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[–]reluctant_commenter 14 insightful - 7 fun14 insightful - 6 fun15 insightful - 7 fun -  (2 children)

Completely agree. I know "LGBTQ+"-identified women IRL who are always like "Oh you want to know if she's gay?? Ask if she listens to Girl in Red?" like dude I don't listen to some random fucking artist who happens to write songs about women in relationships, I guess I'm a fake lesbian now. I've heard this artist get brought up so much I half wonder if my acquaintances are on her payroll or something.

[–]barnarnasis this tv show my friend?[S] 13 insightful - 4 fun13 insightful - 3 fun14 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

I'd never ever heard of the artist until I started exploring tiktok, and then I saw lesbians getting mad because "The Straights" were listening to her and that was Stealing Lesbian Culture. Like, maybe if you didn't depend on someone's taste in music to tell if they're a lesbian, you wouldn't feel the need to gatekeep.

[–]strawberrysun 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I had never even heard of this artist until a bunch of teens asked some straight actress if she "listened to Girl in Red" as a (cringeworthy) way to ask her if she was gay.