#superknovamusic

[thatwritererinoriordan]

I just got my @superknovamusic tee in the mail! The graphics look even better in person than they do on Bandcamp!

[mimicgender]

I got my @superknovamusic vinyl today, which definitely brightened things up.

[shinugodda]

@superknovamusic ✨✨✨

[midwestaxn]

It's been a while since we've heard from Chicago’s SuperKnova, and it's damn good to see they've dropped a brand new song.

Give It a Spin: “Glitter and Blood” by Superknova

It's been a while since we've heard from Chicago’s Superknova, and it's damn good to see they've dropped a brand new song, "Glitter and Blood." It’s a dark, driving track, fronted by Ellie’s vocals and drum …

[kafkasmelomania]

June 5, 2021: American Queers by SuperKnova

*Bandcamp here

SuperKnova is SO cool. Did you know that she not only writes all her songs and records all of her songs completely by herself but also taught herself how to produce and master music so that she could have total creative control? That’s really impressive! What’s also cool about her is that she’s setting an example for people who feel like outsiders in the music scene, especially queer people of color. She talks about that in this article, which is really good and something that you should definitely read:

Only now, as SuperKnova, Ellie is beginning to finally overcome the impostor syndrome that influenced her artistic confidence for the majority of her professional life. “I had a degree in music and I still felt like I wasn’t a real musician”, she looks back on her younger self. Today, Ellie strives to create “more of these media images, the ones [she] never had growing up” in all of her work.

She also discusses why she wants to be a role model in this article:

She also said her art is intentional. She hopes to make the kind of art she needed but never found in the world while younger. Whereas other artists might balk at a role model designation, Kim somewhat embraces it, or at least embraces the responsibility, actions, and intentions of someone set on giving voice to populations often ignored.

“Half of what I do as SuperKnova is create interesting, creative music. But I want to create the art I wish I had growing up as a closeted trans teenager growing up in a transphobic community, to be like queer therapy,” Kim said. “I never started this to be some mainstream thing like Justin Bieber or Ariana Grande. I want to make the art for my community and then if people outside of the community like it, great. If not, they don't need to listen to it.”

Also! She has a Tumblr! You can follow her at @superknovamusic.

Because it’s Pride Month:

Here’s some queer history from around the world, not just the United States.

Here are some LGBTQIA+ GoFundMe campaigns: Rent Fund For Black LGBT Family, Help Roze get somewhere safe (Non-Binary LGBTQ), Survival and Gender Affirming Needs for Black Enby, College Fund for a Black Trans Woman, Tito’s top surgery and recovery fund, Omi’s Transition Fund: Health, Housing, & Security, Help Emmett Pay for Emergency Surgery

If you’d like to get involved with stopping the atrocities against Palestine, here’s where you can start (text in bold for readability):

This Carrd is full of information, petitions, and places to donate.

Here are some organizations to which you can donate. This post now includes a list of corporations to boycott.

Here is some information about the Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund and a list of other organizations.

Decolonize Palestine has an FAQ about Palestine here.

This is a list of actions you can take (somewhat UK-specific). This is a reading list of texts with more background information.

UK petitions: This is a petition for the UK government to formally recognize the State of Palestine. This is a petition to introduce sanctions against Israel. This is a petition to condemn Israel for their treatment of Palestine and Palestinians.

Here’s the Wikipedia overview of the current iteration of the crisis.

If you’re curious about the United States’s involvement: this is a report about U.S. foreign aid to Israel. This is the Wikipedia page for Palestine-United States relations and this is the Wikipedia page for Israel-United States relations.

Here are some perspectives from on the ground in Gaza. This is also explains why spreading the Palestinian point of view. is so important.

This is one Jewish person’s explanation of the conflation of Jewish identity with the modern Israeli state. They mention the Nakba, which is important – per Wikipedia, “the Nakba, […] also known as the Palestinian Catastrophe, was the destruction of Palestinian society and homeland in 1948, and the permanent displacement of a majority of the Palestinian people.”

This Vox video gives a brief overview of the conflict from its inception until the present day, although it’s from 2016, so it’s not entirely up to date. This CrashCourse video does the same, and I think it’s actually a little better than the Vox video because within the first minute they shut down everyone who claims that this is a religious conflict. That video is also not entirely up to date, as it is from 2015.

This post has some resources with information about the history of Palestine, Israel’s occupation of Palestine, and updates about the current situation.

Do you like podcasts? Here are some podcast episodes about Palestine.

Here are some miscellaneous resources for helping Palestine.

Black lives matter and here are some ways you can get involved in the  fight against racism, specifically anti-black racism (text in bold for readability):  

This Linktree and this Carrd are full of ways to confront and fight against anti-black racism: places to donate, advice for protesting, educational resources.

This post is specifically about Daunte Wright and how to help his family. This is Daunte Wright’s memorial fund.

The  Minnesota Freedom Fund is doing good work, and since so many people have been recognizing that work and donating to them, they ask that you  instead donate to Families Supporting Families Against Police Violence, the Racial Justice Network, Communities United Against Police Brutality, the Minneapolis NAACP, the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Minneapolis, and the Black Immigrant Collective. You can also donate to the Bail Project, which operates in multiple states.

Other organizations to which you can donate are the Black Trans Advocacy Coalition, the NAACP, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, the Okra Project, the Solutions Not Punishment Collaborative, For The Gworls, G.L.I.T.S., the Marsha P. Johnson Institute, the Black Trans Travel Fund, the Sylvia Rivera Law Project, and the Black Trans Femmes in the Arts Collective.

GoFundMe: Justice for Breonna Taylor, In Memory of Jamarion Robinson, Rent Fund For Black LGBT Family, Esperanza Spalding’s BIPOC Artist Sanctuary, Survival and Gender Affirming Needs for Black Enby

(via https://open.spotify.com/album/3HAKCGSBK2CdNR94iSKMLS?si=ifgUe8PhQrC8Q4ipuGqGqQ)

[sanbaowa]

for @superknovamusic

[afronautlab]

How I'me feelin bout the launch show at @elasticarts this Sat AUG 31st! 2x the #TurnUp! 4pm Wellness Matters: Guided Meditation + Writing Workshop 7:30pm Performance Matters: Music, Poetry, Performance Art! . . Partners + Performers include @justindemun @superknovamusic @radiantdevices @artkure @themojdeh @jonquil_mccants @lethalpoetry and many more! . . #Afrofuturist #livemusic #meditation #poetry #performanceart #hiphop https://www.instagram.com/p/B1vfTmtFU32/?igshid=1dicovyfiwr6a

[beingemotionalsince2003]

YOU GO GIRL @superknovamusic THAT'S AMAZING!!!

tumblr tuesday: thursday edition

Well, well, well. We really are stretching the concept of what a Tuesday can be. This Not-Tuesday, we’re still recovering from Saturday and all its sweaty glory (you know the one). So here’s a floaty flamenco of “montero,” courtesy of our friend SuperKnova.

Like what you’re hearing? Check out SuperKnova’s own music on her Tumblr, or swing by her site. Like what you’ve been seeing? Scroll here for more Lil Nas X. Like what we’ve done with the day? Come back on Tuesdays (no, really) to find out what’s next.

Happy Tuesday, Thursday.

[thatwritererinoriordan]

[itskendrickkim2001]

You are awesome @superknovamusic 👍💯❤️❤️❤️ https://www.instagram.com/p/CRj3V0xFzer/?utm_medium=tumblr

[bsteady]

insanely honored to share a stage with these sprites tonight. @superknovamusic @kimmortaltheartist @nicmasangkay @zora (at Seattle, Washington)

[conceptuallyqueer]

Another #transdayofvisibility post goes out to my favorite local musician @superknovamusic I stumbled upon her music at a queer variety show back in December and instintamtly fell in love! Go check her out on bandcamp.com and spotify and Itunes (I presume) Her music is enchanting. . . #trans #musician #local #artist #lgbtq #pride #love #music

[homoground]

"I came up with the name SuperKnova when I was thinking of genderless names to change my name to. One name I considered was “Knova”. My childhood obsession with space and the cosmos made me think of supernova, which is the final most energetic explosion before the death of a star. I thought that fit my philosophy on life pretty well, and the name was born." - SuperKnova @superknovamusic⠀ ⠀ http://ift.tt/2xNdzwz @acaststories homoground.com/acast @itunes http://ift.tt/1AjpviP @iheartradio #stitcherradio http://ift.tt/2xOjBgs http://ift.tt/2ySr0v6