#dirtycomputertour

[monaedroid]

ANDERSON PAAK GOT THE JUICE at #Coachella Festival 🔥🔥 https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx2XkIVHWfa/?igshid=1mnpnuj6yp3t0

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[classicnovaproductions]

I am seeing Janelle Monae this Wednesday and I bought a Pansexual Pride Flag that I am taking with me to give to her. I just can't believe I am seeing her in the middle of Pride Month this is peak LGBT activity and I just want her to know she is loved.

Also I hope she really likes the flag too

[extplay]

whew! here’s Janelle performing “Pynk” at the Hulu Theater at MSG in NYC. 

i had to do all i could to stay focused on shooting for this one.

more moments here and here.

[blkgrlpoet]

You thanked me for my ongoing support tonight, but I just want to thank YOU for the inspiration you have been to me in my highest and lowest moments over the last 8 years. And what an amazing show tonight! @janellemonae #DirtyComputerTour #NYC (at Madison Square Garden New York)

[iamjessemartinz]

Who's staying up late with me 2 watch @monaedroid on @colbertlateshow?! TUNE IN TONIGHT AT 10:30 CDT / 11:35 EDT ON @CBSTV #JanelleMonae #StephenColbert #TheLateShow #DirtyComputer #DirtyComputerTour

[itsblosseybitch]

Last night, I went to see the AMAZING @janellemonae at the Orlando House of Blues. I got such chills at this opening I was surprised I was able to hold the camera steady. This was my first concert, and I couldn't have asked for a better experience. Not only was Janelle fantastic as a live performer, but she gave positive messages of love, peace, and fighting for human rights. During the encore, she read off the names of the 49 victims of the Pulse shooting before singing 'So Afraid', an emotional ballad. Pretty sure there wasn't a dry eye in the house! I don't know what my next concert is going to be, but it's going to be a tough act to follow. If you ever get the chance to see Janelle, I highly recommend going. . . . #janellemonae #dirtycomputer #dirtycomputertour #concerts (at House of Blues Orlando)

[statemedia]

✨Tonight at @JannusLive ✨ The one and only @JanelleMonae is performing her #DirtyComputerTour in #StPete tonight with special guests @StBeautyBand! 🥁 Doors open at 6:30pm & Show starts at 7:30! Tickets will be available at the gates as well as in-store at @daddykoolrecords or last min on Ticketmaster! Don’t sleep on this amazing show tonight!!! (at Jannus Live)

[fawziah]

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Django Jane herself 👑 @janellemonae 💕 the #DirtyComputerTour was glorious. I may or may not have lost consciousness several times from the pure joy and excitement of it all. #CindiMayweather #djangoJane #JanelleMonae #Artist #Music #Live #Performance #HuluTheatreMSG #BlackGirlMagic #ArchAndroid #ElectricLady #ClassyBrass (at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden)

[sasjasmolders]

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Androids don't have hearts to break 💔🤖 #android #queerfemme #cyborgsexual #dirtycomputer #dirtycomputertour (at Vancouver, British Columbia)

[monaedroid]

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last night in London 🔥🔥🔥 #JanelleMonae #DirtyComputer #DirtyComputerTour #Europe #London #UK #Roundhouse #ComeAlive #WarOfTheRoses #CrowdSurf #CrowdSurfing #TheRoundhouse #Camden https://www.instagram.com/p/Bno0sdCjduP/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1rrktvb600vqq

[classicnovaproductions]

Janelle Monae Validated Me

It has been about a week (wow!) since I saw Janelle Monae perform live in Portland, and I’ve had some time since then to reflect on my experience at the show. And let me tell you, I’ve never experienced anything like it.

To put it in perspective, I’ve only known about Janelle Monae for a couple of years, when Hidden Figures came out, and I was so enamored with her in the film I had to look her up, and she did not disappoint. At this time I had also only realized my sexuality the year before, when I was 21. I always knew I was different growing up, from my skin color to my taste in style and music even down to my own Origin Story (I was adopted from a 3rd World country, one of the very few among all my classmates) but I never really thought of it or was bothered by it.

But then I found Janelle Monae, and I could not believe what I was seeing. Here was a young, dark-skinned, curly-haired, intelligent, beautiful woman who loved dressing up in suites and could sing and dance and act, and who was a huge activist for the marginalized. I couldn’t believe it, because she was so much like me! And then after years of speculation, she finally came out as Pansexual, and for the first time in all my 24 years I feel I truly have someone whom I can look up to, because she represents everything I am in a way I never even realized I was deprived of my whole life!

And then I attended her show only just last week, and it was such a beautiful show in so many ways. She made me feel valid and I wanted to return the favor, so I gave her the Pansexual Flag and, when she took it and waved it around and took it backstage, and the amazing group of WLWOC around me screamed and cheered for me and Janelle I was drunk with happiness. And I realized the whole time I was there that this was the first time in my life I was around people who were all like me, like Janelle. Despite being deemed a diverse and progressive city, Portland in actuality is extremely white, and a vast majority of Oregon is very conservative in a backwoods kind of way.

While at her show there was the highest concentration of POC and variety of sexualities and gender I have ever seen in Portland, all on a grassy field no larger than a football field. And the love and energy and compassion from Janelle and the audience was so pure and immense. It felt like I was in Dirty Computer, living a Crazy, Classic, Life - and I felt so whole and valid and warm!

And then, a couple of days later, I went back to work. Now, I ADORE my job! I adore the people I work for, and the ones I work with. They are my family. I work in a Motorsports Museum, a topic I am very passionate about, so working there is a dream come true! However, I must reiterate that Portland is very white, and even known for its harboring of Neo-Nazi and Alt-Right members. And the surrounding areas and beyond are much worse. There aren’t hipsters, just a lot of backwoods rednecks etc (please don’t nail me on this, anyone who isn’t a white male in Oregon knows this).

Unfortunately, about 85% of the clientele of the museum are large, straight white men (many of which are very proud Alt-Right). Most of these men are older than 40, and many of them have such huge fucking egos they cannot even be bothered to talk to me. They just literally toss their money and get pissed when I ask what they want. And oftentimes they are misogynist as well. Men try and put me down thinking they can outsmart me knowing cars, and get mad at me when I show them otherwise. They make inappropriate advances towards me. They talk about sex in front of their wives and demand I find it funny, even when I tell them I am uncomfortable. I have had things thrown at me because men got pissed at waiting in line. I have been sexually harassed on the phone by these types of men. And this behavior and demographic has only gotten worse over the past couple of years.

And when I got back to work after the concert, it almost physically pained me to be in their presence. I will go on for weeks without seeing a single POC walk through the museum. And going back to work after the concert, where I felt truly equal and valid and proud to be a Dirty Computer, I realized something.

I never belonged. Not like I thought I did.

Among all the white, straight men (and women whom let their husbands behave so poorly) I am everything they cannot or do understand. And I did not expect it to hurt so much.

But that’s okay, because for about 24hrs I was with so many people who were all like me. I finally found my people, and I know I will find them again. Janelle Monae brought us all together, and she validated every one of us through her love and compassion and power, by simply being herself. I only wish I had discovered her when her career first started, back in 2008, because I feel had I of had her back in my early teens I would of discovered things about myself so much sooner than I did, and I wouldn’t of missed out on so much.

Janelle Monae validated me through who she is and, despite my not belonging to the communities I grew up and live in, because of her I will always be a proud Dirty Computer.

[extplay]

i got to be front & center for Janelle Monae’s show at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden last night. she crushed it! so much fun. here’s her performance of “Q.U.E.E.N.” and “Electric Lady.” 

you can see some more moments from the show on my youtube channel. there are also a couple of short clips on my instagram.

[kelly-mads]

#janellemonae #dirtycomputertour #concert #foxtheatre #detroit #dirtycomputer (at Fox Theatre)

[buckcap]

We don't need another ruler All of our friends are kings 👑 #dirtycomputer #dirtycomputertour #janellemonae (at Greek Theatre)

[cake-emu]

me, last September after finally seeing Janelle Monáe live for the first time: “ugh, phenomenal. nothing can top this” Janelle Monáe at last night’s concert, during which Lupita Nyong'o also briefly appeared on stage: “hold my beer” thank you, Q.U.E.E.N. #DirtyComputer #DirtyComputerTour (at The SSE Arena, Wembley) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzdA7qVhCAr/?igshid=1fuhvjl3y5w6k

[tajaaron]

Hi, Cindi 57821. It’s so nice to see you my dear. So glad to have you home. #dirtycomputertour was the best party of the year. @janellemonae