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But this is not a doomers numbing sense of hyperawareness.
Holzman is an optimist.
Seeing Gender Liberations willingness to protest while no longer on the Hill, I thought,Thats pretty cool.
But I dont want to cover it.
Thats whats happening across the nonprofit space and private sector.
If you are able to define the culture, you’ve got the option to define the politics.
Multiple countries have warned against trans travelers coming to the U.S.
However, there has never been a more important time for as many people as possible to show force.
Really, this is about solidarity support, empathy, and what we as humans value.
Polling on trans rights is confusing and noisy.
The issue of discrimination often polls in favor of supporting trans people.
A big piece of the pie is widespread fear of making people uncomfortable in media and entertainment.
Why are we holding SXSW in Austin?
I hate to say it because we really want to perform at SXSW as a band.
Jasmine.4.T spoke about this at aRolling StoneFuture of Music showcase.
Whether or not you are who you say you are is, for many, debatable.
The social democratization the internet was supposed to provide instead gave way to echo chambers.
We take a lot of cues from the last ten years in British punk rock.
The U.K. is often about ten years away culturally from wherever the U.S. is.
It feels like were going to have a resurgence, a cultural reaction to whats happening right now.
If we dont, were fucked as a society.
I never forget abouthow Alright was revived by protesters in 2020.
It became a language people could use.
Its interesting that you bring up Kendricks other song.
Thats also language people can use.
Even though I responded harshly at first, I like the song now.
Im just happy anyone said something positive about the trans community in a rap song.
Say something, right?
I dont know if the audience truly craves transgression.
Theyre ridiculous and its actually absurd that it required Macklemore to share the message.
Oftentimes making music is a selfish exercise.
I started to lose it last summer covering musical non-reactions to current events.
I didnt see anything else on platforms.
That song was the first that got playlisted as fuck from our band after our album came out.
No one got upset.
We live in an algorithmic society.
People are not yet accustomed to the language of the moment being disruption.
They think being background music is the way to succeed.
AI is making that increasingly irrelevant.
One of the fastest ways to do that is speech.
When we toured with Idles, we urged the gang to post about trans rights more.
So they started speaking about Palestine and trans rights more.
Those kinds of quiet conversations are ways our voices can actually impact the way people think.
People revere musicians and songwriters more than they do politicians and other elite leaders at this point.
Also I wanted it not to suck.
I really wanted it to flow and have artists with something interesting to say.
Were showing, not telling.
These are artists who deeply and seriously think about how to include trans people in their own art.
Pitchfork Fest is not happening this summer.
it’s possible for you to come to this instead.
We created a Pitchfork Fest for trans rights.
