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Vice Presidential Debate..... 2012.... "this one should be good"
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<blockquote data-quote="Catatonic" data-source="post: 1038813" data-attributes="member: 7966"><p>And she is also a proud Lesbian which she incorporates very strongly in her concerts/lectures (and at time with humor).</p><p></p><p>I think a more reflective song for Janis and the strength and courage as she aged is:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yW_rYLoIR08" target="_blank">Janis Ian - Society's Child - YouTube</a></p><p></p><p>which is a song centered around the then-taboo subject of interracial romance. Ian was 13 years old when she was motivated to write the song and completed it when she was 14 and sings in the video above when she was 16.</p><p>The lyrics of the song center around the feelings of a young girl who witnesses the humiliation that her black boyfriend receives from the girl's mother and the taunts that she herself endures from classmates and teachers. It closes with her decision to end her relationship with the boyfriend because of her inability to deal with the social pressure.</p><p></p><p>She found the courage within herself to announce she was a lesbian as she aged, something she could not admit even to herself when she was younger.</p><p></p><p>We have several items around the house which were purchased through her Pearl Foundation (which has awarded over $660,000 in scholarships).</p><p>I stayed after one concert and had her sign one of these items with:</p><p>Courage,</p><p>Janis</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Catatonic, post: 1038813, member: 7966"] And she is also a proud Lesbian which she incorporates very strongly in her concerts/lectures (and at time with humor). I think a more reflective song for Janis and the strength and courage as she aged is: [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yW_rYLoIR08"]Janis Ian - Society's Child - YouTube[/URL] which is a song centered around the then-taboo subject of interracial romance. Ian was 13 years old when she was motivated to write the song and completed it when she was 14 and sings in the video above when she was 16. The lyrics of the song center around the feelings of a young girl who witnesses the humiliation that her black boyfriend receives from the girl's mother and the taunts that she herself endures from classmates and teachers. It closes with her decision to end her relationship with the boyfriend because of her inability to deal with the social pressure. She found the courage within herself to announce she was a lesbian as she aged, something she could not admit even to herself when she was younger. We have several items around the house which were purchased through her Pearl Foundation (which has awarded over $660,000 in scholarships). I stayed after one concert and had her sign one of these items with: Courage, Janis [/QUOTE]
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