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When we are away, we can and do learn new words
New concepts, new angles
We encounter new authors who spark moments of revelation
But feminist theory does not start here
Feminist theory might even be what gets you there
Within the academy, the word theory has a lot of capital
I have always been interested in how the word theory itself is distributed
How some materials are understood as theory and not others
You're free today
All the winds will carry you a good way
You're free today
And all your good will will be shown
You're free today
You don't have to tell jokes that you can't tell anyway
Cause you're free today
And I can see your good will
And you don't shake hands
With the hands from the other side
No, you don't shake hands
If the hands are not just right
And you don't shake hands
If the good is not in sight (what ever!)
And you don't shake hands
If the hands are not just right
Ok let's keep going, come on
So you get out to the lake
Yes!
It's your last swim in 2018
An autumn swim
And you take off your shoes
Kick them away! That's right
Kick them
And you let your trousers slip down your ankles
Alright! Okay!
U-huh!
You take off your bra! Let them hang!
Yeah
They're hangin' I can feel em!
And you glide into the water like a venus in oblivion
Ah! So nice!
You're free today
You don't sign any contract that you don't agree to
No! No, I will not!
You won't, we won't!
You're free today
Yes!
You don't smile if you don't want to
Yes!
You're free today
Cause you're free today
Yeah, you're free today
Yah!
And you don't dance any dance
That you won't dance anyway
Yes, sister!
Yeah, don't dance any dance!
Cause you're free today
That's right!
Relax you're face
Ah yes!
You don't have to smile if you don't want to
Yes, you're free today!
And you don't shake hands
With the people that you don't like
And you don't shake hands
If the good ones are out of sight
No, you don't shake hands
If the hands are not just right
The real hands, the hands that I love!
And you don't shake hands
If the hands are not just right
Amen!