#Dirty Computer

[gothgirlantlers]

Song of the day time

[twacn]

There are so few perfect things in this world but Janelle Monae's Dirty Computer is one of them

[oni-odyssey]

colour study using the album cover of Janelle Monae's Dirty Computer.

original artist: Jenna Marsh [web] [insta]

PLEASE LOOK AT JENNA MARSH'S WORK

it's amazing! links are above the cut.

initially i was attempting a true recreation, but i quickly dropped that idea when i realised i'll probably abandon this 20mins in as soon as it looks shit and don't believe it'll improve. so instead, the challenge switched to that i wasn't allowed to use the colour pick/eyedropper tool, freehand the colour. then the perfectionism creeped in, and that got reduced to "what i think would look cool".

this was amazing to do. listening to an album on loop while drawing a portrait of the artist, it's like i connected to their music on a new level. i really heard their words. this album is incredible, janelle is an incredible artist.

i'll hopefully have more exciting stuff to upload to this blog soon?

brainstorming ideas for sticker designs to upload to redbubble.

i'm still not fully confident in what i'm doing with the sticker stuff. won't know until I tryy I guess?

[bidotorg]

"Make Me Feel" celebrates bisexuality in a way that shows its playfulness. It can be fun. It can be sexual. It's not all troubles and biphobia. Happy anniversary to the incredible bi bop!

🔥:

[callmebrycelee]

HAPPY 38TH BIRTHDAY, JANELLE MONÁE!!!

[yourfavealbumisgender]

Dirty Computer by Janelle Monáe is Pansexual!

requested by anon

[cloudystaar]

Janelle

[momentary-ecstasy]

Going into the Dirty Computer tag, I realize that not everyone had their life changed on April 27, 2018 and I feel sorry for them

[charactersmashorpass-2]

"It’s Janelle Monáe"

[gothgirlantlers]

The song of the day is

Janelle Monáe - Dirty Computer (feat. Brian Wilson)

[decentluck13]

Also this isn't really the point but

Janelle Monáe is so hot, goddamn

And actually everyone in "Dirty Computer" is so hot

So many beautiful people

[angelofverdum]

Altered my brain chemistry

[cookie-sheet-toboggan]

[b-plot-butch]

when janelle monae said “i wanna get screwed like an animal.” i felt that

[thesunkenplace]

The Radical Power of Janelle Monáe’s Dirty Computer in America’s Era of Erasure

We need more Janelle Monáes in this world. More artists who aren’t afraid to tell the truth, even when it’s inconvenient. Especially when it’s inconvenient. Dirty Computer is not just a visual album. It’s an Afrofuturist revolution, an act of creative resistance, a coded love letter to all the “misfits” who refuse to be erased. Through science fiction, music, and memory, Monáe constructs a world where queerness, Blackness, womanhood, and rebellion are not just visible. They’re sacred.

Watching Dirty Computer in 2025 feels even more urgent than when it was first released. Because right now, in this moment, life is terrifying. It’s disorienting. It’s heartbreaking. It’s jaw-dropping and exhausting. Especially if you’re a woman, a member of the LGBTQ+ community, Black, Brown, an immigrant, someone who knows or loves any of the above, or frankly, anyone who doesn’t fit neatly into the mold of what white supremacist patriarchy says is acceptable.

We aren’t moving forward. We’re in a freefall. Rights are being stripped at every turn. Reproductive rights, LGBTQ+ rights, immigrant rights, voting rights, and freedom of speech are all under attack. Bigoted rhetoric is normalized, and hate crimes are on the rise. Students protesting genocide are silenced, punished, and deported, while guns are protected more fiercely than the lives of children. Healthcare and education are becoming luxuries only the wealthy can afford. And through all of this, our government shrugs, claiming nothing can be done. Or worse, they support it, cheering it on wholeheartedly.

In Dirty Computer, the powers that be literally try to “clean” the identities of people like Jane 57821, scrubbing away queerness, Blackness, nonconformity, and memory. It doesn’t feel speculative. It feels prophetic. The erasure taking place around the world right now may not be high tech, but it’s very real, and it’s happening right before our eyes. Through policy. Through forever prisons in El Salvador, where the innocent are held without justice. Through rights being stripped away at every corner. Through propaganda shoved down our throats. Through an overflow of distractions meant to confuse and numb us. Through unchecked power, unlike anything we’ve seen before.

Despite Dirty Computer’s underlying dystopian theme, Monáe dared to center joy. To center love. To center community. That’s what makes it a masterclass in Afrofuturism. It envisions survival not just as resistance but as connection. The music pulses with defiance and pleasure. The visuals are rich and lush, centering joy outside whiteness and heteronormativity, showing people simply living their lives and loving who they love. And her message is clear. We exist. We matter. And we’re not going anywhere.

We need more Janelle Monáes. Not just to escape, but to feel. To grieve. To dance. To scream. To cry. To see ourselves and be ourselves, unapologetically. To be reminded that art has the power to do what politicians will not, and that’s to tell the truth, loudly and beautifully. Because sometimes, the only way to survive in a world trying to erase you is to make yourself unerasable.

So thank you, Janelle Monáe, for giving us something to hold onto. For showing us a world where liberation is possible. For reminding us that no matter how dark it gets, there is still power in being a “dirty computer.” We need more of that. We need more people like you.