I got several tweets since my original Sia thread, calling me a hater, someone who doesn't know her or her story, or just needs to know her heart like fans do.
Kiddies. Loves. Gen Z. I was a huge fan since Colour the Small One (2004) but also owned Healing is Difficult (2001).
Kiddies. Loves. Gen Z. I was a huge fan since Colour the Small One (2004) but also owned Healing is Difficult (2001).
Her story through trauma, addiction and self-destruction spoke to me as a teenager. I shared her music w/ loved ones who complained they couldn't understand her but I NEEDED them to get me.
I sent her song Alive to tell my therapist I survived something we thought I never could.
I sent her song Alive to tell my therapist I survived something we thought I never could.
So when I say I was CRUSHED, and I mean devastated, to see someone whose art carried me through 15+ yrs of my life, disrespect, exploit, belittle and profit off the autistic experience?
To see her spit venom at disabled friends, use ableist terms, and refuse to listen? I broke.
To see her spit venom at disabled friends, use ableist terms, and refuse to listen? I broke.
And when I took more time to see where her relationship to Maddie was at since I last checked in...I was nauseated. Angry. Hurt. Protective. In disbelief.
My thread was for others who couldn't believe what they were seeing either. To be clear. To know it wasn't a one-off remark.
My thread was for others who couldn't believe what they were seeing either. To be clear. To know it wasn't a one-off remark.
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