Today’s realization: I actually own TWO copies of “Paris Is Burning” on Laserdisc…so I bought a third, sealed copy.
Now just need to buy a Laserdisc player.
I have it on LD/DVD/Blu-Ray…it’s really a digital security blanket I like to tuck into when I need a familiar friend.
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Hi friends, I really want to thank you all from the bottom of my heart for always checking on me. You make this disaster we are in a little less heavy on me when I read your comments. I would appreciate if you all can share my code and continue to speak up for our cause 🙏🏼
Watching Luke Combs sing beside Tracy Chapman with such obvious reverence makes the difference between appropriation and appreciation crystal clear.
When someone engages source material in a spirit of love, it shows.
Count all the ways he centers her, not himself 👇🏾
Yes, the Tracy Chapman / Luke Combs performance mattered because it was a connection across supposed divides, but it also mattered because Combs embodied unbridled joy, admiration,and respect for Chapman, something we see FAR too rarely when these sorts of bridges are celebrated.