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I was listening to KEXP the other day when this song came on:
I made a note to look it up later. "Smalltown Boy" came out in 1984; I have no idea how many times I've heard the song over the years, but I do know I'd never seen the music video before, nor had I fully grasped the lyrics.
There are worse earworms; I appreciate this song becoming an earworm for me because that was such a different era in terms of general social acceptance of homosexuality. Pre-AIDS epidemic and all, too. I hope we never go back, but at the same time I know there is still so much work left to do to protect and help vulnerable minorities, as evidenced by the pushes in many US states to restrict access to care for women, trans people, and beyond.
Bodily autonomy seems like it should be a straightforward topic, and yet.
I made a note to look it up later. "Smalltown Boy" came out in 1984; I have no idea how many times I've heard the song over the years, but I do know I'd never seen the music video before, nor had I fully grasped the lyrics.
There are worse earworms; I appreciate this song becoming an earworm for me because that was such a different era in terms of general social acceptance of homosexuality. Pre-AIDS epidemic and all, too. I hope we never go back, but at the same time I know there is still so much work left to do to protect and help vulnerable minorities, as evidenced by the pushes in many US states to restrict access to care for women, trans people, and beyond.
Bodily autonomy seems like it should be a straightforward topic, and yet.
