creator I. Marlene King is here to help us out. Well, sort of. The showrunner loves giving her fans clues over social media, and she was back at it again yesterday. Marlene took toTwitter It's been awhile, nearly 16 months, since the 27-year-old Red Velvet vocalist has been in the spotlight like this, performing and promoting and laughing. In fact, she's currently laughing at herself because she forgot the exact phrasing of the words she wrote for her album artwork. "It says," she starts, already a little unsure, "new chapter begins, or something? It says something about a new chapter. Hold on!" The sparkling, dulcet tone of laughter floods the speakers of my laptop, as she looks at the muted blue packaging in front of her. "New chapter of our lives has begun! It's on my album. I wrote that!" that helped convince Texas lawmakers to update the state's marriage laws and make it harder for parents to force minors to marry. Once the Texas bill was passed, she also sent a letter to Governor Abbott asking him to sign the legislation into law. After receiving her letter, Abbott signed the bill. (A request for comment from Governor Abbott's office fromTeen Vogue buried within its text allows what amounts to slavery to be used as a penalty for those convicted of a crime — another toxic stain on the U.S. government’s already barbaric history. “The system of slavery continues not just in the prison setting but in the way people are rendered socially dead in amerikan society, in the white power structure assault on Black lives, communities of color, and on poor people's lives,” explained a member of the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee (IWOC), a branch of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) comprised of organizers inside and outside detention facilities, when I reached out around the anniversary of the 2018 strike.