Friday, 4 December 2015
MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS - SAME LOVE feat. MARY LAMBERT (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
This might be my favourite music video and song of all time and I have so much respect for Macklemore and Ryan Lewis. Macklemore is a big supporter of gay rights and has a gay uncle, who is featured with his partner on the single cover.
Imagine A World Where Being "Gay" The Norm & Being "Straight" Would Be T...
I encourage everyone to invest some short time into watching this video. It's amazing.
I first came across it when I was campaigning for LGBT rights on Facebook in 2013. It was written, directed and performed in a way that could put homophobia into a different perspective and in a way that homophobic people might understand better. The film challenges modern day society and asks: what if the shoe was on the other foot? It's based in a world where it's 'normal' to be in same sex couples and frowned upon to be in a straight couple.
"Some people say they were born the way they were destined to be.Some people say that it's a result of how you were raised."
The protagonist Ashley in the short film commentates that she first noticed she felt 'different' when she was 5 years old and felt an attraction to a young boy. In the real world, this would be encouraged and branded a 'cute little crush.' In the film, it's not. It's frowned upon and it's dangerous,
Not only does the film challenge sexuality, it also challenges stereotypes. It's an old myth that football is suppose to be a man's sport and this claim is still challenged in modern day society in the real world. In the film, it's suppose to be a 'girl' thing which is interesting in itself. When seated at the dinner table with her younger brother and each mum, Ashley reveals that she doesn't want to play football, but wants to act instead. This is frowned upon by one mum.
"I'm not going to have to exposed to that perverted lifestyle, men and women living together. It's a sin, it makes me sick just thinking about it. So revolting." - One mum claims when she reveals that a heterosexual couple as moved into a house on their street, and urges her children to walk the long way to school to avoid seeing them.
Ashley realises for sure that she is a 'breeder' when she touches her male friend's hand and feels an intense connection. She knows she's in love, but she thinks it's wrong. She's scared.
She begins to get bullied by school peers and punished by her parents. Just for feeling different. Just for being a 'victim' of a type of love that she cannot control. She attempts suicide despite her young age.
This film completely flips modern day society on it's back and encourages a level of understanding to almost everyone, regardless of sexuality or gender.
LOVE IS LOVE.
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