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MusicSome interesting music washed up ashore
I wish we had a music circle here. The you tube algorithm has been serving me up some really interesting female musicians from the late 60's and early 70's and I have found myself enjoying them immensely.The best clips tend to be live ones, but some of the studio work is great too. All of them are easily as good as any of the men from that era...funny why they never got the same promotion as those bands. Maybe it is because these women never sexualized themselves to sell?
Alice Coltrane: American jazz pianist and harpist. Swamini who used spiritual themes in her music. I love the heavy beats and soulful piano in her work. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Coltrane
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_CyntV0eqg
She was also the wife of John Coltrane
Frumpy: A German prog rock band fronted by amazing singer Inga Rumpf. Really cool music, if my friend's car had come with an 8 track of their second album instead of Black Sabbath 'Paranoid', it probably would have changed my life.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDUQN0Chl-M
Fanny: All female rock band of the early 70's. It pays to watch their live videos, they rocked hard. I think America was not ready for a female band ... a female band fronted by Filipinas at that. Anyway, they are great musicians, here is an extended video of a recording session:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zcb1HpH42N8&t=673s
It sucks that I lived through that era and listened to those genres and I never heard of these women. I can at least thank the internet and you tube for washing them up on my virtual shores here. I love their style and strength and I wish more girls had women like this for role models, especially in areas like music. I hope others enjoy them as much as I have!
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I have a few minor problems with this but here's where I really take issue.
Rape is functionally decriminalized. Saying that it being illegal doesn't change anything isn't telling the whole story. I don't know a single acquaintance or friend who has been raped who even bothered contacting law enforcement. Often there's a bunch of reasons for that, but "what's the point?" is a HUGE one. I remember the Stanford rape trial, I remember the girl who was raped by a dorm neighbor at Harvard, high profile cases with sympathetic victims where literally nothing happened to the rapists. (I mean I guess the Stanford rapist got a tiny slap on the wrist but it was a fucking joke.)
A victim who goes to law enforcement is usually treated like garbage and for what? Cops to not even bother bringing the rapist in? Oh, maybe it actually goes to trial... just for the rapist to get praised for his sport abilities in open court?
Rapists don't think twice before raping because they know that even though it's illegal there are no actual consequences. There need to be more Larry Nassars, more rapists who are actually punished. And the punishments need to be swift and severe.
If someone steals my car, that really would suck for me, it might be a horrible inconvenience and screw things up a lot, but I wouldn't have nightmares for the rest of my life about it. Why is the punishment for stealing a car harsher than rape? Why should teenage girls have to bear some weird conservative burden on having safe, healthy, age appropriate sexual interactions (and not pornsick ones - I agree that is something that also needs to change) because we refuse to lock up and actually punish men that feel like they have a right to rape?