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Welcome to For The Record, my newest and deepest post style. On these we deep dive the music behind the posts. Today’s post is a literal monster of a post but I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I did writing it.
Few colors seem to come with as many assumptions as pink. Somewhere along the way, society decided that colors should have rules attached to them. Certain colors became associated with certain genders, certain interests, and certain expectations. Over time, those ideas became so common that many people stopped questioning them altogether. The strange thing is that pink is still just a color. It doesn’t tell us who someone is. It doesn’t determine what they should wear. It doesn’t decide what interests they should have or how they should express themselves.
For orange, I chose A Symptom of Being Human by Shinedown as my soundtrack. The more I thought about it, the more it felt like the perfect song for this color. Within the traditional Pride flag (I know it’s been updated but for the challenge the colors are the colors), orange represents healing. Not celebration, not visibility, healing. While that may not be the first thing people think of when Pride Month comes around, it’s a powerful part of what Pride represents.
“Pearls and swine bereft of meLong and weary my road has beenI was lost in the cities, alone in the hillsNo sorrow or pity for leaving, I feel, yeah”Audioslave – I Am The Highway We’re back, and sooner than expected. You know how it is, sometimes the ideas come in waves, and everything just works…
“I know you’ve never loved the crinkles by your eyes when you smileYou’ve never loved your stomach or your thighsThe dimples in your back at the bottom of your spineBut I’ll love them endlessly”One Direction – Little Things Yep, I know it’s a Christmas photo without a Christmas song as the soundtrack. You’re going to…
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