Stop The Negativity; Start Celebrating

[SarahYuko 1,002]

On 2/4/2017 at 0:22 AM, PartySick said:

Well, we all know the song is about sexual assault

I have two main insecurities. Traumas, even. I was raised with the hateful word of God in my ear and thought that gay people deserved nothing less than eternal damnation. Come middle school...well, turns out I have a thing for dudes  after fighting with that feeling, I found my comfort in a crush turned relationship. That relationship was going great until a little more than a year had passed. We had both fallen into some bad habits, he fell into a bad lifestyle, and he ended up raping me multiple times. Sometimes were were both drugged out or drunk, other times we were both sober. It was terrifying and dehumanizing. Born This Way helped me cope and move on from insecurities stemming from my upbringing and sexual orientation but until Swine came a long, I had resigned myself to suffering from anxiety, depression, and constant nightmares all from those experiences. When she debuted Swine at the iTunes festival, her speech really hit me hard. The song hit me even harder. I can't tell you how many times I played the audio from that performance and then the studio version after it came out  It was so freeing. I could just loose myself for a few minutes and I do give credit to Swine for helping me to get up the courage to share my story with my best friends. I've healed a lot since then and it's all thanks to Gaga and that wonderful song

The performance at SXSW kind of gave a perfect visual to that feeling. Gaga degraded herself on stage to say "there's nothing you can do to me that I can't do to myself and look how beautiful it is when I do it". It's empowering and freeing.

Plus, it's just plain badass! It's the biggest "f*ck you" to the industry that I've ever seen and I love every minute of it 

I'm so sorry this happened to you and I'm glad you're recovering well. I had some terrible stuff happen to me too and I agree, Swine is the perfect song to let your rage and pain out. I really understood when she said something about how ARTPOP was laced with pain. Songs like Swine and Dope really resonate with a lot of us. And I'm especially glad it's helped you too. That live performance was stunning and it made me cry because it's like I was looking at a metaphor for what's going on inside, especially the vomiting and dirty bodies. Keep moving forward, you're amazing and I think you must have come very far already I hope someday I get to where you are now.

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Yes! I am so proud to be a fan of this amazing individual. Her music's given me so much joy, and no matter how the performance goes later today, I am so happy for her to have this moment, to be able to share her music with so many people who maybe haven't given her music much of a chance before today. She's going to be on a stage unlike any other, supported by people who've been with her throughout many times in her career. It's going to be such a great experience for her, and I know it will be an amazing thing to witness as a monster.

Here's my favorite performance. Born This Way really changed me for the better, and because of that, I have so much to thank Gaga for. The music helped me find confidence in myself, and it helped me understand why I was feeling the way I was feeling. "Hair" is one song, in particular, that really hit me.

 

[PartySick 160,488]

4 hours ago, SarahYuko said:

Swine is the perfect song to let your rage and pain out. I really understood when she said something about how ARTPOP was laced with pain. Songs like Swine and Dope really resonate with a lot of us. That live performance was stunning and it made me cry because it's like I was looking at a metaphor for what's going on inside, especially the vomiting and dirty bodies.

Exactly

4 hours ago, SarahYuko said:

Keep moving forward, you're amazing and I think you must have come very far already I hope someday I get to where you are now.

Same to you, I'm wishing you the best, friend