"Feather" is a song by American singer Sabrina Carpenter (pictured) from

Emails I Can't Send Fwd:, the 2023 deluxe edition of her fifth studio

album. A dance-pop, disco, and disco-pop song, "Feather" is a post-

breakup track celebrating the freedom and relief one feels upon ending a

relationship. Carpenter co-wrote it with Amy Allen and its producer,

John Ryan. Its production was described as light and airy by music

critics, who thought the song had impact on Carpenter's success the

following year. "Feather" reached number 21 in the US, where it became

her first song to reach the top 40, and was also Carpenter's first

number 1 on the Pop Airplay chart. The music video, which depicts the

deaths of several men who mistreat Carpenter and her dancing at their

joint funeral in a church, caused controversy when the Catholic bishop

of Brooklyn criticized the church scenes and suspended the priest who

allowed them to be filmed. Carpenter performed the song on Saturday

Night Live and on her tours.

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Today's selected anniversaries:

1821:

The Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire from

Spain was drafted in the National Palace in Mexico City.

1924:

A team of U.S. Army Air Service aviators landed in Seattle,

Washington, to complete the first aerial circumnavigation of the world.

1958:

Fernando Rios, a Mexican tour guide in New Orleans, was killed

in an instance of gay bashing.

2009:

A protest held by 50,000 people in Conakry, Guinea, was

forcefully disrupted by the military junta, resulting in at least 157

deaths and over 1,200 injuries.

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Wiktionary's word of the day:

crisp:

1. Senses relating to something brittle.

2. (chiefly Canada, US) A type of baked dessert consisting of fruit

topped with a crumbly mixture made with fat, flour, and sugar; a

crumble.

3. (Ireland, UK, chiefly in the plural) In full potato crisp: a thin

slice of potato which has been deep-fried until it is brittle and

crispy, and eaten when cool; they are typically packaged and sold as a

snack.

4. (Ireland, UK, by extension) Chiefly with a descriptive word: a thin

slice made of some other ingredient(s) (such as cornmeal or a vegetable)

which is baked or deep-fried and eaten as a snack like a potato crisp.

5. (slang, dated) A banknote; also, a number of banknotes collectively.

6. (originally US, also figurative) Chiefly in to a crisp: a food item

that has been overcooked, or a thing which has been burned, to the point

of becoming charred or dried out.

7. (obsolete except UK, dialectal) The crispy rind of roast pork;

crackling.

8. (obsolete) Senses relating to something curled.

9. A curly lock of hair, especially one which is tightly curled.

10. A delicate fabric, possibly resembling crepe, especially used by

women for veils or other head coverings in the past; also, a head

covering made of this fabric. [...]

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Wikiquote quote of the day:

  I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your

right to say it.  

--Evelyn Beatrice Hall

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