there is a certain condescension in the idea that “racism should be publicly unacceptable and come with consequences” is an attack on the “working class.”

Yes! People who pride themselves on being shameless norm-breakers often depend the most on norms… or, on all the other people nearby being too stunned or norm-compliant to resist.

You have to be as defiant and brazen as they are, but in defense of decency. You can be pleasant but you don’t budge.

See: people who think of themselves as being “straightforward“ or “direct” but are just being assholes.

I can be direct too!

Big Thief, Vampire Empire

“An empty tushy feels an alive tushy kills“
Rather than
“I am empty until she fills, alive until she kills”

This was on my top ten songs end year thing too.

Well I thought it was “sodomy is such a part of you” until just now.

But on the plus side that is definitely the only reason I still remember that song.

idk not to mention how very nuanced and normal the actual response here was

No blackface?

Too many people working and waiting to get a picture without anyone in it.

all of the music since has been bad beatz by [corporationx]