Trans Women on Bandcamp

I spent the last couple hours compiling this list. It is by no means the entirety of trans women/trans feminine folks on Bandcamp, it’s just the ones I could find. Reblog it, add to it, buy their music. Lich Witch House/IDM

Jane Doe and the Misery Loves Co Folk Punk

Ashby and the Oceanns Folk/Punk/Indie

Bella Trout Folk/Punk/Indie

Little Waist Punk/Pop Punk

Hazagussa Black Metal/Noise Metal

Lyskoi - Alyssa Kai Folk/Folk Punk -Do not know for sure how Alyssa identifies, but there’s a good chance that Alyssa fits here.

Calliope Wong Instrumental/Classical/Electronic/Noise

Venus Selenite Spoken Word

Stars on a Bedroom’s Wall Tremendously Varied

Trrtle Nation Experimental Electro Noise

Ellie Rose Instrumental Synthpop

Skeletor Rising Electronic Harsh Noise

Hot Noisy Mess Electronic Harsh Noise/Experimental

Mya Byrne Folk/Americana

Pain Wife Electronic Harsh Noise/Death Industrial

Bog Witch Doom Noise/Noise Metal

Virtual Intelligence Cyber-Goth/Industrial/Neon Metal

Through Waves World Fusion/Darkwave

Ellah a Thaun Lyrical Dissonance

Toxic Delirium Gutter Punk/Noise Grunge

HIRS Speedcore/Thrash/Grind

Noize Pervertz Harsh Noise

pinkclaws Ambient Electropop

Ruby Price Pop Punk/Mumblepunk

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!!!! two of my bands and also my friends bands are on this! i might reblog it with more links later, so many rad trans women jams on bandcamp tbh

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Not sure what the rules are, but all these have at least one trans woman member, many are all trans etc

Lauren Bousfield - electro classical cyberpocalypse best thing I’ve ever heard

Screaming Queens - noisy punky borderline Sonic Youth worship

lululululu - experimental avant-garde electronic dark industrial wit house

Symbiotic Trans Action - noisey live sample mashing and feedback screeching

Homo Monstrous - electronially assisted punk rock grunge

Bümflap - vaguely crusty doomy punk

G.L.O.S.S. - hardcore

Dyke Drama - pop punk

Penelope Parker - multitalented genius electronic singer songwriter nu metal glam punk

Nü-klē-ər Blast Suntan - ambient crust

Black Squares - electronic twee screamo pop?

My Parade - dance punk

SBSM - no wave synth punk

Jane Harms - goth electronic

Body Betrayal (had a trans girl for the demo, but were a shitty misogynist brofest by the time the album came out) - grind violence

Loone, Noel’le Longhaul - folk

Hex Partners - acoustic doom instrumental

Anastatica - blackish metal

Dance-Archy - dance remixes of Olympia punk

J.O.C.K. - punk metal grunge

Elka - dark epic electronic black metal

Disemballerina - classical acoustic funeral doom

Eekum Seekum - queercore glam

Tall Girl - basement metal punk

Ramshackle Glory - anarcho folk punk

James Rabbit - pop rock

Theyeattheirowngod - anarcho screamo punk

K8y H8r - electronic diary twee pop

also there are hella chill trans girls such as Oak Body making electronic music on soundcloud

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Triage - hesh metal punk

https://sicknurse.bandcamp.com/releases

My band.

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The Bullet, an ensemble member with nothing to separate her from the rest but a poof of curls at the top of her head, morphs not only into a Greek Chorus member, but into a signal of death approaching until she eventually (historical spoiler alert:) approaches Hamilton at the end of the show as an embodiment of the shot that killed him. At the start, the Bullet is indistinguishable from her fellow ensemble members. Most of the ensemble steps into the spotlight a couple times, though, as everything from named historical figures like Samuel Seabury and James Reynolds to small speaking roles, and the Bullet is no different. After “You’ll Be Back,” she steps forward for the first time as a spy receiving a letter, only to have her neck snapped by a redcoat and become the first death of the revolution. However, unlike the rest of the ensemble, who return to the anonymous chorus until their next role, the Bullet never seems to leave that first moment behind. Her next appearance as a singular character is in “Stay Alive,” when she becomes the actual Bullet for the first time as she passes Hamilton by at the sound of the gunshot at the top of the song, and from that moment on, every second she is allowed the audience’s full or even partial attention, she becomes a harbinger of death. Though her connection to death is most apparent in Act II, she is absolutely present and aware of his role as the Bullet from the beginning. When asked about playing the Bullet in an interview with “The Great Discontent,” Ariana DeBose, the original Bullet, said, “I always know I’m aiming for him—even if the rest of the ensemble members don’t. So even if I’m just a lady in a ball gown at a party, there’s still a part of my character that knows that that moment is going to come.” Even when the spotlight is not on her, every moment the Bullet is onstage has significance. Whether it’s in “My Shot,” when the ensemble unfreezes one by one as Hamilton moves toward them during his first recitation of the “I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory” monologue and the Bullet is the last one to move, her hand still outstretched toward Hamilton as he steps in front of her, or it’s in “Ten Duel Commandments,” when the ensemble lines up between Hamilton and Burr, singing, “Pick a place to die where it’s high and dry,” and the Bullet places herself directly at Hamilton’s side, the connection between them is already being formed. Knowing that the Bullet is fully aware of the final meeting she and Hamilton are hurtling toward makes the short moment in “Ten Duel Commandments” when Hamilton looks at her lining up beside him, the only time he ever seems to truly see her before his final moments, and the pair stand side by side for numbers six and seven of the Commandments, moving through the choreography in sync, feel hugely significant in a way it never would otherwise. Several songs later, during “Yorktown,” she kills a redcoat with Laurens in South Carolina. They celebrate for a brief moment before she returns to the ensemble, and the show moves on. It until three songs later that the audience and Hamilton learn that Laurens was shot and killed in South Carolina not long after the fighting ended. It is a short and easily dismissed interaction, but this is the first moment that her actions are entwined in someone’s death. This quick look the Bullet and Laurens share in “Yorktown” begins to feel like Laurens sealing his fate with a handshake in retrospect. This quick tie the Bullet forms with a person as they are about to die becomes extremely important in the second act, when she really steps into her role as the Bullet. Her spoken lines, though few, are particularly significant, as every one of them eventually leads to someone getting shot – namely, Philip and Hamilton. In “Blow Us All Away,” she tells Philip exactly where to find George Eaker, the man who will kill him, singing, “I saw him just up Broadway, couple of blocks. He was going to see a play.” Philip follows her directions and challenges him to the duel that will kill him. Her only other spoken line is as one of Burr’s supporters in “The Election of 1800,” when she says, “I can’t believe we’re here with him” and flashes Burr a large, hopeful smile. Burr leaves the exchange with a fist pump, believing he has the election in the bag, only to have that hope ripped away when Hamilton’s support of Jefferson leads to him losing the presidency and challenging Hamilton to the duel the whole show has been foreshadowing. At the start of “Your Obedient Servant,” when Burr actually challenges Hamilton, the Bullet actually pulls Burr’s desk onto the stage and hands him his quill so that he can begin his fateful letters, edging his toward the battlefield. Every action she takes ensures that Hamilton meets her one last time. Once she has successfully gotten the pair to pull their guns on each other’s, she appears for a final time as the actual bullet, slowly approaching Hamilton throughout the entirety of his final monologue and coming dangerously close to him as he moves, scatter-brained, across the stage. Halfway through, he steps right in her path, turns back and stumbles out of the way, and as he frantically repeats, “Rise up, rise up, rise up,” she lunges for him, only to be pulled back by another ensemble member as Eliza steps in her path. Once Hamilton has been shot, she joins the ensemble once again, satisfied that the path she’s been on since the beginning has come to an end.

The Piece Of Foreshadowing In ‘Hamilton’ That Everyone Misses (Odyssey Online)

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Watch: Lin-Manuel Miranda’s UPenn commencement speech will move you to tears.

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Just reading this back gives me chills.

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This is everything.

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THE SQUARE ROOT OF SUMMER - Blog Tour

To celebrate the publication of The Square Root of Summer, we’ve put together a very special time capsule-themed blog tour (we thought Gottie would approve). Bloggers were invited to participate in one or both of two ways: a written portion in which they answer the same questions about their lives twice (a few months apart) to see how much they’ve changed, and a portion where they sent us a physical item (or a photo of a physical item!) that represents who they are at this moment. We had a blast seeing the items that participants chose, which ranged from a vintage copy of Little Women to an empty box of dog treats! The items (and the motivations behind them being chosen) were creative, moving, and meaningful. Below, please find photos and explanations (in bloggers’ own words) for why they chose what they did, along with a round-up photo of all the items we received here at the Flatiron!

- Fallon, Seeing Double in Neverland

IMG 1- My item is my writing journal where I brainstorm my book ideas and add details on characters and the world. Also research facts end up in the book. I would add this to a capsule to see my growth in process when reflecting back.

–Emma, Miss Print

I carry a pen and notebook with me everywhere to keep track of ideas, my schedule, and blog-related thoughts. After thinking long and hard about who I am now I knew this notebook and pen made perfect sense because of my blog and writing and also because I’ve resolved to create more this year to be more present by observing the world around me.

Throughout my life I’ve always felt like I had my feet in two worlds: one representing my Moroccan heritage and the other my American upbringing. This clay slipper from Morocco reminds me of a home that I only get to visit every few years but that is very much a part of me.

–Sajda, Across The Words

For the Square Root of Summer Blog Tour I made a Pocket Lette that represents me right now:

My favorite city- next to Boston (aka home) London holds my heart most, based on all the places I’ve been so far.
I’m a traveler- the wanderlust is strong and I try to go somewhere new every year.
Poland- my next big trip is a family reunion in Poland.
Hamilton- I’ve fallen down the rabbit hole and am a total Hamiltonian!
Massachusetts- where I live now
I’m an avid reader/blogger and these are some of my current faces.
Some of my favorite apps
I’m forever and always a geek and proud of it

-Gail, Ticket to Anywhere

If I could only put one item in a time capsule to represent who I am at the current moment it would be my sailing log (while I’d have loved to include my Kindle, the tech may not withstand the test of time). It’s torn and tattered, but it contains a listing of every sailing adventure I’ve ever been on since I first stepped on a boat 2.5 years ago. It tells of the places I’ve gone, the challenges I’ve faced, the things I’ve seen, the nautical miles I’ve traveled, my achievements and my failures. It’s joined me on every boat trip where I’ve been a skipper or crew. It’s been splashed and bent but not broken. My scrawl may be practically illegible, the pages may be hanging on by a thread, but it’s a perfect representation of who I am, at this very moment in time.

-Rachel, Fiktshun

My Hamilton CD defines who I am now because it’s a) my biggest fangirl obsession and dominates my every waking hour and b) like Alexander Hamilton, I am young, scrappy, and hungry and probably too focused on my legacy/not throwing away my shot

-Angie, Lady Knight Reads

I was planning on sending you a bookmark that said #currentlyreading. With the photo, I decided to show 3 of the 4 I had, plus a book I could read forever.

-Stacee, Adventures of a Book Junkee

I’m including a blank notebook in the capsule, because I think it’s representative of the academic/career choices I have to make, and the possibilities that lie ahead. I sometimes worry now that dreams can’t be achieved. Just need to remind myself that the future needs to be filled in!

- Jess, The Reading Nook Reviews

Enclosed you will find empty dog treat containers and a peppermint. I have two dogs and two horses, and after my mom passed away last year, they comforted me when nothing else did. Like my mom, they all love unconditionally, and that is a gift I cherish every day. They all possess bits of my soul, so they are all extensions of me. If you were to ask me what I could not live without, besides my family, I would tell you, “my fur babies.” So, to understand me, at this point in time, all you have to do is look at them.

-Julie, Manga Maniac Café

I quit after my first year of teaching–it was a horrible year and I told myself never again. But, three years later, I found myself back in the same elementary school and in the same grade level I was working at before. This time around I had an amazing year with the most wonderful students. This necklace (given to me by a student from that year) represents me at the moment: a teacher.

–Michelle, Undeniably [Book] Nerdy

This cupcake pen is my time capsule item because it represents two of my favorite things: baking cupcakes and writing. I’m working on my manuscript (my 2nd) and I hope to have it polished and ready to query agents soon. Baking cupcakes helps me combat stress and even writer’s block. It also funds my book buying addiction!

–Jen, Jenuine Cupcakes

I’m currently trying to pursue a career as a professional ballet dancer, and I feel that pointe shoes are a perfect representation of my current dreams and future goals. #bookstagram or bookish photography has allowed me to open up to book blogging and share my love for books with those around the globe. It is certainly a large part of who I am today.

–Alexandra, Twirling Pages

As soon as I opened my Valentine’s Day gift from my boyfriend this year and discovered this crazy little monkey, I was reminded again of just how well he knows me. First of all, the fact that its sweater says, ‘Talk Nerdy to Me’ is fitting because I run a blog named Book Nerds Across America. But this little monkey also has its own unique style – look at those crazy glasses! It knows it’s a nerd and it’s totally owning it. This actually personifies me to a T.

–Booknerd Flo, Book Nerds Across America

My item is the Deathly Hallows symbol charm from Harry Potter. It represents my life right now because so much of my life right now has been shaped by that series. I am a rapid reader/reviewer now, after not being a reader AT ALL, because I decided to give HP a chance. My kids and I listen to the series over and over together. And we have season tickets to HP World!

Beyond that, I just love the symbolism of the Deathly Hallows. Becoming ‘Master of Death’ not by living forever but by living life to the fullest, then “greeting death as an old friend.”

Harry Potter has changed my life, and shaped so many of the choices I’ve made. PS My license plate is PORTK3Y.

- Andye, Reading Teen

At 32, I find myself thinking about my place in the universe- what have I done, both for myself and others, that will leave a mark? What can I do in the future to change or improve that mark? I take heart in this quote (from one of the best episodes of Doctor Who) that my story will live on, regardless. It’s just up to me to make sure that I’m remembered well, and by the people who truly matter.

– Mandy, Forever Young Adult

My object is a second edition of Little Women from about 1877. When it was first published, Little Women was actually printed in two parts. This is the second half of the book which, as we know, has all the best parts. I came across it years ago and I bought it because Little Women meant so much to me while I was growing up. I must have read my own copy hundreds of times and this book looked like it had been well-loved.

While not particularly valuable from a collector’s standpoint, I love thinking about all of the people who read this and about the person who first walked into a bookshop all those years ago and bought this, probably looking forward to the sequel the same way I look forward to sequels today. Reading and enjoying a book connects you to people, past and present, who love it and that’s why I treasure this well-worn copy of a book that I truly love.

-Kate, Ex Libris Kate

Lately I have been into crafting. I make cards and flip books. I figured the best way to represent me was to make something that shows some of the things I love.

-Andi, Andi’s ABCs

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As summer is upon us, remember: it’s your personal right to wear as little/as much clothing as you like. No matter your weight/shape/size. Your cellulite/flabby arms/muffin top/etc. will not start riots or even make anyone go blind.

Just my yearly reminder.

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Stand by me print by Ape Meets Girl at Society6

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I was so obsessed with this movie.....

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thank you, science side of tumblr.

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And he was the inspiration for Zorro who became the inspiration for Batman.

#women invented all your favorite genres

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Actually, the first person to ever have their name associated with an original written work was Enheduanna, a Sumerian princess and priestess born in 2285 BC.

In other words, the FIRST AUTHOR IN HUMAN HISTORY was a woman.

#just thought you should know

I’d also like to add that the story often considered to be the ‘world’s first modern novel’, The Tale of Genji (源氏物語), was written by a Japanese noblewoman in the 11th century.

And Frankenstein, written by 19 year old Mary Shelley, is often labeled as the first true science fiction story because the idea of the creature was based on/inspired by the experiments performed by Luigi Galvani.

Source: Double majored in English Literature and Japanese History.