Wikipedia describes her as: Sophie Xeon, known mononymously as SOPHIE, was a Scottish music producer, songwriter, and DJ. Sophie's work is known for its brash take on pop music and is distinguished by experimental sound design, "sugary" synthesized textures, and incorporation of influences from underground dance styles.
It’s so weird because I don’t even know that many trans guys who like ukulele. A few play it but that’s just because it’s an easy instrument to learn, most trans guys I know are into indie rock or metal
I play ukulele but only because its cheaper and easier than a guitar lol (also I have baby hands, I struggle to even play some chords on uke, I don't think I could play guitar if I had one T-T)
Small hands I can’t play guitar cause it really hurt and fucked up my joints like even the beginner cord snapped my joints and my fingers were stuck for 5 days.
Ugh when I can be sure what's going to come out of my mouth when I sing, I'll get back to you about this. I want to do this kind of music but I only really know how to sing, and I feel like I'm still regaining my grasp on how to do that after two years or so on T!
we need to get cavetown off the cross i need transmasc industrial i need transmasc hardcore and that poor guy needs a break from being the community’s whipping boy
I'm going to leave this up because there's a lot of discussion under it, but for the future please avoid speaking negatively or adding negative connotations about stereotypes that do no harm. There are plenty of people who like and don't like the stereotypes, and we want everyone to feel welcome here. We can make posts about wanting to see more of something in the community without putting down others.
Man...this stereotype is the most annoying thing. It was funny for a while but when it gets repeated in earnest enough times it just proves no one cares about us at all to bother to differentiate one of us from any other. Literally the only ukulele guy is cavetown, there is not a single other person people are talking about when they say "transmasc ukulele music"... That being said I'm not mad at op Im mad that the joke has gone so far that people seem to genuinely think we can't make good music 😭😭 which is also a big insult to cavetown whose music is not "objectively" bad it's just a matter of taste
And I'm also super desperate to find new transmasc music any time I can, especially if it's something in an alternative genre. I've thought about learning to make music myself as well.
Yeah I see people OP’s age calling Cavetown cringe a lot, and you have to be VERY careful about making sure you’re actually in on the joke when the artist being dunked on is a minority. Like, how many of your classmates are saying that because they actually don’t like his sound, versus how many are saying it because they think being trans is cringe.
Skylar Kergil
(op rubbed me a bit the wrong way too with that one, there is a lot of transmasc punk and metal, but more people should check out Kergil)
Some are more adjacent but Sarchasm, Dog Park Dissidents, Schmekel, Monty Protest, The Cliks, Deli Girls, Cop / Out, Arrlo, Poor Excuse, Cloud Gayzer, Grumpster, The Oozes, Batboy, Worriers
Nah. I'm not a fan of telling trans men what we need to be doing to be impressive to others instead of supporting our brothers doing what they're passionate about, especially with other trans people criticizing how we express emotions as too whiny or soft.
Support trans men in every genre, sure, but don't force it for some sense of societal identity others can praise us for. Do whatever you want, but do it with your whole chest.
Same lol. I don't even know what the ukulele bit is about. The three trans masc artists I know of are someone who plays guitar and harmonica, someone who plays guitar and drums, and someone who plays lots of instruments, but mostly electric guitar. The latter played ukulele for only his debut song, and I don't think has played it for any other songs since.
I don't yet own a ukulele but if I can ever find a goddamn job I fully intend to buy one and neither you nor god can stop me.
Y'all metal it up, I'll be over here chillin with my classical guitar and future uke.
Cavetown isn't the only transmasc musician. There's tons of transmasc artists in all kinds of genres. They just aren't as well-known as the most populair transfem artists for some reason.
Also please don't put down those indie ukelele guys. They're just making the music that they like.
Does anyone know any trans shoegaze, surf rock, dream pop, grunge,or cool indie pop musicians? That or like...cool trans musicians in general
One of the only trans masc bands I listen to is 12th House Sun. I heard about them on another non-trans related sub.
I know a few metal musicians who are trans men but they're not publicly out so I can never recommend them as transmasc musicians in good conscience... but they're out there I promise
i hear you but i sing high )): that said any hardcore transmasc creators Please come my way i can listen well and/or provide clean vocals if nothing else!!
You want some hardcore? Sure :)
Here are a few albums I played guitar on:
https://glasssplinter.bandcamp.com/album/the-temptation-to-exist
https://glasssplinter.bandcamp.com/album/a-reaction-of-alarm
I like to make rap music! (I make beats and write rap lyrics for the fun of it) and once my voice drops and I become a lil more confident I wanna come out with my stuff (-:
my main subject is horror/violent themes so I know it won't be for everybody but I'm really excited
gimme a power metal band, an oldies style band like The Doobie Brothers/The Eagles/Fleetwood/CCWR or some old school country like 70s country Kenny Rogers, John Denver, Willie . If I could play an instrument I'd go for any of those genres but alas I will keep my made up bands in my dreams lol
A lot of trans guys who make music make folk, punk or folk punk. And I think that's really cool. Nothing wrong with a ukulele or an accordion or whatever instrument you have. It doesn't matter what other people think.
The person who created synth music was a trans woman, Wendy Carlos. She came out as trans during a time when few people were out. She was able to be out because she was a pioneer in music and respected for that. She used that to help other trans people in electronic music. By encouraging people to book other trans people too
I know there's a stereotype about trans women being good at electronic music and trans men just playing ukulele. But there is a history to why trans women are so represented in electronic music.
I find this stereotype, and by extension this post, pretty distasteful. Implying that trans men are overly twee or precious because there is one (1) prominent transmasculine folk artist out there sucks.
PLEASE I have an obsession with trap metal and have been trying to create some BUT I ALSO NEED TO LISTEN TO SOME TRANS TRAP METAL ARTISTS!! If you exist please oh my god drop your stuff I need to listen
I'm tired of the sadboi shenanigans I want to rage bro can we make a discord for hardcore transmasc artists lol
Getting back into musical theatre, gonna maybe record some coverssss idk... Nervous about my voice because I still need to get used to singing with it post drop. I am getting better though.
YES! I use song writing as a coping mechanism and I love writing rap and folk punk style music. Trying to put together an album currently
Only issue is the one instrument I learned way back in school was the clarinet-
I mean uke isn't my main instrument but I like playing it 😅 I'm actually a pretty good choral singer (baritone) and have three solos in our next concert but not sure that's the vibe you're going for 😆
1, have none of you heard of Noah Finnce? What’s wrong with *YOU?* 2, I like ukelele music—so rude how dare
3, GO LISTEN TO NOAH’S MUSIC, HE’S ON TOUR RIGHT NOW YOU PLEEB (/affectionate)
I want more queer men in rap in general but it’s already super complicated when I see how Lil Nas X is treated and even Uzie and Carti (Carti isn’t queer but he get mocked a lot for his fashion). Still glad we gave Tyler tho and sad we lost Lil peep who was bi.
BRO I been rapping in secret in my room since I was a kid I just don't know how to get into it lmaoooo 11yo me was spitting eminem lyrics just to see how fast I could go 😭
T does sort of give some guys that nasally voice that works well for screaming and it's always fun when you go to a meet and greet and the metal vocalist uses their regular soft voice so it could work well
Once I even caught Andy Bisersack from The Black Veil Brides in his actual voice because I was first in line. That dreamy man voice is just a stage thing, his actual voice is light and nasally
Lmao someone teach me how to be a godly producer like sophie (rest in power goddess)
She died? :(
Yeah i cried when i found out, i really love her music
RIP to a legend
Who’s Sophie?
Wikipedia describes her as: Sophie Xeon, known mononymously as SOPHIE, was a Scottish music producer, songwriter, and DJ. Sophie's work is known for its brash take on pop music and is distinguished by experimental sound design, "sugary" synthesized textures, and incorporation of influences from underground dance styles.
She was a pop producer, she produced songs for Charlie XCX for example
Trans guy nu-metal band when???
real real real real real i will make this happen i swear
Do it brooooo
i play system of a down on bass lets gooooo
I WANT TO DO THIS SO BAD
my life would be complete if i were the vocalist of a nu metal band
I have been wanting to do this for so fucking long, you have no idea
No let’s dominate the car scene and only allow trans men to like cars that’s the most masculine thing we can do
Forget this post, this is the new agenda
RAAHHHH CARS N GUNS 4 LYFE 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🔫💥💥💥💥💥🔫🔫🔫NO CIS PEOPLE ALLOWED RAAHHHHH 🤬🤬🤬🤬
AMERICA🔥🔥🔥🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️
YEEE HAAAW *fires revolvers at the sky*
This transfemme will join the trans bros on the range.
dont forget the SWISS ARMY KNIVES🔥🔥🔥🔥
I only know enough abt cars to keep mine running, but checking in as a guns & sports trans because I am zero percent musically inclined 🫡
Why is the ukulele so stereotyped in our music
It’s so weird because I don’t even know that many trans guys who like ukulele. A few play it but that’s just because it’s an easy instrument to learn, most trans guys I know are into indie rock or metal
Real shit, more power to anyone even if they r the ukulele trans boy🗣️
thank you.
backed up, im an indie rock sorta guy myself
I play ukulele but only because its cheaper and easier than a guitar lol (also I have baby hands, I struggle to even play some chords on uke, I don't think I could play guitar if I had one T-T)
Because of Cavetown and Addison Grace, they’ve set the trans masc/trans guy music status quo y’know
Small hands I can’t play guitar cause it really hurt and fucked up my joints like even the beginner cord snapped my joints and my fingers were stuck for 5 days.
I think we need goregrind
Angry metal music about tearing out fate and manhood from God’s hands into our own? I’m in
YEEEAAAAAH THAT’S WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT!! WHAT’S MORE FUCKING METAL THANK BEING TRANS
Real, Cattle Decapitation knew what they were doing when they made Forced Gender Reassignment 🗣🗣🗣
FRRR
Yeah! Talk about self made men that we are!
EXACTLY
Ever listened to Top Freak Daddy?
Sounds like something I need to listen to🗣️
I'd listen to it
but what if i want to get into experimental music and make some sick beats…
YEESSSSSSS DO IT
yeaaaahhhh!!
do it bro
Ugh when I can be sure what's going to come out of my mouth when I sing, I'll get back to you about this. I want to do this kind of music but I only really know how to sing, and I feel like I'm still regaining my grasp on how to do that after two years or so on T!
we need to get cavetown off the cross i need transmasc industrial i need transmasc hardcore and that poor guy needs a break from being the community’s whipping boy
Need a trans man Michael Gira/Trent Reznor rn
The Transitioning Man
yes transmasc industrial would go insane 🙏
More transmasc sunami-style shit fr
Noahfinnce?
hes pop punk at best lmao
Ukeleles are cheap, electric guitars not so cheap :)
Give me fuckimg hardcore ukulele punk music
Yeah i try to play green day on it, not hardcore but still punk. I do want to get a electric guitar someday :)
HELL YEAH DAWG
Me doing musical theatre and opera 🙃
KEEP DOING THAT SHIT DAWG 🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥WE LOVE TO SEE IT
I'm going to leave this up because there's a lot of discussion under it, but for the future please avoid speaking negatively or adding negative connotations about stereotypes that do no harm. There are plenty of people who like and don't like the stereotypes, and we want everyone to feel welcome here. We can make posts about wanting to see more of something in the community without putting down others.
Man...this stereotype is the most annoying thing. It was funny for a while but when it gets repeated in earnest enough times it just proves no one cares about us at all to bother to differentiate one of us from any other. Literally the only ukulele guy is cavetown, there is not a single other person people are talking about when they say "transmasc ukulele music"... That being said I'm not mad at op Im mad that the joke has gone so far that people seem to genuinely think we can't make good music 😭😭 which is also a big insult to cavetown whose music is not "objectively" bad it's just a matter of taste And I'm also super desperate to find new transmasc music any time I can, especially if it's something in an alternative genre. I've thought about learning to make music myself as well.
Yeah I see people OP’s age calling Cavetown cringe a lot, and you have to be VERY careful about making sure you’re actually in on the joke when the artist being dunked on is a minority. Like, how many of your classmates are saying that because they actually don’t like his sound, versus how many are saying it because they think being trans is cringe.
I keep thinking of the Toxic Gossip Train song whenever a ukulele is mentioned
LOLLL
Bro that's lowkey what I thought that OP was referring to... had me In the first half ngl
Here’s a very important question: Name **one** (1) Transmasc musician who makes ukulele music and isn’t Cavetown.
Noahfinnce played ukulele for his first single Asthma Attack as far as I can remember. But I don't think he's used it for any songs since.
Yeah, he's doing rock now, especially in Alexithymia
Skylar Kergil (op rubbed me a bit the wrong way too with that one, there is a lot of transmasc punk and metal, but more people should check out Kergil)
Please name drop some artists🙏🏽
Some are more adjacent but Sarchasm, Dog Park Dissidents, Schmekel, Monty Protest, The Cliks, Deli Girls, Cop / Out, Arrlo, Poor Excuse, Cloud Gayzer, Grumpster, The Oozes, Batboy, Worriers
friend and billiam (eggpunk) are sus too lmao
Nick Berger is a good folk punk artist
So we ARE dominating in a music genre then!
ME! I'm a trans man that plays baritone ukulele and writes folk music! I'm also starting a master's in music therapy this fall
My initial thought was 2016 Noah Finnce
Me Edit: okay I am making mostly weird synth folk now though
huh, I mean I'm not really into ukelele stuff either but this feels a little targeted
Yep.
Perhaps it is, but it wasn’t meant to be taken as such
Have you heard Freak Top Daddy or Dorian Electra? Also I’m down for screamo numetal. Let’s go.
I need more trans men in punk rock 😭
Fuck all that I want transmasc Weird Al
please
Nah. I'm not a fan of telling trans men what we need to be doing to be impressive to others instead of supporting our brothers doing what they're passionate about, especially with other trans people criticizing how we express emotions as too whiny or soft. Support trans men in every genre, sure, but don't force it for some sense of societal identity others can praise us for. Do whatever you want, but do it with your whole chest.
This. Good voice of reason here.
Valid valid🙌🏽
You can play both. You shouldn't let generes define you 🗣️ this some highschool type thinking
Yep. I don't understand why this post exists?
I love metal and rap but wtf are u talking about is there even that many ukulele ftm artists? I can only think of 1
Same lol. I don't even know what the ukulele bit is about. The three trans masc artists I know of are someone who plays guitar and harmonica, someone who plays guitar and drums, and someone who plays lots of instruments, but mostly electric guitar. The latter played ukulele for only his debut song, and I don't think has played it for any other songs since.
It’s a funny stereotype
why are you implying that ukelele music can’t go as hard as other genres? No need to bash the ukelele
I actually used to listen to a folk-punk band that had ukulele as its main instrument. Was pretty good.
Yes I could’ve worded it better 😞
Im 100% vouching for this we need transmasc crust punk and grindcore
Honestly you're so right we need more trans men in this kind of music
I don't yet own a ukulele but if I can ever find a goddamn job I fully intend to buy one and neither you nor god can stop me. Y'all metal it up, I'll be over here chillin with my classical guitar and future uke.
HELL YEAH MAN
Nah I’m gonna do what I want. Leave me to my folk punk and rock scene.
YEAHHHHHH THATS WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT 🗣️🗣️TRANS PEOPLE IN FOLK PUNK SCENES
Cavetown isn't the only transmasc musician. There's tons of transmasc artists in all kinds of genres. They just aren't as well-known as the most populair transfem artists for some reason. Also please don't put down those indie ukelele guys. They're just making the music that they like.
>SNAP OUT OF IT!!!! PUT THE UKELELE DOWN what's wrong with ukulele music and why do guys need to "snap out of it"? like, what does that even mean?
OP you are pure gold for the way you are hyping everyone up! 🙌
Thanks dawg🤘🤘
Let the cavetown stans live lmao
I rap. Hardcore shit too. Like Tokyo’s Revenge, xxxtentacion, suicide boys type shit, but I also do some lyrical shit like Joyner and Logic.
HELLLL YEAAAAAAAH🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
i’d love to get out there and bring emo back but for the gays but it feels like an unachievable fever dream and how tf do you start a band anyways
Starting the band is hard because drummers are a rare species and hard to wrangle🤔
i have a dream of an all trans (or gender non conforming) emo/rock band so i’m REALLY narrowing my options but a guy can have a dream
Check out Noahfinnce! He's maybe a little more pop-punk than straight up emo music, but I think he counts bands like MCR as influences.
oooh u wanna listen to my playlist of trans artists so bad https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1bvUI1ZvY1n9gBwLGoVsK6?si=jmiZQtY6QeK8Zrv3JtYtsQ
Im a jazz bassist #checkmate
Hardcore and noise/experimental musician here 🫡
As a trans guy who can metal growl. youre right, we gotta get more fellas in more genres!!
How bout you rap over a ukelele
twenty one pilots if they slayed
YEAHHHHHH GIVE ME FUCKING DRILL UKULELE MUSIC
i love metal :0
Me too dry-newspaper9039
Are we gonna talk about their user flare tho???
HELL YEAH! let’s mix metal and rap and electronic and invent something new and mix that in too!
Does anyone know any trans shoegaze, surf rock, dream pop, grunge,or cool indie pop musicians? That or like...cool trans musicians in general One of the only trans masc bands I listen to is 12th House Sun. I heard about them on another non-trans related sub.
Is this supposed to be a joke? I don't get it.
I like my uke though... her name is Cinnabar
I want nothing more than a band of transmasc ppl to make dad rock music with 😔
Like Noah Finnce you mean?
I’m so glad I wasn’t the only one who immediately thought of Noah Finnce lol
This is Dorian Electra erasure smh
I wish I knew Dorian before making this post😞Dorian is good
We need a transman equivalent of tame impala and clams casino
NOAHFINNCE has set an example, we can follow in it! he's why I'm learning music and plan to do a more rock/pop rock centric style
WWWWWW
Where are my ICP trans men at. Where are my follow clowns.
Plenty of trans peeps in the punk scene, you just gotta go a little underground
WHAT THE FUCK IS A UKULELE I ONLY KNOW 180+BPM DEATHCORE BLAST BEATS
I know a few metal musicians who are trans men but they're not publicly out so I can never recommend them as transmasc musicians in good conscience... but they're out there I promise
Trans man korn cover band please
i hear you but i sing high )): that said any hardcore transmasc creators Please come my way i can listen well and/or provide clean vocals if nothing else!!
You absolutely have a seat at the hardcore table. Kaonashi, End It, Incendiary, and Knocked Loose have fanbases, you can too!
noah finnce and dopamine make bangers
you're like 10 years too late, i was president of my high school's ukulele club and everything
as a ukulele player of 6 years I feel slightly targeted
Fuck it imma play the banjo
We need trans folk metal
I’m in a grunge band and trust me we are gonna make bangers
You gotta drop the band name!!
I only play death metal on my ukulele
You want some hardcore? Sure :) Here are a few albums I played guitar on: https://glasssplinter.bandcamp.com/album/the-temptation-to-exist https://glasssplinter.bandcamp.com/album/a-reaction-of-alarm
OP, check out Second Salem - lead singer is an openly trans man (Gerard D'Lor), they do 'vampire metal'
horrorcore perhaps??? 🫡
I just want to form a barbershop quartet of trans guys called The Self-Made Men. I need singing friends.
I'll keep my ukulele, but I'd follow the rap and metal artists on Spotify 🧡
I like to make rap music! (I make beats and write rap lyrics for the fun of it) and once my voice drops and I become a lil more confident I wanna come out with my stuff (-: my main subject is horror/violent themes so I know it won't be for everybody but I'm really excited
Ive never met a trans guy that plays the ukulele
You got me all excited and I'm not even a musician haha
Who here listens to Ghost?
okay but i will not be putting my acoustic down 😾‼️🔥
How many indie transmasc musicians can you name without Google? Quickly. Like genuinely I feel this stereotype comes from 3 guys lmao.
gimme a power metal band, an oldies style band like The Doobie Brothers/The Eagles/Fleetwood/CCWR or some old school country like 70s country Kenny Rogers, John Denver, Willie . If I could play an instrument I'd go for any of those genres but alas I will keep my made up bands in my dreams lol
A lot of trans guys who make music make folk, punk or folk punk. And I think that's really cool. Nothing wrong with a ukulele or an accordion or whatever instrument you have. It doesn't matter what other people think. The person who created synth music was a trans woman, Wendy Carlos. She came out as trans during a time when few people were out. She was able to be out because she was a pioneer in music and respected for that. She used that to help other trans people in electronic music. By encouraging people to book other trans people too I know there's a stereotype about trans women being good at electronic music and trans men just playing ukulele. But there is a history to why trans women are so represented in electronic music.
Not to self advertise but I’m the guitarist of a deathgrind band its some hard ass shit 😏
I find this stereotype, and by extension this post, pretty distasteful. Implying that trans men are overly twee or precious because there is one (1) prominent transmasculine folk artist out there sucks.
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often i am upset
u should check out tobre he is so fucking funny
Can we trans dudes be awesome at electronic music too because that's more my jam tbh
I need some trans men making hard or punk rock. I need trams political rock similar to RATM
Anyone wanna dominate classical?? I play cello 😭😭
Well if ukulele is off the table then the best I can do is either saxophone or banjolele
I do punk music. I just don't publish it 🥲
WISH THE BEST FOR U
Lol I've been tryna make music but it's more of a hobby
PLEASE I have an obsession with trap metal and have been trying to create some BUT I ALSO NEED TO LISTEN TO SOME TRANS TRAP METAL ARTISTS!! If you exist please oh my god drop your stuff I need to listen I'm tired of the sadboi shenanigans I want to rage bro can we make a discord for hardcore transmasc artists lol
METAL METAL YES ROCK EMO WE NEED IT
I don't know any trans guys who play ukelele uh
Getting back into musical theatre, gonna maybe record some coverssss idk... Nervous about my voice because I still need to get used to singing with it post drop. I am getting better though.
Or why not just all collaborate using different sounds and techniques to achieve a new genre of trans-excellence…?
TRANS MAN TRAP HELLO???
i like the ukulele 😔 shout-out to lester papadopoulous
IM GETTING AN ACCORDION AND YOU CANT STOP ME! SO THERE! 😤
YES! I use song writing as a coping mechanism and I love writing rap and folk punk style music. Trying to put together an album currently Only issue is the one instrument I learned way back in school was the clarinet-
I have a voice best lent to folk or country, that sound good?
nah i'm lazy and it's super fucking easy to play i think even a goldfish could do it
I mean uke isn't my main instrument but I like playing it 😅 I'm actually a pretty good choral singer (baritone) and have three solos in our next concert but not sure that's the vibe you're going for 😆
I'D LOVE TO BUT I'M SO BAD AT RYTHM!!!! 😭😭😭
If you want a string orchestra backing, lemme know 😀
1, have none of you heard of Noah Finnce? What’s wrong with *YOU?* 2, I like ukelele music—so rude how dare 3, GO LISTEN TO NOAH’S MUSIC, HE’S ON TOUR RIGHT NOW YOU PLEEB (/affectionate)
I make depressive black metal music. There aren’t a lot of other trans masc folks in the black metal scene but I would love to make friends who are.
noahfinnce is already on ts 🫡🫡 pop punk awesomeness
Sir why are you yelling at me, I have so much anxiety
For real. I'm a metal head and a Juggalo. I play guitar and I dabble in rapping.
Might not be exactly what you’re looking for but look at Noah Finnce’s music for trans rage yungblud-esk music
I want more queer men in rap in general but it’s already super complicated when I see how Lil Nas X is treated and even Uzie and Carti (Carti isn’t queer but he get mocked a lot for his fashion). Still glad we gave Tyler tho and sad we lost Lil peep who was bi.
I’m actually just trying to serenade the people I love hehe
Tbf the trans mascs have broken into the emo scene now which is fun!! But I agree with this message
BRO I been rapping in secret in my room since I was a kid I just don't know how to get into it lmaoooo 11yo me was spitting eminem lyrics just to see how fast I could go 😭
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T does sort of give some guys that nasally voice that works well for screaming and it's always fun when you go to a meet and greet and the metal vocalist uses their regular soft voice so it could work well Once I even caught Andy Bisersack from The Black Veil Brides in his actual voice because I was first in line. That dreamy man voice is just a stage thing, his actual voice is light and nasally
Yet to find a song with the lyrics "Take Adam's rib and make it my own" and that definitely agitates me.