Here are some of her recent articles on the concept of freedom. We agree - do you?
Thursday, October 2, 2014
TaraElla on Freedom
"It's sad that so many people want our governments to restrict freedom,
to put a ban on things they don't like to see. It's totally misguided."
Here are some of her recent articles on the concept of freedom. We agree - do you?
Here are some of her recent articles on the concept of freedom. We agree - do you?
Monday, November 4, 2013
Monday, October 21, 2013
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Some Miley Fans Support What TaraElla Said
With some of Miley Cyrus's recent behaviour causing controversy amongst commentators, TaraElla has continued to be a staunch ally of Miley, even coming out to say that she believed Miley was still a good role model despite recent developments.
However, in her most recent article, she confessed that she still misses the 'Old Miley', and gave several reasons for that. "I did defend Miley, saying that she was still a role model for some things. Like how she supported marriage equality and was so passionate she got a tattoo for it. But I still miss the old Miley, and I still want her to be like she once was again." she wrote.
It seems to have struck a chord with some people, including some Miley fans. It seems that even though the New Miley is well liked enough, there are plenty of people who want the Old Miley back.
However, in her most recent article, she confessed that she still misses the 'Old Miley', and gave several reasons for that. "I did defend Miley, saying that she was still a role model for some things. Like how she supported marriage equality and was so passionate she got a tattoo for it. But I still miss the old Miley, and I still want her to be like she once was again." she wrote.
It seems to have struck a chord with some people, including some Miley fans. It seems that even though the New Miley is well liked enough, there are plenty of people who want the Old Miley back.
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
TaraElla Under Fire from Selena Fans
Some Fans of Selena Gomez have accused TaraElla of 'repeatedly picking on Selena Gomez'. This comes after her latest article in her magazine column, titled 'Selena Gomez, Spring Breakers and my 90s Standards', which is at least the fourth time TaraElla has commented on Selena's recent image change.
Fans of TaraElla, however, have defended her, saying that many people out there have been concerned about how Hollywood culture has been rapidly changing in recent years, and TaraElla is not alone.
TaraElla today said that she didn't have any negative feelings towards Selena, and it was just that 'somebody had to say something about the obvious'.
Fans of TaraElla, however, have defended her, saying that many people out there have been concerned about how Hollywood culture has been rapidly changing in recent years, and TaraElla is not alone.
TaraElla today said that she didn't have any negative feelings towards Selena, and it was just that 'somebody had to say something about the obvious'.
Friday, May 10, 2013
TaraElla Stands by Miley, Wants Amanda Bynes to Get Help
TaraElla has long been a supporter of the works of Miley Cyrus. So regarding Miley's recent controversies, what does TaraElla have to say? That she will remain a role model, no matter what! "She is a role model because she supports equal rights for all, she is a
role model because she shows how a grown-up person can still maintain
close relationships with their family," TaraElla said in her blog.
Well said, we think!
She has also called for Amanda Bynes' fans to help her through what appears to be a rough patch. I think it's a good call. People should be helping people, not making fun of them.
Well said, we think!
She has also called for Amanda Bynes' fans to help her through what appears to be a rough patch. I think it's a good call. People should be helping people, not making fun of them.
Friday, April 12, 2013
TaraElla, SpringBreakers and Moral Stances
We all know TaraElla is boycotting and not watching Springbreakers, starring Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens and others, and is making her stance publicly. We also know she got some crap from some people for this stance.
But she is standing firm.
And we are supporting her. Whether you think you want to watch Springbreakers or not, I guess you can support somebody who stands by their moral choices.
p.s. Read this if you still don't know why she is boycotting Springbreakers.
But she is standing firm.
And we are supporting her. Whether you think you want to watch Springbreakers or not, I guess you can support somebody who stands by their moral choices.
p.s. Read this if you still don't know why she is boycotting Springbreakers.
Sunday, March 3, 2013
TaraElla's 10 Years of Marriage Equality Support Series
TaraElla, a long time supporter of marriage equality, is starting a series of posts titled '10 Years of Marriage Equality Support Series', (under her other pen-name, TaraJCHM), where she will explore her feelings as they developed over her 10 years of supporting marriage equality.
You can read the series here.
I think it's a very good idea. Many marriage equality supporters have only recently come on board, but the struggle is for the long haul. TaraElla shows everyone how one's connection with the cause can strengthen over time.
You can read the series here.
I think it's a very good idea. Many marriage equality supporters have only recently come on board, but the struggle is for the long haul. TaraElla shows everyone how one's connection with the cause can strengthen over time.
Sunday, September 30, 2012
TaraElla, Lady Gaga, the Pope and Gay Marriage
Lady Gaga recently had this to say about the Pope's comments on Gay marriage:
"What the Pope thinks of being gay does not matter to the world. It matters to the people who like the Pope and follow the Pope. … It is not a reflection of all religious people."
And TaraElla had this to say:
"I guess that's correct and very important too. Many Catholics I know of don't have a problem with marriage equality. I guess in religion ultra-conservative elements are given too much airtime sometimes."
TaraElla, as usual, is much more polite, but I guess they are making the same point.
What do you think?
"What the Pope thinks of being gay does not matter to the world. It matters to the people who like the Pope and follow the Pope. … It is not a reflection of all religious people."
And TaraElla had this to say:
"I guess that's correct and very important too. Many Catholics I know of don't have a problem with marriage equality. I guess in religion ultra-conservative elements are given too much airtime sometimes."
TaraElla, as usual, is much more polite, but I guess they are making the same point.
What do you think?
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
TaraElla Calls on Kelly Clarkson to Support Gay Marriage
Singer-songwriter and self-proclaimed LGBTI ally
TaraElla has called on Kelly Clarkson to publicly support gay marriage.
In her celebrity blog, she wrote a detailed entry recently about the
topic.
"There was a time when I thought Kelly Clarkson would be the first American Idol to endorse gay marriage. After all, she has a lot of gay and lesbian fans from what I know - not something that often happens really because gay men and lesbians often have different music tastes," TaraElla said.
"Some people may think gay marriage is not an important topic, but as I recently wrote in my political column, marriage equality is a human rights issue and therefore arguably more important than any economic issue," TaraElla also said.
TaraElla has always been an avid LGBT rights supporter, even before she became popular with her blog, books and music in recent years. She has publicly supported gay marriage since 2003, according to her website.
"There was a time when I thought Kelly Clarkson would be the first American Idol to endorse gay marriage. After all, she has a lot of gay and lesbian fans from what I know - not something that often happens really because gay men and lesbians often have different music tastes," TaraElla said.
"Some people may think gay marriage is not an important topic, but as I recently wrote in my political column, marriage equality is a human rights issue and therefore arguably more important than any economic issue," TaraElla also said.
TaraElla has always been an avid LGBT rights supporter, even before she became popular with her blog, books and music in recent years. She has publicly supported gay marriage since 2003, according to her website.
Saturday, February 4, 2012
TaraElla Says Katy Perry, Kesha and Chris Crocker are Notorious
Here's what she actually said:
"Let's get this right. Katy Perry, Kesha and Chris Crocker are not famous - they are notorious. The difference between being famous and being notorious needs to be maintained. All of these people do have their fans. But so do most notorious people. The key is that they have many more haters than fans, and they are widely known not because of some great attribute, but because of the haters they have and the controversy they cause."
You agree?
"Let's get this right. Katy Perry, Kesha and Chris Crocker are not famous - they are notorious. The difference between being famous and being notorious needs to be maintained. All of these people do have their fans. But so do most notorious people. The key is that they have many more haters than fans, and they are widely known not because of some great attribute, but because of the haters they have and the controversy they cause."
You agree?
Monday, July 4, 2011
Thursday, June 16, 2011
New Article on TaraElla
There is a new article on TaraElla on Hubpages.
TaraElla started writing and performing music at a young age. At the age of 16 in 2003, she began writing music aimed at the audience 'out there'. She first wrote and performed dance music, but decided her passion with pop ballads and country should guide her instead soon after. However, the initial reception was not very well. In an age where ballads had become much less radio friendly, it was difficult for her to gain an audience.
As she continued to write music but was met with little mainstream success, she also started developing another passion of hers - starting cultural movements. She began writing material about her vision for the future of popular culture, material which would eventually make its way into her books. Ironically, it was from here that she first got noticed. Over the past few years, TaraElla has gained more followers, some who describe her as a 'visionary'. From there, her music also grew in popularity. Today, TaraElla has more than 2500 fans on facebook, which is more than many prominent Australian musicians, some of whom TaraElla herself actually are a fan of (e.g. Kate Alexa, Kate DeAraugo).
Some people may think that TaraElla is simply a musician who failed to be noticed on her music alone, and therefore raised awareness of her existence by lending her voice to cultural movements instead, and gaining an audience to her music from there. But that's the wrong way to look at the TaraElla story.
Read the whole article here.
TaraElla started writing and performing music at a young age. At the age of 16 in 2003, she began writing music aimed at the audience 'out there'. She first wrote and performed dance music, but decided her passion with pop ballads and country should guide her instead soon after. However, the initial reception was not very well. In an age where ballads had become much less radio friendly, it was difficult for her to gain an audience.
As she continued to write music but was met with little mainstream success, she also started developing another passion of hers - starting cultural movements. She began writing material about her vision for the future of popular culture, material which would eventually make its way into her books. Ironically, it was from here that she first got noticed. Over the past few years, TaraElla has gained more followers, some who describe her as a 'visionary'. From there, her music also grew in popularity. Today, TaraElla has more than 2500 fans on facebook, which is more than many prominent Australian musicians, some of whom TaraElla herself actually are a fan of (e.g. Kate Alexa, Kate DeAraugo).
Some people may think that TaraElla is simply a musician who failed to be noticed on her music alone, and therefore raised awareness of her existence by lending her voice to cultural movements instead, and gaining an audience to her music from there. But that's the wrong way to look at the TaraElla story.
Read the whole article here.
Sunday, April 17, 2011
We Respond to Criticism About TaraElla
Liberals and conservatives have said nice things about TaraElla. But some from both camps have criticised her cultural campaigns too.
For conservatives, it's about her stance on marriage equality and her pro-welfare stance. They say that she can't be truly pro-family if she wants to 'destroy marriage'. But we would rather argue that gay marriages don't destroy marriage. On the other hand, conservatives have been fixated so much on the free market that they are decidedly anti-welfare, but TaraElla's pro-welfare stance may actually benefit families much more.
For liberals, it's generally about her views on cheating, divorce, drugs and alcohol. She has been called a prohibitionist at times. However, she is just promoting the clean living lifestyle in her sincere belief of it. She is not forcing it on others, and there is no prohibitionist stance in her politics at all.
For conservatives, it's about her stance on marriage equality and her pro-welfare stance. They say that she can't be truly pro-family if she wants to 'destroy marriage'. But we would rather argue that gay marriages don't destroy marriage. On the other hand, conservatives have been fixated so much on the free market that they are decidedly anti-welfare, but TaraElla's pro-welfare stance may actually benefit families much more.
For liberals, it's generally about her views on cheating, divorce, drugs and alcohol. She has been called a prohibitionist at times. However, she is just promoting the clean living lifestyle in her sincere belief of it. She is not forcing it on others, and there is no prohibitionist stance in her politics at all.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
TaraElla on Reinvention
Taraella recently spoke about her image reinvention based around the Liberal Culture concept. She said she picked this concept as her latest personal theme because it was something she deeply believed in and cared about. Her previous images have been based around the 'Self Made Star thing', family values and multicultural tolerance.
Monday, November 1, 2010
Beauty Heading Towards Top 10?
Beauty is now climbing up the charts at Truthboard, and is now at number 11.
Will she crack the top 10 next week?
Update 1/11/10: Beauty actually slipped one spot to 12 this week, but there's still hope.
Will she crack the top 10 next week?
Update 1/11/10: Beauty actually slipped one spot to 12 this week, but there's still hope.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
TaraElla - A Third Front on the Cultural Wars?
This is a recent article journalist Kelly Moore wrote on TaraElla:
Permissive liberals and tradition-following conservatives have been fighting a battle to control our culture for decades. It arguably started in the 1960s. In the five decades that this fight has been going on, however, neither team seems to have won.
Now, to make things even more complicated, a third front seems to have opened in this cultural war. This camp is committed to traditional ideals like a strong family and a clean cut image, yet support the liberal worldview of tolerance, internationalism and interfaith and interracial peace initiatives. Many of them are the offspring of moderate conservatives from the baby boomer generation, although converts from other camps are also present. One of the reasons for the emergence of this camp is clear: the conservative movement has become ever more conservative and guided by religious fundamentalism, whilst Generation Y has grown up to be socially liberal over matters like racial equality and tolerance of gay people. Whilst the minority of Y'ers who grew up in households of religious fundamentalism will mostly still cling to strict conservatism, other Y'ers who grew up in traditional families that are more moderate often blend in their support for family values with typical Generation Y values of tolerance and acceptance. The results can be interesting - many support gay marriage, but are pro-life, for example.
Take TaraElla, a writer/artist and rising icon in this new camp. She wishes to make clean living and commitment popular again for her generation, yet she is a strong supporter of multiculturalism and gay rights. She has faced opposition from both conventional liberals who have even labeled her a 'new type of cultural war adversary', as well as religious conservatives for her interfaith initiatives and support for gay rights.
Only time will tell how successful this new cultural group will be. Who knows - this may even spell the end of the cultural wars itself. But let's not be optimistic before things have time to unfold, as the conventional cultural war camps still have a lot of pull.
Read the original article at Associated Content.
Permissive liberals and tradition-following conservatives have been fighting a battle to control our culture for decades. It arguably started in the 1960s. In the five decades that this fight has been going on, however, neither team seems to have won.
Now, to make things even more complicated, a third front seems to have opened in this cultural war. This camp is committed to traditional ideals like a strong family and a clean cut image, yet support the liberal worldview of tolerance, internationalism and interfaith and interracial peace initiatives. Many of them are the offspring of moderate conservatives from the baby boomer generation, although converts from other camps are also present. One of the reasons for the emergence of this camp is clear: the conservative movement has become ever more conservative and guided by religious fundamentalism, whilst Generation Y has grown up to be socially liberal over matters like racial equality and tolerance of gay people. Whilst the minority of Y'ers who grew up in households of religious fundamentalism will mostly still cling to strict conservatism, other Y'ers who grew up in traditional families that are more moderate often blend in their support for family values with typical Generation Y values of tolerance and acceptance. The results can be interesting - many support gay marriage, but are pro-life, for example.
Take TaraElla, a writer/artist and rising icon in this new camp. She wishes to make clean living and commitment popular again for her generation, yet she is a strong supporter of multiculturalism and gay rights. She has faced opposition from both conventional liberals who have even labeled her a 'new type of cultural war adversary', as well as religious conservatives for her interfaith initiatives and support for gay rights.
Only time will tell how successful this new cultural group will be. Who knows - this may even spell the end of the cultural wars itself. But let's not be optimistic before things have time to unfold, as the conventional cultural war camps still have a lot of pull.
Read the original article at Associated Content.
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Interview with TaraElla
You have championed for so many things in the past 2 years. What's you're overall theme?
My overall goal is to let all people who wish to have a happy family-based life to be able to do so. Therefore, things as diverse as society helping couples' commitment, anti-racism and anti-gay and lesbian discrimination, interfaith and intercultural harmony, restoring the reputation of government welfare in people's minds all come into play. In addition, I don't believe it is a good thing for the corporate masses to control the entire media, therefore I believe in the importance of encouraging self-made stars to do their thing.
How did you come to believe in the things you believe in?
Just from my experience. I mean, I value the family, and there are too many things tearing families apart nowadays out there. This needs to be fixed. In my experience these are the things that need to be fixed out there.
Recently there has been controversy regarding your seeming embrace of social conservatism. Why do you think that is?
First I have to clarify something - I am not embracing what I used to hate. I am not somebody who would do that. But what is 'conservative' and what is not is changing now. I mean, the Swedish conservatives voted for equal marriage just recently, and American conservatives have put out a good conservative case for equal marriage - that's exactly my case of equal marriage. I am still a liberal, but liberal values and conservative ideas seem to have come together more and more and it is an encouraging trend. Plus conservative liberals are doing something else that's equally important - they are paying attention to the importance of family and defending it against fads like sexual prosmiscurity. There's a lot in there for me to embrace, as you can see.
You have a new single, Beauty. Can you please tell us more about that?
It's about how the little things in life can remind you of how beautiful life can be. Life has been a struggle for many people including myself.
So do your songs relate to your cultural message?
Yes and no. I mean, not every song is about my cultural values. But then, culture is a coming together of many aspects of life. I am not a political party and I don't put out slogans every day about what I believe in. Everything I do may not be about promoting what I believe in, but everything I do is about drawing a picture of life in the way I believe it should be.
Compared to many other people, we don't know much about your personal life. What's it like?
I think we should all have a degree of privacy, for example I don't like discussing my own family and dragging them into what I do. That said, everything I do reflects on my personal life too. It is from there that I draw my inspiration for my work. And through my work you will get to know an idea of how my personal life is.
My overall goal is to let all people who wish to have a happy family-based life to be able to do so. Therefore, things as diverse as society helping couples' commitment, anti-racism and anti-gay and lesbian discrimination, interfaith and intercultural harmony, restoring the reputation of government welfare in people's minds all come into play. In addition, I don't believe it is a good thing for the corporate masses to control the entire media, therefore I believe in the importance of encouraging self-made stars to do their thing.
How did you come to believe in the things you believe in?
Just from my experience. I mean, I value the family, and there are too many things tearing families apart nowadays out there. This needs to be fixed. In my experience these are the things that need to be fixed out there.
Recently there has been controversy regarding your seeming embrace of social conservatism. Why do you think that is?
First I have to clarify something - I am not embracing what I used to hate. I am not somebody who would do that. But what is 'conservative' and what is not is changing now. I mean, the Swedish conservatives voted for equal marriage just recently, and American conservatives have put out a good conservative case for equal marriage - that's exactly my case of equal marriage. I am still a liberal, but liberal values and conservative ideas seem to have come together more and more and it is an encouraging trend. Plus conservative liberals are doing something else that's equally important - they are paying attention to the importance of family and defending it against fads like sexual prosmiscurity. There's a lot in there for me to embrace, as you can see.
You have a new single, Beauty. Can you please tell us more about that?
It's about how the little things in life can remind you of how beautiful life can be. Life has been a struggle for many people including myself.
So do your songs relate to your cultural message?
Yes and no. I mean, not every song is about my cultural values. But then, culture is a coming together of many aspects of life. I am not a political party and I don't put out slogans every day about what I believe in. Everything I do may not be about promoting what I believe in, but everything I do is about drawing a picture of life in the way I believe it should be.
Compared to many other people, we don't know much about your personal life. What's it like?
I think we should all have a degree of privacy, for example I don't like discussing my own family and dragging them into what I do. That said, everything I do reflects on my personal life too. It is from there that I draw my inspiration for my work. And through my work you will get to know an idea of how my personal life is.
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