#mention: women in music

[spaspetti]

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I got a little bored and I happened to be listening to Epic the Musical’s Thunder Saga and this is the outcome!

Honestly, 10/10 saga. I LOVE Scylla’s song, it’s so good. We love a girl boss! My reference was the album cover, but I didn’t stay super true to it.

This is the color palette that I used:

[shitpostingfromthebarricade]

I was talking with a friend about the canon named women of Les Mis and decided to experiment to see who those are according to Les Mis fanworks.

Behold: your top ten women of Les Mis.

[blues-valentine]

Don’t get me wrong because I genuinely think Taylor Swift is a talented lyricist but she really has not artistic growth… She has written the same exact songs four hundred times but now she just puts a random words generator. Like, some of those lyrics sound AI generated. And she’s 34 years old but her albums still speak on the same things. There’s zero evolution. Some of those lyrics feel targeted to a 19 years old that is in her “indie aesthetically bad boys that get high and I think I can fix phase” which is basically the same as her old material but way more cringey for some reason. And I’m not trying to compare but Beyoncé at that age was making Lemonade. It’s hard to think this is the biggest pop star the world has to offer us. This is white mediocrity. The songs are fun to edit over fictional characters but when you put into perspective her whole work is so lackluster. So utterly boring and predictable. Maybe she needs to take a break (?). And somehow, people and white music critics will pretend this album is comparable to the likes of Cowboy Carter.

[lorespill]

when a piece of media doesn't pass the gender-swapped bechdel test 👀

[ahopelessprincessreincarnation]

Dumb and hopefully short rant incoming, but as someone who may not be goth herself but does enjoy learning about and meeting people on the internet from different alternative subcultures involving music, fashion and beliefs against larger society atleast, I absolutely hate how gothic women are so sexualized and fetishized into this stupid archetype of "Omg Sinful Hawt Fem Dommy Mommy Gf!". When I say that, I'm not talking about like I don't know...normal girls who happen to be sexual workers and just so happen to be into a similar aesthetic or something, I mean like actual unconsenting women who just happen to want to present more outwardly as someone from the community and get randomly and inappropriately commented on by gross, pornsick/porn addicted men on the internet. There's nothing wrong with being attracted to/having a preference for that, but there's a difference between thinking a woman is beautiful because you like how they present while still treating them like the human being they are and those who just see them as a sexual object to be used for your pleasure whether the gothic girl in question wants to or not...(Again, sorry if I wasted anyone's time but I need to atleast just share my thoughts since it's been bothering me for awhile, you know?)

[maraschinotopped]

undertale yellow. clutches head in anguish.

[letthesunshinein]

wish I could’ve seen swept away 15 more times before it closed yesterday……..if anyone’s got a slime tutorial pls hook me up

I have so many feelings about this show!!!

[sprnklersplashes]

Q with Jdronica 🫶🏻

Here's the thing with JD getting sick; he likes to power through it. Pretend he doesn't feel it, keep calm and carry on, insist that his immune system is as unbreakable as the rest of him,

Here's the other thing about JD being sick; Veronica sees right through it. It's been two years, after all. She knows him like the back of her hand. If he thinks he can still bullshit her when she has explored every inch of his body... he's nowhere near as smart as he thinks he is.

Especially when she comes over on Saturday morning to see him hunched over the kitchen sink with his hands clasped behind his neck. She lingers in the doorway, watching as he scrunches his face, buries his fingers in his hair. The pained breath lingers in the air, twisting Veronica's heart in ways she didn't expect.

Her steps are light as she crosses the kitchen, cushioned by the maroon rug Claire bought at a yard sale last spring. She clears her throat just before approaching him, the sound as tentative as her steps. It still makes him jump, and he turns at a speed that makes Veronica wince.

He blinks twice, swallows thickly. Then, he gives his best approximation of an "everytning's normal" smile.

"Ronnie," he says. He runs a shaky hand through his hair. "Didn't know you were coming over."

"What's up?" she asks him instead of replying. She watches as he straightens up, inhales slowly through his teeth. One hand is wrapped tightly around the kitchen counter, the knuckles white as if he's holding everything in that one hand.

"I'm f-"

"Jason, if you say 'I'm fine', I'll smack you so hard," she tells him. His mouth opens, the closes without a sound, eyes widening slightly before he leans back into the counter. Guilt prickles in her chest as she notices the pallour of his cheeks, how he doubles over slightly against the pain in his stomach. She brushes her fingers against his, silently, softly, whispering "I'm sorry" without words. It works; a tiny hint of a smile flickers on his face.

"I may or may not have food poisoning," he sighs. "That's the conclusion I've come to anyway. That or I'm pregnant."

"Oh I use a condom and you're on the pill." He barks a laugh at that, although it's quickly undermined by a pained whimper. Logic tells her that it's fine, that it's just a bad stomach and in 24 hours she'll be laughing with him about it. But another part of her, the part that's bundled up with him, feels like that's too far away.

"Okay buckaroo." She presses a kiss to his hair and grabs the glass of water on the counter. "Couch. Now."

"Veronica, I'm-"

"What did I say about the F word?" she asks. She glances him over again and grabs crackers from the cupboard. Then she turns, raises her eyebrow and gestures with the glass. "Coach. Now."

"Yes ma'am," JD mumbles. He trails Veronica into the living room, dragging his hand over his face as he goes. Despite his attempts at putting up a fight, he all but collapses onto the couch, knees pulled to his chest in an attempt to make the pain stop. As she places the water and crackers on the table beside him, she sees him biting the skin on his thumb, face tight so it doesn't show how much pain he's in.

It's a classic JD thing. Sometimes she wonders if he's aware she's doing it.

"Sorry I ruined your Saturday," he says weakly. Veronica just shrugs and curls up next to him, so close that his sock-clad feet tickle her legs.

"I didn't have anywhere else to be," she tells him. "Just remember that if you puke, do not do it on me. I like this skirt."

"I bought you that skirt."

Veronica sighs, hiding her grin in her hand. Something settles in her chest, warm and gentle and peaceful. God, she loves this boy. She's going to spend the rest of her life with this boy.

For now though, she just scratches his back and watches him sip water.

"Yeah. You did." JD chuckles, his fingers tracing lazy patterns on the couch.

"I've got good taste."

(Definitely spending the rest of her life with him)

"Yeah. You do."

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[angelsaxis]

there was a post going around a bit ago complaining about the claim that chappelle roan and other white lesbian musicians are bringing in a renaissance in lesbians in music (in pop specifically I think? Ive never seen the renaissance claims myself) and while OP was right to be complaining about how people only ever focus on white women for their music, they said "how can u say these white girls are putting us in the renaissance when we have syd --"

terrible paraphrase sorry. but it annoyed me because yes syd is a lesbian and Black but she's not in pop and she's been around for a while. I love syd. i LOVE syd. maybe this is me splitting hairs but if someone says "yaay lesbians in pop" and you bring up syd. idk.

and then they said there's been Black women singing about loving women for ages and they brought up megan thee stallion, janelle monae, and others and its like yeah! they do all love women! none of them are LESBIANS though and that was the original statement made in their post, lesbians (in pop) starting a lesbian music renaissance.

and again maybe this is splitting hairs or just petty of me or something but if yall cant even name a Black lesbian musician OUTSIDE syd and tracy chapman and the artists you do mention dont even meet the parameters then --

[mewos-laptop]

Hi, tiny rant for pride month

Listen, I KNOW. That queer ppl don't have a massive amont of songs for ourselves that are like... mainstream or whatever, but for the love of fuck can we stop calling straight cis perisex alloromantic allosexual ppl "gay icons" ?.??? Like srsly

We can do better than Taylor Swift, the woman who has given like... 2 entire "hints" that she's sapphic, and who is urmm... an interesting case to begin with

Like pls if y'all want someone who makes pop music who is an actual queer icon then listen to Chappell Roan.

Anyways shoutout to my personal queer music icons this pride, Femtanyl, Hundsetsound, and virtual voicebank Hatsune Miku

[enhanced-operatives-division]

Head in hands. 'I Spy' with Pulp is such a banger for Zor. It's giving me the urge to finally think about designing them (+ redesigning a couple others..). There's something so good abt some of the lyrics like: "you see I spy for a living // and i specialise in revenge // on taking the things that i know will cause you pain". Like....likee.............

Theres earlier parts that also make my brain tick: "it may look like to the untrained eye // im sitting on my arse all day // I'm biding my time until i take you all on // my lords and ladies, i will not fail // i will prevail, cause i spy"

PLUS the name. That did not help the situation. Alas Different Class by Pulp 🤝 IEYTD Characters. Similar can be said about the Chicago soundtrack but thats a. Whole other ramble

[rasairui]

Did Chappelle Roan actually do anything bad or is this just another example of "woman get popular so let me look for a morally justifiable reason to shit on her instead of just admitting she's not my thing" like calm down. "Gaylors come get your girl" okay well first of all Chappelle Roan is ACTUALLY gay sorry but I think it's really stupid to compare her to the heterosexual rich girl who's parents paid her way to stardom and who tried to sabotage Roan's spot on the charts along with countless other artists. You can just not like her music. If the hype is annoying just fucking say that. Shut up oh my god.

[brianharoldbae]

unpopular opinion but every new female artist atm just sings about how horny they are and everyone is like godddddd she’s so inspirational, she’s so real..,,,,,,, this is just the “cool girl” reinvented and i am tired of it

[andresmounts2]

Renee Rapp fans try not to write sexually explicit messages to a 24 year old in a relationship challenge:

[superblysubpar]

list your top five albums in a poll and let your mutuals and followers vote on which matches your vibe.

Thank you for the tag @rebelfell choosing only five wasn't hard for me to do at all 😅💛 fun fact, neither the favorite Beatles album nor Djo one contain my favorite song by either! these are like, I pop the album on, no skips, I listen all the way through and there's no end in sight of my love for them kind of top five, enjoy

no pressure tags: You!! Reading this!! Tag me when you do it 🥰

[rabid-dog-steve-horn]

The Kinks - Destroyer (Official Audio)