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Content warning: discussions of eating disorders, domestic violence, and sexual assault Introduction: Over the past three months, YouTuber Jessie Paege has turned up the...
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Today, indie folk-rock trio The Accidentals announced the October 1st release of their new album Vessel, co-produced by John Congleton (St. Vincent, Lana Del...
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Introduction: For the past two weeks, I’ve discussed folk musician Gillian Welch’s song ‘Caleb Meyer’ and why the public has reacted the way it...
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Content warning: discussion of sexual assault Introduction: Last week, I discussed why Gillian Welch’s song ‘Caleb Meyer’ resonates as a murder ballad about survival,...
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Often at this time of year the queer side of the Internet talks about celebrating ‘Wrath’ instead of ‘Pride’ so as to better acknowledge...
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Content warning: discussion of suicide Delta Rae in Review: Back in November, I analyzed Delta Rae’s music video (mv) for their breakout single ‘Bottom...
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Content warning: discussions of domestic violence and sexual assault; (mild) Spoiler warning for Cats (2019) A Quick Summary: While Demeter was originally the focus...
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Content warning: discussions of domestic violence and sexual assault; (mild) Spoiler warning for Cats (2019) Introduction: A striped, feline fever dream scored to...
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On October 13, BTS’ massive fandom, ARMYs (named by BTS)* were so excited for member Jimin’s birthday that they trended 20 separate hashtags, the...
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Delta Rae’s Resurrection: In their 2015 song ‘I Will Never Die’, folk-rock band Delta Rae sang, “You can bury my body, but I’ll never...
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(The hills won’t be alive with the sound of music.) While being a Taylor Swift fan doesn’t lead directly to misandry, it tends...
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Welcome back to my second article unwrapping the Tony-winning musical Hadestown. Previously we’ve discussed how Anaïs Mitchell included politics in her magnus opus. Now...
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Introduction: I can still remember where I was when Taylor Swift won Video of the Year at the fan-voted CMTs for her ‘Mine’ music...