年少逐梦：被拒与MySpace知音

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having label executives in Nashville 纳什维尔的唱片公司高管

tell me 告诉我

that only 35-year-old housewives listen to country music, 只有35岁的家庭主妇才听乡村音乐，

and there was no place for a 13-year-old on their roster, 他们的艺人名单上没有13岁孩子的容身之地，

made me cry in the car on the way home. 这让我在回家的路上在车里哭了。

But then, 但后来，

I'd post my songs on my MySpace. 我把我的歌发布到我的MySpace上。

And, yes, MySpace. 是的，就是MySpace。

And I would message with other teenagers like me 我会和其他像我一样喜欢乡村音乐的青少年发信息交流，

who loved country music, 他们也喜欢乡村音乐，

but just didn't have anyone singing from their perspective. 但就是没有人从他们的角度唱歌。

Having journalists write in-depth, 记者们深入地、

oftentimes critical, pieces about who 常常是批判性地撰写关于

they perceive me to be 他们所认为的我的文章，

made me feel like I was living in some 这让我觉得自己生活在某种

weird 奇怪的

simulation. 模拟中。

But it also made me look inward 但这也让我审视内心，

to learn about who I actually am. 了解我到底是谁。

Having the world treat my love life like a spectator sport in 整个世界把我的感情生活当作一场旁观者的运动，

which I lose 在这场运动中我总是输掉

every single game 每一场比赛，

was not a great way to date in my teens 这在我十几岁的时候

and twenties. 和二十几岁的时候，并不是一个很好的约会方式。

but it taught me 但它教会了我

to protect my private life 保护我的私人生活，

fiercely. 坚定地。

Being publicly humiliated over and over again at a young age was excruciatingly 在年轻时一次又一次地公开受辱是极其

painful. 痛苦的。