TerfRocks said:
I suggested we put a playlist together made up of songs that come to mind when we think of Sandie Peggie & what she’s endured & still going through.
Empowering songs, inspiring songs etc etc.
What came back wasn’t just a playlist. It was a chorus. This is a record of how people feel when they see someone take a stand and refuse to back down.
It’s a chorus of resistance, rage, courage, clarity and solidarity that sings.
It's not just music. It’s memory. Message. Mood. Solidarity. It's what you play when you need to feel not heard but backed.
This playlist is about what it means to stand firm — even when you're tired, even when you're under attack, even when the people who should have stood beside you vanish.
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The Tragic Story Behind Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit"
Extracts that suggest some parallels:
While civil rights activists and Black America embraced "Strange Fruit," the nightclub scene, which was primarily composed of white patrons, had mixed reactions. At witnessing Holiday's performance, audience members would applaud until their hands hurt, while those less sympathetic would bitterly walk out the door.
One individual who was determined to silence Holiday was Federal Bureau of Narcotics commissioner Harry Anslinger. A known racist, Anslinger believed that drugs caused Black people to overstep their boundaries in American society and that Black jazz singers — who smoked marijuana — created the devil's music.
When Anslinger forbid Holiday to perform "Strange Fruit," she refused, causing him to devise a plan to destroy her. Knowing that Holiday was a drug user, he had some of his men frame her by selling her heroin. When she was caught using the drug, she was thrown into prison for the next year and a half.
Upon Holiday's release in 1948, federal authorities refused to reissue her cabaret performer’s license. Her nightclub days, which she loved so much, were over.
Still determined to soldier on, she performed to sold-out concerts at Carnegie Hall . . .
Among the many songs that Holiday is celebrated for, "Strange Fruit" will always be one of her defining works. It allowed her to take what was originally an expression of political protest and transform it into a work of art for millions to hear.
In 1999 Time designated "Strange Fruit" the "song of the century."
https://www.biography.com/musicians/billie-holiday-strange-fruit
Ride of the Valkyries:
"Interpretations often focus on the piece's martial character and its association with conflict. However, within the opera's narrative, the Valkyries also represent a complex interplay of loyalty, defiance (particularly Brünnhilde), and the tragic consequences of the gods' actions."
https://explainsong.com/songs/richard-wagner-ride-of-the-valkyries.html
Now if you are thinking about trying to abuse a support thread on the Feminism Womens Rights Board aka "Sex & Gender" for Sandie Peggie's bravery in taking a stand for women's rights, ie. as an opportunity to diss Sandie Peggie, I would suggest that that is "not in the spirit".
"We do not want Mumsnet to be a place that feels inherently hostile to any group, be that trans people, gender-critical feminists or anyone else (except perhaps trolls). If you can abide by our rules – the spirit and not just the letter – we want you to feel you can be a part of the community."
https://www.mumsnet.com/i/trans-rights-moderation-policy