Did you know this iconic ska silhouette is a trans ska singer named Brigitte Bond? The English Beat drew her from a photo of her dancing with Prince Buster and it ended up being the now iconic “Rude Girl” silhouette. We’ve always been around and we’ve always been creative icons 💜🏳️⚧️🤘🏻
I didn't know that, super neat!
After the hellscape of pop music discourse yesterday, this was so refreshing. I didn't know and love to have learned this.
I never knew that before, that is awesome!!
To all the people liking my post thank you so much!!!!! 😭💜 If you check out the interview I did with ska legend Leanor from Five Iron Frenzy!!!!! It was a bridging the gap between Christians and trans people, I think it was great. It’s almost an hour but moves fast, let me know what you think 😊💜🤘🏻
This episode is a bit different than the past ones - no hippie content here! Instead Leanor and Jenna openly share a conversation about Jenna's life and jour...
@thetigerspot.bsky.social Some more fun facts for you 😊💜🤘🏻
This is just incredibly sweet.
the conclusion? ska has always been queer. 🙌🏻
I love this!
just wanted to let you know my middle aged dad is a big fan and he had this to say when I shared this haha
She'd be 79 now, but no one's seen her since 1976