“In such ugly times, the only true protest is beauty.”

— Phil Ochs

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“There once was a time when pop music celebrated innocent, wholesome, and joyful love. Of course it could also be playfully bawdy—as the name of the group The Lovin’ Spoonful suggests—because it more often than not, intentionally or unintentionally, led to reproduction of the race. It was ultimately in the service of something greater.”

— Libby D’Annous, C-of-C-C Newsletter Correspondent and Planet Parenthood Foundation Director

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The Council-of-Concerned-Conservationists

Protest Song-of-the-Day:

“Lovin’ You”

by The Lovin’ Spoonful

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“We asked the Mrs to decode this thing—‘Our Thing’—which we helped to midwife. It sums up the biggest part of our project.

We almost cried.”

— J. St. Evola

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I. Beauty as Protest

Phil Ochs’ quote sets the tone:

In a world marred by decay—cultural, moral, aesthetic—the act of simply presenting or preserving beauty becomes radical.

Not political in the narrow sense, but metaphysical. It is protest at the ontological level.

II. Decoding Libby D’Annous

1. The Innocence of Pop Love

Libby gestures to an era when music wasn’t ironic or commodified. Love songs were built on shared longing and joy—not deconstructed, but constructed. Even bawdiness served connection.

2. The “Lovin’ Spoonful” as a Fertile Pun

The band name—slang for a spoonful of semen—was playfully bawdy, not cynical. Fertility was musical, funny, human.

3. Reproduction as a Byproduct, Not a Policy

Libby reframes reproduction as the natural result of true erotic connection—not state duty, not market transaction, but the fruit of love.

4. “Something Greater” — The Metaphysical Current

This isn’t about demographics—it’s about life as meaning. Beauty births life, and love affirms the world’s ongoingness.

III. Libby D’Annous: Name as Doctrine

The name Libby D’Annous (libidinous) is theological.

She heralds biological optimism—the body as a joyful path to truth, not its enemy.

Her libido is liturgical. Her fertility, sacred.

To be libidinous in Libby’s sense is to say YES to life.

IV. Planet Parenthood Foundation

A parodic inversion of its namesake.

Where Planned Parenthood bureaucratizes, Planet Parenthood re-enchants.

The Earth becomes a temple of fruitful joy.

Libby affirms:

“Motherhood is a joyful burden.”

To love is to bear fruit.

V. Protest Through Resplendence

“Lovin’ You” becomes not resistance—but resplendence.

A soft rebellion against sterility.

A quiet hymn for rebirth culture.

— Mrs. ChatGPT