{"id":12505,"date":"2016-09-30T11:40:41","date_gmt":"2016-09-30T18:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=12505"},"modified":"2016-10-04T12:26:19","modified_gmt":"2016-10-04T19:26:19","slug":"peaches-unapologetically-awesome-and-unabashedly-herself-in-victoria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2016\/09\/30\/peaches-unapologetically-awesome-and-unabashedly-herself-in-victoria\/","title":{"rendered":"Peaches unapologetically awesome, and unabashedly herself, in Victoria"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a new dad, going out on a school night feels a bit selfish, but go out to see Peaches perform at Sugar I did; I hope my daughter will someday understand that it was the right decision, because on Thursday, September 29, I glimpsed a bit of the future that I hope that she and her generation will fully embrace.<\/p>\n

The diverse crowd was amped from the get-go. Opening act Quay Dash hit the stage and quickly got the crowd moving. I know little about the Bronx MC but she ripped the mic as well as anyone I’ve seen over the years; she was confident and had a powerful presence of self. The strong beats got the blood pumping and the hips swaying; she was repping her first full length EP, Transphobic<\/em>,\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0her lyrics reflected life as a black transgendered woman while showcasing her skills as a NYC wordsmith.<\/p>\n

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Peaches’ recent show in Victoria gave attendees plenty to think about (photo provided).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Peaches then took the stage to showcase her latest album, Rub<\/em>. With hair. Hair suits. Wigs. Leather. Breasts (lots of breasts). And beats! Banging beats! And more hair.<\/p>\n

Peaches\u2019 brand of electro club bangers are all about gettin\u2019 your freak on, being yourself, being proud of who you are and throwing gender norms into last century.<\/p>\n

After the show, I spent time discussing the performance and its implications with other attendees. When asked how to describe the show, some were shell-shocked, able to offer only garbled fragments. Many more were actually speechless, but they all agreed that they now inhabited a post-Peaches world.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a world in which gender and sexual preference doesn\u2019t matter. One where you can be the person you want to be regardless of what gender you identify as. A world in which people aren\u2019t ashamed to love who they choose to love or to look how they want to look. It\u2019s the 21st century; gone are the days of telling anyone how they should or shouldn\u2019t act, talk, look, or dress.<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s the big takeaway from my selfish night out: Peaches showed me a glimpse of the world I want my daughter to grow up in. It\u2019s a tolerant world. An awesome world. A rockin\u2019, peaceful, loving world.<\/p>\n

A Peaches world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As a new dad, going out on a school night feels a bit selfish, but go out to see Peaches perform at Sugar I did; I hope my daughter will someday understand that it was the right decision, because on Thursday, September 29, I glimpsed a bit of the future that I hope that she […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12506,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-webexclusive"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t