PRE-RAMBLE: From an outside perspective UTS is a progressive & inclusive space that advocates for the safety of all of it's students + staff.
From an inside perspective- I have been abused and hate-crimed several times on campus and been the one threatened with reprimand as a repeated result of attempting to report these events.
On Friday, I had another interaction with a staff member abusing their position of power to disrupt my learning based on their own personal ideologies and opinions.
I have reached out to attempt to resolve this through formal UTS processes...yet again...and hope that this might be the time they take it seriously.
In the meantime here are 3 OTHER times I have been targeted unfairly or outright abused on campus and reviews of the albums I was listening to for support at the time in place of Student Services who continually fail me and others like me.
Stick around or skip to the end for a fun new video project announcement!
I first transferred to UTS on the tail end of a study period at UOW.
Upon enrolment and after my first few tutes I was convinced I had made the right choice as I was no longer witnessing lecturers, tutors and Student Accommodation employees sexually harassing & even occasionally raping students as part of the grading process. I transferred after presenting 2 different bodies of UOW responsible for looking into things like that with evidence and I was threatened with expulsion and informed they were already aware.
Oh… how very mistaken I was!
I am a visibly Queer, First Nations, Disabled person who is perceived by 98% of other people as a woman; I am aware that every single time I walk into a room there is undoubtedly someone who would prefer me to be dead for any one or a combination of those identity markers. Everytime I come close to forgetting and getting too comfy with assuming I am safe and there is room for me in the world UTS comes in clutch to knock me back into my place.
DISCLAIMER: These three events are not even close to all or the worst of my experiences, and in conversations with other vulnerable + minority students their on campus, experiences have been almost identical. It is for this reason that while I understand the following content has the potential to be triggering – I ask my readers to consume it in full no matter how many breaks required because a good chunk of you attend UTS and need to start doing better and being the change on calling this shit out. I cannot continue to be the only one. It’s abysmal.
EVENT #1 – Stick Season by Noah Kahan
(Secondary Support – The Hardest Part by Noah Cyrus)
My honeymoon period with UTS came to an abrupt end 3 or 4 weeks into my first semester with them. I was in a class for one of my core subjects, and one of my peers was (is?) an Andrew Tate fanatic.
I am of the personal belief that political idelogies and personal bias have no place in educational settings such as classrooms- unless the content calls for it. The content in this class did not call for it.
After a few weeks of being subjected to misogynistic dribble from this boy who was seated at my table and supposed to be one of my workshopping partners and spending that time politely requesting him to stop or redirecting conversational topic to our workshopping; I got frustrated and said “Andrew Tate is a sexist piece of shit and you are not going to get any pussy period if you keep parroting his rhetoric like this.”
All of a sudden the tutor in the classroom had an opinion and it was that I was making others in the room feel unsafe?? Hold on it gets worse!
But first I have a PSA:
This is something I have been told about 800 times in the past two years but only exclusively on the campus of UTS or when 6 police officers brutalised me and charged me with assault of a police officer in execution of duty that the court ended up dismissing. I think you guys need to check your internalised views of why you might be repeatedly calling A Blak Dyke who is advocating for herself aggressive and threatening but not the student I am currently telling you about.
This particular class did not end until around 7 or 8pm at night and it was winter session, so it was cold and dark when we were leaving the classroom and walking to our respective cars, busstops and trains stations.
I was used to Mini Tate following me to the train station and hurling abuses at me based around my lesbianism, I had taken to putting my airpods in and pretending music was playing because I got a small amount of joy in knowing that he got frustrated when he thought I was ignoring him detail how he wanted to “rape me and show me what a good cock was so I’d forget all about my silly lesbo phase.”
Ironically – his mother would be waiting at the end of the street in her car to drive him home and that was always what made him shuttup.
One evening I recorded his tirade as we walked down the street and when we got to his mums car I introduced myself to her and played the audio.
Needless to say there were zero happy parties.
The next week when I came to the classroom I was told that I needed to switch groups for a group assignment about to be due because Mini Tate had complained about safety. All of my previous complaints had been dismissed. I outright refused because I had put a lot of work into the assignment, and that was let slide, thankfully.
It did not stop Mini Tate from following me down the Central Train Station Tunnel later that evening and getting his ass whooped when he tried to make good on his rape threats.
Review:
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Northern Attitude
The perfect start to an album that forced me to begin to share one of my most gatekept musicians.
I have always loved Noah for his whiny guitar and lyrics in tune with his feelings akin to the ways women are, this song is a perfect introduction to and an encapsulation of both of those traits.
Fave Lyric:
“Bought some shit, you search online // you’re gettin’ lost, you’re gettin’ high”
Most BPD Coded Lyric:
“If I get too close and I’m not how you hoped // Forgive my northern attitude // Oh, I was raised out in the cold”
Stick Season
I am a country kid in my heart of hearts and almost nothing beats turning up the volume and rolling the windows down for the first of many songs on this album that fuck extremely hard when belting it out at the top of your lungs.
Fave Lyric:
“So I thought that if I piled something good on all my bad that I could cancel out the darkness I inherited from Dad // No, I am no longer funny ’cause I miss the way you laugh”
Most BPD Coded Lyric:
“Now I am stuck between my anger and the blame that I can’t face // And memories are somethin’ even smokin weed does not replace”
All My Love
I never get over anything ever, and it always deeply upsets me to hear people talking shit about past friends and lovers. The love for me is never gone and even if I might never want to see you again I will still do my best to defend their reputation and character because sometimes shit just doesn’t work. I only recently stopped chastising my friends for shit talking an ex that was genuinely abusive years ago.
This song is another fun belter and feels like an anthem to those feelings. one of my top 3 on the whole album.
Fave Lyric:
“Well, I leaned in for a kiss thirty feet from where your parents slept // and I looked so confident, babe, I swear I was scared to death”
Follow up:
“Write me a list of how it is, of how it was, of how it has to be”
Most BPD Coded Lyric:
“And it’s still out here with the pills and the dogs // wind chill this year stole the words from my tongue // it’s all okay there ain’t a drop of bad blood // it’s all my love, you got all my love”
She Calls Me Back
I have a getting ready in the morning playlist, this is such a fun feel good song that it has been a staple within it since release. Another one in the top 3.
Fave Lyric:
“Look at me and don’t you lie // I could be your sacrifice // But don’t you hold your head up high // For bullshit, I do not have time”
Most BPD Coded Lyric:
“Does it bite at your edges? // Do you like awake restless? // Why am I so obsessive? // Hanging on to every sentence // This town’s the same as you left it // Your page is blank, but i read it // I still dial 822-993-167”
Come Over
Nothing like being the only non-closeted lesbian in a small country town…
Fave Lyric:
“And my house is just barely big enough for my family // but it feels like a fortress when the weather gets bad// and my mouth was designed for my foot to fit in it”
Most BPD Coded Lyric:
“I know that it ain’t much, I know that it ain’t cool // Oh, you don’t have to tell the other kids at school”
New Perspective
Makes me miss my little sisters so deeply and another good window down volume up belter.
Fave Lyric:
“This town’s for the record now // the intersection got a Target and they’re calling it downtown”
Runner up:
“Liberal rednecks get drunk on a dirt road // Attention defecit kids in their gym clothes”
Most BPD Coded Lyric:
“Gave me your word and now I can’t pronounce it”
Everywhere, Everything
This song lives on my wedding playlist, but it also brings up so many memories of my closest friends and younger siblings. I don’t cry a lot but I cannot get to the end of this song (or Orange juice which is next) with dry eyes.
Fave Lyric:
“Would we survive in a horror movie? // I doubt it we’re too slow moving // we trust everyone we meet”
Most BPD Coded Lyric:
“Two bodies riddled with scars from our pre-teens // intertwine in a car’s dirty backseat and stare at a drive-in screen // we didn’t know that the sun was collapsing”
Orange Juice
I have lost many friends to addiction and love many people who struggle with it, it is really hard not to sob within the first 3 seconds of this track.
I also have been in an almost fatal car crash and once dated someone who was in a scary crash – so it is very poignant lyricism.
Fave Lyric:
“We know you got sober // there’s orange juice in the kitchen // bought for the children // it’s yours if you want it // we’re just glad you could visit”
Most BPD Coded Lyric:
“Feels like i’ve been ready for you to come home for so long that I didn’t think to ask you where you’d gone? // So why’d you go?”
Runner up:
“You asked me to hold you // but it made you a stranger // and filled you with anger”
Strawberry Wine
I don’t know where to put the love for my passed loved ones. It still feels so unfair you aren’t growing up with me.
Fave Lyric:
“Darling, speak to me but don’t you say a word // Light a cigarette, I’ll watch it as it burns // Remember telling me that you thought you were cursed?”
Most BPD Coded Lyric:
“If I was empty space and you were a formless shape, we’d fit // but love leaves little runway and every time I run straight over it”
Growing Sideways
Fave Lyric:
“Oh if my engine works perfect on empty // I guess I’ll drive”
Most BPD Coded Lyric:
“I’m still angry at my parents for what their parents did to them // but its a start // but i ignore things and i move sideways // til i forget what I felt in the first place // at the end of the day, I know there are worse ways to stay alive”
Halloween
Tbh this and strawberry wine are my skips on this album so I honestly don’t have much to say except for I think everyone likes to argue on Halloween because it is easier to confront a costume than the face of someone you care about.
Fave Lyric:
“There’s a murder of crows in the low light off boston // And I see your face in each one // I’m losin myself in the tiniest object”
Most BPD Coded Lyric:
“I know that you fear that I’m wicked and weary // I know that you’re fearing’ the end // But I only tell the truth when i’m sure that I’m lyin”
Follow Up:
“I’m leavin this town and changing my address // I know that you’ll come if you want”
Homesick
The last of my top 3 on this album and a staple on my annual drive home playlist.
Fave Lyric:
“Well, I’m tired of dirt roads named after high school friends’ grandfathers // and motherfuckers here still don’t know they caught the boston bombers // time moves so damn slow I swear I feel my organs failing”
Most BPD Coded Lyric:
“I got dreams, but I can’t make myself believe them // spend the rest of my life with what could have been”
Still
This song is very comforting on my period.
Fave Lyric:
“Don’t know whether you want a place in the coast or the country// You can’t stay here, it’s hard to face and it feels too ugly// You light a fire inside// yourself, let it burn// Stare up at a starless sky and you say”
Most BPD Coded Lyric:
“Look down on myself like a patient in surgery // and i used to watch my mother move like God was in the room”
The View Between Villages
This is my staple on the annual drive home – a reverse of homesick!
Fave Lyric:
“The death of my dog the stretch of my skin // it’s all washin over me i’m angry again // the things that I lost here // the people i knew // they got me surrounded for a mile or two // the cars in reverse // i’m grippin the wheel”
Most BPD Coded Lyric:
“Feel the rush of my blood // I’m seventeen again // I am not scared of death // I’ve got dreams again ”
Bonus Noah Song:
EVENT #2 – Endless Summer Vacation
(Secondary Support – CHAOS NOW* by Jean Dawson)
As many of you would know and might be having big feelings about, the anniversary of the No Vote is on Monday.
Let me tell you what was happening inside classrooms on the same campus hosting “Yarning Circles” on the referendum without any moderation or actual Blakfullas present and didn’t announce their official Yes Stance until the day of or before the vote, which on its own is loud enough as a clearly performative action for me.
One of the required coursework subjects I was taking during the Referendum was titled ‘Comparing Indigenous Histories and Politics’ it was also one of the reasons I stopped attending classes during this period (until i got deathly ill and landed in hospital that was another contributing factor for sure!)
Both the tutor and the students were huge fans of Indigenous Voice based Devil’s Advocates Debates, and as the only person in the room who had identified as First Nations they kept getting pitched on to me.
I returned the question one class after being asked under the guise of Devil’s Advocate what sort of Referendum I imagine would currently be taking place had the 1967 Referndum not gone through I enquired:
“What Referendum Do we imagine would be taking place had settler nations stayed on their own land and not travelled out to brutalise and colonise the rest of us? Devils Advocate for a second – what if the whities had been flora and fauna?”
This was deemed racist and I was cautioned. I went to student services to try and appeal and both access the counselling services that had been being touted around campus as Referendum support for First Nations students. I was told that pitching devil’s advocates was unacceptable practice and that the counselling team weren’t really equipped for First Nations specific anxieties??? Hello??? Did everyone just forget I’d spent 8 weeks having devils advocates pitched at ME and being told to come to YOU for help about it?
The caution was ultimately removed and I passed the class (alongside my others) but this was due to my aforementioned medical emergency and not my daily instances of classroom racism.
Review:
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Flowers
This album was the perfect birthday gift a girl who has spent her life consistently being a fanatic of exclusively Miley Cyrus since birth, basically and had hannah montana premiere on her 3rd birthday. Everyone was saying it was gonna be flop era and she blew us straight out of the water and proved them all wrong with the drop of this single.
FAVE LYRIC:
“I can love me better, baby // Paint my nails cherry-red // match the roses that you left // no remorse, no regret ”
MOST BPD CODED LYRIC:
“I didn’t wanna leave you, I didn’t wanna fight // started to cry but then remembered”
Jaded
Going through a lesbian breakup when this one dropped. Enough said! In my top 3 of this album.
FAVE LYRIC:
“I won’t lie, it won’t be easy // when somebody new is on your body // I’ll change my number but keep your t-shirt”
Follow Up:
“Don’t know when to stop, so you take it too far // I don’t know where you are and i’m left in the dark til I’m worried // It hurts me”
MOST BPD CODED LYRIC:
“And it’s a fuckin shame that it ended like that // you broke your own heart but you’d never say that”
Rose Coloured Lenses
My Mardi Gras ONS anthem purr
FAVE LYRIC:
“with our head above the clouds // falling stupid like we’re kids”
MOST BPD CODED LYRIC:
“My baby got looks that kill // make a mess of a nice hotel // if i had control over you // we could stay like this forever”
Thousand Miles
Another one in my top 3 and what finalised my civilian psudeo diagnosis of BPD onto Miley Cyrus. The boom tap scat section was a vocal stim for MONTHS – It was extremely hard to isolate fave lyrics on this one.
FAVE LYRIC:
“I ain’t got time for what went wrong // where I end up, I don’t really care // I’m out of my mind // but still I’m holding like a rolling stone”
Follow Up:
“I know half of what I’m saying don’t make no sense // so don’t ask me where i’ve been”
MOST BPD CODED LYRIC:
“I’m driving round town in a beat-up old merecedes // you think i’m crazy, you might be right // but when he smiles i don’t care about the past”
You
Also on my wedding playlist! So glad it got released properly after her New Years show; I was afraid I would be bootlegging it forever.
FAVE LYRIC:
“get kicked outta bars before two// But only if it’s with you // I wanna drive down to Texas, flip off my exes// Get kind of reckless and have wild, wild, wild sex under the moon// But only if it’s with you”
MOST BPD CODED LYRIC:
“Let’s crash a wedding tonight, get drunk by the lights // Then I’ll pick a fight to make up on the floor of your room // But only if it’s with you”
Follow Up:
“I don’t need Jesus cause baby you saved me”
Handstand
I have spent way too long attempting to visualise what she is doing on her hands…there is not a lot that makes sense to me here… but i digress i am not a highly trained in gymnastics heterosexual sex haver, so I am clearly not the target demographic here.
FAVE LYRIC:
“You’re questioning the science, ’cause you don’t understand// How I’m doing what I’m doing in a fucking handstand”
MOST BPD CODED LYRIC:
“I wish I could crawl inside your heart // Take you captive and then sail away// I wish I could know that it’s forever”
River
The vision for this album was two halves split to reprsent day and night, handstand was the official transition into the night. This is where I feel the sun has started to set, personally.
We are in a grotty dive bar dancing with the gays rn!
FAVE LYRIC:
“I can pull my hair back in that tight way that you like if you wrap me on your ams and never stop”
MOST BPD CODED LYRIC:
“You could be the one, have the honor of my babies // Hope they have your eyes and that crooked smile// Was a desеrt ‘fore I met you, I was in a drought”
Violet Chemistry
Afterparty!!
FAVE LYRIC:
“There’s something between that’s too major to ignore // may not be eternal but nocturnal, nothin’ more”
MOST BPD CODED LYRIC:
“Can I bum a cigarette (bum a cigarette)?”
Muddy Feet
I had to grow to this one as i am hugely anti-sia but now it’s a fun little dance track I use to get ready for nights out.
FAVE LYRIC:
“Always questioning my questioning // get the fuck out of my head with that shit // get the fuck out of my bed with that shit”
MOST BPD CODED LYRIC:
“You keep comin’ round with your muddy feet // I’ma ’bout to do something ’bout it”
Wildcard
This is how I feel about relationships, too, Miley.
FAVE LYRIC:
“Do you wanna play house? I could be your wife // Go and meet your mom in a dress too tight // Maybe I could stay and not break your heart // But don’t forget, baby, I’m a wildcard”
MOST BPD CODED LYRIC:
“I want all in, I want all or nothin’ // I love when you hold me // But loving you is never enough”
Island
It is a toss between this one and Used to be Young for the third slot in top 3 it is honestly very mood dependant.
FAVE LYRIC:
“Am I stranded on an island? // Or have I landed in paradise?”
MOST BPD CODED LYRIC:
“Mama told me, ‘girl, smoke em if you got em’ // Left my lighter back at home with all my problems // So I’m sittin’ here wonderin’ all day long”
Wonder Woman Used To Be Young
Wonder Woman is the only Miley Cyrus song I ever always skip, so I have replaced it with Used To Be Young, as I do in my personal album listens.
FAVE LYRIC:
“I know I used to be crazy // Messed up, but, God, was it fun // I know I used to be wild // That’s ’cause I used to be young // Those wasted nights are not wasted // I remember every one”
MOST BPD CODED LYRIC:
“The things you can’t erase // Like tattoos and regrets, words I never meant // And ones that got away // Left my livin’ fast somewhere in the past // And took another road // Turns out crowded rooms empty out as soon // There’s somewhere else to go”
Bonus Song:
Bonus Miley Song:
EVENT #3 –
(Secondary Support – Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You by Big Thief)
This one is a party story favourite (Yes parties that UTS students attend- so might wanna get ur shit together before I start telling the more violent stories at parties UTS internal teams!) .
Benjamin Netanyahu and the IDF have been actively comitting genocide on the Palestinian people for (70+yrs) 12+mths now and the entire world has just been letting them.
Right at the start when everything was just starting to kick off, I entered a classroom in which the topic of discussion was intersectionality and I briefly spoke a bit on the crossovers between LGBT+ Activist groups and Blak Activist Groups in their support for Gaza.
Not only was I told I was not Blak enough or Gay enough to know what these communities would be doing and I needed to listen to more real Blak people like Nova Peris (whatever the cunting FUCK that means!) and real gay people (but she didn’t know any personally to direct me towards this time) were saying about the conflict – I was also told I had to declare Zionism or leave the room.
I did not declare Zionism. Secruity was called to remove me.
(note: I travel 6hrs round trip to get to campus so it really shits me off when they disrupt my study time for no reason like this)
The next day I was back on campus for a different reason and multiple students from both inside and outside the classroom approached me to ask if i was okay because UTS hadn’t put any effort in hiding who their email about “political safety” had been about and it was clearly linked to me and my events from the day prior.
“What Email?” I said having woken up to an empty UTS inbox.
I was shown an email detailing a spiel very similar to the verbal one I was given before being removed from the classroom saying that “Everyone on campus both student and staff alike; regardless of political ideologies is owed safety and the freedom to voice their opinions with or without advocacy” or something to the gist in 500 more sentences.
I reiterate now what I said verbally in response to that speech at the time:
Where was my safety and adovcacy to voice my political opinion?
and I add to that:
Why was I not sent that email that it appears the rest of the student body recieved?
I was failed in that class because I reufused to attend for the rest of the semester or submit the assignments to someone who insisted I declare Zionism to be allowed to do so. I was also bullied out of making a formal complaint.
Review:
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King
I am a gal who likes to feel a beat in her chest and some emotions evoked alongside it. Nothing makes me a more content and stompy lesbian than a new Florence + The Machine Track!
I once asked a woman on a date because she had some lyrics from this song tattooed on her. Unfortunately, she turned out to be racist.
FAVE LYRICS:
“But a woman is a changeling, always shifting shape // Just when you think you have it figured out // Something new begins to take // What strangе claws are these scratching at my skin”
MOST BPD CODED LYRICS:
“And I was never as good as I always thought I was // But I knew how to dress it up // I was never satisfied, it never let me go // Just dragged me by my hair and back on with the show”
Free
I have never heard a song open in a more relatable fashion and I don’t think I ever will. Eternally shaking it out and off to this song. In the top 3 for this album.
FAVE LYRICS:
“Is this how it is? // Is this how it’s always been? // To exist in the face of suffering and death // And somehow still keep singing?”
MOST BPD CODED LYRICS:
“I’m always running from something // I push it back, but it keeps on coming // And being clever never got me very far // Because it’s all in my head // “You’re too sensitive,” they said // I said, “Okay, but let’s discuss this at the hospital”
Choreomania
It is albums like this and people like Chappel Roan that make me think in another life I was born to be a celebrity, i’m the perfect type of crazy. However, in this life i am utilising my crazy towards alternative aspirations.
FAVE LYRICS:
“You said that rock and roll is dead // But is that just because it has not been // Resurrected in your image? // Like if Jesus came back // But in a beautiful dress // And all the evangelicals were like // “Oh, yes””
MOST BPD CODED LYRICS:
“Something’s coming, so out of breath // I just kept spinnin’ and I danced myself to death // And this is the end // And I’m thinking about her // Driving around in the backseat of the car // I’ll be your demon daddy // And do they speak to you? // ‘Cause they spеak to me too”
Back In Town
FAVE LYRICS:
“I’m back in town, why don’t we go out? // Let the rats spin around our feet // The full moon shines down on these dirty streets”
MOST BPD CODED LYRICS:
“But it was always just an empty room // ‘Cause it’s always the same // I came for the pleasure, but I stayed // Yes, I stayed for the pain”
Girls Against God
This is what being 17 felt like. I never want to go back but I like being able to visit.
FAVE LYRICS:
“And it’s good to be alive // Crying into cereal at midnight // If they ever let me out, I’m gonna really let it out // I listen to music from 2006 and feel kind of sick // But, oh God, you’re gonna get it // You’ll be sorry that you messed with this”
Follow Up:
“I met the devil // You know, he gave me a choice // A golden heart // or a golden voice”
MOST BPD CODED LYRICS:
“What a thing to admit // That when someone looks at me with real love // I don’t like it very much // Kinda makes me feel like I’m bein’ crushed”
Dream Girl Evil
This is what being 19 felt like. I would go back and I would be angrier.
FAVE LYRICS:
“Well, did I disappoint you? // Did mummy make you sad? // Do I just remind you // Of every girl that made you mad? // Make me perfect, make me your fantasy”
Follow Up:
“Am I your dream girl? // You think of me in bed // But you could never hold me // You like me better in your head // Make me evil // Then I’m an angel instead // At least you’ll sanctify me when I’m dead”
MOST BPD CODED LYRICS:
“Watch me shimmer // A projection of your mother // But don’t come cryin’ // I am nobody’s moral centre”
Prayer Factory
Short but necessary.
FAVE LYRICS:
“And all this work gone to waste // You made me climb, then you shut the gate”
MOST BPD CODED LYRICS:
“All the things that I ran from // I now bring as close to me as I can”
Cassandra
Always an absolute slut for mythology and Florence always blesses and rewards me with the most beautiful references.
FAVE LYRICS:
“drunken gods of slaughter (Ooh, ooh, ooh) // You know I’ve always been your favourite daughter”
MOST BPD CODED LYRICS:
“I used to tell the future, but they cut out my tongue // And left me doin’ laundry to think on what I’d done // It wasn’t me, it was the song”
Heaven is Here
Please, never change you are a stim providing goddess for stompy autistic lesbians everwhere!
FAVE LYRICS:
“All gilded and golden, yes, I’m your girl // Hell, if it glitters, I’m going”
MOST BPD CODED LYRICS:
“And еvery song I wrote became an escape rope // Tied around my neck to pull me up to Heaven”
Daffodil
I lack patience, so unsurprisingly this is usually my skip but I am always pleasantly reminded it is me that is the problem not the song when I don’t. Get out of my diary!
FAVE LYRICS:
“A generation soaked in grief // We’re drying out and hanging on by the skin of our teeth // I never thought it would get this far // This somewhat drunken joke // Sometimes, I see so much beauty // I don’t think that I can cope”
MOST BPD CODED LYRICS:
“There is no bad, there is no good // I drank all the blood that I could // Made myself mythical, tried to be real”
My Love
Moderation is one of my all time favourite Florence + The Machine Songs and this feels a little bit like a years later extension of that particular song. Another one of my top 3 from this album and similar to Jaded by Miley Cyrus in our previous review- the real MVP of a rough lesbian breakup.
FAVE LYRICS:
“I was always able to write my way out // The song always made sense to me // Now I find that when I look down // Every page is empty”
MOST BPD CODED LYRICS:
“So tell me where to put my love // Do I wait for time to do what it does? // I don’t know where to put my love”
Restraint
This song has saved me from Gaol and the pysch ward hundreds of times. Oath.
FAVE LYRICS:
“And have I learned restraint?”
MOST BPD CODED LYRICS:
“Am I quiet enough for you yet?”
The Bomb
Such a strong talent for opening lines, hooked and sat from the first to the last word everytime florence has a story to tell me. This song is the last of my top 3 for this album.
FAVE LYRICS:
“You said this could have been the best thing // That ever happened to you // So you decided not to do it // Now you come back every summer // Like a carnivorous flower”
MOST BPD CODED LYRICS:
“I’ve blown apart my life for you // And bodies hit the floor for you // And break me, shake me, devastate me // Come herе, baby, tell me that I’m wrong // I don’t love you, I just love the bomb”
Morning Elvis
FAVE LYRICS:
“If I make it to the mornin’ // I shoulda come with a warnin’ // But if I make it to the stage // I’ll show you what it means // To be saved”
MOST BPD CODED LYRICS:
“Oh, you know I’m still afraid // I’m still crazy and I’m still scared”
Bonus Florence Song:
Video Project Announcement Bonus Album – Ants From Up There
(Secondary Support – Dance And Cry by Mother Mother)
No review but this album is one of the most beautiful pieces of art I have ever been graced with thank you Challa omfg.
Followers of my weekly blog will have seen that two of my most recent posts have been longer and more informative than usual – as they were intended to be soft launches for my new project “Let’s Unpack That!” where after providing the appropriate background context and information – I attempt to explain various concepts, information and theories that I feel pre-existing education on is inaccessible and overly complicated or simply just deserve more recognition using recognisable and relevant examples in 15mins or less.
There will be 4 catergories:
- Media & Government Communication
- Social Trends & Pop Culture Buzzwords
- News & Current Affairs
- Practical Skill Building
I have recorded a first video on each topic and am just trying to write transcripts + subtitles before releasing!
With the launch of this project my blog will now be able to return to chill vibes yay ❤
see u next week hopefully having been actually supported by my tertiary education facility xoxo
LilyInteractive 
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