Pencils
by HOLY POPES
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Music is so intertwined with the personal it’s hard not to write about your own life experiences. Love, loss and breakups are such common themes, seemingly without end.
So many songs about relationships are written from the male gaze, and if you unpick them ever so slightly, there is a heavy layer of misogyny. Coercion, manipulation and even stalking are painted in a positive light, whilst on the other side, you have blame and self-pity.
We can all be influenced by popular culture, and the way we as men, frame relationships and women in general within music, is at the very least, problematic.
Pencils is about the complexities of the male experience within relationships, and how patriarchal masculinity does not allow us to express our multi-faceted layers of emotion.
This repression often leads to toxic behaviours in relationships, and can easily progress into emotional or physical abuse. By rejecting patriarchal masculinity, we can not only help to end misogyny and sexism, but also provide kindness and compassion to ourselves and the men around us.
So many songs about relationships are written from the male gaze, and if you unpick them ever so slightly, there is a heavy layer of misogyny. Coercion, manipulation and even stalking are painted in a positive light, whilst on the other side, you have blame and self-pity.
We can all be influenced by popular culture, and the way we as men, frame relationships and women in general within music, is at the very least, problematic.
Pencils is about the complexities of the male experience within relationships, and how patriarchal masculinity does not allow us to express our multi-faceted layers of emotion.
This repression often leads to toxic behaviours in relationships, and can easily progress into emotional or physical abuse. By rejecting patriarchal masculinity, we can not only help to end misogyny and sexism, but also provide kindness and compassion to ourselves and the men around us.
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released November 18, 2022
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