it's gonna lead you straight to me

Someone ya know is on your side can set you free I can do that for you if you believe in me Why second guess what feels so right Just trust your heart And you'll see the light

Never Knew I Needed - The Princess and the Frog

🏳️‍🌈 🌈 💕

For the way you changed my plans For being the perfect distraction For the way you took the idea that I have Of everything that I wanted to have And made me see there was something missing...

My accidental happily ever after The way you smile and how you comfort me with your laughter I must admit you were not a part of my book But now if you open it up and take a look You're the beginning and the end of every chapter

You're the best thing I never knew I needed So when you were here I had no idea You'd be the best thing I never knew I needed So now it's so clear I need you here always

Colors of the Wind - Pocahontas

🏳️‍🌈 - colors.... rainbows.... yea

How can there be so much that you don't know? You don't know...

You think the only people who are people Are the people who look and think like you But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger You'll learn things you never knew, you never knew

How high will the sycamore grow If you cut it down, then you'll never know And you'll never hear the wolf cry to the blue corn moon For whether we are white or copper skinned We need to sing with all the voices of the mountains We need to paint with all the colors of the wind...

I See the Light - Tangled

🏳️‍🌈 🌈 - you would not BELIEVE how many of y’all requested this one

Now I'm here, blinking in the starlight Now I'm here, suddenly I see Standing here, it's all so clear I'm where I'm meant to be

Now she's here shining in the starlight Now she's here, suddenly I know If she's here it's crystal clear I'm where I'm meant to go

And at last I see the light And it's like the fog has lifted And at last I see the light And it's like the sky is new And it's warm and real and bright And the world has somehow shifted

All at once, everything looks different Now that I see you

Strangers Like Me - Tarzan

🏳️‍🌈 🤍 🖤- that moment when u find another queer person and ur like “holy shit”

I can see there's so much to learn It's all so close and yet so far I see myself as people see me Oh, I just know there's something bigger out there

Come with me now to see my world Where there's beauty beyond your dreams Can you feel the things I feel Right now, with you Take my hand There's a world I need to know...

Why Should I Worry? - Oliver & Company

🏳️‍🌈- we’re queer, we’re here, get used to it

Why should I worry? Why should I care? I may not have a dime But I got street savoir-faire Why should I worry? Why should I care? It's just be-bopulation And I got street savoir-faire

Why should I worry? Why should I care? And even when I crossed that line I got street savoir-faire

Welcome - Brother Bear

🏳️‍🌈 pride parade amirite

Everyone's invited This is how we live We are here for each other, happy to give All we have we share And all of us we care

There's a bond between us nobody can explain It's a celebration of life We see our friends again I'll be there for you I know you'll be there for me, too So come on!

This has to be the most beautiful The most peaceful place I've ever been to It's nothing like I've never seen before When I think how far I've come I can't believe it And yet I see it In them I see family I see the way we used to be...

The Great Divide - Tinkerbell and the Secret of the Wings

🏳️‍🌈

I'm on your side Let's take this ride And together we're facing the world Doing things nobody's done before And the great divide doesn’t seem so wide anymore

With You by My Side - Tangled: the Series

💗 - tangled the series was so close to being canon polyam istg

Now; now more than ever We must stick together united

If we're destined to head in our own different ways Let's make the most of these sweet final days Why not go out in a glorious blaze

There's nothing I couldn't do Not with you by my side What in the world would I do Without you by my side...

Love Will Find a Way - The Lion King 2: Simba’s Pride

🏳️‍🌈 🌈

In a perfect world One we've never known We would never need to face the world alone They can have the world We'll create our own I may not be brave or strong or smart But somewhere in my secret heart

And if only they could feel it too The happiness I feel with you

Like dark turning into day Somehow we'll come through Now that I've found you Love will find a way I know love will find a way

Space Between - Descendants 2

🧡 never have i ever seen gays flock to a song faster

And you can find me in the space between Where two worlds come to meet I'll never be out of reach Cause you're a part of me so you can find me in the space between You'll never be alone No matter where you go We can meet in the space between

Even if we're worlds apart You're still in my heart It will always be you and me, yeah

If I Never Knew You - Pocahontas

🏳️‍🌈🌈

And if I never held you I would never have a clue How at last I'd find in you The missing part of me...

In this world so full of fear Full of rage and lies I can see the truth so clear In your eyes So dry your eyes

If I never knew you I'd be safe but half as real Never knowing I could feel A love so strong and true

I thought our love would be so beautiful Somehow we'd make the whole world bright I never knew that fear and hate could be so strong All they'd leave us were these whispers in the night But still my heart is saying we were right

I’d Give Anything - Tangled: the Series

🧡 rapunzel’s sad breakup song

So if you find that you're in darkness or despair Though you won't turn to me please know I'll be right there Name any sacrifice, I'll pay the price that's due Cause I'd give anything for you Yes, I'd give anything to relive everything we knew...

Someday - Hunchback of Notre Dame

🏳️‍🌈

I used to believe In the days I was naïve That I'd live to see A day of justice dawn And though I will die Long before that morning comes I'll die while believing still It will come when I am gone

Someday, when we are wiser When the world's older, when we have learned I pray someday we may yet live To live and let live

Someday, these dreams will all be real Till then we'll wish upon the moon Change will come, one day Someday soon...

No One Is Alone - Into the Woods

🏳️‍🌈

Mother cannot guide you, now your on your own. Only me beside you, still you're not alone. No one is alone. Truly, no one is alone…

People make mistakes Holding to their own Thinking they’re alone

Someone is on your side, someone else is not While we’re seeing our side, maybe we forgot They are not alone, no one is alone...

I Am Moana (Song of the Ancestors) - Moana

🏳️‍🌈 🤍 - it’s about the self-acceptance binch

Sometimes, the world seems against you The journey may leave a scar But scars can heal and reveal just Where you are

The people you love will change you The things you have learned will guide you And nothing on Earth can silence The quiet voice still inside you

I've delivered us to where we are I have journeyed farther I am everything I've learned and more Still it calls me

And the call isn't out there at all, it's inside me! It's like the tide, always falling and rising I will carry you here in my heart, you remind me That come what may I know the way

Show Yourself - Frozen 2

🏳️‍🌈 - this one was claimed immediately by the queer community and we all have a stake in it but i do want to point out that i got this from a LOT of 🤍 🖤 💜 💚

I have always been a fortress Cold secrets deep inside You have secrets too But you don't have to hide

I've never felt so certain All my life, I've been torn But I'm here for a reason Could it be the reason I was born? I have always been so different Normal rules did not apply Is this the day? Are you the way I finally find out why?

Oh, show yourself Let me see who you are... Come to me now Open your door Don't make me wait One moment more!

(Come, my darling, homeward bound) I am found!

Transformation / Beauty and the Beast (Reprise) - Beauty and the Beast Broadway Production

🏳️‍🌈

We are home, we are where we shall be forever Trust in me, for you know I won’t run away from today This is all that I need, and all that I need to say Don’t you know how you’ve changed me? Strange how I finally see I found home, you’re my home, stay with me...

Finale / Let it Go - Frozen Broadway Production

🏳️‍🌈 this makes me bawl so it gets finale

There’s so much I longed to say Then say it all, beginning with today It’s like a dream I thought could never be Elsa, you’re free

Here we stand in the light of day Let the sun shine on

I take this warmth within and send it up above Goodbye to dark and fear, let’s fill this world with light and love And here surrounded by a family at least We’re never going back, the past is in the past

Let our true love go Let it go!

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Girls Interrupted, Chapter 1: The Institution: 1, Katya: 0 (Vatya) 1/2 - Maeve

AN: Hi, everyone! I suppose this is my debut as a fan fiction author, and I’m super nervous. I never thought that I would be a writer, myself, but when I suggested a Vatya fic outline, some of you lovely people encouraged me to give it a try. ConCrit is always welcome! I tried my hardest, and I hope you enjoy! EEK!

August air is like a woman in heat: wet, warm, and not in the mood to do favors.

The short walk from her baby blue Beetle to the cafeteria doors left Katya sweating like a hooker in church. “Part-time-clown working a corner in the Red Light District” was a solid look, but Katya was beginning to doubt that it was the right choice for the first day of the new school year. The fabric of her long-sleeved dress clung to her skin uncomfortably.

If the funfetti doesn’t cover my sweat stains, I’m suing, Katya thought.

She tried to smooth down the sheer fabric out of habit. Katya took a deep breath before throwing open the glass door and bracing herself for a head-on collision with nostalgia. White floors, harsh light, kitchen clatter—too much for a Wednesday.

It’s an A/B day. First period: English, room 316. She repeats the mantra again and again in her head. If she loses the thought, she’ll never be able to find her way back.

Pussy, she chastised.

Katya’s bright red combat boots plunk across the linoleum and up three flights of rubber stairs. She might apologize for shattering the silence if anyone else were around, but the English corridor remains silent.

She, In her loud dress and noisy shoes, looked very out of place.

Mother, I’ve breached a sterile environment.

The white walls and white floors seemed to stretch for miles in either direction. Katya had forgotten how sad the white looked without students against it.

Mrs. McPhee’s door, like all the other doors, was an unremarkable brown. Katya stared into it and tried to reconcile the empty canvas with the image of the imp of an english teacher described by the upperclassmen . No dice. Perhaps her friends were exaggerating their hatred for the woman behind the unassuming door. It would be nice to think the best of people, but she knew she lived in a time when that didn’t happen often. People suck; get with the program.

An eternity later the bell rang and Katya got to her feet before the horde could pull a mufasa on her. The unremarkable door swung open, revealing a short woman with a tight face and copper hair.

This could be trouble, an alarm flashed in her mind.

However, her body did not have time to trigger a fight or flight response. The older woman flashed Katya a bright smile, taking in her first student of the year. Mrs. McPhee enthusiastically extended her hand for Katya to shake.

“Hi there! I’m Mrs. McPhee! It’s so nice to meet you!” She all but chirped.

Katya snapped out of her thoughts and accepted the gesture. “I’m Katya. It’s nice to meet you too,” the teen delivered the customary response before Mrs. McPhee ushered her inside.

“Feel free to sit anywhere! I need to run to the copy room and grab a few things for class today. There’s an ice breaker activity on the tables that you can get started on,” she said before ducking out into the hall.

Someone’s had their morning coffee, Katya quipped, the corners of her mouth turning up in a small smile.

Familiar faces began to fill the chairs at the tables, but Katya had yet to find one she’d spoken more than a sentence to. The presence of her long time crush, Trixie Mattel, in the seat across from her did nothing to quell her growing anxiety, either.

A frantic Mrs. McHale returned with arms full of papers shortly after the end of the passing period. Katya could hear the eyes rolling at the sight of her. Cue the secondhand embarrassment.

Copies of the syllabus made their way around the room. Katya tried desperately not to wince as her English teacher introduced the “phone spa” where phones would live during class.

It wasn’t hard for Katya to become lost in her own thoughts once again.

Is there going to be a project on the summer reading? Is my copy of All the Light We Cannot See—which I’ve annotated the crap out of—going to be of any use to me at all?

The blonde was fucked if they were going to have to do an in-depth analysis of the text. The only thing she could remember about it was that the girl, Marie-Or-Something, was blind. And that only stuck with her because of the cackling fit she had on the floor when her mom asked her why she chose the book. And, of course, it was stupid. It was too hilarious that a book with a title about not being able to see the light had a protagonist who was blind, and thus, literally could not see the light.

The thought brought a smile to Katya’s face even now. It was unlikely that Anthony Doerr intended to make an ironic joke about a blind girl, but Katya liked to believe that humor wasn’t dead. Was it terrible? Yes. But come on, she literally couldn’t see the light. Because she was blind. Katya snorted at the mental picture that formed and immediately covered her mouth. Scanning the room, Katya determined that she hadn’t drawn any attention to herself. That was, until she caught Trixie Mattel’s unimpressed gaze.

Go figure, Katya scowled, I bet she thinks I’m keeping squirrels in the space between my ears. The teen could feel her cheeks flush beet red in embarrassment. She darted her eyes down to the syllabus, suddenly finding classroom procedures intriguing.

Fuck! Shit. She thinks I’m a freak, and she’s going to tell all her friends. Everyone will stare. You’re an embarrassment, a fool a—

Lady luck chose the opportune time to smile down on Katya, for it was an A/B day, and that meant classes were much shorter. The shrill bell sounded over the loudspeaker and silenced her pleas to be wished out of existence.

Katya’s second period was library aide. It was the perfect opportunity for her to get ahead on homework when she wasn’t needed. However, she knew full well that she’d spend the hour and a half people watching and reading obscure works.

The library was empty this morning and she cou;d take a moment to compose herself. Mrs. Slay, the librarian, gave her a brief runthrough of her duties and explained library procedures. Afterwards, she released Katya to her own devices.

Katya had never actually spent much time in the school’s library. The harsh, fluorescent lighting did nothing to make the room look cozier. Dozens of tall wooden shelves framed large areas along with some extra shorter shelves of books.

Katya trailed her fingers along dusty spines, hoping that a title would catch her eye.

Her third period class, theater, was on the first floor. A lot of people found it weird that a self-identifying technician was still involved in normal theater classes. Katya began her career on the stage, though. Her stage fright and lack of singing and dancing abilities were not about to stop her from growing as a performer. She promised herself that she’d audition for the play this year.

Ginger was waiting for Katya in their usual seats when she entered the black box. The blonde smiled at her best friend, taking a moment to look over the other faces in the space before joining her long-time companion.

Unfortunately, another year had not flushed out the riff-raff. Katya scowled, new year, same bullshit. The blonde shared a knowing glance with Ginger.

Rolaskatox—the inseparable trio of Roxy, Alaska, and Detox—remained front and center. Sharon and Jinkx camped out in the back, and Tammy sat awkwardly on her own with Raja and Manila nearby. Pearl and Trixie gossiped to their left.

After Ms. P, the theater teacher for juniors and seniors, passed out the syllabus, they gathered in a circle. Playing stale warm-up games never failed to put the majority of the class in a pissy mood. It was no secret that half of the room hated the other half of the room; times when they were all forced to work together were toxic.

The second activity Ms. P had put on the agenda for that morning was not any better: duet scenes. The oblivious woman thought it would be a fantastic idea to assign partners at random for the scenes. Katya’s heart jumped in her throat when their teacher called Alaska Honard’s name along with hers.

Alaska had long, silky golden hair, soft pink lips, and big doe eyes. She was easily the tallest girl in their grade (and quite possibly in their school). She had legs for days, and they looked stunning under that short green cheer skirt in Katya’s opinion. And most of the student body’s opinion. Alaska might have been the nicest girl on the cheer squad, but Katya was sure that this encounter could still be fatal.

Katya hesitantly approached Alaska, who had yet to stop chatting with Roxy and Detox, and cleared her throat.

“Um, Alaska, I have our scene…If you want to go work on it…” Katya trailed off, digging the toe of her boot into the black floor.

Three pairs of eyes turned to look at her. She could feel the eye roll and once over from tweedle dee and tweedle dum. Instead, she focused on the tight smile the blonde in the middle gave her. Alaska nodded and followed her out of the black box.

The two girls made their way to the anti-lobby in without a word. Neither of them knew how to break the silence between them.

It was Katya who bit the bullet “Look, Alaska, I know you’re not thrilled about being my partner. But I care about the work I do in this class, and I know you do too. So can we just—”

“I’m sorry about them,” Alaska cuts her off. The confusion and shock is visible on Katya’s face, and Alaska feels the need to further elaborate. “Rotox…they’re rotted cunts sometimes. I think you’re a great actress, and I’m actually pretty glad to be working with you,” Alaska confessed . She ducked her head, and a long, golden lock fell into her eyes. Katya had to clutch the fabric at her thighs in order to resist the urge to brush it behind the taller girl’s ear.

“Okay then,” Katya breathed a sigh of relief, “Let’s get this show on the road.”

Katya could not believe the success she’d had on her scene with Alaska in theater. Maybe cheerleaders—well, certain cheerleaders—weren’t so bad after all. Katya was feeling optimistic as she made her way back up to the third floor for biology.

Are all biology classrooms supposed to reek of formaldehyde? Katya wrinkled her nose in disgust. There were tables made up of four desks clustered in front of the whiteboard at the front of the room. The back half of the room contained lab tables and equipment. Katya figured they would not be spending the majority of their time in there. Again, not wanting to draw attention to herself, she slipped into an empty desk near the back of the room. Their teacher, Mrs. Yates, shuffled around marking students present—to save time, Katya supposed. She finished moments before the tardy bell rang, and the students quieted as she took her place at the front of the room.

Mrs. Yates opened her mouth when the door slammed open. The culprit was captain of the cheer team, Violet Chachki, or what Katya swears, must be the devil in high heels. Satan made eye contact with a startled Mrs. Yates and lazily flashed her a small slip of paper. Hot pink: Coach Calhoun’s signature color.

“You must be Violet Chachki!” The friendly woman greeted. “Why don’t you take a seat next to Katya in the back?”

The gentle instruction wasn’t an option for Violet. The only empty seats left were at Katya’s table. Katya felt as though Mrs. Yates had just declared it open season on quirky blondes with questionable fashion sense. Dread pooled in her stomach; she was too young to die.

Similarly, Violet visibly recoiled at the idea of sitting next to some theater clown. Violet’s withering gaze focused on Katya, but she was certain it wasn’t her that the fuming brunette was plotting to crucify. Katya pitied whichever of her bimbo cheerleader friends forgot to save her a seat.

Violet chose the desk across from Katya. The blonde didn’t resist the opportunity to take a magnifying glass to the untouchable girl, herself.

Violet chachki was stunning. If looks could kill, the school would be a cemetery by now. She was a dark horse, a vixen, a black widow, the kind of beautiful that hurts you if you get too close. A girl like that did not belong here. Katya watched in awe as Violet’s manicured hand brushed long onyx strands back into place.

Unfortunately, Katya was no Double O Seven, and it didn’t take Violet long to pick up on the attention she was getting. The same painted fingers removed themselves from dark, silky waves and ventured closer to Katya’s face. They snapped suddenly, and Katya almost fell out of her blue plastic chair.

She only had a second to recover when Violet spat venom at her. “Hey, Bozo the Cunt, has the lack of oxygen in your tiny car affected your ability to function, or are you just simple?”

“Bozo the Cunt”? That’s new. Mother, I’ve made a name for myself. Katya brought her eyes up to look at Violet. Her failure to provide a timely response did her no favors and the she-demon’s ruby red lips curled into a snarl. If Katya could feel her legs, she would be running to the nearest place of worship.

“Quit staring at me, freak,” Violet hissed. Katya met violet’s piercing eyes with her own sheepish blue ones.

“I-I uhm…Sorry. You look nice today?” Katya offered with shrugged shoulders. She wouldn’t buy her excuse either.

The brunette rolled her brown eyes, fishing her sparkly red phone from her bag and leaving Katya to pick at her hands.

Mrs. Yates saved Katya’s cuticles when she passed out materials for the students to make makeshift nameplates for their desks. Katya was a sucker for crafts. She wasted no time in writing her name in thick, red letters. A large, yellow sickle and hammer ran through the center of the page and black Russian characters accented her work of art. Katya was proud of herself. Capping the black marker, she took a risk and peeked at Violet’s handiwork.

Violet chose a clean and classical look for her own sign. V I O L E T was spelled out in deep purple, looping script.

Katya sighed. It was going to be a long year if the ice queen froze her out completely. At least Katya enjoyed biology.

After everyone was finished with their nametags, Mrs. Yonkin passed out an ice breaker activity designed to help the students get to know everyone at their table. Unfortunately, it was an activity where you had to interview a partner, and Katya’s partner was clearly unwilling.

“I don’t see why we have to talk,” Violet complained. “Trade papers with me so we can fill out our own answers. I’m tired of working with people that are not myself.”

Katya couldn’t help but feel a bit insulted. It wasn’t like she had herpes or something. They didn’t even have to share their entire life stories with each other; a favorite color is as generic as it gets. If the bitch wanted to be difficult, Katya sure as hell wasn’t going to make it easy for her.

“Look, Princess, I don’t know anything about science other than it’s really good for you,“ Katya bit back, “But I haven’t done enough crack to melt my brain. Do you honestly think people would believe that you could produce chicken scratch like this?” The blonde gestured pointedly to the top of her own page where she had scrawled out her name. Violet pinched the bridge of her nose.

“Oh and I’m also not bad at science. It was a joke, A bad one,” Katya tried to assure the frustrated girl in front of her. Her words of comfort did little to change her new partner’s mood, though. She tried again, “What’s your favorite color?”

#rpdr fanfiction #katya zamolodchikova #violet chachki #trixie mattel #alaska thunderfuck #vatya #high school au #lesbian au #slow burn #fluff #angst #enemies to friends #enemies to lovers #drama #maeve #girls interrupted #concrit welcome #tw anxiety and depression

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Matters of the heart S2 Ep3

Matters of the heart Season 2 Episode 3: Of sickness and Sorrows {OPENING CREDITS}

{Open to Corona castle and pan down the hallway to a doorway} Lily: ACHOO! Cyrus: *wipes his face*....lovely...thank you, sister. Lily: oh, sorry Cyrus. Cryus: You're sneezing, you're coughing, and you have a fever please just let me tell mother that you will be absent at the banquet this afternoon. Lily: we can't do that and you know it. mother already promised that at least two of the royal children would be there. Cyrus: well you're very ill... I'm sure that whomever is in attendance would be understanding why you couldn't attend. Lily: I'm going and that's final... you may be the oldest but you're still not the boss of me. Cyrus: I'm sure we could find someone to take your place. it's really no trouble. Lily: Cyrus the answer to our troubles is not going to just come waltzing through the door. {Isaiah walks in} Isaiah: hello everyone! your day just got a lot better you're welcome. Lily: ISAIAH! *buries self under covers* Cyrus: oh lovely... hello Isaiah. a pleasure to see you. Isaiah: Prince Cyrus…*bows* Cyrus: at least you seem to know your manners. {Lily kicks him} Cyrus: HEY! Isaiah: Lily, what's wrong with you? you look like you were hit by a wagon! Lily: something that every girl likes to hear... I believe I've caught the flu and it couldn't be at a worse time. the Royal Banquet is this afternoon and I promised that I'd make an appearance. there's so much I have to do. Cyrus: and once again I say everyone will understand if you choose not to attend! Isaiah: he's right Lily you need to rest. {Isaiah places a hand on her forehead and lily blushes and lightly squeals} Cyrus: ugh, I do believe I threw up a bit in my mouth. Lily: Oh do shut up... I should probably call my handmaiden to help me get dressed. Cyrus: you are not going anywhere. You are staying in bed and that is final! Lily: But who's going to take care of all the things I promised to do!? Cyrus: I'm sure I'll find the time to take care of them. Lily: you have enough on your plate as it is! Isaiah: I could do it… {they both turn and look at him withbewilderment} Cyrus: You!? Isaiah: why not? I was raised as a noble for five years I know the basics. Lily: Isaiah I know of your history with the court... are you sure that you're up to this? Isaiah: well if your brother has too much to do and you're sick I don't really see any other option. Lily:... all right then.. Cyrus, could you do me a favour and ask my handmaiden to deliver some Noble clothing for Isaiah? Cyrus: But-...I...-you... we're all going to die… {Cryrus exits frame; cut to Lily standing outside of a changing room in her nightgown} Lily: everything alright in there? Isaiah: I just sort of forgot how difficult it was to put on these types of clothing... I should be out in a minute. Lily: I really can't thank you enough for this. Isaiah: it's no bother really! {Isaiah steps out in lovely green suit and hair all fixed} Isaiah: well how do I look, m’lady? Lily:.... will you excuse me a second? {Lily goes into the changing room; she shuts the door and promptly squeals before stepping out} Lily: Alright! I’m good now. Isaiah: Good now you get back to bed! everything is completely under control. { had to Isaiah walking in the hallway} Isaiah: I have no idea what I'm doing... why did I say I could do this!? am I insane!? I haven't acted nobly for several years! alright just calm down.... remember your basics. say please and thank you. always bow when saying hello. hold your head high. shoulders back and- {he bumps into someone} Isaiah: oh! Terribly sorry! I-....oh no… {two nobles about Isaiah’s age turn around and smirk upon seeing him} Colette: Doth my eyes deceive me? Lawrence: Isaiah? Is it truly you? Isaiah: *bows* Lady Colette...Lord Lawrence...a pleasure… {Colette holds out her hand and Isaiah flinches} Isaiah: o-oh! Of course! {he kisses her hand} Lawrence: I’m surprised, Isaiah! Several years as a peasant and your manners are still flawless. Colette: *hits Lawrence with her fan* Brother! How repugnant! He cannot help the disgrace that is his father! Be respectful! {Isaiah tightens his fist} Colette: will you be attending the banquet? Isaiah: Yes. Unfortunately, Princess Lily is under the weather and cannot attend. I will be fulfilling her duties for the day. Lawrence: Ah! So you will be giving the banquet performance? How grand! Isaiah:....what?...Uh-I mean- Pardon? Colette: surely her highness explained, no? She was to give a live performance of her choosing to the court. Isaiah: ....no..I..can’t say she did. Both Colette and Lawrence: ooooh… Colette: Well, then this WILL be grand! Lawrence: Indeed! Colette: fair well Isaiah! Lawrence: We look forward to your...intresting performance. {They walk away giggling; Cut to Isaiah walking into the Garden courtyard as Nobility of all kinds congregate} Rapunzel: Isaiah! *she runs over to him* look at you! Isaiah: *bows* Your majesty. Rapunzel: oh stop. I’m aunt Punzie and will accept nothing else! Isaiah: *chuckles* Thank you. I have to say this is harder than I thought {He takes a small cup of tea from the tray offered to him; Eugene walks over} Eugene: well lookie here! Hey, sunshine have you seen Isaiah? All I see is this dashing young man. Isaiah: Thank you, your majesty. Eugene: I have to say I’m impressed. This is a huge favour you’re doing for us. Rapunzel: I’m glad you’re able to attend Isaiah. Noble or not you’re always welcome here. {Isaiah smiles but then makes a disturbed face as Rapunzel and Eugene keep talking; in the background an old man with grey-blonde hair talks with others of the court; Isaiah’s brow furrows as he walks over to him} Isaiah: Good afternoon, your grace… Leonard: Hmm? I say...Have we met previously, young man? Isaiah: Indeed we have...Grandfather. Leonard: Gran-...Isaiah? Isaiah: how lovely...you remember me. Leonard: Of course I do. Well now. You’ve grown into a fine young man. How long has it been? Isaiah: Eight years, Grandfather. Leonard: indeed. You have your mother’s eyes, my boy. Isaiah: I find it curious grandfather. Leonard: Pardon? Isaiah: You call me your boy and yet you disowned me for things out of my control. The circumstances of my birth. Leonard: Isaiah… Isaiah: you forced my mother into marriage with a cruel man whom treated her like the dirt under our shoes for the sheer fact that she felt no affections for her- Leonard: N-Now see here- Isaiah: and made her and my father live days in loveless depression! Then when they died you cast me out as if I were nothing. Did I mean so little to you!? Leonard: YES! {The music stops and everyone stares} Leonard: Now that I stare at your face I can see only him. What my daughter saw in that... Riff Raff I will never understand. and from this conversation, something has been made very clear within my mind. you're just like him. you carry his traitorous blood within your veins and it shows. you're not worthy of your noble status. I wouldn't even spit in your direction. {Isaiah turns and runs out as the crowd stares; Rapunzel frowns in empathy; Cut to Isaiah looking out an open window in the castle; Rapunzel walks up} Rapunzel: Isaiah? Are you okay? Isaiah: I really messed things up today didn't I? Rapunzel: I don't understand. how did you mess anything up? Isaiah: I made a promise I couldn't keep, I have to perform in front of a live audience which I've never done before, and I just had a huge disagreement with my grandfather in front of the entire court. Rapunzel: I... okay yeah that is pretty bad. but none of it is your fault. you were trying to be nice to Lily and to be honest she should have told you what was going to be expected of you. as for your grandfather… it's his loss. Isaiah: I just don't understand. Rapunzel: don't understand what? Isaiah: didn't you hear what he said to me? traitors blood... that's what he thinks I have in me. no matter how hard I try to appeal to anyone that's all they're ever going to see... my father's reputation will always precede my own no matter how hard I try. Rapunzel:... Isaiah can I tell you something? Isaiah:... why not?... Rapunzel: Plus est en vous… Isaiah:... there's more in you? Rapunzel: you see I wish I knew French back when I was first told this. I completely butchered the pronunciation. before you were born I was new to the whole royal thing. I had no idea what was expected of me from the kingdom. not to mention there were other things going on that hopefully, you'll learn the full story to when you’re older... the point is the former Queen... my mother. she told me that there was more in me. I didn't understand it at first but as time went on I began to realize what it meant. Isaiah: what does it mean? Rapunzel: for there to be more in you, it means that you're more than what you're expected to be. you're more than your past. you're more than what others think of you. You are Isaiah. be Isaiah... Isaiah: What if people don't like… “Isaiah” Rapunzel: *giggles* you remind me so much of your dad when he was younger. always worried about what others thought of him. always worried about making people proud of him. if people don't like “Isaiah” then like I said. it's their loss. {Isaiah hugs her and she hugs back} Isaiah: thanks...Aunt Punzie… {Cut to later and Eugene gets up on the stage in the courtyard} Eugene: alright ladies and gentlemen as you all know Princess Lily was to give a live performance to the court, however, unfortunately, it seems that the princess is under the weather at the moment. so instead performing before you all tonight will be Isaiah... the son of Varian and the late duchess Estelle. {glass shattering is heard and some gasp; Cut to Rapunzel straightening Isaiah's collar} Rapunzel: You still have time to back out if you want. No one will judge you. Isaiah: *smirk* not a chance. {Rapunzel smiles and Isaiah walks on stage} Isaiah: *bows* Good evening ladies and gentlemen. {A piece of cake lands next to him on stage presumably being thrown} Isaiah: huh... that's original normally it's tomatoes. {Rapunzel runs over and plays on the piano; she nods at Isaiah and he nods back; Start the song “more in me”} {Isaiah} I was born here, into this world With noble blood the same as you It was always hit or miss I Could never get it right Then I learned a truth I thought couldn’t be true Then you kicked me out Shut me out Made me feel wrong for being alive I was only five, far too young to feel that way. Well look at me now I made a solemn vow to not care for you You’re not worthy Someone once told me There is more in me And I’m inclined to believe~! Look at me now! At all I’ve done I’m not afraid of you at all There’s nothing to fear For I am here And here I’ll stand forevermore! You can kick me out And shut me out Make me feel wrong for being alive Do your worst I’m wide open

But know I’ll always survive~! plus est en vous

{End song; Isaiah gets down from the stage and hears the audience slowly begin to clap; even Colette is clapping whilst Lawrence stands mouth agape; Rapunzel and Eugene run over and hug him} Eugene: That was amazing! Rapunzel: why didn't you tell us that you were such a good singer!? Isaiah: I don't normally like to do it in front of people. Leonard: ahem...Isaiah. Isaiah: Grandfather… Leonard: that was an... interesting performance to say the least. I'm sure your mother would have enjoyed it… Isaiah: I'm sure she would have as well. I suppose it's time I made my leave then. but there is one last thing I wish to say to you, grandfather. Leonard: oh? and what on Earth could that be? { Isaiah calmly picks up a Teacup and splashes liquid in his grandfather's face} Leonard: Isaiah!? Isaiah: that is for my mother! Eugene: *snerk* Oh damn. Leonard: That is simply not done! Isaiah: you're right grandfather it's not done. but then again last time I checked you said I wasn't a noble. so why should I care? {he drops the teacup and it shatters as he walks away; cut to nighttime and Isaiah sits out front of his house staring at the stars when Varian walks up} Varian: So the queen informed me of what happened at the Royal Banquet... you splashed tea in his face. Isaiah: indeed I did… Varian: you know as a father I should punish you for doing such a thing to someone... but considering that it was him... I'd rather say...That's my boy. {Isaiah smirks and leans on his dad} Isaiah:... it's a nice night out... hey Dad? Varian: hmm? Isaiah: do you think Mom would be proud of me? Varian:... Isaiah, she would be so proud of you. {a transparent apparition of Estelle only the audience can see is sitting next to them watching the stars and smiling} {END CREDITS}

#TTS #RTA #tangled #Rapunzel #tangled the series #rapunzel’s tangled adventure #tts oc #Isaiah #Varian #Eugene Fitzherbert #matters of the heart #MotH #fan fic

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‘My country-raised ass’: class consciousness right of the dial

by Erin Goudreau

In the early hours of November 9th, 2016, I received an email from a family friend, a weather-worn, red state progressive who had been predicting Donald Trump’s win since the day he announced his candidacy.

“Find a rich man’s house and burn it down,” the email read. He was quoting the song “Everything’s Gone” by Lydia Loveless, Columbus, Ohio’s alt-country darling and expert wielder of a kind of dirty, down-home country class consciousness.

“I invite anyone who calls my irreverent country raised ass a ‘snowflake’ to meet my fucking fist. So over this shit,” Loveless recently tweeted after speaking out about the election at a show.

As I surveyed the final electoral college map on election night, a sea of red with a bit of blue on the coasts, I starting making a list of my favorite country songwriters and musicians from each of those red states: Lydia from Ohio, Drive By Truckers from Georgia, John Moreland from Oklahoma, Sunny Sweeney from Texas, Derrell Scott from Kentucky. I knew that in the coming weeks, a narrative about the presumed cruelty and naivete of those of us who live in “flyover country” would inevitably resurface, and I was crafting a personal arsenal to push back against such generalizations. Although my friend’s email was intended as a reminder to reserve my contempt for the powerful and my empathy for the vulnerable, it also got me thinking about the relationship between country music and the rural and small town communities the genre purports to represent.

The most recent iteration of mainstream country music, often described as “bro-country” or “suburban mom country,” is escapist, aspirational materialism. It is $40,000 pickup trucks and ice cold beers, women in bikinis whose sole function is to entertain the songs’ male protagonists, parties on beaches, parties on boats, lifelong brotherhoods formed around the keg and under the stars of a Southern sky.

It’s worth noting that the terms “bro-country” and “suburban mom country” describe not only the music’s subject matter, but also its target audiences. Since the mid-80’s, the music coming out of Nashville’s Music Row, dominating country radio, and receiving the majority of awards at events like the Country Music Awards, has been dedicated to the experiences and desires of the rural and suburban upper middle class. The slate of artists featured on national country radio stations is also noticeably male-dominated; when the demand is for songs about camaraderies formed around heavy drinking, pursuing unnamed women, and the importance of unquestioned patriotism, this is to be expected. Today’s mainstream country music represents a particular kind of conservative, white affluence, that lethal combination of privilege and grievance. In many ways, it is the music of Trump voters, a group whose average salary, despite the media’s obsessive focus on the white working class, is $70,000 a year.

There has always been another world of country music, one that lives not on Music Row but on the other side of the Cumberland River in east Nashville and the mountains of east Tennessee, on the plains of Oklahoma and Kansas, the desert of Texas and Arizona, the swamps of the Louisiana bayou and the Carolina hills. And much like the rarely recognized progressive activism in red states, there is a tradition of class consciousness and anti-elitism that runs through this music.

While introducing her song “In My Tennessee Mountain Home,” Dolly Parton told an audience “I was very lucky, even though we were brought up very, very poor, I grew up on a farm and we had a great love for our land and we had a great love for each other.” No one expresses love for the rural poor quite like Dolly Parton, a woman whose compassion and enduring joyfulness provide the foundation for songs such as “In My Tennessee Mountain Home” and “Coat of Many Colors.”

And in “Country Boy,” Johnny Cash offers a lesson on freedom from materialism (“country boy, ain’t got no shoes; country boy, ain’t got no blues”) In his album Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian, he compels his audience to consider the atrocities historically and currently experienced by North America’s indigenous peoples. Phil Ochs made a career singing about his opposition to war, the public’s tendency to deify heroes, and the dangers of social apathy. In “Red Dirt Girl,” Emmylou Harris gives voice to the particular gendered experiences of domestic abuse and social isolation faced by poor, young women in rural Alabama. In a nation which views poverty as a shameful personal failing, instead of an axis around which to build solidarity, to sing about the humanity of the poor and working class is to stake out a space that is to the left of much of the country.

Country music’s history of providing meaningful commentary on the lives of rural folks is perhaps most acute in its depiction of coal country, managing to be more wise and nuanced about the region than both Donald Trump and the New York Times. In a recent West Virginia town hall meeting with Bernie Sanders, a room full of miners and their relatives agreed that the United States should adopt a single payer health care system. The punditry class might have been less surprised by this if they had been listening to more country music. Darrell Scott, Kentucky singer songwriter and son of a coal miner, sings about the monotony and dreariness of mining in “You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive”:

Where the sun comes up about ten in the mornin’

And the sun goes down about three in the day

And you’ll fill you cup with whatever bitter brew you’re drinkin’

And you’ll spend your life digging coal from the bottom of your grave.

In “Keep Your Dirty Lights On,” Scott is frank about the role of dishonest politicians in the maintenance of the coal industry:

Every time they have elections

They talk about how coal is clean

Well coal is cheap but coal’s still black

It ain’t never turnin’ green.

Steve Earle considers the effects of the mining industry from the perspective of a boy who loses his beloved home in “The Mountain”:

I was born on this mountain a long time ago

Before they knocked down the timber and strip-mined the coal

Well they took everything that she gave, now they’re gone

But I’ll die on this mountain, this mountain’s my home.

The idea that coal country is naive about the future of coal or the degree to which their physical bodies have been harmed as a result of their loyalty to the industry is a fiction perpetuated by those who don’t have roots in the community. However, as this myth was being sold, country artists were doing the work of authentic and empathetic storytelling.

Today, a new crop of country musicians are reimagining what it means to give voice to the most marginalized people in our society. In “Everything’s Gone,” Lydia Loveless sings of her own family’s desperate, ultimately unsuccessful attempt to save their farm:

‘Cause my daddy built the deck with his own two hands

I guess you didn’t really know

There wasn’t anywhere else for us to go

Now where the horses used to run there ain’t nothing left but Amish corn

Oh, the place where I grew up and my little brother was born

And if I strike it rich again, I’ll go and buy it all back

Well I’ll drop a bomb on that bitch and watch it turn to ash.

Oklahoma’s Parker Millsap provides a devastating account of life as the gay son of an Evangelical preacher in “Heaven Sent,” with a chorus that begins “Papa I don’t need no preacher / I ain’t some kind of creature / From some old double feature.” Drive by Truckers’ recent album American Band features a song dedicated to the white public’s acceptance of rampant police brutality against Black men: “I mean Barack Obama won / And you can chose where to eat / But you don’t see too many white kids lying / Bleeding on the street.” Brandi Clark’s “Take a Little Pill” articulates the prevalence and destructiveness of the opioid epidemic: Lay on your tongue / Ain't a nerve that can't be numb / Ain't a buzz that you can't buy / Ain't a low you can't make high.” Hurray for the Riff Raff’s Alynda Segarra initially wrote the song “The Body Electric” as a response to the extensive catalogue of murder ballads that always end with an anonymous maimed women. Her version of the murder ballad features a female protagonist questioning the violent men in her life: “Tell me what’s a man with a rifle in his hand gonna do for a world that’s just dying slow / Tell me what’s a man with a rifle in his hand gonna do for his daughter when it’s her turn to go.” She now dedicates the song to Tamir Rice at every show.

We are experiencing a moment of resurgence for honest storytelling and leftist politics in country music, and not a moment too soon. The dire, inhumane conditions of the poor and working class have been ignored by the Democrats and cynically exploited by the Republicans. The current violence perpetuated by the state against black and indigenous peoples is receiving no attention from the government, so it is essential that it be given voice through music. We are living in a time in which doing the work of solidarity in our communities is vital, and one cannot underestimate the value of music that provides recognition, context, and meaning to the struggles taking place in “Trump country.” It is no coincidence that “Everything’s Gone” features these two lines: “Lord please don’t take all the land away ‘cause I need that now / And please stop telling me to turn it down ‘cause it ain’t that loud.”

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