Erstellt am: 24. 4. 2013 - 18:09 Uhr

Grimes ist der Dummheit müde

Und veröffentlicht eine wütenden Eintrag auf ihrem Tumblr: "I don’t want to have to compromise my morals in order to make a living".

Falls Grimes sich tatsächlich vom Touren und Musikmachen zurückziehen sollte, dann ist der Blogpost "I don’t want to have to compromise my morals in order to make a living" ein großartiges Abschiedsgeschenk.

i dont want my words to be taken out of context
i dont want to be infantilized because i refuse to be sexualized

Claire Boucher, die sich Grimes nennt, ist eine kanadische Producerin und Musikerin, die bis jetzt vier Alben veröffentlicht hat. Drei davon im Alleingang produziert, eines eine Kollaboration. Ihr Album "Visions", letztes Jahr erschienen, hat sie von den digitalen Landkarten der Blogs auf die Bühnen großer internationaler Festivals gebracht hat.

Die Touren des letzten Jahres dürften Grimes zugesetzt haben. An der Präzision der Analyse der Sexismen kann man erhoffen, dass es keine Kapitulation vor Fremdzuschreibungen ist, sondern eine genaue Definition des eigenen Standpunkts, um das Waffenarsenal zu schärfen. Eine Conclusio nach einer Tour, der ein Befreiungsschlag ist.

i dont want to be molested at shows or on the street by people who perceive me as an object that exists for their personal satisfaction

Die Gründe, die sie auf ihrem Tumblr aufgelistet hat, werden ab heute Abend gerahmt auch in meinem trauten Eigenheim hängen. Ich glaube, dass die Dinge, die Grimes anführt, nur die Tentakel von weitreichenden Übeln und Fallen sind, in die wir Menschen weiblichen Geschlechts im Laufe unseres Lebens tappen. Fallen, in denen wir Zeit und im schlimmsten Fall uns selbst verlieren.

i dont want to live in a world where im gonna have to start employing body guards because this kind of behavior is so commonplace and accepted and I’m pissed that when I express concern over my own safety it’s often ignored until people see firsthand what happens and then they apologize for not taking me seriously after the fact…

Vierzehn Sätze Klarheit in einer unklaren Welt, und falls das heute ein Abschied von Grimes sein sollte, dann hat sie uns ein großartigen Wegweiser hinterlassen.

I’m tired of men who aren’t professional or even accomplished musicians continually offering to ‘help me out’ (without being asked), as if i did this by accident and i’m gonna flounder without them. or as if the fact that I’m a woman makes me incapable of using technology. I have never seen this kind of thing happen to any of my male peers

I’m tired of the weird insistence that i need a band or i need to work with outside producers (and I’m eternally grateful to the people who don’t do this)

im tired of being considered vapid for liking pop music or caring about fashion as if these things inherently lack substance or as if the things i enjoy somehow make me a lesser person

im tired of being congratulated for being thin because i can more easily fit into sample sizes from the runway
im tired of people i love betraying me so they can get credit or money

I’m sad that it’s uncool or offensive to talk about environmental or human rights issues

I’m tired of creeps on message boards discussing whether or not they’d “fuck” me

I’m tired of people harassing my dancers and treating them like they aren’t human beings

I’m sad that my desire to be treated as an equal and as a human being is interpreted as hatred of men, rather than a request to be included and respected (I have four brothers and many male best friends and a dad and i promise i do not hate men at all, nor do i believe that all men are sexist or that all men behave in the ways described above)

im tired of being referred to as ‘cute,’ as a ‘waif’ etc., even when the author, fan, friend, family member etc. is being positive

(fyi)
waif |wāf|
noun
1 a homeless and helpless person, esp. a neglected or abandoned child: she is foster-mother to various waifs and strays .
• an abandoned pet animal.
cute |kyo͞ot|
adjective
1 attractive in a pretty or endearing way: a cute kitten.
• informal sexually attractive.
I’m tired of people assuming that just because something happens regularly it’s ok
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i have so much love for everyone who has been cool and amazing. I have the best job in the world but I’m done with being passive about any kind of status quo that allows anyone to suffer or to be disrespected
Grimes world tour is officially over, the visions album cycle is officially over, and I’m now taking the time to overhaul everything and make it better
much love to every fan - stuff can be lame sometimes but its really cool to have this support <3