Free Speech + Other Dirty Words: Melissa Etheridge
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- Опубліковано 25 лип 2024
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“‘So…what are we going to do about the gay thing?’”
In the ‘90s, two-time Grammy-winning artist Melissa Etheridge made waves when she publicly came out as gay after struggling with self-censorship during her first three records. In her interview with host Ryan J. Downey, Etheridge recalls this pivotal moment in her career, along with other free speech issues, including Eminem’s homophobic lyrics controversy in the early 2000s and Steve Bannon sharing a platform with her on Sirius XM radio. “Free speech is hard,” Etheridge says.
“Free Speech + Other Dirty Words” is a partnership between the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) and SPIN to showcase iconic artists sharing their stories about freedom of speech, self-expression, and the barriers they crossed to avoid censorship.
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0:00 Free Speech + Other Dirty Words
0:56 Growing Up In The 60s And 70s
1:55 Straight Heterosexual Music + Gender-less + Self-censorship
2:57 Island Records + The Gay Thing + Rainbow Flag Waving
4:13 I See It From Both Sides + Eminem + Because That’s Freedom
6:15 Sirius XM + Steve Bannon
Melissa Etheridge is the best of this world.
So happy to share this one with the world! Melissa is fantastic.
Ya gotta love Melissa! 😍
such a legend
The best of the best! Truthful and unique person and soul!! Love you to the moon and back! You are Awesome my dear Melissa!! ❤❤
No wonder she's every kind of hero
Love this and Melissa's support an views on free speech. You are awesome :)
Her reflection on Eminem is so spot on... I love this woman 🤩
Melissa is so wise!
Great interview!!
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👏 👏 👏 As usual so special to listen to Melissa she is such an eloquent, fluent, articulate, expressive & thoughtful speaker 🙏🏻 🥰 💜 💜 💜
She’s very intelligent
"free speech is hard"
Yes she is Iconic she is a legend she is a brilliant Talent... musician, songwriter, who has last lasted and evolved in her industry, yet managed to stay true to herself for over 50 years.... ye somehow no Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? There are people playing tons of Music out there that is nothing remotely close to rock and roll and they've been around not even a half of the time that she has, but yet they are in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
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If only Eminem hadn't hit weird Al yankovic with a cease and desist for poodle hat
It's a shame that a video featuring a musical icon has zero clue about audio levels.
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One huge word(s) not spoken about enough and certainly not serious enough is Global Warming. I don't know, ME, if you are familiar with Deidre McCalla, but I'd love to hear your version of her song"Oh the Earth." It's a truly powerful song that screams a necessary truth we all need to pay attention to. Thanks, Carol.
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I need to wake up by Melissa Etheridge. Greetings from Germany