π ADULTS ON THEIR FAV QUEER ICONS π
Pretty much all of my icons are queer. Queer art is the one, isnβt it. Iβm scared to answer this, it could easily just reel off a massive listβ¦whoops. Iβm always in awe of candid/sincere artists.
Pretty much all of my icons are queer. Queer art is the one, isnβt it. Iβm scared to answer this, it could easily just reel off a massive listβ¦whoops. Iβm always in awe of candid/sincere artists.
What better way to wake people up than by loudly & aggressively putting it in their faces. Having that healthy release of anger & taking up space has power. People resonate with righteous anger.Β
Putting emotional words to angry music is not addressing your mental health. You get an outlet, an artistic endeavor to put your feelings on a canvas. It is enough to keep you going, maybe even a way to take deep emotions & dump them so you donβt have to feel them, but it is not actually taking accountability or finding help.
Breathe it all in, angst it all out
‘You are not to blame. You do not have to handle things on your own. & if youβve been through something more than once itβs not because youβre βcrazyβ itβs because the world is fucked. & you can be a part of the change that so badly needs to happen.’
‘Youβre not alone. Despite the internal & external chaos we all suffer individually weβre in this living hell together.’
‘You can do everything yourself & make a difference in your life & other people lives.’
To be fair, I am pretty sure everyone is becoming sick & tired of the same all cis-male mediocre line-ups singing about crazy ex girlfriends & boats & hoes.
If Cherym, Personal Best & Bonnie Tyler started a Julie Ruin – esque indie pop band but with tartan. The Other Ones certainly wouldn’t be out of place playing an end of year prom in 10 things.
We chatted with Jay Kerr, campaigner of No Sweat, (a grassroots campaign group building solidarity