FEMMODULATION - by Corrin Anderer

Lyrics: They wanna control us There’s this image of The perfect woman, seen As cis and pretty That one’s on my screen She lives a binary Of this that, either or The part that’s primary Is femininity Vapid and unskilled Weak and needing help from A strong man who’s strong-willed More powerful than her She’s been crafted by society But she’s Losing her voice Losing her sound She’s being pushed down to the ground Losing her voice Losing her sound The real her can’t be found But really femininity’s A mask she puts on A performance Uses her grasp of son- ic tools she’s been given She modulates her voice With uptalk and fry She makes this choice By what is proper As a weapon A gendered costume Not losing control Power within blooms She crafts herself to fit society, she’s Using her voice Using her sound She will rise up from the ground Using her voice Using her sound But what real her will be found? They want to control us They want to control me They want to dictate my Gender identity How should I sound? How should I act? The real world beats me down And I fight back (using my) voice Using my sound I’m gonna rise up from the ground Using my voice Using my sound The real me will be found They modulate you! I modulate me! The model formation of Femininity I won’t be controlled I won’t be controlled I won’t be controlled