cos honey, you make me feel...

"Aretha's song, originally written by Carole King, also contests the naturalization of gender. 'Like a natural woman' is a phrase that suggests that 'naturalness' is only accomplished through analogy or metaphor. In other words, 'You make me feel like a metaphor of the natural,' and without 'you,' some denaturalized ground would be revealed."

-Judith Butler. goddamn.