Sometimes it's better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness

diffrentcolours showed us the trailer for Lizzo's Watch Out for the Big Grrrls a little while ago and I've been excited to see it ever since.

Much as I wish she didn't have to resort to this gimmick just to find some fat dancers (she does, because they can't get agents or representation so even when she's actively seeking them out they don't have the connections to allow themselves to be found), it is great to bathe in a show full of women, full of people who aren't white...the energy is so different. And it's not really competitive: there are as many slots as there are girls in the "house," people don't get eliminated every week.

We just watched the second episode tonight, and it has a marching band! I never did dance (wanted to, wasn't allowed), I didn't expect to relate to this show but...marching band was the best thing I did in high school. I had a great band teacher and I had such transcendent experiences marching.

I love how Lizzo gets it. She talks about how marching band is just another way to wear a uniform and get sweaty and learn choreography and all that. When I announced that I wanna play "Good as Hell" in a marching band, diffrentcolours showed me this video, which I had somehow never seen before!