I’m fine with all of it. I don’t think I’ve felt this hopeful about the future since Chump got elected.

Is anyone else grappling with the cognitive dissonance of appreciating all the people who are cutting ties with/shunning/firing these creepy rapists, and also acknowledging that they’re only doing it because their backs are to the wall and/or it’s the popular thing to do at the moment?

Why would you think she’s incapable of reading her audience? If she keeps doing it and has had a favorable outcome including from the festival organizers where she’s done that, what makes you think she’s making WOC uncomfortable and somehow can’t see it?

It’s amazing how many commenters are being obtuse about this. And by amazing I mean I think I’m getting a headache.

Then don’t move, she’s not the boss of you. Just shake your head or ignore her.

Then they can stay where they are, and that’s fine. She is not forcing anyone, obviously.

More likely, she doesn’t care. Not everything revolves around white people.

How has it backfired? Her goal was to make them feel confident and included, and then the festival backed her up on her message. Seems like things turned out really well.

Most bands have had Girls up front, even the misogynist ones :)

I’ve been to her shows before. It’s not awkward. It’s actually kind of a beautiful moment, and it totally connects with the music she performs. And I’m saying this as someone who had to move back. What we’re seeing is an artist getting newer fans after a surprise (totally deserved) Polaris prize win, who’re unfamiliar…

She’s saying her music IS for People of Color and she’s not afraid to say it. I’m with it. I am a non-Black person who attends LA BLM meetings and before they allow any non-Black people in, they accommodate the Black people who come first. It’s not for me, but I want to support and I am okay with that. Her music is by…

I think we should be all beyond giving a fuck about any tantrums right-wingers will throw. Even if we bend over backwards to accomodate them (see: entire Obama era) they will find something to be offended and scream about.

If people of color are expected to never ruffle the feathers of every right wing publication there will be no progress.

Yes - you ever been a female POC trying to get to the front of a Clay Aiken concert? Its impossible, literally a sea of whiteness. Somethings gotta be done, and Lido doing it.

Apparently they don’t teach people sarcasm in the Netherlands either.

This is nothing new. Bikini Kill was calling for girls up front in the ‘90's. Whiney white dudes have had 20 years to get over it.

Quite literally, if something pisses off Geert Wilders, I am almost certain to support that thing. That man’s a jumped-up Hitler wannabe and I won’t have any of his bullshit.

The right wing was able to create a fuss about a black First Lady encouraging kids to exercise and eat vegetables. If the right wing’s gonna be a whiny baby person, then the right wing can go fuck itself.

Who gives a fuck what Wilders and those like him think? Drown. Them. Out.

On the other hand, why should I give two shits what right wing publications think about anything whatsoever?