#send a prayer my way

[garbbitch]

i have so many thoughts about this so i apologize if this is scattered.

i saw this originally on TORRES’ story yesterday and it honestly made me sick. this disheartening. and something about the way people have been reacting to julien’s new upcoming project as opposed to how they’re reacting to lucy’s is making my heart hurt

like, idk, they’re both essentially at the same level of fame since they were both in boygenius, and yet lucy is getting article after article and interviews upon interviews about her and julien’s press has been relatively quiet beyond the one podcast and the one magazine. while lucy is doing radio, she is getting written about in multiple articles, her music was used for a fashion show. idk, i just feel like people are reacting so differently to each of them and it’s frustrating.

like people like to act like julien is less talented or something when she’s not! i’d even argue more talented but that’s a whole other conversation.

it’s like when the whole summer boygenius was touring everyone only ever talked about phoebe. idk, it rubs me the wrong way.

connected but unrelated thought,

people’s reactions to lucy’s video yesterday also piss me off quite a bit

like, i keep seeing a lot of the same arguments, some that i agree with and some that i dont.

for one, complaining about a lack of representation. ie, they’re all skinny, they’re all white etc.

to that i think there were a couple of reasons. one, she was looking at the submissions for the video the day of the tiktok ban. now i don’t know how it all went down but i’m assuming she probably wanted to reach out to more people but had trouble.

also! as much as i love boygenius and their solo stuff as poc, i’m aware that most of their fans are not poc. those concerts are white asf and that’s fine. but she can’t pull poc out of her ass. she was casting from her fan base. if it’s mostly white, that’s what you’re gonna get in the video.

and another complaint i saw a lot was that it was mostly people who were her friends or were influencers. ie, mattie, naomi, elio idk how to spell his name. and again, i think this was just cause of the tiktok ban, she probably saw mostly people who got the most views in that short window of time she was looking.

another thing i saw was that these people weren’t masc enough or butch enough. and to that i say, shut your mouth. these are real people. you can be frustrated with the way the casting ended up happening and you can recognize that it wasn’t a full view of the whole spectrum of mascs/ butches in the community but attacking the individual people she put in the video is wrong.

i also saw some people complaining that she had elio in the vid and hes a trans man. if he calls himself masc and he auditioned and she casted him that is between them, not us and them. being masc isn’t inherently lesbian. being butch is. if he called himself butch that would be a different story but he didnt.

i also saw people complaining about cara being in it. i personally don’t care for her, but who cares…? she may not be masc presenting in her public appearances but we don’t know her. so get over it…

i also saw people that it was only influencers and her friends in the vid… i get this one, but again. i blame the tiktok ban. we in america thought it was going to be gone gone for a while leading up and a good chunk of time as it was banned. yes that wasn’t the case but i do think she just picked people with the most views, ie, the influencers. i do wish she would’ve been upfront that it’s gonna be a bunch of her friends but whatever. (sorry if i’m repeating myself i have a lot of thoughts.)

i also keep seeing people in the community being rude to lucy and saying she’s just an annoying bisexual. she’s not bi i dont think. and she is quite publicly unlabeled or pan. you can recognize the very white view she has of the community and recognize that she could’ve been more diverse without mislabeling her or bringing up her label at all.

and idk, it’s also so baffling to me that both of these people are getting attacked for just existing but like, julien is dealing with real homophobia and lucy is dealing with very chronically online biphobic assholes. it just baffles me how no one is talking about the real and scary homophobia that julien is experiencing but i swear i’m seeing everyone and their mom jump to attack or defend lucy.

and another thing. i think the general lack of public support for julien is because she’s masc, everyone wants a masc or a butch until you actually have protect them. idk

i’m thinking to much and if none of this made sense i’m sorry.

[nutmegsnorter]

lucy in the new jb and torres music video “sylvia” !!

[distantsolarsystemsandsnails]

GUYS.

[doistaytender]

julien baker and torres at rough trade !!!!!!

[adogcalledbooster]

I love boys

as in, I love boygenius

(How the hell do you make those burning letters… I want those…)

[rubipitch24]

Every time a lesbian sings a country song I feel like the air is being purified

[gastricotv]

Julien Baker & TORRES | Tuesday

[itslenagain]

My April is about to be INSANE wtf JB & TORRES on the 24th & Lucy on the 30th?!?!?! Aaaaaaaaaaaaa

[raspberryheaven-crazyjoy]

julien baker charcoal DRAWING

[stillness-eats-me-alive]

i just found out that there are still tickets available for the julien baker and torres show closest to me, but it's three days after i see lucy and i don't think i can make it work. i'm genuinely so upset because i'm convinced this will be my only opportunity to ever see julien live.

[garbbitch]

i feel a think piece brewing…. and i’m on spring break…. beware…..

[bluespringwrites]

i might get to see julien baker and torres in april as well.......

i get to see lucy dacus in september and i'm so excited

[distantsolarsystemsandsnails]

🎶 maaaaaaggie sweet girl! doooooon’t forget me. 🎶

[cedric-k-rossignol]

[adogcalledbooster]

ok, but is jblu actually real?

I am so extremely confused. Like, people on my dash are constantly saying Julien and Lucy are together. I have not seen any official verification that they are. So is this actually true or is it just some REALLY intense shipping going on? I would be thankful if someone could explain what is going on.

[ridl]

[she got me losing all my cool]