When social media is overwhelming, I naturally create a new account, but this one is a passion project: Vinyl.
First installment of my “challenge” to post work exclusively by women and LGBTQIA+ artists: “Dirty Computer” by @janellemonae; @badboyent, @atlanticrecords, @wondaland; 2018, UK.
.This album and accompanying “emotion picture” will persist throughout American cultural history. She and her collaborators, motivated by the sudden death of @prince and the horrid 2016 election, created a sonic and visual Guernica. In less than an hour, Janelle lets loose, providing necessary and astute commentary on the current state of the world, criticizing the unrepentant hatred that fuels so much of the racism, sexism, homophobia, revisionist history, greed, and close-mindedness that characterizes the pall hovering over this country.
Nonetheless, she remains hopeful, refusing to flee, asserting, “I am not America’s nightmare. I am the American Dream.” She. Is. Not. Wrong. 🌈
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