You Can Be Anything You Wanna Be.
So for the last little while, I've been getting really fed up and angry with all the anti-woman bullshit in fandom, media, and real life. I'm tired of being told that women don't matter, that their problems don't matter, that their races and their cultures and their beliefs aren't important, that female-centric stories and female heroes just don't count as much as the male versions. I'm tired of the slut-shaming and victim-blaming, the way women are judged and hated for their existence, exploited and hurt and dismissed, whether in various media or in real life.
I know so many amazing women, from my mother to my sister to my friends to my workplace. I know women who fight tirelessly for justice, even though it feels hopeless sometimes, but they never give up. I know women who write amazing novels that turn genres on their heads and incur wrath from people who aren't ready to deal with their thoughtful, intelligent ideas. I know women who face every day with dignity, humor, and strength in their work and their personal lives, even when they're dealing with constant pain or illness or other kinds of difficulties. I know women who are working hard to bring universal health care to all people, regardless of any of the labels that seem to divide us. I know women who comes in all sizes, all races, all sexualities, all belief systems, all kinds of families who spend every single day raising awareness and fighting for equality, who are the first to stop and say "This is bullshit" when they see something that reinforces negative stereotypes of any person, who are trying to make the world a safer, kinder, more equal place for all of us who live in it.
So I made a fanmix to celebrate women and all the ways we are amazing. It's not as much as I would like to do, but it's what I'm starting with for now. I apologize for the mostly Western-centric music, and I really hope that it doesn't make anyone feel left out.
Much love and thanks to Jen for making this flow better with her amazing song-stitching skills. Mediafire, no graphics this time, and I hope it captures even a tenth of how fantastic women around the world are.
Fuck Yeah, Women!
01. Bruno Coulais - Spink & Forcible
02. Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine
Be kind to me, or treat me mean
I'll make the most of it, I'm an extraordinary machine
03. Sarah Slean - Society Song
I will not sing along
How did you get it so wrong?
In a room of strangers
Oh well, I’m glad I don’t belong
04. Combustible Edison - Spy Vs. Spy
05. Pink Martini & Saori Yuki - Mayonaka no bossa nova (Midnight bossa nova)
I had a dream, a dream
I saw a rainbow, a rainbow
Walking and walking
Endlessly in the desert
06. Fiona Apple - Please Please Please
My method is uncertain
It's a mess, but it's working
07. Feist - Caught a Long Wind
I took a deep breath
And caught a long wind
08. Budapest Klezmer Band - Hora
09. The Chieftains - The Chieftains in Orbit with NASA Astronaut Cady Coleman
10. Sarah Slean - Girls Hating Girls
Line ‘em up, line ‘em up
Knock ‘em down, knock ‘em down
A game, a crime, a waste of time
Girls hating girls
11. April March - Chick Habit
A girl's not a tonic or a pill
12. Bratmobile - Come Hither
I got an all girl band, I got nails to file
I got a thing for you, I'll only wait a little while
13. M.I.A. - One for the Head Skit
One for the head and two for the beat
14. PJ Harvey - 50ft Queenie
Hey I'm king of the world
You oughta hear my song
You come on and measure me
I'm fifty inches long
15. Joan Jett - Bad Reputation
I don't give a damn about my reputation
I've never been afraid of any deviation
And I don't really care if you think I'm strange
I ain't gonna change
16. Garfunkel & Oates - Silver Lining
Get up out of bed
Right foot, left foot moving
Get out of your head
Soon you'll be improving
17. Camilla And The Chickens - Forget You
18. Garfunkel & Oates - Wow
You, yeah, you
You're really cool
You can be anything you wanna be
19. Soul Position - Candyland Part I
20. Stella Mwangi - Haba Haba
Don't ever give up
Keep on moving
21. Cansei de Ser Sexy - Music Is My Hot, Hot Sex
Music is my brother
Music is my great-grand-daughter
Music is my sister
Music is my favorite mistress
22. Soul Position - I Love
23. M.I.A. - Fire Fire
First your beats had me running to the running man
Then your chat had me wanna do the bogie man
Click suits and booted in the timberland
Freakin out to Missy on a Timbaland
24. The Herbaliser - More Tea, More Beer (ft. Jean Grae)
Totally fucking incredible for a second time
In twenty years, they'll say that Jean was ahead of her rhymes
25. Soul Position - Just Think
26. AplusD - Decepta-Freak-On (Missy Elliott vs. Le Tigre)
Copy-written so don't copy me
Y'all do it sloppily
And y'all can't come close to me
27. The Herbaliser - Nah'mean Nah'm Sayin' (ft. Jean Grae)
Before we get to the hook, don't ask any questions.
Please, please, we don't need your harassment.
28. Amanda Diva - Hot Shit
Because my soul, inner fire, is blazing
Always lit
And everything I write
Comes directly from it
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I know so many amazing women, from my mother to my sister to my friends to my workplace. I know women who fight tirelessly for justice, even though it feels hopeless sometimes, but they never give up. I know women who write amazing novels that turn genres on their heads and incur wrath from people who aren't ready to deal with their thoughtful, intelligent ideas. I know women who face every day with dignity, humor, and strength in their work and their personal lives, even when they're dealing with constant pain or illness or other kinds of difficulties. I know women who are working hard to bring universal health care to all people, regardless of any of the labels that seem to divide us. I know women who comes in all sizes, all races, all sexualities, all belief systems, all kinds of families who spend every single day raising awareness and fighting for equality, who are the first to stop and say "This is bullshit" when they see something that reinforces negative stereotypes of any person, who are trying to make the world a safer, kinder, more equal place for all of us who live in it.
So I made a fanmix to celebrate women and all the ways we are amazing. It's not as much as I would like to do, but it's what I'm starting with for now. I apologize for the mostly Western-centric music, and I really hope that it doesn't make anyone feel left out.
Much love and thanks to Jen for making this flow better with her amazing song-stitching skills. Mediafire, no graphics this time, and I hope it captures even a tenth of how fantastic women around the world are.
Fuck Yeah, Women!
01. Bruno Coulais - Spink & Forcible
02. Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine
Be kind to me, or treat me mean
I'll make the most of it, I'm an extraordinary machine
03. Sarah Slean - Society Song
I will not sing along
How did you get it so wrong?
In a room of strangers
Oh well, I’m glad I don’t belong
04. Combustible Edison - Spy Vs. Spy
05. Pink Martini & Saori Yuki - Mayonaka no bossa nova (Midnight bossa nova)
I had a dream, a dream
I saw a rainbow, a rainbow
Walking and walking
Endlessly in the desert
06. Fiona Apple - Please Please Please
My method is uncertain
It's a mess, but it's working
07. Feist - Caught a Long Wind
I took a deep breath
And caught a long wind
08. Budapest Klezmer Band - Hora
09. The Chieftains - The Chieftains in Orbit with NASA Astronaut Cady Coleman
10. Sarah Slean - Girls Hating Girls
Line ‘em up, line ‘em up
Knock ‘em down, knock ‘em down
A game, a crime, a waste of time
Girls hating girls
11. April March - Chick Habit
A girl's not a tonic or a pill
12. Bratmobile - Come Hither
I got an all girl band, I got nails to file
I got a thing for you, I'll only wait a little while
13. M.I.A. - One for the Head Skit
One for the head and two for the beat
14. PJ Harvey - 50ft Queenie
Hey I'm king of the world
You oughta hear my song
You come on and measure me
I'm fifty inches long
15. Joan Jett - Bad Reputation
I don't give a damn about my reputation
I've never been afraid of any deviation
And I don't really care if you think I'm strange
I ain't gonna change
16. Garfunkel & Oates - Silver Lining
Get up out of bed
Right foot, left foot moving
Get out of your head
Soon you'll be improving
17. Camilla And The Chickens - Forget You
18. Garfunkel & Oates - Wow
You, yeah, you
You're really cool
You can be anything you wanna be
19. Soul Position - Candyland Part I
20. Stella Mwangi - Haba Haba
Don't ever give up
Keep on moving
21. Cansei de Ser Sexy - Music Is My Hot, Hot Sex
Music is my brother
Music is my great-grand-daughter
Music is my sister
Music is my favorite mistress
22. Soul Position - I Love
23. M.I.A. - Fire Fire
First your beats had me running to the running man
Then your chat had me wanna do the bogie man
Click suits and booted in the timberland
Freakin out to Missy on a Timbaland
24. The Herbaliser - More Tea, More Beer (ft. Jean Grae)
Totally fucking incredible for a second time
In twenty years, they'll say that Jean was ahead of her rhymes
25. Soul Position - Just Think
26. AplusD - Decepta-Freak-On (Missy Elliott vs. Le Tigre)
Copy-written so don't copy me
Y'all do it sloppily
And y'all can't come close to me
27. The Herbaliser - Nah'mean Nah'm Sayin' (ft. Jean Grae)
Before we get to the hook, don't ask any questions.
Please, please, we don't need your harassment.
28. Amanda Diva - Hot Shit
Because my soul, inner fire, is blazing
Always lit
And everything I write
Comes directly from it
DOWNLOAD (Mediafire, 141.93 mb)
DOWNLOAD (Sendspace, 141.93 mb)
This entry was originally posted at Dreamwidth. Please comment anywhere you feel has the best icons to use to dazzle me. I'm really easy.