Dumplin' - A body-positive, lesbian-inclusive, disabled-inclusive, drag queen-coached romp through a beauty pageant

Dumplin' by Julie Murphy

Dubbed "Dumplin'" by her former beauty queen mom, Willowdean has always been at home in her own skin. Her thoughts on having the ultimate bikini body? Put a bikini on your body. With her all-American beauty best friend, Ellen, by her side, things have always worked...until Will takes a job at Harpy's, the local fast-food joint. There she meets Private School Bo, a hot former jock. Will isn't surprised to find herself attracted to Bo. But she is surprised when he seems to like her back.

Instead of finding new heights of self-assurance in her relationship with Bo, Will starts to doubt herself. So she sets out to take back her confidence by doing the most horrifying thing she can imagine: entering the Miss Clover City beauty pageant--along with several other unlikely candidates--to show the world that she deserves to be up there as much as any girl does. Along the way, she'll shock the hell out of Clover City--and maybe herself most of all.

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Jodi Good's "Definitely Different" Music Video

I like this celebration of being different. Definitely Different!




Here are the lyrics:

"Definitely Different" - by Jodi Good

I am the queen of confession
and compulsive obsessions
I always follow impulses
I never follow directions

I always end up undressing
every time I wear dresses
and my heart tanks so full
and the fuel is expensive
so I trade all I have to feel full and defenseless

I drop tears like the fall drops leaves
I'm an old open book
with no tricks up my sleeve

given you reason to doubt
but instead you believe
and I'll beg you to stay
then force you to leave

chorus: And I'm deinitely different
but you love me just the same
with you I am a free bird
with others I'm contained

I hate everything 5 star
and theres stickers on my car
I may not have a real job
but believe I work damn hard

I call myself a free spirit
people don't wanna heart it
can't categorize who I am
so they fear it.

chorus: And I'm deinitely different
but you love me just the same
with you I am a free bird
with others I'm contained

I always end up undressing
every time I wear dresses
and my heart tanks so full
and the fuel is expensive
and I'll beg you to stay
and then force you to leave
give you reason to doubt
but instead you believe

chorus: And I'm deinitely different
but you love me just the same
with you I am a free bird
with others I'm contained


Thanks Jodi!

Enjoy,
Lee