Why we must stop dancing to the sound of our own oppression | Madame Gandhi
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翻译人员: Hang Liangli
校对人员: Yolanda Zhang
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So often,
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很多时候,
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I'll take a fitness class,
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我去上健身课,
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or I'll go to a music venue,
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或者去音乐厅,
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or, really, anywhere that plays
music in the background,
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或者任何
播放音乐的地方,
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and I'll find myself loving the rhythms
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我都会发现自己
非常喜欢这些节奏、
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and the melodies and the beats ...
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旋律和节拍……
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And then I take a second
to listen to the lyrics,
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然后我会停下来
听一会儿歌词,
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lyrics that, for example,
place us in a position of subservience
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而这类歌词往往赋予我们
一种卑躬屈膝的感觉,
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that we would never tolerate
in any other context.
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但是在其他情况下,
我们肯定无法忍受这种感觉。
00:38
And I'm aghast at the degree to which
we normalize sexism in our culture.
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我很惊讶我们的文化里,
性别歧视正常化的程度竟然这么高。
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I listen to this music and I'm like,
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听到这些音乐时,我的第一反应就是,
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I don't want to have to turn up
to the sound of my own oppression.
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我可不想调大这种
让我感觉压抑的声音。
00:48
You know, music is one of the most
powerful forms of communication,
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大家都知道,
音乐是最有力的交流方式之一。
00:54
because it has the potential
to either uplift or oppress.
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音乐可以让人情绪高涨,
也可以让人心情压抑。
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Music caters to the emotions.
Music caters to the soul.
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音乐可以表达各种情绪,
音乐可以和灵魂相契合。
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Music opens up our soul.
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音乐可以唤醒我们的内心。
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It opens up our channels
to receive information
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音乐让我们有机会
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about somebody else's walk of life,
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去了解其他人的生活。
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to inform our own roles.
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音乐也可以让我们
向别人介绍自己。
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And while I have no problem
with male fantasy,
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我并不反对男性幻想,
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what I do have a problem with
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但让我疑惑的是,
01:17
is that, according to a recent study,
only 2.6 percent of all music producers
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最近的一项研究显示,
只有 2.6% 的音乐制作人
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identify as women.
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是女性。
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That means an even smaller percentage
identify as trans or gender nonconforming.
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也就是说跨性别人者或者
自身性别不适者的比例还要更低。
01:29
And why does this matter?
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这一点为什么这么重要呢?
01:31
Because, if we don't own
and control our own narrative,
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因为如果我们不拥有
和掌控我们自己的叙事角度,
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somebody else will
tell our stories for us,
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就会有其他人替我们
讲我们自己的故事。
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and they will get it wrong,
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他们会把我们的故事
讲得很糟糕,
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perpetuating the very myths
that hold us back.
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那些对我们不利的故事
就会一直流传下去。
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And I'm not here to tell other people
how to make their music.
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我在这里不是要告诉
别人怎么制作音乐,
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But I am here to provide
and design the alternative.
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我是想提供和设计
一种替代性的音乐。
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One strategy I take in my music
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我在自己的音乐中
常常采取的一个策略就是,
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is making uplifting, energetic,
percussive global beats
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我会加入令人振奋、充满活力的,
撞击式的全球化节拍,
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and placing lyrics on top of them
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并在上面填上歌词。
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that genuinely describe
my life's experiences
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这些歌词都是来源于
我个人的生活经历,
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without contributing
to the oppression of anybody else.
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而并不会让别人心情压抑。
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It's funny, because it's the same reason
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这很有趣,
02:11
as to why we excuse
so many problematic lyrics;
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因为这跟每次我们给很多劣质歌词
找的理由都是一样的。
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it's because we love
how the beats make us feel.
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因为我们喜欢
节拍带给我们的感觉。
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An example of this is my song
"Top Knot Turn Up."
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我的歌曲《Top Knot Turn Up》
就是一个很好的例子。
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(Music: "Top Knot Turn Up")
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(音乐:《Top Knot Turn Up》)
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(Sings) I turned off my phone's
notifications so I have more time /
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(唱)我关掉手机提示
好让我有更多时间 /
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No bubbles to trouble
my clear state of mind /
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弹窗提示不再打扰
我清醒的头脑 /
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One thing to know,
I'm not here to please /
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要知道
我不是来取悦你的 /
02:52
Hair tied up, I do it properly /
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头发扎起来
我扎得很合适 /
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My time is not your property /
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我的时间不是你的资产 /
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When I'm productive like my ovaries,
eyy! /
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我是个创造力很强的人,嘿 /
02:58
Give a grown girl room to breathe,
basic rights and her liberty /
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给一个成年女孩一些空间去呼吸
给她基本的权利和自由 /
03:01
Free from insecurity
that the world's projecting onto me /
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从世界给我们带来的
不安全感中解放出来/
03:05
Please do not trouble me
when I am focused /
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我专注的时候
不要来干扰我 /
03:07
The future is female
you already know this /
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未来是女性的
你们要知道 /
03:09
I'm fighting against
the corruption on SCOTUS /
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我在和美国最高法院的
腐败作斗争 /
03:11
Turned up in my top knot
since when I first wrote this /
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我写下这首歌时
把发髻扎高/
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It's a top knot turn up
It's a top knot turn up, turn up, turn up.
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发髻朝上
发髻朝上 朝上 朝上 /
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It's a top knot turn up
It's a top knot turn up, turn up, turn up.
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发髻朝上
发髻朝上 朝上 朝上 /
03:23
It's a top knot turn up
It's a top knot turn up, eyyy.
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发髻朝上
发髻朝上 嘿
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It's a top knot turn up.
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发髻朝上
03:28
(Music ends)
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(音乐结束)
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I want us to keep making
sex-positive, beautiful music
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我们应该坚持制作
倡导性别平等的优美旋律。
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about joy and freedom.
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音乐应该带来欢乐和自由。
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I want us to embrace our own pleasure
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我想要和大家分享我自己的快乐,
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just as much as we embrace our own pain.
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就像分享自己的痛苦一样。
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I want us to celebrate the authentic,
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我想要大家用音乐歌唱
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nuanced,
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我们人类
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multidimensional aspects
of our human existence,
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真正微妙的、
多个维度的故事,
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rather than perform false narratives
of degrading sexuality
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而不是用错误的表达方式
进行性别歧视,
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in order to feel accepted or loved.
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以此来获得认可和爱。
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And another strategy
that I take in my music
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我在音乐里还采用了另一个策略。
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to combat the misogyny
that exists on the airwaves
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我会描述我希望生活的世界的样子,
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is to visually depict the very world
I wished we lived in.
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去抵消音频里消极的厌女情绪。
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In the music video
for my song "See Me Thru,"
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在我的歌曲《See Me Thru》的
音乐视频里——
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which is like a vibe-y,
queer electronic R and B song,
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它听起来就像一种——
气氛古怪的电子 R&B 歌曲——
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I cast two of my dear friends,
Ania and Dejha,
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我的两个好朋友阿尼亚和德加
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to play the role of the lovers,
because they're married in real life.
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在视频里扮演情人的角色,
他们也是现实生活中的夫妻。
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But what you don't know
is that they also are behind the camera
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但你不知道的是,
他们也在镜头后面
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concepting and directing
the entire video.
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构思和指导了整个视频的制作。
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(Video) Heyyyyy ohhhh
My emotions were tired
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(视频)嘿 哦哦哦
我心累了
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Music should be safe
and accessible for all to experience.
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甘地夫人:音乐对任何人来说
应该都是安全和平易近人的。
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As you can see, it's not about
losing the sex appeal or swag
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就像你看到的,
这么做不是让音乐失去魅力,
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that music has,
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或者音乐的范儿,
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it's about writing messages
that infuse tenderness and positivity
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而是为音乐注入
温暖、积极的信息。
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into music that motivates us
and challenges us.
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这样的音乐可以激励我们,
督促我们进步。
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And while we as musicians
absolutely have the responsibility
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作为音乐家,
我们完全有责任
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to make music that isn't disempowering,
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让音乐听起来不那么灰心丧气,
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the consumers can be
part of the change, too.
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听音乐的人也不会因此而心情压抑。
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Firstly, we get to choose
which songs we want to mute
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但首先,我们要筛选哪些音乐
我们想要关掉,
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and which songs we want to turn louder.
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或者调高音量。
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We get to say, "I respect myself enough
to say I don't want to listen to this,
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我们想说, “我尊重自己,
所以我不想听这些,
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and I don't want this to be
in anybody else's space, either."
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我不想别人侵占这个空间。”
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Secondly, we can simply ask ourselves:
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第二点,我们可以问问自己:
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"Does this music or this message
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“这段音乐或者信息
会不会让别人感觉更压抑?
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contribute to the oppression
of somebody else?
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为什么我要忍受它呢?”
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Why am I tolerating it?"
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And finally, we can all be choosing
to make playlists or DJ-ing music
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最后,我们都能选择
制作播放列表或者 DJ 音乐列表,
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that provides the right vibe or mood
that we're looking for in that moment
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这个列表可以提供当下
我们所需要的气氛和情绪,
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without the problematic messaging.
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而不是错误的情绪。
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Why does this matter?
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为什么这一点这么重要?
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Because it's teaching algorithms
in our streaming systems and our world
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因为它会教给我们的流媒体系统
和生活中的算法,
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exactly what it is that
we do want to listen to,
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我们究竟想要听什么,
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creating long-term change
and a feedbacking mechanism
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从而创造长期的变化
和反馈机制。
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that impacts the entire industry.
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进而影响整个产业。
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This is not a message
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这并不仅仅是一条
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for just a small group of people.
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给少数人的信息。
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This is a message that affects everybody,
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这是一条会影响每个人的信息。
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because when we protect and liberate
our most vulnerable genders,
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因为当我们解放了
最脆弱的性别群体,
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we liberate everybody.
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我们就解放了所有人。
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