I don’t know Kesha is telling the truth, and I am willing to leave it up the the legal system to determine whether her producer should be convicted and what his sentence should be.
I do not, however, think that she should be legally obliged to never write or perform another song unless she records several more albums with someone she clearly hates. I’ve got issues with the American legal system, but in this case the issue I have is with Sony and Dr. Luke, who have the ability to release an artist from a contract that she will never complete, and that is shoveling mounds of awful publicity on them, but are still NOT WILLING TO DO IT. Apparently this is to set an example to other artists and show them that there is no way out of your contract…ever…in any case…even if it means you never write a song again with us or without us.
That seems like a pretty awful reason to put a person through this Hell.
It does not seem like the behavior of rational, compassionate adults to see this situation and say “Well, what if she’s just throwing a tantrum…what if she’s just making it all up to get out of a contract.”
Even if that is the case, the contract must be an awful enough thing in the life of this young woman that she will go through years of expensive, painful, embarrassing bullshit to free herself from it. If I was the entertainment industry CEO in this situation, I would be questioning not just the legitimacy of my actions, but the legitimacy of my entire business model if it requires such draconian control over the freedom of performers.
raspberry leaf is good as well, it helps the uterus have less violent contractions! it’s a uteral toner or something like that
LIFE SAVER
for all my fellow uterus holders
Hibiscus tea does wonders as well I’ve heard! My coworker started drinking it because she heard it helped and when her period came last month, she said she didn’t feel the cramps– it just came and went.
So if “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” is be believed, you can fiddle duel the devil for your soul. My question is, does it only work with fiddles, or any contest? Saxophone duel? Guitar shred-off? Can you challenge the devil to a rap battle when he comes for you?
Even though I play piano I want to see someone fight for their soul with the tuba.
The Devil went back to Georgia and his thoughts were dark and cold That Johnny kid had screwed him and he still needed a soul. When he came across this young man blowin’ on a tuba and playin’ hits And the devil took one look and said “You know what? Fuck this shit.”
concept: instead of Kylo Ren getting a redemption arc, we get a Captain Phasma redemption arc
but not like, “ok she’s good now and made of sweetness and rainbows and she had a really tough childhood and didn’t know what she was doing” kind of way.
but like
Captain Phasma leaves the First Order, not because she’s necessarily morally opposed to its callous slaughter of innocents, but because she and Hux are barely holding the organization together; all they ever do is clean up after Kylo’s tantrums, and at some point Kylo (probably under Snoke’s orders) comes up with a plan that is so utterly ridiculous that Phasma is like “f this shit I’m out.”
only what no one counted on are the number of Stormtroopers who are completely and utterly loyal to Phasma and Phasma alone because dammit, she’s a good commander. She’s terrible to the ones who don’t fit in or don’t live up to standards, of course, but that just means that the First Order’s most ruthless and efficient soldiers are defecting to follow Phasma.
because Phasma may be cruel, be she at least understands that there have to be limits to cruelty in order to lead effectively. Really, she’s more practical than cruel, and destroying perfectly functional computer equipment in a fit of rage, or killing underlings for minor infractions (may or may not be canon, but it’s the sort of thing you’d expect from KR) is simply not practical.
and so with Phasma gone and Kylo in charge, Phasma suddenly finds herself fighting against the First Order. At first it was simply self-defense as they tried to hunt her down as a deserter, but when she quickly proved herself more than a match for them, it turned into a guerrilla war to take them down – it is, after all, the practical thing to do.
so that is how Phasma and Leia find themselves on the same side, and of course the practical thing to do is for them to team up. It’s an uneasy truce, and Phasma and Finn make a deliberate effort to avoid each other – neither ever ends up forgiving the other, despite being allies. Phasma and Leia never come to like each other, either, but there is a grudging respect.
and after everything, when the First Order is finally taken down, Phasma and her soldiers are offered pardons for their service, which they accept. They become mercenaries, which has much better pay and job security than the First Order did. And if a lot of their dealings are on the shady side of the law, it’s never quite severe enough of an infraction for anyone to want to risk going after them.
seriously, i don’t actually want her to be good; give me “cool motive, still murder” Phasma. Let her be the villain who is undeniably evil but that everyone still loves.
