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Validating Unchecked Anger: Solange, E. E. Cummings, and the Power of Enduring Fury

Validating Unchecked Anger: Solange, E. E. Cummings, and the Power of Enduring Fury

Letting things go is synonymous with grace and release. But there’s another form of release, raw and liberating, that can be found in anger.

MusicA. MartineJuly 26, 2018poetry, e.e. cummings, ee cummings, e e cummings, music, solange, solange knowles, anger, rage, social justice, composure, wisdom, life, closure, acceptance, racism, injustice, inner peace, peace, black lives matter, #blm, #metoo, me too, feminism, POC, WOC, mental illnessComment

A Coming of Age in 26 Songs: on Womanhood and Emotional Awakenings

A Coming of Age in 26 Songs: on Womanhood and Emotional Awakenings

These songs remind me what troubled times make easy to forget: that womanhood is a language that is often thankless, but always, always worth it.

MusicA. MartineJune 24, 2018music, popular culture, objectifying, misogyny, emily haines, feist, stevie nicks, feminism, coming of age, coming-of-age, character, identity, inspiration, icon, culture, film, television, tropes, stereotypes, love, sex, discovery, artist, album, amy winehouse, value, substance abuse, celebrity, change, rock, compassion, death, depression, idolization, diary, mental illness, metric, fame, grief, pj harvey, indie rock, indie, intimate, loss, heartbreak, poetry, connection, suicide, universal, evolution, philosophyComment

How Emily Haines' Diary of Grief, Loss and Loneliness Became My Own

How Emily Haines' Diary of Grief, Loss and Loneliness Became My Own

I worked through Haines’ songs, as she patched together instances of her life with her father, and I also found myself, inexorably, doing the same.

MusicA. MartineMay 10, 2018metric, grief, loss, depression, death, music, emily haines, family, trauma, diary, intimate, universal, grandmother, father, poetry, poet, jazz, paul haines, album, idolization, connectionComment