Daniel Brockman of The Phoenix pinpointed not only the declarations of liberation "from a significant other", but the Depeche Mode and Madonna-esque qualities that permeate "Bad Romance".
I'm a good woman and sometimes I do have bad thoughts," he says, before further implying that the song can empower women when used as a declaration of sexual liberation.
His new album, "FREEMAN," is a further declaration of his liberation, full of original material that ranges from the intensely personal ("Covert Discretion," a bleak but ultimately hopeful recounting of the life of a touring musician) to the blackly comic ("Golden Monkey," which seems to come from an older and wiser Ween).
(A fake man for a fake ceremony!) Is the idea of marrying yourself a declaration of independence and liberation or just more of a me, me, me "exercise in pampering," as one young woman labeled her experience?
Hannaford imbues Audrey with sweet humour and full-bodied wistfulness; in the second half of Suddenly Seymour, when she and Seymour connect romantically, her full voice erupts from her tiny frame and it's a beautiful roar, a declaration of self and of liberation.
Sello said Tuesday that SDF fighters were sweeping the city for mines and sleeper cells of jihadis, and a formal declaration of the city's liberation from three years of ISIS rule was expected soon.
But when he was then asked whether he agreed with Benedict's declaration in 2009 that liberation theology had produced "rebellion, division, dissent, offense and anarchy", Müller replied: "The negative aspects of liberation theology referred to by Benedict XVI are the result of the misunderstanding and wrong application of this theology".
The delegation, concerned primarily with the release of the imprisoned Jews of Damascus, decided to accept their liberation without any judicial declaration of their innocence or formal denunciation of the blood libel.
The sense of liberation didn't last.
