SFPride is right around the corner. Tonight, in fact, I will be attending the Big Gay Birthday in SF hosted by The Bold Italic. "Big Gay Birthday is the pre-Pride party that also celebrates SF’s birthday (238 this year)." Happy SF Pride, and happy birthday to SF.
However, as progressive as SF is and other places have become, let us not forget that is not the case everywhere. We can simply look back at the controversy surrounding the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
In response to the politics at play in the games, Norwegian pop singer Annie released a politically-charged tune titled "Russian Kiss." Furthermore, the music video explicitly challenges the Putin administration's anti-LGBTQ position. The video plays like an ad for an American Apparel x Urban Outfitters collaboration. I mean no disrespect to the creative minds behind this brilliant video. I very much enjoy the fruits of their labor, and wish the song and video had received more airplay and attention. It is worth watching and listening to.
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Show your love for the lovers, the others,
the fighters, outsiders,
people like you
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Press play, and let me know what you think.
