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potluck rejects
01:20
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where is the community? where do we fit in?
we fetishize the concept
through the zines that we read
but we dont see it anywhere
we ache for companions
to ally ourselves with
but they dont invite us
everybody seems to know of us
but nobody seems to know us
we're so isolated, we never get invited
well i guess we'll have to
build our own community
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2. |
war machine
02:22
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hiroshima, nagasaki, no gun ri, wounded knee, abu ghraib, guantanamo bay
never forget our history of violence
a culture built on the graves of the innocent
the philippines, vietnam, afghanistan, iraq, iran
never forget our history of violence
a culture built on the graves of the innocent
mass graves and massacres, shrapnel and napalm
dead kids and our drones, torture and enslavement
war crimes, internment camps, capital punishment
anesthetized
the war machine rages on
conquer and colonize, arms dealing, coup d'etat
scandals and coverups, assassinations
chemical, nuclear weapons production
anesthetized
the war machine rages on
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define beauty then package it
set a standard that cant be met
products for problems that dont exist
we feel so ugly that we buy into it
overwhelmed with images
we mutilate ourselves
to meet a standard someone else defines
i wanna be pretty, i guess ill spend more money
the marketing and the advertising, they make me sick
the billboards and the magazines, they make me sick
pornography and television, they make me sick
my beauty is mine, eat shit
define your standards, reclaim your beauty
destroy the norm, love yourself
fuck their opinions, they can judge us when we're dead
we are all beautiful
end the assault on our bodies
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im not a spectacle, man
02:42
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my body cries out
wishes to be free
double standards
they suffocate me
my anger is justified
sexual harassment in plain sight
i see white men running the punk scene
i dont see representation of people like me
i am not a guy
my existence is not affirmed
but denied
my areolas and mammary glands are oversexualized
i get hot just as much as you
dont take your fucking shirt off
unless i can too
if i take mine off for comfort or personal preference
i become a fucking "attention whore"
quick! slut shame her!
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romance is overrated
01:47
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romance is consumerism
dating is industry, consumer culture
packaged gender roles, heteropatriarchy
man as provider, woman is property
he feels entitled to her body
romance is rape culture
expectations with no talk of boundaries
interpreting vague body language
pressuring and coercing
my culture tells me
this is romance
fuck romance
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