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obsessed with paris paloma's entire discography, but one that stood out to me was "last woman on earth" from the cacophony album.

I've heard so many takes on the 'man or bear' discourse, and this piece of art is my favorite response. it speaks of a woman whose dying wish is to finally be respected.

I've heard of so many cases where men have violated even the deceased. this song feels like an outcry from the daughters of those victims.

she says she'd rather be with the bears, be burned, or be scattered in the oceans—anything rather than be buried in a grave where men can still find her. she'll get tattoos so her body will be considered 'ruined,' because only then will they leave her alone.

she says if you love her, wait for her body to turn blue and decay, so she'll finally be undesirable again. so that even in death, her body is still hers.

this is rage. this is girlhood. give my girl paris paloma the audience she deserves.

i love the bridge in the last woman on earth as much as the next person, but theres something about the quietness of the rest of the song. it's soft, you can tell shes speaking to someone she loves. the way each verse ends makes it obvious that she's pleading with the person to burn her, scatter her, hide her body from the ravenous masses. to understand the risk she took when she stepped into the limelight. to hear the screams from defiled women before her. to ensure that the same pain doesnt happen to her. its just such a pleading, hopeful song and at the end we dont even know if that person honored her wishes or if she ended up just like so many women before her.

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The Wisdom Saga and Paris Palomas debut album both come out on the same day, and I have school. This is a hate crime