Remember Helen Reddy’s “I Am Woman” (“I am strong, I am invincible, I am woman”), released in 1971?

Here we are, 47 years later: a new addition to the feminist message: Christina Aguilera and Demi Lovato’s FALL IN LINE.  

TRIGGER WARNING: there are a few lines in this song that are scary hostile obscene and will offend many people in my generation. A theme of anger and protest (“fire in my veins”), not just self-assertion (“I am human”).

This song HAS A DARK SIDE. If you saw the performance during the Billboards Awards, you saw the military theme, with lots of black.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyuPSLj_6aw

LYRICS EXCERPTS:

Little girls, listen closely
'Cause no one told me
But you deserve to know
That in this world, you are not beholden
You do not owe them
Your body and your soul
(chorus)
It's just the way it is
And maybe it's never gonna change
But I got a mind to show my strength (my strength)
And I got a right to speak my mind (my mind)
And I'm gonna pay for this (I'm gonna pay for this)
They're gonna burn me at the stake
But I got a fire in my veins
'Cause I wasn't made to fall in line
But I got a fire in my veins
I'm never gonna fall in line, oh
 
On a lighter note. I am a fan of Christina Aguilera, especially: A Great Big World, Say Something
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2U0Ivkn2Ds
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QUOTE from interview with John McCain:

What books do you think best capture your own political principles?
 
Ernest Hemingway’s “For Whom the Bell Tolls.” It’s my favorite novel of all time. It instructed me to see the world as it is, with all its corruption and cruelty, and believe it’s worth fighting for anyway, even dying for. No just cause is futile, even if it’s lost, if it helps make the future better than the past.
                                                                                                                                                -John McCain, May 6, 2018


This interview gives me a positive view of him. Also, he is telling us about the power of fiction.​