just another queer

undercoverterrorist:

dionthesocialist:

teganquinbanter:

Have you ever noticed that no one ever has anything nasty to say about Tegan and Sara that has any merit to it? Yeah, people say they don’t like their music and that’s fair enough but you NEVER hear people call them any sort of nasty names. You know why? Because these are two smart, mature and amazing women. They stand up for what they believe in don’t shy away from a confrontation when it comes to things they believe in. As someone whose had personal experiences with rape and homophobia it made me so proud to be a fan of theirs when I saw this interview. I’m sorry but fuck, I can’t think of any other people in this world that I would rather look up to. Things like this just bring it home and remind me why they are so amazing.  

They deserve SO much more credit than they get.

Hm. Do I feel like getting into this today? Yup, I think I do.

Yo, Tegan and Sara. Why don’t you worry about the sexism and homophobia in your own genre of music before you go talking about hip-hop and Tyler the Creator. You wanna know how I know this self-righteous attitude is full of shit, subtly motivated by racism, or at the very least reactionary and poorly thought out? Because Tegan and Sara have had no problem working with sexist white people in their music, like Matt Sharp, co-writer of Weezer’s Pinkerton, which is one of the most sexist albums ever produced. All genres of music are riddled with sexism, so why the fuck do they only choose to speak when the sexism is coming from a black dude? 

And the whole way they refuse to acknowledge race as important in this issue is so fucking dismissive I can’t even stand it. Like, they just stick their pretty white fingers into their pretty white ears and act like there are no other issues at play in this situation besides the ones that affect them. But they’re white folks, so self-involvement comes standard, I suppose.

Just before I get a bunch of hate for this, I agree with the sentiment behind what they say about Tyler. I’m just completely perplexed as to why they don’t turn that same self-righteousness against white musicians and against themselves.

Reblogging for commentary.

I just need to know… What issues/intersections between misogyny and sexism and race do you see here in this whole incident?

(via hairyqueerkid)