EVEN IF IT MAKES OTHERS UNCOMFORTABLE / I WILL LOVE WHO I AM

[lotesse]

I guess my copy of Nina Simone's "Blues for Mama" musta been burned in from somebody's mixtape, because it cuts off abruptly before the end of the song. I determined this to be the case when my playlist jam this morning cut from Nina asking, "Mama what you gonna do now, get your nerves together baby and set the record straight" to Bessie Smith singing "Oh Judge Your Honor hear my plea" in "Send Me to the Lectric Chair." which is actually an awesome flow, considering that Bessie's turning herself in for killing her man - I ended up imagining it as Nina with her nerves all nerved up setting down some truth, Bessie, distraught, bursting into the room pleading for her own end. And then obvs. they would get together and speak truth to power/ fight crime/ be gay for each other. Nina Simone/Bessie Smith = timetravel otp.

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[wordweaverlynn]

This makes me so happy.