An unfiltered, furious, heart-led tribute to Ren Erin Gill, the artist, the survivor, and the voice the system tried to silence. (Includes discussion of trauma, illness, and mental health, please take care while reading + watching. 🫶)
interesting read. "...it was a man trying to survive his own mind while being patronized by a clipboard." Wow. How many of us can relate to this? I know I can, wholeheartedly. Very well put.
The weight of being misunderstood in systems that are meant to help... it sticks with you. I’m really glad it resonated. Feels like more of us have lived that than people realize.
Thank you so much, I really felt this one in my bones, and it means a lot to know the passion came through. Ren's work pulls it out of me like few things can. 💛
I truly hope this finds its way to him because you truly honored him and all that he stands for. Thank you for showing him to us all. I truly enjoy his powerful truths shared in rap form. Now I feel like I know so much more about him bc of this 🫶🏼🖤
I poured so much into that piece because what Ren stands for cut through me in a way few things ever have. I’m so glad it helped you see more of him, too, not just the music, but the why behind it. If it ever does find its way to him… I hope he feels how deeply he’s being seen 🐦🔥
I'm going to save this and come back to watch the videos another day, I don't have the emotional capacity today, and it's only 7.50! I love you passion, as always ❤️
"He's documenting what happens when the system fails and no one comes to help."
Ummm, yes please and thank you. More of this. My husband found this song a few years back and deeply identified with it. It sliced us both open, the first time we heard it. I'm a firm believer in talking about the darkness and the gritty and the ugly in such a raw way. Pretending it doesn't exist, or glossing over it is doing so much harm. Giving people certifications after a 4 hour training, not making mental health a legitimate healthcare priority...ugh. This is a worm can, about which I am intensely passionate.
Too many good one liners in here to choose from, but thank you for this, and for circulating this message. And, apparently, for the work you do with humans who are trapped in their minds. Keep fighting the good fight. 🩵
God, yes!! that line slices every time. And the rage you’re describing? So deeply earned. The shortcuts, the broken pathways, the four-hour certs… it’s insulting, honestly. We needed more than band-aids. Still do.
Thank you for meeting this piece with that much fire. And tell your husband he’s got excellent taste in protest anthems. 🖤
Love love love this post. Huge fan of Ren, and having run a small record label (badly) I really felt for him with the Kujo saga, although in some ways it provided a contrasting critique of one system sharing another’s violence
Yes yes yes. The Kujo saga gutted me, watching Ren walk through all that with the rawness still intact… it stayed with me. You’re so right about the layered systems echoing harm back at each other. And I love that your record label past gives you a different window into it.
interesting read. "...it was a man trying to survive his own mind while being patronized by a clipboard." Wow. How many of us can relate to this? I know I can, wholeheartedly. Very well put.
The weight of being misunderstood in systems that are meant to help... it sticks with you. I’m really glad it resonated. Feels like more of us have lived that than people realize.
I love how much passion your words carry.
Thank you so much, I really felt this one in my bones, and it means a lot to know the passion came through. Ren's work pulls it out of me like few things can. 💛
I truly hope this finds its way to him because you truly honored him and all that he stands for. Thank you for showing him to us all. I truly enjoy his powerful truths shared in rap form. Now I feel like I know so much more about him bc of this 🫶🏼🖤
I poured so much into that piece because what Ren stands for cut through me in a way few things ever have. I’m so glad it helped you see more of him, too, not just the music, but the why behind it. If it ever does find its way to him… I hope he feels how deeply he’s being seen 🐦🔥
🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼🖤🖤
I'm going to save this and come back to watch the videos another day, I don't have the emotional capacity today, and it's only 7.50! I love you passion, as always ❤️
Thanks Alys, 7.50 is far to early to be taking this in, hope you enjoy it when you get there 🫶
Perfect tribute 🙏💐🙏
Thank-you 🫶
"He's documenting what happens when the system fails and no one comes to help."
Ummm, yes please and thank you. More of this. My husband found this song a few years back and deeply identified with it. It sliced us both open, the first time we heard it. I'm a firm believer in talking about the darkness and the gritty and the ugly in such a raw way. Pretending it doesn't exist, or glossing over it is doing so much harm. Giving people certifications after a 4 hour training, not making mental health a legitimate healthcare priority...ugh. This is a worm can, about which I am intensely passionate.
Too many good one liners in here to choose from, but thank you for this, and for circulating this message. And, apparently, for the work you do with humans who are trapped in their minds. Keep fighting the good fight. 🩵
God, yes!! that line slices every time. And the rage you’re describing? So deeply earned. The shortcuts, the broken pathways, the four-hour certs… it’s insulting, honestly. We needed more than band-aids. Still do.
Thank you for meeting this piece with that much fire. And tell your husband he’s got excellent taste in protest anthems. 🖤
Love love love this post. Huge fan of Ren, and having run a small record label (badly) I really felt for him with the Kujo saga, although in some ways it provided a contrasting critique of one system sharing another’s violence
Yes yes yes. The Kujo saga gutted me, watching Ren walk through all that with the rawness still intact… it stayed with me. You’re so right about the layered systems echoing harm back at each other. And I love that your record label past gives you a different window into it.