Vitleysingur 13,789 Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 The Chorus of #MeToo, and the Women Who Turned Trauma Into Songs "Over the last few years, as movements like #MeToo have destigmatized victimhood by reframing it as survivordom and tried to educate the masses on grey-area issues involving consent, I have heard a loose progression of feminist thought play out in song. It started for me in late 2015, when Lady Gaga released “Til It Happens to You,” a big, ballad-y call for survivor empathy. The song served as the musical centerpiece of The Hunting Ground, a documentary about rape on college campuses, and was subsequently nominated for Best Original Song at the Oscars. Watching Gaga shakily perform it at the ceremony in early 2016, flanked by 50 survivors of sexual assault with phrases like “not your fault” written on their arms, something long buried in me shook loose. Since then, I have not stopped noticing the release of new music related to sexual assault and harassment." https://pitchfork.com/features/article/2010s-on-women-singing-openly-about-abuse/ Dreams of you and me are in the dirt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Campana 15,284 Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 She makes me so happy when she did that performance. I cried. Does it matter? Damage is done Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romkance 191 Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 It was so much powerful Xoxo, Romkance🖤 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilmonzter 2,864 Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 Notice that she's always in the centre of the conversation on relevant social but not on political ones. She is someone who exudes soft power, let her activism speak through her music and subtle message Love that she was on the forefront of this dialogue Sing C'est la vie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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