It gets better
I am deliberately marking this post public with no age restriction despite strong language and "adult" concepts, because this is an important message to spread as far and as wide as possible, and because I believe that the people it applies to are mostly already old beyond their years. They need to hear this, and I want to make sure (as far as it is in my power to do, anyway) that they - all of them - can. If you are offended by strong language and/or the idea that even pre-teens are aware of their own and others' sexuality (and that there's nothing wrong with that), then don't click on the cuts, and don't play the embedded videos, and don't follow the links to YouTube - and don't blame me if you do.
We've all seen "It Gets Better" posts and videos by now. And a bunch of them are pretty enh, and lots of them make you cry - and some of them make you wonder how bad things were for them before, that what they're talking about now could actually be better. This one actually does help you believe that things truly can be better if you can just hang in long enough.
it gets better-----a music video by rebecca drysdale
It's a pretty catchy song that tells it like it is, and if you like it that much, you can get the lyrics from the artist's website, currently on the Movies page.
IT GETS BETTER LYRICS
Amanda is in gym class where the kids go to get fit,
But her eye’s not on the ball at all -- it’s on Ms. Foster’s tits.
She’s got a dirty little secret (“shhh”) that everybody knows.
She came out, but she wishes she had left the closet closed.
And here is little Davey hiding in the piano room,
Playing Wicked, Rent, Chicago, Cats and Brigadoon.
He’s hiding from the locker room and jocks who roam the halls,
Where he’s safe from wedgies, shiners and destruction of his balls…
But when they call you weirdos, fags, and rejects, flamers, gays and hags,
Baby dykes and homotikes, Lesbos, homos, and queer bags,
It might seem like it’s hopeless and will never be ok,
But listen to the ones who care -- believe them when they say:
IT GETS BETTER
One day you’ll look back and you won’t give a fuck
When your swimming through your pussy vault like Scrooge Fucking McDuck.
And when you’re snatching your first Grammy -- super glammy lookin’ slick --
It won’t be much time till they get in line for a chance to suck your dick.
IT GETS BETTER
It wasn’t long till they told Johnny that he wasn’t normal
When he wore a strapless gown and high heels to his junior formal.
But the cool guys they felt passionately that his chosen fashion
Was a rationalization for a rash of Johnny bashin’.
Everyone made fun of Shannon cause she kissed a girl.
So she hid her head and closed her mouth and shut out all the world.
She is brilliant, smart and funny, kind and talented -- but hey --
It doesn’t matter what she is cause all she is to them is gay.
But when they call you carpet munchers, fudge packers, and queens,
Lesbians in training, Marys, Nelly, Nancy teens,
It might seem like you’re different, weird, unusual or strange,
But hang in there cause things have always and will always change.
IT GETS BETTER
Jon’s a stylist and he’s gotten pretty far.
Now he doesn’t get his ass kicked but his ass kissed by the stars.
And when Shannon got to college she met people just like her,
And she realized who the d-bags and the fuckheads really were.
IT GETS BETTER
Jane Lynch, Boy George, Versace,
Adam Lambert, Liberace,
Elton, Tim Gunn, Michael Stype,
Ellen, Rosie, Wanda Sykes.
Jodie Foster, Linda Perry
Gandalf the Wizard? -- actually a fairy.
Simon Amstell, K.D. Lang.
Even Brando like some wang.
Rachel Maddow (huge muff diver),
Richard Hatch who won Survivor,
Nathan Lane, Truman Capote,
Even Obiwan Kenobi.
Billy Joe from Greenday’s bi,
Ricky Martin --- big surprise!
Doogie Howser -- what a showman.
Dave Hyde Pierce and all the Romans.
Tommy Tune and Alvin Ailey,
Meredith Baxter, Leisha Hailey.
Lohan, Paquin both are bi.
Boy George and George Takei.
Cher has a transgendered child.
George Michael and Oscar Wild,
Everyone involved in Glee,
One-tenth of everyone you know -- and me!
All of them were just like you.
It got better for them, and it will for you too.
IT GETS BETTER
If you’re gay or bi or something in between,
There’s no one who is meaner than a bunch of asshole teens.
Those assholes are the first people that you will soon forget
When you’re living life and learning how much better it can get….
It gets better!!!
As I already said up there, I think it's an important message to spread as far and as wide as possible, but I think the most important message of all is the spoken bit at the end, which I have transcribed here since that doesn't seem to be available either in the YouTube notes, or on the artist's website.
Hey everybody, thanks for watching my video -- and a huge thank you to the people who made it possible. While the credits are rolling I just wanted to add one thing.
The "It Gets Better" campaign started in response to gay bullying and teen homophobia, and has helped raise so much awareness for the issue. But it's important to remember that gay kids aren't the only ones who are bullied. Being a teenager can suck sometimes if you're different, whether it's because of your sexuality, or your nationality, or the way you dress, or because you ride a unicycle to school every morning when you're ten years old...
But the important thing to remember is that school ends. And when it does, you get to choose who you hang out with, and the people you're surrounded by -- and those are the people who are gonna encourage and embrace all the things about you that make you feel different now.
And that doesn't only mean the gay community. There are around fifty people involved making this video, and I think three and a half of them are gay.
I know that none of this makes it suck less right now, but hang in there. I promise, it gets better. Thanks.
All that being said, how could this post get any better? This is how: The voiceover censorship in the expurgated "clean version for work, kids, and TV" of the video is funny as hell! Seriously, listen to it, even if you already listened to the original.
it gets better / drysdale / censored
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We've all seen "It Gets Better" posts and videos by now. And a bunch of them are pretty enh, and lots of them make you cry - and some of them make you wonder how bad things were for them before, that what they're talking about now could actually be better. This one actually does help you believe that things truly can be better if you can just hang in long enough.
it gets better-----a music video by rebecca drysdale
It's a pretty catchy song that tells it like it is, and if you like it that much, you can get the lyrics from the artist's website, currently on the Movies page.
IT GETS BETTER LYRICS
Amanda is in gym class where the kids go to get fit,
But her eye’s not on the ball at all -- it’s on Ms. Foster’s tits.
She’s got a dirty little secret (“shhh”) that everybody knows.
She came out, but she wishes she had left the closet closed.
And here is little Davey hiding in the piano room,
Playing Wicked, Rent, Chicago, Cats and Brigadoon.
He’s hiding from the locker room and jocks who roam the halls,
Where he’s safe from wedgies, shiners and destruction of his balls…
But when they call you weirdos, fags, and rejects, flamers, gays and hags,
Baby dykes and homotikes, Lesbos, homos, and queer bags,
It might seem like it’s hopeless and will never be ok,
But listen to the ones who care -- believe them when they say:
IT GETS BETTER
One day you’ll look back and you won’t give a fuck
When your swimming through your pussy vault like Scrooge Fucking McDuck.
And when you’re snatching your first Grammy -- super glammy lookin’ slick --
It won’t be much time till they get in line for a chance to suck your dick.
IT GETS BETTER
It wasn’t long till they told Johnny that he wasn’t normal
When he wore a strapless gown and high heels to his junior formal.
But the cool guys they felt passionately that his chosen fashion
Was a rationalization for a rash of Johnny bashin’.
Everyone made fun of Shannon cause she kissed a girl.
So she hid her head and closed her mouth and shut out all the world.
She is brilliant, smart and funny, kind and talented -- but hey --
It doesn’t matter what she is cause all she is to them is gay.
But when they call you carpet munchers, fudge packers, and queens,
Lesbians in training, Marys, Nelly, Nancy teens,
It might seem like you’re different, weird, unusual or strange,
But hang in there cause things have always and will always change.
IT GETS BETTER
Jon’s a stylist and he’s gotten pretty far.
Now he doesn’t get his ass kicked but his ass kissed by the stars.
And when Shannon got to college she met people just like her,
And she realized who the d-bags and the fuckheads really were.
IT GETS BETTER
Jane Lynch, Boy George, Versace,
Adam Lambert, Liberace,
Elton, Tim Gunn, Michael Stype,
Ellen, Rosie, Wanda Sykes.
Jodie Foster, Linda Perry
Gandalf the Wizard? -- actually a fairy.
Simon Amstell, K.D. Lang.
Even Brando like some wang.
Rachel Maddow (huge muff diver),
Richard Hatch who won Survivor,
Nathan Lane, Truman Capote,
Even Obiwan Kenobi.
Billy Joe from Greenday’s bi,
Ricky Martin --- big surprise!
Doogie Howser -- what a showman.
Dave Hyde Pierce and all the Romans.
Tommy Tune and Alvin Ailey,
Meredith Baxter, Leisha Hailey.
Lohan, Paquin both are bi.
Boy George and George Takei.
Cher has a transgendered child.
George Michael and Oscar Wild,
Everyone involved in Glee,
One-tenth of everyone you know -- and me!
All of them were just like you.
It got better for them, and it will for you too.
IT GETS BETTER
If you’re gay or bi or something in between,
There’s no one who is meaner than a bunch of asshole teens.
Those assholes are the first people that you will soon forget
When you’re living life and learning how much better it can get….
It gets better!!!
As I already said up there, I think it's an important message to spread as far and as wide as possible, but I think the most important message of all is the spoken bit at the end, which I have transcribed here since that doesn't seem to be available either in the YouTube notes, or on the artist's website.
Hey everybody, thanks for watching my video -- and a huge thank you to the people who made it possible. While the credits are rolling I just wanted to add one thing.
The "It Gets Better" campaign started in response to gay bullying and teen homophobia, and has helped raise so much awareness for the issue. But it's important to remember that gay kids aren't the only ones who are bullied. Being a teenager can suck sometimes if you're different, whether it's because of your sexuality, or your nationality, or the way you dress, or because you ride a unicycle to school every morning when you're ten years old...
But the important thing to remember is that school ends. And when it does, you get to choose who you hang out with, and the people you're surrounded by -- and those are the people who are gonna encourage and embrace all the things about you that make you feel different now.
And that doesn't only mean the gay community. There are around fifty people involved making this video, and I think three and a half of them are gay.
I know that none of this makes it suck less right now, but hang in there. I promise, it gets better. Thanks.
All that being said, how could this post get any better? This is how: The voiceover censorship in the expurgated "clean version for work, kids, and TV" of the video is funny as hell! Seriously, listen to it, even if you already listened to the original.
it gets better / drysdale / censored
Crossposted from http://montuos.dreamwidth.org/686040.html ;
comments on original post. If you do not have a Dreamwidth ID, you can log in with OpenID using your LJ ID to read comments on protected posts.