I saw this tweet earlier this week.
The @librarycongress has the largest flute collection in the world with more than 1,800. It incl Pres James Madison’s 1813 crystal flute. @lizzo we would love for you to come see it and even play a couple when you are in DC next week. Like your song they are “Good as hell.”😉 pic.twitter.com/2FkUFZfIYh
— Carla Hayden (@LibnOfCongress) September 23, 2022
The nerd and bookworm in me thought it was so cool, and I was like,
” I hope Lizzo sees this.”
Well, Lizzo did!
And, this happened :)
Lizzo also practiced this part of her on-stage performance in the Library's Great Hall on Monday. Wait for it… #LizzoAtLOChttps://t.co/kT2c6Fmnrn pic.twitter.com/pIashO5qp6
— Library of Congress (@librarycongress) September 28, 2022
Lizzo, a Black female superstar, collaborating with Carla Hayden, the first African American and first woman Librarian of Congress, to use a flute from James Madison, the Founding Father who originated the 3/5 Compromise and also the Library of Congress itself? The symbolism!!! https://t.co/n5AQsjJwKH
— Tiffany C. Li (@tiffanycli) September 28, 2022
A history lesson:
A history teacher @antisocstudies explains the historical significance of @lizzo playing James Madison's 200-year-old crystal flute pic.twitter.com/FN1EuAdyGI
— Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) September 29, 2022
A music lesson:
From a musician friend: pic.twitter.com/xiEQZ1Zp0G
— 🇺🇦 🌻 Rev. Dr. Boudyka (@bdk1521) October 2, 2022
The Library of Congress says it worked with curators and Capitol Police to make Lizzo playing James Madison’s flute happen safely last night. This is Lizzo practicing at the library on Monday. The 1813 flute was gifted to Madison and later saved by Dolley Madison. Photo from LOC. pic.twitter.com/tImV8LvVCm
— Chelsea Cirruzzo (@ChelseaCirruzzo) September 28, 2022
This was so cool to see! pic.twitter.com/rJ72dmpb9X
— apex couch potato 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ (he/him/is potato) (@StevenGlassman) September 28, 2022
.@lizzo has James Madison’s crystal flute onstage right now – a gift from a French crystal flute designer. She claims to be the first person to ever play it !! There are body guards onstage surrounding the flute. “History is freaking cool you guys.” Cc @librarycongress
— Jacqueline Alemany (@JaxAlemany) September 28, 2022
Making history in DC: @lizzo playing James Madison’s crystal flute from @librarycongress tonight! @nbcwashington @Telemundo44 pic.twitter.com/kYTTacURyZ
— Vince Lattanzio (@VinceLattanzio) September 28, 2022
Of course, the right-wing freaked out. Mad that a Black woman who was trained on the flute got the opportunity to play it. And, doubly mad that the Black Librarian of Congress made the offer to her.
They can stay mad.
continued :
"But as soon as you are unashamed of who you are — I was so nervous that people would call me a nerd or think I wasn't cool. But as soon as I showed the world all of me, that's when they started to fall in love with me."— Lily Scott (@Lily_Scott_says) September 29, 2022
More background of Lizzo at the LOC
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRmXEY6C/
Another history lesson about Lizzo and the flute
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZTRmXgy3m/
Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) tweeted at 8:18 AM on Wed, Sep 28, 2022:
Herschel is asked about domestic violence allegations from 2001-2008 that at different times he held a gun to his wife’s head and straight razor to her throat: “You know, he without sin cast the first stone .. He’s talking about something I was a part of over 15 years ago.” https://t.co/QQNGbAfPSm
(https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1575112758177439744?t=I8yCmB884Lf3h3jZ1PIG9g&s=03)
BREXIT
Shashank Joshi (@shashj) tweeted at 4:48 AM on Fri, Sep 30, 2022:
“Significant revisions to UK data indicate that Britain is the only G7 economy that remains smaller than it was before the pandemic, despite an improved performance in the second quarter that diminished fears of recession.” https://t.co/IGGh9ZWs8M https://t.co/2T5Eoz2jTN
(https://twitter.com/shashj/status/1575784584540696577?t=iTP60MP-aH17tAUobVB30g&s=03)
😂😂😂😂😂
Michael Shepherd (@mchlshepherd) tweeted at 8:26 PM on Wed, Sep 28, 2022:
I was moving something heavy up stairs and an older woman says she wished she could help. I said she could give me moral support. She says…
“You can do it!
Your parents should be proud of you!
Your kids seem genuinely happy!
You’re probably attractive to your generation!”
(https://twitter.com/mchlshepherd/status/1575295856978206720?t=YCXTU_h1sIRypUpeLs96Cg&s=03)
Steve Kantrowitz (@skantrow) tweeted at 2:42 PM on Thu, Sep 29, 2022:
The rightwing freakout about Lizzo playing Madison’s flute is particularly instructive if you consider that they would also have freaked out had she instead 1) refused to play it or 2) smashed it.
The lesson is that she *is not allowed to have a relationship to that flute.*
(https://twitter.com/skantrow/status/1575571828546084865?t=5X2AjMdCs52e73wPKsTqig&s=03)
Peoria Bummer (@PeoriaBummer) tweeted at 7:26 AM on Fri, Sep 30, 2022:
That they keep talking about “our heritage” as if it’s not just as much Lizzo’s heritage, is similarly instructive. Black people are not authentically American in their eyes.
(https://twitter.com/PeoriaBummer/status/1575824385851609089?t=VnhjCwh21jvCcz6mEDRj7g&s=03)
COVID is still with us (@c_nephobe) tweeted at 7:17 AM on Fri, Sep 30, 2022:
Senator Rick Scott (R, FL) has voted “No” on hurricane relief for his own state.
This is the same guy who wants to end Social Security. He doesn’t care about the people of Florida.
(https://twitter.com/c_nephobe/status/1575822193287577601?t=sIR5rcOukgSjE0spgS3ZPw&s=03)
Good Morning, Everyone😊😊😊