Sophie B. Hawkins Gave Us A Queer Pop Hit In The ’90s. Then Came The Backlash.

January 19, 2026 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

I sat on a mountainside with peace of mind
And I lay by the ocean
Makin’ love to her with visions clear
Walked the days with no one near
And I return as chained and bound to you

Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover Original Music Video Sophie B. Hawkins

The original banned version of the video for Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover by Sophie B. Hawkins. Sophie’s record label at the time requested she film another version – the black and white version you’re probably more familiar with. Note the blue butterfly hands and the fingers walking up her cheek and how those moves reappear in her later videos.

I Think About the Song ‘Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover’ a Lot

MIA and the Conflict Between My Words and Their Funding

May 10, 2025May 10, 2025 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

I nearly forgot—I had submitted one of my poems to Mad in America. That was before I learned they’d received funding from Open Society Foundations for their podcast. When an email arrived saying they’d published my piece, I was completely caught off guard—I hadn’t expected them to accept it at all.

Anti-War Gabbard Wants Other Countries To Join the US in Attacking Yemen

March 19, 2025March 19, 2025 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

During Trump’s first term in office, Gabbard was a leading critic of Trump’s backing of the Saudi war in Yemen, which she called genocidal

Tulsi Gabbard Wants Other Countries To Join the US in Attacking Yemen

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DeepSeek: What Would Lenin and Marx Say About Romantic Love

February 5, 2025February 5, 2025 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Vladimir Lenin, as a revolutionary and Marxist thinker, approached most topics through the lens of class struggle, materialism, and the broader social and economic systems. While he did not write or speak extensively about love as a personal or romantic concept, his views on human relationships were likely shaped by his Marxist perspective.

Here’s how Lenin might conceptualize love, based on his ideological framework:
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