interesting vid link

I recently stumbled across this:

a fan-transformation of Lady Gaga's Bad Romance, both song and video, into a history of women's suffrage in the United States.

Which is not what I usually expect of my internets, but, uh. It has made me cry. Five times now.

(It will probably be more interesting to those of you familiar with the original Bad Romance video, from which it is riffing a ridiculous number of shot setups.)

Because to me this gets very nicely at the way that being a woman* and being engaged in politics in the U.S. can mean you're in an abusive relationship with your own country, and how there's this flawed (this video is very white) and sometimes terrifyingly conciliatory movement that has done amazing things. I mean it hits the nuances, for me, the bits where I'm like, I have had my issues with the Second Wave and also with the Third (and some of those can be extrapolated by comparing this vid to its source, which I'm sure is intentional), but also, it's worth it, rock on.

Persons who are scheduling vid-party at Wiscon, this is absolutely up your alley and if I had any hope of going to the con whatsoever I might suggest it get a panel.

* My current gender identification is somewhere between 'it's complicated' and 'fuck everything', with a very large dose of 'I have no idea' and some 'we don't want to get into that mess'. I have, however, definitely felt serious gender-based political frustration on numerous occasions.

interesting vid link

I recently stumbled across this:

a fan-transformation of Lady Gaga's Bad Romance, both song and video, into a history of women's suffrage in the United States.

Which is not what I usually expect of my internets, but, uh. It has made me cry. Five times now.

(It will probably be more interesting to those of you familiar with the original Bad Romance video, from which it is riffing a ridiculous number of shot setups.)

Because to me this gets very nicely at the way that being a woman* and being engaged in politics in the U.S. can mean you're in an abusive relationship with your own country, and how there's this flawed (this video is very white) and sometimes terrifyingly conciliatory movement that has done amazing things. I mean it hits the nuances, for me, the bits where I'm like, I have had my issues with the Second Wave and also with the Third (and some of those can be extrapolated by comparing this vid to its source, which I'm sure is intentional), but also, it's worth it, rock on.

Persons who are scheduling vid-party at Wiscon, this is absolutely up your alley and if I had any hope of going to the con whatsoever I might suggest it get a panel.

* My current gender identification is somewhere between 'it's complicated' and 'fuck everything', with a very large dose of 'I have no idea' and some 'we don't want to get into that mess'. I have, however, definitely felt serious gender-based political frustration on numerous occasions.

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