Wicked Girls
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vixyIn case anyone wanted to know, here is the version of the bridge to Seanan McGuire's "Wicked Girls" which I sang at Conflikt:
Interestingly, at almost the exact time I was finalizing and singing this, Rep. Pramila Jayapal was actively helping to prevent illegal deportations at SeaTac Airport. Like, literally going out and pounding on the door of the CBP office. Along with Rep. Suzan Delbene and a number of other local political figures. That's pretty awesome. I've never been prouder to be someone's constiuent than I am of Rep. Jayapal.
I also inserted a couple of additional women into Talis Kimberly's "Archetype Cafe". The version as I received it has "Medea was jealous" three times, and I figured it'd be good to give some other women a go. I read a little about Ida B. Wells, and learned that, among other things, the New York Times called her a "nasty-minded mulattress" during her anti-lynching campaign. That's right: the original "nasty woman!" So "they'll tell you that Ida was nasty" became one of my new lines. The other was one I've used before, "they'll tell you that...Hillary's crooked."
I had a fascinating conversation with Judi Miller about name signs while I was sharing these lyrics with her before the concert. Apparently, ASL interpreters for Tr*mp's rallies were told to use a letter "H" in the sign for "lie" as a name-sign for Hillary Clinton-- and if they refused, the interpreters were fired. Pissed off interpreters and other deaf people were like "OH HELL NO" and instead starting using a letter "H" in the sign for "beautiful"-- and instead took the toupee-flapping name-sign they'd been using for Tr*mp and combined that with the sign for "lie".
Never forget that language is power.
Now Leslie's a jester, and Bree captures flags from the powers
And Chelsea lights beacons that shine even now from her tower
Pramila and Kshama and Sonia and Ruth
Will fight for your rights and stand up for the truth
There were so many more I wish I could have fit in there, but the song's only so long. :) And Chelsea lights beacons that shine even now from her tower
Pramila and Kshama and Sonia and Ruth
Will fight for your rights and stand up for the truth
Interestingly, at almost the exact time I was finalizing and singing this, Rep. Pramila Jayapal was actively helping to prevent illegal deportations at SeaTac Airport. Like, literally going out and pounding on the door of the CBP office. Along with Rep. Suzan Delbene and a number of other local political figures. That's pretty awesome. I've never been prouder to be someone's constiuent than I am of Rep. Jayapal.
I also inserted a couple of additional women into Talis Kimberly's "Archetype Cafe". The version as I received it has "Medea was jealous" three times, and I figured it'd be good to give some other women a go. I read a little about Ida B. Wells, and learned that, among other things, the New York Times called her a "nasty-minded mulattress" during her anti-lynching campaign. That's right: the original "nasty woman!" So "they'll tell you that Ida was nasty" became one of my new lines. The other was one I've used before, "they'll tell you that...Hillary's crooked."
I had a fascinating conversation with Judi Miller about name signs while I was sharing these lyrics with her before the concert. Apparently, ASL interpreters for Tr*mp's rallies were told to use a letter "H" in the sign for "lie" as a name-sign for Hillary Clinton-- and if they refused, the interpreters were fired. Pissed off interpreters and other deaf people were like "OH HELL NO" and instead starting using a letter "H" in the sign for "beautiful"-- and instead took the toupee-flapping name-sign they'd been using for Tr*mp and combined that with the sign for "lie".
Never forget that language is power.
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2017-02-03 02:43 (UTC)