my dear baby queers
chappell roan is lovely, sure
but i promise
she didn't invent the concept of dykey lyrics
there have been entire ass decades before 2024 (or "I listened to chappell roan before 2024," which seems to be a competitive sport in some sectors now?)
if you can believe it
Or did everyone just MAGICALLY FORGET about Janelle Monae....AGAIN?? Pynk was 2018! They just did a Hot Girl Summer album with videos! (Grace Jones sings on it! It's so good.)
....Anyway sorry to yell but DAMN, somehow she never comes up in these conversations, why is that I totally wonder. sigh
Altho this white guy said the immortal line "Being veep is no real guarantee, Governor is a much better shot for a really ambitious politician" and I was just
...
that speechless
Can we say Jolene? Because....Jolene! 1973!
Or, you know, Melissa Etheridge and the freaking Indigo Girls, kd lang, Tegan and Sara, those are the ones I remember. (Phranc and Michelle Shocked too....)