Blunt Force Tango is about the things we dance with that have the power to leave a mark.

Sometimes that force is literal. Many of the things we love—wrestling, skating, roller derby, contact sports and other adrenaline-fuelled pursuits—come with the possibility of blunt force trauma. We know we might get knocked down. We do them anyway. We choose the dance.

Sometimes the force is personal. Toxic relationships can hit without leaving a visible bruise. You can lose pieces of yourself so gradually that you don't realize how far you've traveled from who you were until you finally find your way back.

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And sometimes the force is bigger than one person.
Throughout history and still today, people have been told they are less deserving of freedom, opportunity, safety, respect or a voice because of their gender, race, religion, sexual orientation—or simply because who they are doesn't fit comfortably inside someone else's idea of who they should be.
That kind of pressure leaves marks too.

The Tango is what happens next.
It's the push and pull between the forces trying to define us and our determination to define ourselves.
We get knocked down. We learn. We resist. We reclaim pieces of ourselves. We speak when silence would be more convenient. We stand beside people whose fight isn't necessarily our own. And sometimes we make enough noise that somebody else realizes they aren't standing alone.

That's Blunt Force Tango.
Not pretending the blows don't exist.
Refusing to let them decide who we become.

And that's why the message is simple:

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