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Hell Y'all Ain't Talmbout: An Epic Response to Trans Erasure [Audio]

Started by stephaniec, August 31, 2015, 12:11:10 AM

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August 31, 2015, 12:11:10 AM
Hell Y'all Ain't Talmbout: An Epic Response to Trans Erasure [Audio]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/j-mase-iii/hell-yall-aint-talmbout-a_b_8038996.html?utm_hp_ref=transgender

The Huffington Post/J Mase III   Posted:  08/28/2015 6:44 pm EDT    Updated:  08/28/2015

"This week, awQward artist Vita E Cleveland, dropped a response track to Janelle Monae's summer release, "Hell You Talmbout." While many have praised Monae as creating a song for the current movement, many in the black trans community have noticed a glaring mistake in the selection of names uplifted in her piece, which was created to highlight the black victims of state violence. Nowhere in Monae's song is there any mention of the 19+ trans people who have been murdered so far in 2015- the majority of whom are black trans women. "Hell Y'all Ain't Talmbout" is part anthem, part act of resistance that pays homage to some of the black trans people lost to violence, and serves as a call to action for those invested in black lives."
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